How success equals commitment

What do you need to succeed?

One of the first things is commitment.

This is a true story about the commitment of a little boy.

It concerns a family of parents with a young girl of around 11 years old and a boy of around 9 years old.

The young girl was very, very ill, in fact she was dying of a rare blood-related disease.

She urgently needed a blood transfusion, however she had an extremely rare blood type and there was no blood available at the hospital.

The only match that could be found was her young brother; he was the only source immediately available.

So the doctors and the parents took the little boy and explained that his sister was dying and that she needed his blood to keep her alive.

He had always been very close to his sister so he looked a bit sad as he thought about it. Then he quickly said okay.

So he was immediately whisked away to the operating theatre very, very quickly and was soon hooked up to all the necessary equipment.

As he was lying there with his mother next to him, he turned to his mother and asked her "Mum will it take me long to die?"

It was then that his mother realised how brave her son truly was for they had asked him to give his blood to his sister and he thought they needed all his blood.

It took a young boy less than 30 seconds to make, what was in his mind, a life or death decision to save his sister and then to commit to that decision.

In practice of course it never happened. It was his understanding of what was going to happen.

Indeed they both grew up to be very strong and very happy.

That is a level of commitment and motivation that we should all aspire to especially when we are looking to start a new business.

If you are serious about starting, or maybe you have already started. Think for a moment how committed you are to making your business work.

For although you are not being asked to die for your business you are in fact laying down a part of your life one day at a time for it.

Because I believe that it is your level of commitment and desire to succeed that will determine the ultimate success or otherwise of your ambitions.

Like the little boy you do not need to give your all you only have to be prepared to give your all.

Fred Scott
www.small-business-news.com
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