Hi everyone,
So, apart from marketing and incessant travel that has become my life, everyday brings strength to one important reality. The journey of an entrepreneur is alone. This does not mean no support from friends and family. It means, no matter what, you have to believe in yourself. People will doubt your beliefs, strengths, and passion. Some over monetary issues, some over downfalls that may come along the way. Even your own family may sometimes question your decisions, the key is to stay calm and have the strength to weather each storm. The vision should always remain steady and strong, in spite of everything. The day the vision starts to waiver, that's the day your business will become very difficult. This is especially true in startup phase (as I am).
For all you starting entrepreneurs needing strength and motivation, always remember Robert Frost's famous poem:
"TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."
May your road truly make a difference to you and the lives you will touch.
