Mariangela De Lorenzo told me about how in her family the tale about the way her parents met was ever-present. It was a tale of vision, of doing what it takes to get there, and a happy ending. It involves a Chinese restaurant owner in Utrecht, an Italian bobsled champion, and an ice cream salon.
To grow up and be immersed in a world where that's the norm, creates a level of trust in your ability to shape reality. To see it, to tell it, is to be able to create or do it. It's already here. You merely have to act.
That certainty, that while you don't know how you know that it will work, is not a given. Some fall victim to what Parker Palmer calls The Tragic Gap: To see both how the world could be, ánd how it currently is, but not act.
It's painful to see both states. It's easier to hide in one of the extremes and ignore either the "could" or the "current" state, which is either corrosive cynicism or irrelevant idealism. Both are places of inaction.
Even if it's not a big striking vision, the great entrepreneurs see where the current state could be better and start working on that. They believe it will work out or at least help the situation. They act.
Listen to our conversation on De Gebakken Peren to hear the whole story of Mariangela’s parents. We also talk about becoming an employer, creating a team culture, her company The Bookie and much more. Listen here.
