It's a great life if you don't weaken...

I used to think that starting up a small business would look like this:

Now I realize, just like the rest of life, running a small business looks like this:

http://www.lynierose.com/2013/11/expectation-vs-reality-of-your-life.html

A friend asked me how it was going the other day. I answered that I realize that owning your own business is like a log roll. Just keep walking. You have to keep walking. Keep walking and you won't fall off. 

http://www.theactivetimes.com/log-rolling-sport-future

So the question becomes, how do you keep walking? (and walking and walking and walking and walking...)

1. Believe in your dream
2. Have a strong will
3. Start out with the right business plan, the right business partner, the right legal, financial, accounting and marketing support!
4. Focus on what's going right, instead of what's going wrong
5. See the dips and valleys for what they are: dips and valleys
6. Take time to recharge yourself by way of meditation, exercise, acupuncture, massage, eating right, and taking time off every quarter!  
7. Be grateful for what you already have
8. Visualize what you want to have
9. If it's broken, take the time, heartache and energy to fix it now, don't wait
10. Put one foot in front of the other and don't stop