Successful Startup 101: September 2014 Successful Startup 101: September 2014 | Page 61

Trust

Why You
Should
Never Give
Up On Your
Dreams
By Adriana Langford

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utumn is the season where we reap the benefits of
the seeds that we planted in the spring according
to the great philosopher Jim Rohn. I wanted to
touch base with the entrepreneurial community on why
you should never, ever, give up on your dreams.
Last Labor day as many of us celebrated American
workers with family and friends or looked upon the
upcoming new season with regret or disappointment for
the things we want to achieve or feel that we should have
already achieved, Diana Nyad, a 64 year old endurance
swimmer became the first swimmer to cross the 110 mile
journey from Cuba to Key west without the protection of
a shark cage.  This was Ms. Nyad’s fifth attempt to reach
her goal in 35 years and she finally made it.
After Ms. Nyad completed her journey, she gave us three
simple but powerful messages that I want to share with
you to show you how this applies to us as individuals as
well as entrepreneurs, myself included. Diana’s three
messages were: