So now that you've made the decision to go after your dream, we need to examine a bit further what it means to work for your dream. We know from yesterday's post that there is one simple truth when starting your own business, and that is that your business will only succeed if you work at it with everything you have. But I know for some of you, that probably sounds like a generic ad. The real question you'd like answered is, "where do I begin or rather what will I need to do to first, specifically?" So, this is what I'd like to offer you as a starting point. Your first real goal and furthermore biggest challenge is to believe. You need to believe that no matter what the challenge or no matter how long it takes , you will run a successful company. And why is this so important? Well, let me just offer you this story...
A married couple, Mr & Mrs Dream, of 20 years were attending their 25 year high school reunion. They were excited to be there because they each had successful careers, not to mention they had remained loving partners for 20 years. Just recently, the husband, and we'll call him Steve for the purposes of this story, sold his start up company to a big corporation for a substantial profit. The wife, and let's call her Lauren, because I've always liked that name, owned her own successful consulting firm while working as the superintendent of her town school district. Clearly, this married couple is living the American Dream.
OK, so now that we know a little bit about them, here's where the story gets good. While they were at the reunion, Steve began to joke with his wife about running into her ex-boyfriend. Let's call him, Tommie, just because it sounds like a high school boyfriend's name. Tommie, contrary to them, wasn't doing so well. He had fallen on hard times, and the only reason he even attended the reunion was because he figured he could pretend that things weren't as bad as they truly were. However, hard he tried, most of the people there were quite aware that he had fallen on hard times, and like Steve, they found it a bit ironic that the senior class high school president of '83 was now...unemployed, unmarried, and living in his little brother's basement. Steve says to his wife, "aren't you glad you married me...your life would be so different had you married Tommie." And Lauren says to her self assured husband, "No, poor Tommie should be sad that he didn't marry me...he would be where you are if he had." The end.
So, what did you get from today's story? My hope is that you find that it all starts with you believing that you will succeed no matter which road you choose, no matter what the obstacle, and hardest of all, no matter how long it takes. As always, I've included a showing of my work. Be sure to Take The Dare and visit http://www.daretoimagyn.com/. -Gynisse
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