UdyamGita

Many people think that entrepreneurship is just a fad, something of recent times. They believe that in the past, everyone worked for someone else, earned a good salary, and led a peaceful and contented life. What they fail to understand is that if someone was an employee, an entrepreneur already existed, and therefore entrepreneurship also existed.

The only difference is that the conducive environment may vary from time to time. The support, visibility, and acceptance entrepreneurs receive also change over periods. However, all entrepreneurs go through the same grind. Only the intensity and frequency differ.

Not everyone can be an entrepreneur. Only people with the right knowledge, mindset, and skills can continue on the entrepreneurial path and work toward achieving their goals.

Entrepreneurship has always existed. What changed are its forms, intensity, scope, operations, and markets, just as entrepreneurs have continued to do their best to bring positive change to the world. Some succeeded greatly, some did not, but this remains true even in today’s conditions.

Adopting the entrepreneurial journey without blaming external factors or the times one lives in is the true quality of an entrepreneur.

Krishna addresses a fundamental misunderstanding. Many believe that what is visible now did not exist before—that the eternal appears only because it has recently taken form. This is ignorance of continuity.

Krishna explains that He is not revealed to everyone because perception is filtered through Yogamāyā. Only those with refined understanding see beyond appearances. While He knows past, present, and future, most people judge reality only through what is immediately visible—and therefore misunderstand it.

Business Insight

Entrepreneurship suffers from the same misconception.

Many believe entrepreneurship is a modern fad—a phenomenon of recent decades. They romanticize the past, imagining a world where people worked peacefully for stable employers, earned well, and lived content lives.

What they miss is a simple truth:

If someone was an employee, an entrepreneur already existed.

Entrepreneurship has always been present. What changed over time is:

• visibility
• ecosystem support
• social acceptance
• scale and speed

The grind, however, has remained constant.

Every entrepreneur—across eras—has faced uncertainty, resistance, scarcity, and risk. Only the intensity and frequency differ, not the essence.

Leadership Lesson

Not everyone is meant to be an entrepreneur—and that is not a flaw.

Entrepreneurship demands:

• clarity of thinking
• emotional endurance
• skillful execution
• willingness to stand alone

Across history:

• some entrepreneurs succeeded spectacularly
• some failed quietly
• many struggled invisibly

That was true then. It is true now.

What defines a true entrepreneur is not blaming the times, markets, systems, or luck—but accepting responsibility for the journey chosen.

Forms will change.

Markets will evolve.

Tools will upgrade.

But entrepreneurship—as a force of creation and transformation—remains eternal.

Key Takeaways

• Entrepreneurship is not a modern trend—it is timeless
• Employees have always existed because entrepreneurs existed first
• Ecosystems change, but the entrepreneurial grind remains
• Not everyone can walk this path—and that is natural
• True entrepreneurs adapt without blaming external conditions
• Forms evolve; the essence of entrepreneurship stays unchanged