I used to have Postit on the lamp near my home office desk. On it I had written: When you give up your dream, you die!One day the sticky glue on the back gave out and it fell off. I don’t remember exactly when, but it did hit me recently that it was no longer there.
What made me think of it was a conversation I had yesterday with a woman friend of mine. I was relating to her some of my experiences about re-energizing my consulting business and she said. “You know. Some people don’t have the luxury that you do. They have mouths to feed and they need to have a job.”
I was shocked. I felt like someone had just slapped me along side my head. When did the idea of starting a business become a luxury?! I don’t know any person who has started one, who thinks so. Most think it is damn hard work and wouldn’t it be a luxury to have a nice, cushy job to go to everyday. Let someone else do all the running-the-business worry, stress and hard work. And when did we shift to someone handing a job to us, from us making our own jobs?
So I asked her to elaborate on what she meant. more ...