Run
On the Fourth of July the History Channel ran an America the Story of Us marathon and I DVRed every single episode. I love the series and have never been able to see all of it. I’m slowly watching them one by one now and savoring every little bit. Yesterday I learned that NASA has used (and may or may not continue to use) whale oil in space. Apparently it’s the perfect lubricant for space exploration because it doesn’t freeze at the low temperatures found there. Imagine that, an 1800′s relict enabling the exploration of space.
Today my favorite quote came from a guidebook that was given to new immigrants at Ellis Island.
Forget your customs and ideals. Select a goal and pursue it with all your might. You will experience bad times. But sooner or later you will achieve your goal. Don’t take a moments rest. Run.
Wow! How amazing is that? Can you imagine showing up to a new job and being handed that pamphlet? What would you think? How great a company would that be to work for? How great a country is that to live in? Oh I hope we still hand out similar pamphlets to new immigrants. I also wish that we’d hand out similar pamphlets to our existing citizens.
Had you forgotten how wonderful a place we live for encouraging and enabling entrepreneurship? I had until I listened to that quote. I wish I had that pamphlet to sprinkle all over town – at the library and the post office and the coffee shop where all the entrepreneurs hang out like exotic safari animals at a watering hole.
Your country needs you. Select a goal. Get to work. Don’t take a moments rest. Run. Sooner or later you will achieve your goal.
