What Would You Do If . . .

One day I come home and Kelly (my wife) is all excited about this plaque she picked up at a boutique.  Typically, I don’t get that excited when I hear she bought something at a boutique especially something that requires me to hang on the wall.  To my surprise this was different.  Here it was a little plaque that read, “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?”  Kelly said, “I saw this and thought of you and I had to get it.”  So if we ever have the pleasure of you being in our home you will notice in the guest powder room right above the light switch we have this plaque.  This statement alone has spurred many conversations about what people “Would do”.  The sad truth is most people leave it at that, they dream, they create a vision, they develop passion, they get excited, they speak about possibilities and then they shrug the shoulders and say oh well.

Friend, would people in your life see this plaque and think about you?  Success begins with decision even when faced with the fear of the unknown and the fear of failure.  Those whom have created success in their lives have approached their ventures with intense focus knowing that even in the face of defeat, even in the face of doubt, even when their chips were down, when the outlook wasn’t so good, they would move forward with the mindset that failure is not an option and even when failure is eminent they recognize that failure is temporary. Failure is the breeding ground for some of our biggest successes, failure is the road that teaches us lessons that most will never be blessed to learn.  Failure is the time when we become most transparent, most humble and most open to self examination.

“What would you do if you knew you could not fail?”  . . What a thought provoking statement.   This statement also provokes . . . “What WILL you do when you FAIL?”

The entrepreneur often is defined not by the success rather the journey he/she took towards that success.  Remember the plaque, approach your ventures with passion and focus and above all bloom where you are planted, whether that be in success or in failure.

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