I have never been much of a runner, in fact walking is much more my style and I do lots of it each day. But I have been thinking a lot lately about how getting through tough times in business is a lot like running a marathon. You start off strong, full of confidence, focused on the goals ahead, and all goes well - and then, as any marathon runner will confess, you hit that inevitable wall when your mind, body and spirit tell you that giving up is preferable to the immense pain you are experiencing. Every fibre of your being tells you to quit. Have you ever felt like that on this crazy entrepreneurial journey you are on? If so, then I have some words of inspiration for you that I came across today during my research. It is a lesson to us all on the need to tough it out and keep going, no matter what life throws at us. The quote goes, “If you quit now, you’ll end up right back where you first began. And when you first began, you were desperate to be where you are right now. Keep going!”
Have yourself an inspired entrepreneurial day! — Melanie