At the very end of San Onofre State Beach in Southern California, there are a couple hundred yards where nudists have gathered for the last three decades to enjoy the sun and sea au naturel. They drive to the end of a 6 mile dead end road, pay $10 to park, and hike ½ mile down a steep hill to enjoy their little slice of paradise.

About a year ago somebody in the California State Park department decided that a nude beach was wrong and started a legal and legislative process to ban nudity on this remote stretch of beach. There are lawsuits and counter-suits and court hearings. If you think that a state that is paying its bills with I.O.U.’s and cutting funding for kids education would have higher priorities for how it uses it’s scarce resources, you’d be wrong. You’re probably also someone with entrepreneurial instincts.

Which brings up the difference between the Enforcer and the Entrepreneur. Enforcers are those who have a clear view of how things need to work – and put their full energy, talents and skill towards making that happen. They know the way they do things is the “right” way and once they

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When I was growing up, my teachers and other mentors warned me not to watch too much TV because it would ‘rot my mind’.  My father took this idea very seriously and didn’t allow a TV in the house except once every 4 years for a week — to watch the Democratic National Convention.  So I grew up without the standard reference points from The Ed Sullivan Show, The Man from Uncle and Star Trek that everyone else seemed to know.  Now I consume as much 24-hour television and media as the rest of the civilized world, but I do think I’ve lost something.  It’s not just the crazy focus on one big story for a couple of weeks, like the death of Michael Jackson, so that wars, disasters, and political upheavals elsewhere go unreported.  It’s partly that, and partly the slow demise of investigative journalism so that only stories that can be explained in 12 seconds tend to be covered.  But the worst part, I think, is the lack of reflection.  We face complex problems — like health care — and they demand thoughtful, nuanced efforts by people from all sides of the political show in order to solve…

There is no way around the immense responsibility bestowed on the new entrepreneur. It extends beyond your family, friends and associates to the wider audience of humanity. Comprehending the power and “human value” of your brand is the first step to momentous impact. What you then do with your power can change your world. The next question is: Who else’s world will you change? The living legacy of today’s entrepreneur is compassion. It is also the success template for all future innovation. The ONE and RED campaigns are excellent corporate examples. So are individuals like Catherine Rohn, founder of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, Majora Carter, founder of Green the Ghetto, and Peter Benenson, founder of Amnesty International.   What are you doing in your everyday to pioneer from compassion?

Entrepreneurship is not merely a capitalistic expression with a foundation in pioneering enterprise. It is also an existential expression with a foundation in pioneering experience. When you learn to see daily obstacles, opportunities and responsibilities through the wider entrepreneurial lens, you exhale a greater power and purpose into every endeavor because grand enterprises and gratifying lives spring from the same source. In short, the principles that drive business innovation, success and sustainability are the same ones that propel an exhilarating, revolutionary life. This is a significant paradigm shift if you are in the business world and have never considered the application of entrepreneurship beyond your work. It is a breakthrough if you are outside the business world and have never considered entrepreneurship useful to daily living.

 The history of entrepreneurship speaks of its widespread power and significance. Our lifetimes have seen the cultural imprint of classic venturists like Steve Jobs and the compassionate reach of social pioneers

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The seed of an entrepreneurial life is a sleepless desire to live with more power and purpose than you are now—and in doing so, make the world a better place. That phrase has become weightless to most and it’s unfortunate because if we considered what it means to make an impact, one day, one activity at a time, we might comprehend the immense power we possess. A history teacher reminded me of this some time ago and I’ve tried to never take it for granted.

I was a high school senior when Mr. Winzenread took an unexpected interest in me. What he saw back then was raw, naive and undeveloped at best—but he encouraged me nonetheless and it gave wings to my heritage. It was likely my first tangible experience with the effect of everyday entrepreneurship.

Before a baseball playoff game, he approached me and said, “Glenn,

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