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WEEK 1: THE ROAD TO SUCCESS

Who has note ver had an idea of undertaking or succed with an idea to innovate the market, as many people have done throughout history?

Well I've thought a lot, and I don´t know how long I've trying to take or give that idea that will change my life, maybe six years – I can´t remember - but the fact is that so far have not succeeded.

If you look at the Internet, you can see it´s full of information about how to obtain success, as undertake and even give you the formula for being a millionaire, that’s too curious.  Since I have read many of these pages over and over again to see if any of them match the momentum of that talk, I read several books on entrepreneurship as famous as the book "Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert and Kyosaki" " Who Moved My Cheese? "- Spencer Johnson," Think and Grow Rich "by Napoleon Hill and even" The Secret ", and although I have learned something from them it is also true that the results remain the same.

Not many people know the same thing happened to me, who want to start and begin your search endless and between documents, pages, books, and others, do not find the business idea that need, not even on page www.1000ideasdenegocio.com, which in itself is very good, but neither serves us well.

Worst of all, is that deep down everyone know that the road to success is easy, it's a gap as small as taking a step, so small that we only need to do and you decide if: so simple but so complex at the same time, because every process which involves courage and bravery (stop smoking, lose weight etc.), are just decisions we must make, but: How much it costs us a decision? I think anything.

For this reason, I decided to do an experiment of life. Why not take that step of faith that speak both in these pages and books? I'm tired of seeing so many websites and read books with no results and this has led me to make the decision to take - whatever it takes - and document this journey on my blog.

I want to implement all these things they say in books and on the internet, where we say that all people can develop an entrepreneurial mind and that only 10% of the population manages to do this, you only need to believe in yourself and visualized obtaining success, so hopefully enough experience if only I desire and drive to achieve economic success.

Before starting, about me and my history of entrepreneurship: My name is Alejandro Bahamon, I live in Bogota Colombia and I am a middle stratum ordinary (well tending to medium low globally), I am 33 years old and currently, I work in one of the major energy companies in the world, but that does not mean that my salary is good or enough to cover my expenses and responsibilities, is on the average between 500 and 600 USD, which is not bad in my country taking into that the minimum wage was less than 300USD, but though in truth: I feel exploited.

 I've noticed that I do more for others than for myself and I'm in the ability to enrich others with the “sweat of my brow”. -Someone can identify with me? Surely. That's why from now on I have decided to work for me and for me, that I can´t retire yet because there are outstanding debts, but that should be the way forward: overcome fear. What can I lose?

I've taken a few business without much success: I have sold things on the Internet, on the street and even in the office, but I have not managed to consolidate any business, perhaps due to lack of perseverance and a thousand of excuses that usually interpose before us.  Once one of the most used for my case is the "lack of time" as I study the work and absorb most of the day and although I realize that this should not be an excuse, unfortunately that´s mine.

I'm not a writer, I don´t have excellent writing, I'm not in blogs, and I don´t have the ability to talk and talk, and the worst part: in my mind there´s not a credit balance, but now I have in my mind a clear picture of success that I can´t remove from my head, and it is to bet about it, saying it like I think.

In the course of this journey, I will tell you my stories, my successes and my failures in this road to success. I know, how things are and we'll see what the final result. I have faith that it will be financial success, but at my own pace, without much prose, romance or paraphernalia, though referring to all those pages and books which tell us that we are masters of our fate.