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By: Ari Lestariono

Ari Lestariono — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:23:01 +0000

Love this articles, because I was on that mood when I was working as a Sales Engineer.Now I am entrepreneur running my own company first to second months I was not making a dollar at my blog after 6 months finally I make few dollars, but the track and path that I study almost a year, is really a good education for me to breach new strategy to monetize my blogs.Being motivated and stay focus, to be honest it’s not easy, especially when your in this business.I continue my path to motivate myself everyday that one day I’ll score.We only live once to play this game, so no more feeling frustrated, down, lazy, distraction etc.Good post I really enjoy it

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By: David Morin

David Morin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:43:50 +0000

Great reminder. Three main things I learned for sure when I became entrepreneur myself were;

If the pleasure at the end of the line is greater than the immediate pain, act despite of fear no matter what.

Everything takes place into a conversation, this is how you get to create. Nothing happens in a monologue. It’s just the same ideas over, over and over again expressed with different words.

Put yourself in uncomfortable position so you can expand your comfort zone and grow.

A lot of those principles and gems of wisdom for entrepreneurs are contained in 2 little books I love, written by Paul Arden; “It’s not about how good you are, it’s about how good you want to be” and “Whatever you think, think the opposite”.

I would recommend those little essential bibles to any entrepreneurs.

Cheers!

By: @MattWilsontv

@MattWilsontv — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:30:50 +0000

Josh, I love the quote “what would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail”. No entrepreneur is completely reckless–but go out and give it a shot while you’re young. You’ve got nothing to lose!

By: Josh Hurlock http://twitter.com/JoshHurlock

Josh Hurlock http://twitter.com/JoshHurlock — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:11:25 +0000

Evan,

Thanks for the mention in the article. Right now, I am in college and just interested in entrepreneurship; I am contemplating business ideas, although nothing is too serious because school and work are very time consuming.

Anyways, I believe the key is to stay patient and to avoid fearing failure. This brings up one of my favorite quotes: “What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” I think too often people hold back because of failure. At the end of the day, failure is a learning experience, and good businesses need to take risks, at points.

Furthermore, although there are these motivation killers out there, I encourage peeople to sit back and think about what they are doing. Entrepreneurs should be passionate about what they do. Therefore, if you are truly passionate and thoroughly enjoy what you do, a momentary sit-back-and-relax will help get the motivation flowing again.

By: EWK

EWK — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:25:02 +0000

I find that reading about how others’ have found success is a huge motivation. Fortune Mag and Inc both run articles that do this – http://everythingworthknowing.com/startups/inspiration/

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:56:05 +0000

Excellent post. I really think another way a motivation block can come is when a large problem arises. Problems can allow you to go either way; be extremely motivated or discouraged. Sometimes too much time can be spent on looking for a solution, and nothing comes up. It might be that you have to take a totally different approach or start all over but whatever it is running into a problem is something that all entrepreneurs must face and it is those who can become motivated by them are the ones that make it.

By: GoEverywhere Team

GoEverywhere Team — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:43:35 +0000

My motivation secret is my other entrepreneur friends. If I am feeling down or having a low point in my business, I get on my webtop and access the social networking sites I am connected with. I read about the great things they are doing and it’s an instant kick in the pants!

By: Michael Schrader

Michael Schrader — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:43:35 +0000

These are some great suggestions. I think most of us have stumbled upon at least one (or all in my case!) of these issues at some point. The other key for me is setting BIG dreams! I know that Ferrari may be far off, but sometimes it is a far better motivator for me than the short term, smaller goals.

Thanks for the ideas.