Some words of encouragement.  Thoughts to get you through the day.

So you want to be an entrepreneur?  First, you have to have the mindset of one!

Entrepreneurs are thinkers, they are innovators and dreamers.  They lead the pack, not follow the circus.  Great innovators are willing to hear the thoughts and advice of others, but they are not necessarily listening.  You see, most people that claim to be experts will say that your idea is not possibe, or unattainable.  Forget them!  Do you remember the saying, “You can do anything you set your mind to.”?  That is absolutely true!  I believe it to the highest power.  No one can tell you that you cannot do something!  Well, they can tell you but you do not have to listen (entrepreneurs don’t listen to negative critics)!  Because you can do it, if you have the passion and desire to achieve it.  How many people do you think told the Wright brothers: “If man were meant to fly, he would have wings!”?  They did not listen.  Or what about Alex Bell and his “crazy” idea of a device that would allow one to have a conversation with another person miles away?  I’m sure he was laughed upon, told that it was impossible.  Nothing is impossible.  It’s those ideas that change the world.  Bell could have sat back and listened to the “experts” tell him that his idea is impossible.  But no, a great a great entrepreneur does not listen to someone elses thoughts of impossibility.  What if the Wright brothers and Bell had listened to their critics?  We might still be flightless, telephoneless people!  It seems that ALL the Billion dollar ideas were once impossible.  But, remember impossible is nothing!

Another great characteristic of an entrepreneur is the ability to take action.  Do you know how many people, prior to the telephones invention, dreamed of being able to talk to their loved ones across the country?  There is no telling (I’m sure it was a lot though).  You see, it was a dream and most people believe that dreams are not real, they are impossible!  Not Mr. Alex Bell, he acted on his dream and made it a reality.

So next time you have a crazy idea, maybe it is not that crazy after all.  Take action and do not listen to negative criticism, it is the skeptics that get nowhere and the dreamers that change the world!