Somewhere down the line we, as a species, began to think that
happiness, success, and the life we dream about, is our right, not an earned
privilege.
Simply by being born into this world, we should receive what we
want; not due to merit, as the result of work, sacrifice, and persistence, but
because we, are we. We’re a gift to this world and
we should be compensated as such.
The Occupy Movement
began with good intentions, but morphed into a beast that held this world view.
What began as a call for justice, turned into a war cry for hand-outs, to
receive the riches that others worked to earn!
Here’s a fact that
only Rocky Balboa could so eloquently convey…
“The world ain’t all sunshine
and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place. And I don’t care how tough you are;
it will beat you to your knees and keep you there if you let it. You, me or nobody
is going to hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you can hit, it’s
about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward; how much you can take
and keep moving forward.”
The world is a mean and nasty place. It’s heartless. It doesn’t care if
you or I succeed or fail. Sure, there are a lot of good, honest people on this
planet who do care, but the world, the
majority of the people in it, the system, and our society aren’t as concerned
or vested in your life as so many seem to believe they are. Anything you get in
life has to be earned through hard work,
sacrifice, and persistence. There’s no such thing as a free ride. It doesn’t
exist.
If Success Was Easy, Everyone Would Do It
There’s also a common
misconception that being an entrepreneur is an easy road. The age of
information has shown us the fruits of labor of the successful, but it rarely
shows the tough road taken to that eventual success – a road that few would
take if they knew all that it would entail, including the missing guarantee of success that many feel is at the end
of every journey.
The road to success is always
shared with uncertainty. No one knows that
success is at the end of the tunnel, they may have faith – actually, all who
are successful have faith – that what they’re doing will turn out alright, but
they don’t know.
It’s uncertainty that leads to
so many quitting before success is realized. It’s grit that keeps
those who are willing to work and persist and evolve, in the game long enough
to see their baby, their dream, their creation, fulfilled.
When the majority of
“wannabe” entrepreneurs start out on their road to success, they think they’re
unique. They believe that them being them is enough to warrant wealth. In this
naiveté they become soft. In this dream of an easy American
Dream, they fail to develop the toughness that has to come along on an entrepreneur’s
lonely adventure.
If more would realize
that success isn’t easily attained, nor should it be, but
earned through long, uncertain, and lonely nights, aided only by an internal
toughness and grit that propels a select few to work while others party, drink,
and play, many more would be successful in life, not just in
business.
The world ain’t all
sunshine and rainbows. It is a very mean
and nasty place. When they say that only the strong survive in
business, and in life, they mean it. This article isn’t meant to deter you from
pursuing your dream, it was written to have a completely different effect: to
inspire.
Those who read this article see
a challenge; a challenge directed at them, and them alone, to fight for the
vision, to pursue their dream, and to show themselves, and the
world, that they are one of the few who are tough enough, gritty enough, and
strong enough to create the life they want, to live the life they want, and to
build the vision they have.
Accept the challenge; fight daily, work
nightly, and persist. When I said people don’t care whether you
succeed or not, I added, at least to their knowledge for
a reason…
The world needs you to
succeed. It needs your vision to become a reality so you can benefit the rest
of humanity. Whether it’s your business that will help others directly, or your
story that will inspire others to think big and truly experience all that this
beautiful life should offer; your success is needed. So, please, take the
challenge, rise up, fight, and persist. The nights will be long, the
road will be unforgiving, but you have the grit to push through, to break
through, and to succeed.
And while we are at it, here are some Rocky Balboa Picture
Quotes to help you weather the storm:
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