When I was just starting out in the early days of my career, I faced numerous rejections. Job interviews, sales pitches or attempts to secure funding. Rejection was a constant companion. It was during this period that I met a mentor, a seasoned entrepreneur with decades of experience. He shared a story from his early
In my favorite comic strip, “Peanuts,” Charlie Brown is walking off the baseball field with Lucy, his head down and totally dejected. Charlie says, “Another ball game lost! Good grief! I get tired of losing. Everything I do, I lose!” Lucy replies: “Look at it this way, Charlie Brown. We learn more from losing than
In business, you can view yourself in two ways – a worker or an entrepreneur. You don’t have to be an hourly employee to have a worker mentality, nor do you have to be an independent businessperson to have an entrepreneur mindset. My friend, Nido Qubein, president of High Point University in North Carolina and
A monk decided to meditate alone, away from his monastery. He took his boat out to the middle of a lake, dropped anchor and closed his eyes to begin his meditation. After a few hours of serene, undisturbed silence, he suddenly felt the bump of another boat colliding with his. He immediately grew angry at
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