LESSON #2

Well, I promised you two life altering lessons. Here's the second thing I learned last week.

As have many of you, my husband and I decided a while back to get out of the rat race and build a business for ourselves and our families. As exciting as a decision like that can be, it is also very daunting. The commitment to build a successful operation is a commitment paralleled to none other. Things get tough. Really tough. Some times (a lot of times) you have the unyielding desire to just quit, go back to a job where all is comfy and secure (yeah right) and just live day to day with your biggest worries being the bar-b-q this coming weekend.

However, when you make a commitment to go for it in business, no matter what business it is, you have to be prepared to get kicked. The winners just get up and kick back.

I've been going through one of those roller coasters lately, really trying to determine if I want to keep pushing with our original goal of financial independence. Honestly, when you write it out like that you realize how silly your concern really is. I mean, if you have such a lofty goal, how can you expect it to not be tough? But really, going through it sucks, and you just wonder if you're really cut out for it.

The silly part comes in right there. And the lesson I learned really smacked me in the face. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN : ARE YOU CUT OUT FOR IT?" Are you really cut out for a job? Are you cut out for being broke? Are you cut out for being AVERAGE (which in today's world means miserable and tired)?

I heard a business speaker giving his feelings on when he was going through the same thing say something really profound. He spoke about when he was younger, broke, and trying to make it in business. He and his wife were on the brink of giving up and doing the regular routine of daily American life. Then he stopped, looked around and stated that he really didn't have much to save. He had an apartment, a good credit score and maybe $10,000 in the bank. His thought was that it would be silly to go get a job to protect the little he had available. Why not go for broke and run a chance at having it all? So, needless to say, he chose the latter and is living a dream life today.

The part that really inspired me was the truth of the fact that we get scared and tired and want to go back to our lives before we had dreams, for what? To save the "little" bit we have. For some of us, it's way less than what I described in the speaker's assets. We want to protect our butt from the storm, wheras if we went for it, all out took a chance on ourselves, not caring what others thought, we could reach a dream far better than what we were able to imagine.

I got re-energized. I now know that I can keep on keeping on. After all, I really have nothing to loose but the baggage.












TO YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS!