Interesting topic thank you!, i wanna give my 2 cents.. *What does it mean for me?* An entrepeneur **put his whole heart into things he think creates value** without counting pennies or time. As Brian Tracy said in an interview, there is a big difference between who is a clock watcher and who **is a watch/clock builder**. If you create a business from scratch, just from an idea with **no guarantee that it will work**. If you're **driven by your idea** and everybody says to you *

"This will not work!"

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"Get a job and stop with this crap!"

* https://media.giphy.com/media/3oKIPjzfv0sI2p7fDW/giphy.gif and you **become even stronger and more resilient**. The rage in your belly from such sayings gives you even more energy to show them that's possible! If that's true for you then i think you're a sort of entrepeneur who **takes the risk of loosing his investment, his friends, his lifetime** just for an idea which burns inside of him like an eternal flame surrounded by rain, storm and coldness. I **failed many times** with business ideas like creating games (it worked well, and the community had fun but economically it was desaster, brought back no money.. search for Hoowaball), a videoconferencing software called Elvico (electronic video conferencing) i created a many minutes long render video to explain the workflow and advertise, building a rock band with expensive equipment and so on and eventually learned alot from all these experiences.. fail.. fail.. fail until i found the right team and the right product. It took me years and many times i was without any money :) but i continued my journey. *

He who seeks shall find

* That is a saying i don't fully understood as kid when my parents it said, now i know because it's the truth. Maybe the meaning differs from person to person. For me is it to **achieve the things in life i want** to find my purpose in life. **Find fulfillment** in what you're doing, find the right thing for you whether you are 20 or 70 years old. It should not matter, do the right thing, even if it means you have to reset your current activities. *

Born to be crazy!

* https://media.giphy.com/media/73gagbHCOjh2U/giphy.gif The entrepeneur **don't care if he is called a crazy guy or insane**. Yes, passion is important. Nothing can stop you from doing that, neither your parents or friends. If your **passionate enough to follow your mission**, your idea it doesn't matter how much time, money, afford it tooks to achieve something. But an entrepeneur also **recognise its limitations and doubts** and that's no fun ;) https://media.giphy.com/media/Z5p44wwvR5ni/giphy.gif and sometimes he **needs some rest** but after that he goes on and on and on.. like the Duracell bunny until he reaches his destination i think. And yes there is **never a guarantee for success** but the entrepeneur don't care about he tries everything to reach it's goal so long as he sees a chance. If he recognizes the battle is lost he **look constantly for new opportunities** and **never settle or regret anything**. For me it was often anger because i failed and then i asked "What can i do better next time?" "What I'd learned from that crap!?" "Which people should i avoid in the future, how can i find people who are thinking like me?" and so on. https://media.giphy.com/media/d2Z4rTi11c9LRita/giphy.gif That's what i think about that topic and i'm curious about other experiences. Thank you again! I wish all who currently trying to build a business and are surrounded by people who are not supportive and complaining or call you stupid - **Persistence, Enthusiasm, Courage and Strength** to survive all that S*** and go on! To close that, a nice poem which Brian Tracy used in one of his speeches: >*

Don't quit

* >*"When things go wrong as they sometimes will When the road you're trudging seems all up hill. When funds are low and the debts are high. And you want to smile, but you have to sigh. When care is pressing you down a bit. Rest, if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns. As everyone of us sometimes learns. And many a failure turns about When he might have won had he stuck it out:* >*Don't give up though the pace seems slow - You may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out - The silver tint of the clouds of doubt. And you never can tell how close you are. It may be near when it seems so far: So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit It's when things seem worst that you must not QUIT.*