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Personal Ad: Lonely Business Owner Seeks Other Lonely Business Owners for Friendship

BIG NEWS! I just found out that I am a “solopreneur.”  Apparently the trend now is to take an adjective that describes what you do/who you are and mash it up with the word ENTREPRENEUR. Example: Solopreneur, Mompreneur, Wantrepreneur. It is what it is, I guess.  I read an article this morning on Entrepreneur.com titled The Silent …

033: 6 Words That’ll Turn Your Passion into Your Purpose | No. 5 “PERSISTENCE”

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033: 6 Words That'll Turn Your Passion into Your Purpose | No. 5 "PERSISTENCE"
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Starting a new venture is always exciting. There is nothing quite like the feeling of finally pursuing your dream. But the initial emotional reaction will dissipate and then you are faced with the obstacles and hardships that come with trying something that is hard. If turning your passion into your purpose was easy, then everyone would be doing it. It is when things get difficult that most people quit and go back to their mundane lives. But we will not quit. We will persist because when we look to the reward we see that it far outweighs the temporary pain of adversity.