My Last Lecture

I hope that what you learn, and what you remember from this lecture, is this principle: no one made footprints in the sands of time by sitting on their bum (and who wants to leave those marks in the sands of time?), (paraphrasing Bob Moawad).
Entrepreneurship is an opportunity to pursue a career tailor-made to your dreams. If it sounds too good to be true, just wait. You can get reach this goal through careful planning, daily mastery, sacrifice, hard work, and passion. It's not too good to be true, but for many, it's too hard to be true. 
Robert Blake expressed this idea in this quote: 
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?
Or in other words,
When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either. (Leo Burnett)
A hand reaching up to grab the stars might be one of the most hopeful and awe-inspiring images that there is.  The idea that there is something out there that we can't quite get, but we're trying anyway.
So to be an entrepreneur, you need to work hard and you need to have a vision. Tying these two principles--which seem to be on opposite ends of a spectrum-- you have specific goals and plans acting as the binding chain.
Where do you want to be? Now? In five years? Ten? Fifty? These are questions that have helped me to clarify my vision, but even now it isn't crystal clear. There are still many holes in my picture. And maybe the hues will change in time, or maybe I'll change the details, but I won't know that until I get there.
With your principles of work, planning, and vision guiding you, there are several other reasons you have to consider. These reasons walk by you every day: sometimes they're familiar, sometimes they become so, sometimes they slip away. "In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these..." (Matthew 25, Bible KJV). Service is one of the greatest opportunities that come with being an entrepreneur. You will have the capability of serving those within your business, within your family, and throughout the world, if you channel your resources in the right direction.

To conclude, being an entrepreneur is much more than being able to create a good business plan and product. It's about becoming your dream and helping others to achieve theirs. This is done by following God-given principles. These principles of work, planning, vision, and service are universal and can help anyone to create an opportunity for growth.
Make no small plans, for they have no power to stir the blood. —Daniel Burnham

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