Favorite Inspiring Quotes
The Successful Entrepreneur
Commentary by Peter Shepherd

“Entrepreneurs don’t become entrepreneurs to work less. They become entrepreneurs and work harder. They work longer hours and usually for a lot less money. All to make their dream become a reality.” ~ B.E.
Starting up a new company successfully is living a few years of your life like most people won’t (super-dedicated), so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t (doing what you want when you want). Fact is, if you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs. Life is too short to be working for someone else’s dream.
“As entrepreneurs, we must continue to ask ourselves, ‘What’s next?’ It takes humility to realize that we don’t know everything, not to rest on our laurels, and know that we must keep learning and observing.” ~ Cher Wang
Winning strategies don’t usually come fully formed, they are the product of experience, learning from what doesn’t work or needs improving, building up a clearer picture, until an optimum solution is found.

“Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.” ~ Jeff Bezos
Because they are doing something original, their market is unproven and most onlookers won’t understand the potential of their ideas. Most people are followers, not originators. Sometimes life is about risking everything for a dream no one can see but you.
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” ~ Steve Jobs
There will be obstacles, there will be doubters, there will be mistakes... but with a powerful enough vision and the hard work to back it up, there are no limits to what can be created.
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” ~ Steve Jobs
Losers say, “It may be possible but it’s too difficult.” They see the pain and the problems, and they let it go. Winners say, “It may be difficult but it is possible.” They see the gain and the possibilities, and they make it happen.

Here’s some further reading on this theme...
How Empowering Beliefs Shape Successful Entrepreneurs - by Mohammad Latiff
Every business owner wants their business to be a success and perhaps even build an empire from that success. If you really want your business to excel and to achieve every aspiration that you have, do not even think “failure is not an option,” because as soon as you let that thought cross your mind you have already opened the door to failure. Your belief must be that “the only option is success,” the achievement of what you are after. Continues...
Unique Challenges Female Entrepreneurs Face - by Linda Gimmeson
As women begin to take over the business world, they also experience a lot of push back. Female entrepreneurs are facing several gender-related challenges as they run their businesses. Here are four unique challenges that every female entrepreneur may experience sometime in her career. Continues...
The Magic of a Meaningful Moment ~ by Wallace Huey
Sometimes we completely miss the magic of the moment and so lose out. The truth is everyone experiences signs, coincidences and synchronicities in their lives, but most people are unaware of them. Continues...