HI. Today this will be short and sweet. For sure it’ll be sweet, I’m not certain about the shortness.
In my post two days ago, I mentioned that my wife and I are fairly successful entrepenuers. That’s true.
But it wasn’t always that way.
We have gone into ventures that have gone bust. We have invested in real estate wherein the seller was a crook and we lost thousands of dollars. Dollars we couldn’t afford to loose. We’ve had to have garage sales to pay our mortgage, car payment, etc. We have not always won. We’ve lost more times than we have won. I have on a few occasions gone out and gotten a second job, usually in a fast-food joint or in retail – jobs that I could do after I got off work from my main job.
Did I become angry? Yes, but usually at myself for being so gullible. Did I get depressed? Yeah, a little, then my wife told me to straighten up. Did I go around telling everyone my sad story? No, but perhaps it was because I was embarrassed. Did I stop trusting people? No. Did I enter into deals that seemed to good to be true? Only once. Did I give up and just wallow in my misery? Hell, no. Did I blame my problems on others? No, that wouldn’t fix my problems.
What I (we) did was pick myself up, dust myself off, and with renewed determination decided that I was going to win. (I didn’t say to myself – “I wasn’t going to be screwed again” – I posited my statement in the affirmative rather than the negative).
And, yes we did become successful.
How long did it take me?
That doesn’t matter. What matters most is that we won. We have everything we need and most things we want. We have our sanity, our sensiblity, a great marriage, a great moral fiber, our love for others, our respect for ourselves and others, as well as our wish to help others become successful and perhaps, just perhaps, help them avoid the mistakes that we made.
So, as you go through life, please don’t let the bastards get you down, don’t let the a-holes steal your dreams, and above all else, never, never, never give up.
That rainbow might just be around the next bend in the road.
Failure is what…….?
Morgan
