As Suriname gets ready for its oil & gas boom, conversations are heating up around infrastructure, investments, international deals, and local content. But we’re missing a key aspect we can work on right now, since it’s, in my perception, a key aspect the average Suriname entrepreneur needs to improve. The biggest risk to Suriname’s success in the Oil & Gas future isn’t a lack of funding, expertise, or equipment.
It’s our attitude.
Talent is Everywhere. Discipline is Not.
In today’s world, technical skills are abundant. You can hire consultants, import machinery, and attend training programs. But what you can’t outsource? Your mindset. We’re stepping into a high-stakes global industry where timing, execution, and professionalism are non-negotiable. That means the Surinamese “Tamara”, “Tamara” mindset just won’t cut it anymore.
Oil & Gas Requires More Than Resources: It Requires Readiness
This industry runs on structure. On systems. On showing up. Being late to meetings, casually canceling, failing to follow up, or not delivering on promises, those aren’t just bad habits. They’re business killers. If we don’t shift our culture toward accountability and excellence, we risk being seen as unreliable partners in an industry that rewards precision and punishes excuses, which will eventually lead to deals being favored to international companies.
Global Players Are Watching
International companies aren’t coming to babysit. They’re coming to build. To partner. To grow. They’ll work with locals who show up on time, prepared, and professional. Not with those who bring excuses and delay progress. Let’s be clear: No one’s going to wait for us to “get it together.”
So, What’s the Fix?
It’s not a billion-dollar project.
It’s not a foreign investor.
It’s something simpler, but far more powerful:
A shift in attitude & mindset.
And it starts with having a digital agenda, a structured system that helps you manage and follow up on each customer. The basics in all of this:
Respect time
Honor your commitments
Be proactive
Show1 up like your reputation depends on it, because it does
And very important: Use Automation & Digital Solutions to Manage Your Business!
Mindset Will Make or Break Us
Suriname has everything to succeed: resources, opportunity, a rising global profile, and great people who need this opportunity to improve their lives and for the next generation.
But if we don’t upgrade our attitude, we’ll miss the wave.
Let’s choose professionalism over passivity.
Punctuality over procrastination.
Execution over excuses.
Because in this new economy, the real fuel isn’t just oil: it’s discipline.
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