Life After Radio

I spoke to a group last week about the trials and jubilations of being a radio entrepreneur. Often times, the stress of working on your own can seem overwhelming. This can also apply to many who find themselves “just out of radio”, but with a burning desire to still be a part of the industry. The question becomes how and finding the motivation to get started isn’t always easy.

That being said, I want to share some quotes from entrepreneurs; some famous and some, not so famous. May they lift your radio entrepreneurial spirit!

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work - Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary - Vidal Sassoon, entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't -Unknown (My favorite.)

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory - Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader

Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners - Robert T. Kiyosaki, author, entrepreneur, investor

Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence - Lisa M. Amos

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life - John F. Kennedy, U.S. President

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable - Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. President

The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire in the first place - Jim Rohn

Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them - Anonymous

Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you're generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don't make - Donald Trump, real estate and entertainment mogul

The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities - Michael Gerber, author, entrepreneur

An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he'll quickly learn how to chew it - Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's

I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful - Warren Buffet, investor and billionaire

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent - Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover - Mark Twain, author

May you always do what you love and love what you do. While it’s easy to say that the world has changed, or more specifically, that the world of radio has changed, I would say, “So what?” Things have always changed. And, while God may have other plans for you, nothing can be accomplished without your enthusiastic participation and vision of success.

Radio on!