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When I was first asked to mentor a group of high school kids who were budding entrepreneurs I thought, “sure, that’ll be easy – I can add value”. What I didn’t realise was just how much I would learn from them.

Here were a bunch of kids, seemingly unfazed by usual teenage problems, focused entirely on chasing their dreams. There was not an ounce of self-consciousness. They see a problem and a solution, wasting no time dwelling on the barriers between them and their dreams. Money and notoriety is not their motivation, but passion. These were 14-year-old kids doing better in business than I was – don’t you just love them?

While life-experience goes some way to helping your business thrive, there are big lessons you can learn from the younger generation. Here are a few of my takeaways:

1. Take everyday as a new adventure

As we grow older, we begin to settle into the humdrum of adult-life. We silence our dreams because of the the uncertainty it brings, in favour of a regular income and the luxury of being able to afford the

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