In a recent article in 1stWebDesigner (February 27, 2015), a story is told of how three Freelancers learned the lessons taught by the early failures and eventually succeeded. This is a heartwarming story that is so often repeated among those of us who listen to the call of risk taking and starting our own ventures. My father used to say that “You cannot with a soccer match from the sidelines” by which he meant that you actually have to get into the game and play – if you want to have a chance to lose. The unfortunate flip side to this, however, is that if you get into the game, you also have a chance to lose.
The ability to lose and to learn from one’s losses is a key difference between those of us who feel the tug of entrepreneurship on our hearts and those who are content to work for someone else their whole lives. There is nothing wrong with working for someone else one’s whole life. It is safe, predictable, quiet and – hopefully – without too much turmoil. My uncle lived his whole life in the same apartment building and in the same second floor apartment and recently passed away there. He worked at the same position for almost 60 years, in the same company. As far as I can tell, he was happy doing so – and my heart goes out to him.
I, on the other hand, would have felt suffocated, unrealized and stifled. There is a story about a man who is at a friend’s funeral and someone asks him when the deceased passed away. The man answers that the deceased “passed away yesterday but he died many years ago.” For me, working in the same place without having the ability to spread my wings and try for the elusive “brass ring” of trying something new and starting my own company would be to be like the man who passed away recently but died many years ago.
These are the things which we allow others to have on www.IndiaFreelancers.com. On our website people can start to spread their entrepreneurial wings and try to develop their companies. They can grow with the start that we give them on IndiaFreelancers.com. Take a look, for example, to the video of Ranjiv (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUSb_pKojsk) who started his own web design company and who succeeded thanks to www.IndiaFreelancers.com
In summary, we need to follow our hearts. If that heart pulls you in the direction of possibly trying to start your own company, then IndiaFreelancers.com may help you to get where you hope to go.
Ranjiv P for IndiaFreelancers.com
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