Black In Business

I am well aware of Seth Godin’s book the dip. The Dip is a little book that teaches you when to quit and when to stick. The book is compelling and makes a lot of sense. For instance, If you are a 45 year old picture in major league baseball, who was considered washed up at 34, but went on to defy mother nature and win games at age 44, and now have been mentioned in the Mitchell report as a chronic user of steroids, you may want to quit.
Saying all that to say this; anything worth having is hard to accomplish. As a high school band member, playing the horn, there will be days you want to quit, as a football player, you will want to quit, In college there will be times when you will want to quit, and certainly as a black in business owner there will be times you will want to quit. As an employee, it is worst, I do not like much country music but, who among us do not know the tune, “take this job and shove it, I ain’t working here no more!”
I want you to visit this link; 87 year old black man gets his college degree! You talk about persistent; this man is a role model of not quitting. Finishing college is a remarkable accomplishment for a black man born in 1920. To do it in 2007 is simply incredible! Not only as he outlived the life expectancy for a Blackman, he continued to be productive.
So when the going gets tough, think, of Clarence Garrett, a college educated black man. Think it can be done and I can do this. Winners never Quit and Quitters never win.