Friday, 21 March 2008

Ackces.com......An Entrepreneur Story

"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even." Muhammad Ali


My dilemma is I never know when to stop! When to stop pushing! Stop wanting! Stop running!

And when to stop chasing my dreams.

“You need to slow down”, everyone says to me.

In my head, I can’t stop aiming, I can’t stop trying, and I can’t stop believing - that somewhere out there I am living my destiny. And it’s for real this time.

I have often pushed myself to the extreme and last week was no different. I fell ill with the flu. Sometimes you forget that you are not a machine.
But sometimes you just feel so anxious that if you close your eyes for long enough your dreams will slowly slip away from you.

But then I slowed down. I took a long hard look at myself – where I was now, and what I’m striving for.
I have a degree; I’m a life coach; I’m a personal trainer, I’m a mentor. All these things I have succeeded at.

A year ago I entered into an entrepreneurial scholar program and won the money to launch my conference company. What a boost!
I convinced myself it would be successful and I poured my heart and soul into it.
How wrong I was. I made a mistake and the company was bankrupted, a year ago.

I was in debt, and so down – I honestly thought I had nothing left.
But I brushed myself down.

I had to forget about failure, and I had to get up and start all over again. What’s that they say? When you aim high, your fall is a long way down.

It’s not easy.

But today, when I look in the mirror, I know, if I slow down, assess my goals, and focus… I know the day will come when I will make it.

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Friday, 14 March 2008

Ackces.com......To Catch An Entrepreneur...................


"Mysterious power, whence hope ethereal springs! Sweet heavenly relic of eternal things!Inspiring oft deep thoughts of things divine: The past, the present, and the future time. Thy reminiscences transport the soul. To memory’s Paradise—its future goal."
Parley P. Pratt http://www.motivatingquotes.com/dreams.htm

As a little girl I dreamt of rainbows and believed in fairy tales….I climb trees without thinking of the consequences and told all the other kids that my daddy was superman and that he could move mountains…..yes he could?

Only I never knew my dad but…….. He was out there searching for me like the knights in the fairy tales……I had hope…..like many other kids before and after me…
As a little girl I had imaginary friends…my brother was a giant and my sister was queen of the entire kingdom.

Only I never had a brother……but if I had one I am sure he would have protected me…..Oh yes he would?

As a little girl I loved watching fairy tales and hated being dragged to church in pink frilly tailed dresses that my mother insisted I wore….and the other kids made fun of….
When I was younger I had friends who showered me with love and families who expressed high hopes for me...

I dreamt of colourful things, and that I when I grew up I would fall for a king. I believed in dreams and fairies and knights and that someone was up there in that big blue sky, protecting me, tucking me in safely, watching me slowly drifting off to sleep at nights.

When I was a little girl…….I had a best friend and we shared our dreams and wishes…I told him I would become the modern day Martin Luther King and that I would have enough one day to become a hero and changed the world….

I dreamt of a future where I was strong enough and had enough to… help kids without mothers and fathers and helping countries that have lost their souls…Back then I admired Maya Angelou and all those who dared to stand up for what they believed in.

He said….start by changing yourself….That was the last I ever saw of him…
but I wonder what he thought of me when he looked down from above…..and saw that most of what I wanted…was still unfulfilled…

When I become and adult I learn that fire burns and pain sinks so deep into the shrines of your soul that you can barely breathe when you are all alone. I learn that the world has walls and barriers and that when you bleed your whole being shudders and promises are meant to be broken and people are taken for granted.

I learn that survival is life’s secret game and that life came at a price. I learn that you work hard for what you ask life for and that relationships can make or break you. I learn that you work your socks off nine to five and disguise your dreams…from preying eyes….

When I was a little girl? I never gave up on what I believed in and that maybe life hurts so much right now because I never will…

I learn that pain is not so bad after all and that letting go means that sometimes you have to….. in order to win.

I want you all to know that I use, ACKCES.COM because I have a dream and that giving up is an easy alternative but when you are doing something you are passionate about…failure is never an option….I believe obstacles are there to remind you that you are really trying….that you are not just talking…you are actually doing something…. and heroes never give up fighting….

With Ackces.com….I know the world will see what I have to offer, one day.


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