Difficult Questions

Today was a day that we decided to ask some difficult questions off ourselves. Although this was in the realm of the professional world, It did spur some interesting thoughts.

1. Success always takes more than its fair share of sacrifice
2. There are always more things to do than there are people to do them
3. It is easy to get frustrated and stop looking for next steps if nothing is moving forward... the people who resist this inertia are the ones who become successful
4. Losing view of the big picture is a luxury only some of us have; and the term 'some of us' almost never includes you.
5. Who you are as a person defines what you do with difficult situations and not the other way around
6. Smiling through rough patches is harder than you think, but it is well worth the effort.
7. The cost of doing business includes the money that you put in it as well as the money you would have made in case you were doing something else. It also includes the time you spend away from family, friends and fun.
8. The opportunity of doing business is that you learn more in a year than you will in a lifetime working for someone else. The opportunity almost always out weighs the cost.
9. Character and sound reasoning are the end result of a critical thought process. do not lose that ability. It is what will make you different from everyone else.

It is easy to get distracted with what other people think you need to do or be. its easier to buy into someone else's dream... rather than having your own.