Now, my wife and I were having a very intriguing conversation. We always have great talks. She thinks I’m crazy because I’ll be writing stuff down while she’s talking. She says more prolific things than she will ever realize. We were talking about your starting point. She was telling me about an exercise where everybody started on the same line. Depending on what was afforded to them, they were able to take a step forward.

Imagine if someone had one parent with a great education, they would take one step forward. If they had two parents with a great education, they would take another step. If they lived in a good neighborhood, they would take a step forward. If their parents had stable jobs, they would take another step forward. I think you get the picture—we could go on for days.

There are a lot, and I mean a lot, of people who don’t have any of these advantages, so they remain at the starting point while others move ahead. I’m not here to debate whether it’s fair or not because life is real, and everybody starts from where they start from. That’s the point of this blog: your starting point is your starting point. Don’t look at others when you are getting started—just get started.

I know people who have come out of neighborhoods full of gang violence and death all around them, and they still emerged victorious. I know people who were put into group homes and spent time in juvenile detention and still came out successful. I know people who were sexually assaulted when they were younger but still came out victorious. I’m not saying that wherever you are in life that it will be easy because easy is not real life.

It’s going to take effort, grit, and growth from everything around you, whether negative or positive. You know what the law of polarity says—there’s always another side. If your situation is negative, then just know that there is a positive. Keep your eye on that positive.

I started my journey as an entrepreneur at 38 years old, and although I have a decade-plus of experience, I really feel like I’m just getting started. This feels so new to me. I just want to encourage you—no matter your starting point, keep going. I promise you, you will inspire others as you go beyond your starting point.

God Bless The Entrepreneur.