I really liked the "Successful Entrepreneurs Born or Made?" article because of the way it stressed hard work in being successful. I think myself and my generation are really sick with the 'entitlement' trait and instant this and instant that. It makes it hard to be patient and difficult to be persistant.
In this culture of instant food, instant photos, instant mail, and just such a quick turnaround. Preserving and working hard to achieve something, I think, is one of the big differences between great success and just getting by.
This quote from Elder Faust's talk was one of my favorites:
"Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges. Paul Harvey, the famous news analyst and author, once said: “Someday I hope to enjoy enough of what the world calls success so that someone will ask me, ‘What’s the secret of it?’ I shall say simply this: ‘I get up when I fall down.’”
I am a good starter. I get good ideas and I love the start of them, I think it talks about this kind of person in the Mastery book. I'm a dabbler. I try this and that but then don't have the patience or perseverance to master it or finish or what.
So this week I really see that I need to work on that. That's what I've really learned. The question is how do I work on that, right?
I remember my mom telling me once that she had all these craft projects she had started and then stopped and started a new one. What she did was made herself an ultimatum. She said she needed to finish one project before she started any new ones, which meant she had to finish all these olds ones up. She also gave herself a deadline. She had to finish all her 'unfinished' projects by the end of the year or she had to get rid of them. I recall that it really worked for her. So maybe I need to do something similar to that.
I also learned that I am more prepared and more equipped to become and entrepreneur than I'd previously thought. Good news, eh?
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