Speed of Success

Over and over my generation is told that we grew-up in an era of entitlement. After our parents and grandparents struggled and labored to ensure that we were comfortable, more and more of us had everything we needed at an early age. We were setup to succeed and expected to. Yet, we were not always taught that before you can achieve success you must endure the pain of long hours, no social life, taxes, unfair wages and under appreciation. A lot of us just assumed we were going to climb the ladder quickly and collect our big check, so we could return to having fun and living the good life.

I'm guilty of this to some extent. I do expect success and have a hard time waiting for it. I want to be respected and wealthy now. It's not that I'm not willing to work for it, because I am, but it is knowing that it may take decades to achieve the same lifestyle I lived under my parents roof that I wasn't prepared for.

Now, as an entrepreneur, I am in a position to drive my own success at my pace, or so I thought. Having a business partner with a majority share means that most major decisions and all involving company funds must be approved. This leaves me at the will of my partner's approval process, which currently is moving very slowly. He has other businesses to run, has other employees and a family. I don't have a family to go home to or another job to focus on. This is my passion. I want to move this company to the top immediately and get frustrated with the stop and start nature of business.

I need to slow down. This is an opportunity that few ever have. I have fallen into a perfect scenario and need to appreciate that fact. While I want to move things along as quickly as possible, I also need to pause and check the quality of my work. It's important that I find ways to be more understanding of my partner's schedule and find ways to stay positive and occupied when waiting on next steps from him. Maybe it's the era of entitlement that has me in such a hurry. Maybe it's my confidence that this will work.