| "Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask | | | | Belmont, the life instilling nature of the pursuit of a |
| yourself what makes you come alive. And then | | | | dream is staring at the finish line and refusing to |
| go and do that. Because what the world needs is | | | | look back. It is your ability to reason that allows |
| people who have come alive." -Harold Whitman | | | | you to correct and guide your passion, but only if |
| The world in which we live is filled with frightened | | | | reason is applied. If not, you may only be astride |
| people. Life has a way of driving the passion for | | | | a runaway horse. |
| life out of us. If you are reading this because you | | | | "Chase down your passion like it's the last bus of |
| have an interest in entrepreneurialism then you | | | | the night." - Glade Byron Addams |
| must have either spark of life or a dream | | | | Many entrepreneurs look at their dream as the |
| demanding release. Otherwise you would not be | | | | sum total of their chance at success. For some |
| here. Have you found an idea you love? | | | | this proves true, so when you have an idea and |
| "To love an idea is to love it a little more than one | | | | passion agrees, run with it. |
| should." - Jean Rostand | | | | "Follow your passion, and success will follow you." |
| The love of an idea is a consummate risk-taking | | | | - Arthur Buddhold |
| adventure. There are no promises and failure is | | | | Entrepreneurialism allows people to move from a |
| possible, yet an entrepreneur must abandon | | | | place of simply existing to a place of living. It may |
| themselves to that place where they find an idea | | | | seem a little dangerous, but it also regenerates |
| they love knowing that there is a spot just past | | | | passion in an individual's life. |
| research and rationalism where there is no turning | | | | "Strong as our passions are, they may be |
| back. | | | | starved into submission, and conquered without |
| "Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful | | | | being killed." - Charles Caleb Colton |
| spring." - Ralph Waldo Emerson | | | | We've all seen a rodeo on television. Passion |
| The drive that you possess in developing a | | | | without reason is a bit like bronco busting where |
| business idea is bold, noble, misunderstood and | | | | the ride is thrilling, but short-lived. Reason without |
| altogether powerful. The passion is bound to | | | | passion is more like an aging horse that has no |
| spring you into action. This is the place where | | | | get up and go and is simply a mode of |
| reason must be welcomed to the party. | | | | transportation. Passion tempered with reason |
| "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." - | | | | always stands the best chance of winning the |
| Benjamin Franklin | | | | entrepreneurial race in a way that is both fun and |
| Like a horse at top speed, like Rags to Riches at | | | | moving. |