“The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.”

–Napoleon Hill

I thought I’d pass this quote on. It’s inspiring isn’t it?

So many of us come from difficult pasts, trying times and hard knocks.

Read that quote and think again. Instead of dwelling on the negativity of all you’ve been through or all you’re going through, let the thought inspire you to your next home based business idea. The idea here is to realize that your ‘rocky roads’ will make you great. No, let me rephrase that. If you allow it, your adversity can carry you to success with your home business.

Here’s what I did….

I wrote that quote out by hand on a piece of paper and tacked it up on my home office wall. Whenever I run into a problem now, I just look up, remember that every struggle ‘grows’ my business stronger. It makes the difficult times much easier.

There are hundreds of success stories both online and offline of self-made millionaires.

• Men and women who were running a home business out of a corner of their apartment living room - who now own mansions.
• Men and women who had an idea, with no business experience, and made it.
• Men and women with nothing more than a Grade 9 education who took their home business idea to heights they’d never dreamed of.

And they did it by conquering adversity. They did it by staying the course. They did it by forging on with their idea.

In their struggles they grew stronger.

Just like the oak tree.

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Last Modified : June 25th, 2005 Filed under : Home Based Business Inspiration Navigate : / Next post