Birthday Gift Essay

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In the simplest terms delegable, your passion is something that excites you while you are at it; an obsession that heightens your enthusiasm each time you do or experience it. Your heart could almost stop if you couldn't do it anymore. A Canadian motivational speaker told me it is called a “Birthday Gift.” Statistics show that 90% of the population dies without opening their birthday gifts. Passion is a product of apprenticeship, environment and upbringing, long built influence, talent, circumstance and experience. Sometimes education builds upon it. At a workshop I attended in October 2006, a lady in her mid 40's sat with me at lunch; as we were chatting, she couldn't stop critiquing the décor of the hotel. I picked interest out of agitation …show more content…

To answer that, I will say that the location of the business is very important because it impacts its success. Some locations have symbolic benefits for firms that establish there. Researchers have shown that benefits from spill-overs explain why firms in an industry cluster in specific geographical areas. Think in the case of Kampala, William street is where everyone sells ladies shoes or clothes. In case you need an item which the trader does not have, the seller can quickly runs to another shop to pick it. Some streets have become synonymous with the kind of business that dominates. In Uganda for instance, if a customer needs stationery, the first place they will be directed to is Nkrumah road. If they want hardware products they will be told to go to Nakasero. The reason here is that pioneer traders set up shops there hence lending legitimacy to the location. So if you are a new entrant to the industry, you need to be associated with legitimate locations in order to gain credibility and benefit from the cachet associated with that location. Like wise, the location from which you source your raw materials, products matters. If you need good quality machinery/equipment, the best source to procure them will be Germany and for affordable equipment, you go to China because it has established this reputation over the

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