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Drive and Dedication

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driveanddedicationWhile I have been building up my own business I’ve seen quite a few others come and go.

The more and more I work towards my own goals, the less I really care about trying to fend off my ‘competition’ and here is why.

First, many of them give up. For any number of reasons, maybe they get overwhelmed, run out of money, lose their passion from being over involved, etc. Being an entrepreneur lends itself to a certain level of hardships.

Secondly, I do my best to offer quality. Regardless of what my product or service is, I try to work and learn hard so that I know what I am offering is something worthwhile. I am dedicated to being great at what I do and keeping that quality level high.

How does this tie into Drive and Dedication?

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How long should the weekend be?

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“Do you think if Friday was the weekend, and Thursday was Friday, that it would be as hard to work on Thursday as it is on Friday?”

I think it was after having seen the stream of facebook messages which all had similar meaning.

It is hard to work on Friday because once you are finished you are FREE!

Think about this.  It is 11am Friday morning, and you are sitting there halfheartedly working on a not so important work project.  Clicking around on the computer, reading whatever not work related websites you can access through your companies firewall. You are READY to GO!  It does not matter what you plan on doing once you leave work, all that matters is that it is what YOU want to be doing.

Almost like the anxiety you get when waiting for christmas eve to end and christmas morning to be there. The same feeling you get right before the big game that you and your team have been practicing for all year.  It’s the weekend, it’s your time to do whatever you want.

So I started thinking, what if you had more time to do what you want. How many days of doing whatever you want to do are fulfilling enough to warrant a feeling of going back to work?

Hence the question, “Do you think if Friday was the weekend, and Thursday was Friday, that it would be as hard to work on Thursday as it is on Friday?”

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