When the dog barks.

I heard a saying today

'the dog barks at the caravan, but the caravan just keeps going'

I believe its a Serbian saying, I guess the meaning is clear. Something I have learnt during my time at CE, working passionately towards my goals and life in general, is that people always have a lot to say. They have some things to say to you about what you are doing in life, and they have a lot of things to say about you.

The best way to keep away from strong hurtful criticism and gossip is this little formula.. are you ready for it?.. DRUM ROLL...

'Go home, sit in your room, play a computer game, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing... and do that for the rest of your life'

Sounds easy doesn't it? so why don't we do it? Why don't we just go sit in a corner and fold our hands, and smile and wave... (actually you cant fold your hands and wave at the same time... didn't think about that one)

I am speaking in this post to all of my friends all over the world who are brilliant, active, honest, passionate, loving, caring, emotional beings. If you do anything at all in this world to try to make it better, if you try your best to be good, to show love, care and concern, if you try at all, you will be subject to many people's opinions.

As the saying went that I mentioned earlier on, you must roll on with your goal in mind.

If you wanted to be loved and pampered, held dear by everyone you meet, never stir the water and never rock the boat, then the life of an entrepreneur was not the best choice for you.

What really matters is not what others think about what you do, but what you think about what you do. If you are not sure how you feel about what you do, ask yourself these three questions

1. Is it right?

2. Am I being true to myself?

3. Am I being as loving and honest as I can be to those around me?

Dare to be different, dare to not care and when you do care... try not to care, wipe away the tears, remove the bitterness from your heart, and just roll on.

Ruyard Kipling wrote a poem, I posted this on my wall during the time in 2013 when someone wrote an article about CE that felt very hurtful and damaging. It is a clear reminder of the attributes we strive for daily.

Please read it and think about the words... live them

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!