I'm tired of the constant nagging of the Boss, the wretched pay cheques just add up to my miserable state. I am now finding it difficult to face my rich friends, the sudden rush of jealousy that fills my mind is just intolerable. How will I ever meet the demands my kids will put in front of me when they grow up. How am I ever going to gift my spouse an expensive gift. Will I be declared as a wretched loser. All I need to do now to get out of this crisis is to set up my own business. Yeah that's a decent solution. All you need is a good idea for a business to take off and some money and heir some professional people to work for me. Now i feel relaxed,
but wait a minute...
- What sort of a business am I going to start with?...
- Will my idea work out the way I expect it to work?...
- From where am I going to arrange the money to invest in a business?...
- Will the money invested give me adequate returns?...
- Will I ever face a Business Loss?...
- From where am I going to heir business professionals to work for me?...
- Will they actually work for me for the price that I pay them?...
- Will they be loyal to me?...
- Am I going to really make the money I always wanted to make out of the business that I want to start?...
Man this is a risk...I might as well continue working with my job...At least I get a fixed pay cheque...
Now even before taking their first step towards building a successful life...people start assuming of the possible ways in which their business can fail. I will never say that all business that start for the first time, turns out to be a successful venture. Its quite normal to fear of the risks of the unpredictable, but this is also the only reason from stopping you to have a successful and well set business. Always remember that the only person stopping you is you. In fact people who have now succeeded in their fields of business where once a failure in their first attempt. They are what they are now is just because of their persistent determination. The never give up & never say die attitude is what has brought them ahead of the crowd. If they would have given up like the 99% of the crowd does, for whom would you have been working for?...Every business is not a fool proof venture and all it needs to have a successfull business is a willing heart, passion to achieve you goal with your complete heart and soul, a courageous mind to overcome the difficulties and a smart attitude to emerge out without a scratch.
here are a few examples of people who believed "If it is to be it is up to me"
Did you know that Michael Jordan was cut from his junior high basketball team? Never give up!
Did you know that Dr. Seuss pitched his now-classic children's book, Green Eggs And Ham, to 27 publishers before it was accepted and ultimately millions sold?
Never give up!
Did you know that Abraham Lincoln lost 6elections before becoming one of the most important presidents in U.S.history?
Never give up!
Did you know that Henry Ford went broke five times before he found success -- at age 51?
Never give up!
Robert Allen wrote, "There is no failure, only feedback."
Never give up!
Thomas Edison said, "Failure is successfully discovering what doesn't work."
Never give up! Any questions? [ref]
Overcome your fears that the only way to be successful, and next is the perseverance required to reach your target. Focus on your target, the moment you get distracted from your target, failure, fear, risks, and things like that come in front of your sight. So this could be an indicator that you are going off track and its time to correct yourself.
Now these quotes by famous people should charge you up and get you going...
Katinka Hesselink
Don't give up trying to find your way. But do remember that sometimes it takes bending to avoid breaking.
Carrie Ten Bloom
Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow - it empties today of strength.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
The Bible, Matthew 17:20
I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move.
St. Francis of Assisi
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Ambrose Redmoon
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
Ruth Gordon
Never give up. And never, under any circumstances, face the facts.
Wilma Rudolph (the first American woman runner to win three gold medals at a single Olympics)
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit
Daisaku Ikeda (Japanese peace activist, president of Buddhist organization)
With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
Thomas Alva Edison
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves.
Chinese Proverb
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.
Ella Fitzgerald
Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
Ojibway Indian Expression
Sometimes I go about pitying myself And all the while am being carried across the sky By beautiful clouds.
Kahlil Gibran
Trust in Dreams, For In Them is The Hidden Gate to Eternity.
Lao Tzu
He who knows enough is enough will always have enough.
Conrad Hilton
Achievement seems to be connected with action.Successful men and women keep moving.They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Emily Dickinson
Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.
Anonymous
The three qualities necessary for training Great faith. Great doubt. Great effort.
Albert Einstein, three rules of work
1. Out of clutter, find simplicity.2. From discord, find harmony.3. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Albert Einstein
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Rabindranath Tagore
Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Dale Carnegie
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Margaret Mead (American Anthropologist)
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
Madeleine L'Engle (author)
Nothing is hopeless, we must hope for everything.
Emil Brunner
What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life. [ref]