Measuring the Cost

I do not want to live a life with regrets...  I do not like to ask myself someday, "What if?"  Corey Bell's wife, was right when she said, 

I got no time for hesitations right now.  I am not perfectly confident but I really needed to try. My family, the company employees, and those who will still be recipients of blessings are my inspirations to work harder.  As a result, I attend more seminars/training to learn and attend gatherings for networking.  This will make better product development and will increase sales opportunities.  I just need to try... try... and try...

The money I have and will have is not mine.  I am only a God's steward.  Therefore, I need to make sure that the money I have is multiplied so that more people will be blessed.  Desiring to obtain money by working hard is not evil.  The love for money is evil for its fruits are destructive.

In the beginning, it's easier not to try to succeed.  The road to success is long and rocky.  There's a Filipino Story passed from generation about a man named "Juan Tamad."  He will be lying under a fruit tree with his mouth wide open, just waiting for the fruit to drop into his mouth. Parents usually tell this story to their children to teach them against laziness.  Being too comfortable waiting made it difficult to realize that it's easier to stand and just pick up the fruit to partake it.   I do not want to wait for opportunities like "Juan Tamad."  I choose to open and make more opportunities with the guidance of God.  If  I continue opening more opportunities, more money will flow in the business... there will be more employees hired... more families will be blessed.

Another fallacy I see while growing up is the belief that it is righteous to be poor and wicked or greedy to be rich.  

Steven W. Gibson said:

It is not wicked to be richer than who you are yesterday.  It is called working hard.  It is called growth.  I am glad that many church materials about self-reliance are now available online to teach people about financial intelligence in the Lord's way.  If only people will take advantage of studying the self-reliance courses, more people will be more productive.  Providence will be guaranteed. 

Lastly, If I want to prosper, I can follow Gibson's 6 rules:

I am looking forward to exploring and practicing the 25 rules of thumb of the Academy of Creating Entrepreneurs.