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Never give up. Never surrender!
Ok, quick story to illustrate my point...I am searching for a passenger side seat belt for my 1979 convertible VW Beetle. It`s not an easy thing to find considering they are not made any longer.I was recommended to go to a specific German auto repair business. I was told, "this guy has everything." Once there, I asked for the part I am looking for.His reply was, "I am sure I have one, but you`ll have to do the work yourself."He directed me around the front counter, and pointed up some stairs saying, "There`s a light switch up there. Turn on the light and start looking for what you want."I couldn`t believe I was about to dig through a bunch of poorly labeled seat belts from nearly every year and car model created in Germany. But, what ever it takes... I took off the coat and started digging.Two hours later, after vigorously searching through all the dusty, oily, seat belts... I came up with nothing!After thanking him for "his" time, I began returning to my car. He then said, "If you don`t find one here, you won`t find one at all." This is the part I am writing about today. Do you know how many times I have heard from people, what I wanted to do couldn`t be done. Do you know how many people have disregarded those words and eventually found success? I find it hard to believe that in all of North America, there are ZERO `79 Beetle seat belts. So my search continues.What`s my point? If you haven`t figured it out yet, Bill Gates, Thomas Edison, and hundreds of others have done things everyone said was impossible. Do you remember when computer chips required tubes? Now they`re made of sand! Ok, silicon sand, but still. You get the point.If you have a dream... Never give up. Never surrender. Even if you die before realizing your dream, you will inspire others to continue the hunt. Maybe not for a seat belt, but no one will ever say you were crazy for following a dream. Even if you never achieve it.My search for this and other dreams continues.
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I cannot stand it when people tell me that I shouldn`t start a business or that it wont work. A little thing I like to say when someone says "What if you lose all your money?" or "what if it fails". I like to tell those people " I wish Henry Ford would have thought that way!" Maybe we would have mass produced cars today but how long would it have taken to get there.
This is all another reason why I like this site: MOTIVATION TO SUCEED!