In Why You Should Start a Business: Part 1, I outlined two reasons for starting a business: freedom and controlling your destiny. These two reasons are what’s most important to me. I place tremendous value on freedom, being able to use my time as I wish. I decide when to wake up, when to work, and when to stop working. I decide what I do each day. Time is all we have, and having the freedom to use it the way I choose is important to me. I have to think that I am not alone on this. Read more…

Sports teach a lot of lessons about life. I was watching Super Bowl winning quarterback Drew Brees’ press conference after the game last night. He expressed a number of thoughts on why he believes the Saints were able to win the Super Bowl. One of the primary characteristics common among successful people in life is the ability to persevere, to overcome adversity. Without it, you have no chance of accomplishing anything of significance. Read more…

Whether you are an employee, self-employed, a business owner, or investor, having balance in life is crucial. Doing so allows you to stay healthy long term, maintain relationships with those closest around you, and keep your priorities in order. If you are in a profession that requires longer hours, there is a tendency to be so ingrained in it that your perspective becomes distorted; you lose sight of what’s really important. Read more…

I view life as a mission that God has sent me on. Life is temporary, not eternal, and it goes by in a blink of an eye from God’s perspective. Because it is temporary, why have fear? Why not get the absolute most out of life that you can? Why allow anything to hold you back? Read more…

I am a firm believer in having a positive mindset, no matter what the situation. Those who have known me going back to my earlier days know that I was a very negative person at times. I have completely changed my mind set to think positive and not to allow negative thoughts to dominate. My life has improved drastically for the better since I have changed the way I think. Read more…

I am a believer that fear is a result of not having faith. I used to be fearful not too long ago about certain issues in my life. I witness a lot of people around me who demonstrate fear on a consistent basis. Fear is a component that holds a lot of people hostage and prevents them from living their lives to the fullest and achieving happiness. For instance, if someone is fearful about changing careers for whatever reason, they may be missing out on the career that they are passionate about and could really excel in. Instead, they continue to work at the job they hate because they fear uncertainty and change. Read more…