Endurance
It's very easy to get motivated. It's very easy to set goals and say "I'm going to do whatever it takes to reach them!" Then you go with that fire, but before you know it, it's gone.
Reaching your goals isn't all fun and excitement. Every goal has things attached to it that, frankly, you just don't want to do. The mundane, boring tasks can drain you at the rate they're draining New Orleans (29 billion gallons a day, in case you were wondering).
It takes endurance. I know because I've given up on so many goals because it just wasn't as "exciting" anymore. I guess it's human nature to want to remain in an environment of excitement. That's what we see when we watch TV. Even the "reality" shows only show the good parts: the parts that draw you in and wish you were there.
But that's not life, and you'll never be involved in anything that's exciting every single day. Even if you are jumping out of a plane every half hour, it's going to eventually become ordinary.
I've found that going back to the original goal and dream, and saying "f*** you" to the obstacles is the best way to keep going. Sometimes things just start to pile up and you feel like you'll never make it. All the obstacles seem like things you should have realized were there before and that you've wasted your time. That's not true.
If anyone can do it, so can you. This country's capitalism was built on taking other's ideas and building on it. Just think of all the stupid ideas in business history and what they turned out to become. For example, when Yahoo had dominated the search industry, a couple of geeks came up with a weird company called "Google" that did almost exactly what Yahoo did. Look where they are now (Google's first quarter gross revenues surged to $1.26 billion, almost double the year-ago figure of $651.6 million). What about that geek we all love to hate? Bill Gates and his take on DOS and Windows.
That's the same story in every industry. Read about Ford, KFC, Chevron, McDonald's, Papa John's, Western Waste, and countless others. They all have one thing in common: Plenty of obstacles, endless supply of criticism and doubt, and one man's dream of an enterprise.
You can do it, and I can do it. Let's see who does it first.
Reaching your goals isn't all fun and excitement. Every goal has things attached to it that, frankly, you just don't want to do. The mundane, boring tasks can drain you at the rate they're draining New Orleans (29 billion gallons a day, in case you were wondering).
It takes endurance. I know because I've given up on so many goals because it just wasn't as "exciting" anymore. I guess it's human nature to want to remain in an environment of excitement. That's what we see when we watch TV. Even the "reality" shows only show the good parts: the parts that draw you in and wish you were there.
But that's not life, and you'll never be involved in anything that's exciting every single day. Even if you are jumping out of a plane every half hour, it's going to eventually become ordinary.
I've found that going back to the original goal and dream, and saying "f*** you" to the obstacles is the best way to keep going. Sometimes things just start to pile up and you feel like you'll never make it. All the obstacles seem like things you should have realized were there before and that you've wasted your time. That's not true.
If anyone can do it, so can you. This country's capitalism was built on taking other's ideas and building on it. Just think of all the stupid ideas in business history and what they turned out to become. For example, when Yahoo had dominated the search industry, a couple of geeks came up with a weird company called "Google" that did almost exactly what Yahoo did. Look where they are now (Google's first quarter gross revenues surged to $1.26 billion, almost double the year-ago figure of $651.6 million). What about that geek we all love to hate? Bill Gates and his take on DOS and Windows.
That's the same story in every industry. Read about Ford, KFC, Chevron, McDonald's, Papa John's, Western Waste, and countless others. They all have one thing in common: Plenty of obstacles, endless supply of criticism and doubt, and one man's dream of an enterprise.
You can do it, and I can do it. Let's see who does it first.
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