EVEN EAGLES NEED A PUSH...
by David McNally
Encouragement can come in many forms. Sometimes it is the courageous, honest words of a friend or loved one that help us make a course correction away from self-defeating and limiting behavior. Such words were spoken to me one cold and windy morning. Perhaps, a little background might help.
As a young person I was very ambitious. Impatience, fueled by an intense desire to succeed, led me to forego college and start my first business straight out of high school. I was not suspicious or afraid of "get rich quick" schemes; on the contrary, I wanted to get rich, and the quicker, the better.
By my mid twenties my drive had propelled me to a level of success that included fancy cars, a beautiful home, international travel and Europe as my playground. All this was clear evidence that I had joined the ranks of those who had "made it."
At the age of twenty eight my business failed. Having merged my whole identity with the business, when it di...