"The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed." - Chinese Proverb
If you are an entrepreneur, you understand how difficult things can get. And you probably are too damn proud or stubborn or irrational to quit when success seems impossible. Good. For that very factor is a huge part of what I would call your "defensible competitive advantage." Of course, they cant teach this in business school. Good. For this is why the best entrepreneurs tend not to be the kid that sat in the front row and got the 4.0 GPA. But, you already know this. Those guys were soft - they played tennis and drank wine. You bet on sports and drank beer. Nicely played.
You are working 24/7 but you just can't pay the bills? Good. Keep working. They can take your credit rating but not your will to win. They can take your copy machine back but not your tenacity. They can charge you overdraft fees til the end of time, but they can't make you stop your pursuit of what drives you. Just - keep - pushing - ahead.
You think you are alone and nobody understands why it so important for you to succeed. They tell you to give up and get a "real job." They tell you that you gave it your best but it's time to move on. After all, you have a family now - you're not a newbie college grad anymore. Blah.
Listen to me, you have a lot more left in the tank than you think and you have come too far and put up with too much bullshit to turn back now.
Need some inspiration? Skip the latest book from that motivational speaker and instead watch the movie "The Pianist" - you'll realize that you don't have it so bad after all. Just don't quit yet - like the proverb says you may be closer than you think.
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