Entrepreneurship can be a long and challenging road. Even a lonely road. One thing that every entrepreneur can count on is challenges. One of the key attributes that an aspiring entrepreneur must have is the ability to overcome challenges. Problems are guaranteed to arise in the day-to-day operations, with your customers and also in terms of "big picture" decisions.
There was a talk given by Elder Jeffrey Holland relating the story of him trying to move his family across the country, but having car trouble before making it very far. This story struck a chord with me, as a few years ago I had the experience of moving my family across the country for graduate school. I distinctly remember that morning waking at 4AM and getting myself, my wife and my 1 year old son into our moving truck. I felt like I was driving a train because it was the longest Penske truck the had (though I didn't request such a large truck) and behind that was a car trailer with our Chevy Malibu. We pulled out of the church parking lot and headed east on I-80. Our emotions were a mix of fear from the unknown, excitement about a new beginning and the apprehension of failing, wondering if we could really pull this off. I think persistence is what got us through medical training. There were challenging times and good times, but through it all we continued to move forward and eventually succeeded.
I enjoyed the quote from Elder Holland concerning the most valuable things in life. They generally require sacrifice, persistence and great effort to obtain.
"Though nothing in our lives seems to require the courage and patient long-suffering of those early Latter-day Saints, still almost every worthwhile endeavor I can imagine takes something of that same determination."
My goal going forward to is have the persistence and dedication to overcome challenges and obstacles as they arise.
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