Why to continue?

 There are many times when life just seems to get harder and harder. This is especially true when you try to start a business from zero. People almost seem to laugh at you and tell you to get a job. Your first clients want to see your experience, but it is hard to show a story of success at the beginning! You have every reason to quit and try something different.

This week I learned from Jeffrey R Holland a truth that will guide me for the rest of my life: ‘’The best things are always worth finishing’’ as he said it referring to the Salt Lake City temple and all the struggles that people went through during its 40 years of construction.

Nothing that is worth something in this life is easier to obtain. Completing a University education is hard but it is very easy to quit. It is hard to build a business or learn how to trade in the stock market, but the alternative of doing nothing is extremely easy. The secret for success is not to settle for the easy.

At the same time, Seth Godin’s book ‘’The Dip’’ teaches when it is necessary to quit in order to use our time and energy for those things worth not quitting. I have realized now that I need to quit my morning job as an English teacher. At first I was worried about the income I would forego, but I have realized that I am not growing there anymore and I could accomplish much more for my long term and more valuable goals by doing some other things with that time.

http://www.amazon.es/The-Dip-Little-Teaches-Stick/dp/1591841666

http://vimeo.com/28080897

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHKe9EqB5vE