Do what you love. Take risks. Fail. Skip the MBA and start your own business. These are common themes among today’s young professionals. For every one article that promotes a traditional path to success (hard work, getting an MBA, climbing the corporate ladder, remaining loyal to one company) there are 10 articles that promote dropping out of school, doing what you love regardless of money and skipping an…
All great things begin with a leap of faith. For me, it was quitting my comfortable corporate job to pursue a dream. This dream was conceived while attending Arizona State University with my two current business partners. We noticed a serious need for a cognitive enhancement product directed toward elite students. Too often we saw our peers turn to Adderall and other prescription drugs looking for that extra…
I lived every day thinking about the one day when everything was going to be like a dream. It was a very long time before I realized that all my thoughts were dreams, and only dreams. Head in the clouds, on top of the world, building an empire to stand the test of time, all of it…a fantasy. It was all but a dream within a dream. Then…
Following your dreams is not for the faint of heart. The truth is a lot of stuff will go right and a lot of stuff will go wrong. At the end of the day, to persevere you have to be able to say, “I’m going for it. I’m taking my leap. F*CK IT.” Don’t free-fall at 120 mph. Have a parachute handy. My F*CK IT moments come…
Playing It Safe: The Price You Pay For Giving Up On Your Dreams
by / ⠀Startup Advice / February 15, 2013Let’s first define what a dream is. For me, my dream is what I most desire to achieve. It is a goal I want to reach more than anything and I will do anything it takes to achieve this. The thing with dreams is that they often remain dreams and never become reality. The question is therefore, how badly do you want to live your dream? Is your…
Though I had my heart set out on attending an arts school, I ended up attending a liberal arts college that I never heard of, more or less even thought about going to. I never applied to the school of my dreams that was located in my hometown, and instead applied to a school that a friend mentioned in passing. After submitting my application to the institution I…
Few people can say that they have truly lived their dreams. As a matter of fact, most of us have experienced that sickening feeling that we have not done the best that we could in life. Fortunately, there is a way for us to awaken our minds to help improve our lives and we all know it as Dreaming. Dreaming, as long as it does not get stuck…