Find Your "Why" And Keep Moving Forward

My 3 children are the reason that I chose to become an Online Entrepreneur.  I currently have twins, a boy and a girl, that are 3 years old and my oldest daughter is 8 years old. Every passing day I thank God for giving me the opportunity to have the courage to quit a very successful job and chose to become an online entrepreneur.

At first, like many individuals I did not think that it would be possible to leave Corporate America and earn income from home.  Let's not forget that I was actually going to learn a completely new career.

Throughout my career, I held many powerful and important positions and started from becoming a Paralegal then moved into the financial world where I became a Stockbroker and a Financial Advisor.  I spent time learning finance and educating myself through reading books, getting licenses of all kinds, attending seminars and as a result, when the time came to actually leave my job, I became paranoid.

I kept thinking that I could not throw away years of learning and just walk away, but I did, and its only because my "why" was big enough.  My "why" is my children.  I left my job, so I can enjoy my time with them, so I can hear the new words they learn or the new tasks that they just learned to master.  Soon, I realized that if your "why" is big enough then just like me, you will decide to move forward to success.

Afterwards, I learned that I did not throw away all my hard work or my knowledge.  I am the same person whom I was four years ago but a much happier mom.  I have the same knowledge that I had, plus I mastered a new career.  So, in other words, I actually gained a lot more than I could hope for.

The reason that I started to write this article today was very interesting.  I was finishing tutoring my eight year old and looking forward to watching the "American Idol."  Little did I know that my kids found out that "Meet The Robinsons" movie will be airing at 8:00 o'clock.  Coincidently, that was the same time that "American Idol" was going to start.

Since I had my play time with them earlier I announced that I will be watching the "American Idol", and they did not argue with me.  They simply asked me if they could change the channel and watch "Meet the Robinsons" during the commercials of the "American Idol."  I agreed pleasantly.  After only 5 minutes of watching my show the time came for a commercial, and my kids changed the channel to the Disney channel, so they could watch their movie.

My twins sat on my lap under a blanket and my eight year old sat next to me and all of us on one love-seat!  At that minute, there was nothing better than I could ask for.  I looked up to God and thanked him silently for giving me the opportunity to enjoy my kids and spend most of my time with them.  After only 3 minutes of watching "Meet the Robinsons" I declared that we will be watching "Meet the Robinsons" instead of the "American Idol."  They could not be happier, neither could I after seeing their beautiful faces filling with joy.

I don't know if any of you ever watched "Meet The Robinsons" but it is the best educational movie anybody can watch.   To tell the story in short, a little boy is an innovator and visits his future family because he fails on a science project.  He loses all hope after failing again on his project but his future family gives him this advice "Keep Moving Forward."  They explain to him that if they failed thousand times and did not give it one more try, then they could never succeed in life.   The best thing is to forget the past and keep moving forward.  In other words, if you think that you failed at something because you gave it a try before and there is no chance of you to succeed, then think again, because one day you'll be able to succeed at the same thing that you gave it a try several times and failed miserably.   Henry Ford would have not succeeded if he had stopped trying.  He moved forward and conquered.

Later in the movie, the little boy gives one more shot to his project and this time the project runs smoothly, and he saves the world and his future family   Had he not given it another shot, he would not be able to see his future family and his many innovations that start after the victory of his first project.

Those of you that are afraid of taking that step of a major move or are tired of trying to succeed, don't stop now!  Just keep moving forward!  On the last screen of the movie, there was this quote that was from Walt Disney and this is what it said.

"Around here, however, we don't look back for very long.  We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. "

After tonight, this quote became my favorite quote of all time because had I not open the doors to home based business, I would not know the joy of spending as much time as possible with the three little gems in my home.  May you find your "why" and the way to success.