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SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT EDITION

April 23, 2007                                                                                     ISSN 1934-3248

QUOTE:      Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow".   –Anon.

In this issue:

About Courage.  It takes a lot of courage to start a new business.  There are many people out there who will tell you that you aren’t going to make it, they are not going to help you, and you might as well just give up.  Banks, for example, are not very helpful.  I was talking to a grad recently who said a large national bank told her, “We don’t do startup loans.”  And there are greedy people who will try to get you to lease a big office or force you to accept awful terms, so they can get more money. 

But, as they said at NASA, “Failure is not an option.”  If you believe, as I do, that you move toward what you think about, then courage is getting up every morning thinking about your new practice and making sure you are doing something that day to move toward what you’re thinking about. 

But there are also many people who want to help you.  Your family, for example.  The classmates you graduated with.  Me. I am always willing to talk to you about how to do something specific, or just give you a pep talk.  Email me and we’ll find a time to talk.  I know about courage.  I’m doing the same thing you are, in starting my business, and I figure helping you helps me.

A couple of stories about courage: 

·        How many times do you have to start a practice before you “get it”?  I heard of a doctor who failed twice before finally becoming successful the third time.  Maybe the third time really is a charm!

·        This week I heard three stories of students and new grads getting loans.  One went into his local bank to talk in general terms about getting a loan, and they said, ‘How much do you want?”  Another had three offers (!) from different banks, and chose the best one.

Some encouragement resources:

§         Each day I receive a positive saying by email.  To sign up for this service, go to http://attitudemedia.com . Reading these sayings is a great way to get daily encouragement.

§         More recently,  I have found a new way to enjoy encouraging words – called “wall words.”  They print out sayings in large fonts and send them to you to put on your walls.  This would be a great idea for your office.  They are at www.wallwords.com – not terribly expensive.  I liked the “7 words” idea and I’m thinking about what 7 words I should put on my walls in my office.  What words would you choose?

§         Give yourself to someone else.  By giving courage to others, by thinking about someone else, we bring courage to ourselves.  The Dalai Lama says, “Be kind whenever possible.  It is always possible.” 

Finally, a couple of quotes on courage: 

Success is that old ABC – ability, breaks, and courage. (Charles Luckman).   

  “A bit of advice given to a young Native American at the time of his initiation: "As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It’s not as wide as you think."”

 - Joseph Campbell   20th Century Philosopher & Mythology Expert

An Italian poet said, "We live in a flash of light; evening comes and it is night forever." It’s only a flash and we waste it. We waste it with our anxiety, our worries, our concerns, our burdens.”  Anthony de Mello, 20^th century Jesuit priest. 

My final words of encouragement:  After spending many years and much money to become a chiropractor, don’t waste the rest of your life in regret that you didn’t do it.  Just do it.

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