Entrepreneurs' Battle- By Judith Dandison

Entrepreneurs'Battle: You are not alone. By Judith Dandison.

Came across this on one of my low days and it was a miracle cure from God for my low state. I brightened up and put on my fighting gear with a bright smile on my face. Enjoy it.

Meanwhile Congratulations on your efforts even if you failed cause we learn and achieve not only by success but also by failure.

Naomi Simson
Entrepreneur, founder, director, blogger, author, speaker - and mum wrote:

The Entrepreneurial Journey Is Not for Everyone
July 21, 2014


This is me! This is my life! Taking one careful step after another, with a consistent smile, confidence and resilience (and all whilst being the brand and wearing red). Juggling much while focusing on a far distant vision. This life is not for everyone. You have to be a little bit crazy and have a very thick skin. Be prepared to live from hand to mouth and give your life to the 'cause'.

Years ago a fellow founder described being an entrepreneur as being like a clown punching bag: no matter what hits us we keep popping up, with a big smile on our face. I asked him once, "What happens if I just don’t get up one time?" He responded: "Well you wouldn’t be an entrepreneur then. That’s what it is to be an entrepreneur, we just keep going."

Why are entrepreneurs so "revered" — is it this resilience in the face of defeat? Journalists clamor to break the story of the "next big start up," "the overnight success story"... the reality is so far from this truth.

Most start ups remain small businesses. It is only a handful that truly scale and solve the problems of the world. Yet the public has a fascination with the idea of the rags to riches story. Founders as demi-gods. Maybe it is because people understand that precarious nature of what we do.

People often ask me about success, they want me to define "the one thing that created success for me." The answer – hard work – just is not that interesting for most people. There are no short cuts; I could have just as easily fallen from the tight rope, but I haven't. There are no guarantees.

The founder of tech startup 99 dresses shared vividly her experience of failure. Nikki Durkin wrote for News.com

OVER 90 per cent of tech start-ups fail, but I never thought my baby, 99dresses, would be one of them.

If there is one thing that doing a start-up has taught me, its that I am much more resilient than I could have ever imagined...

Since then I’ve survived being stabbed in the back by cofounders, investment rounds falling through, massive technology f**kups that brought sales to a halt, visa problems, lack of money, lack of traction, lack of a team, hiring the wrong people, firing people I didn’t want to fire, lack of product-market fit, and everything else in between...

The start-up press glorifies hardship. They glorify the Airbnbs who sold breakfast cereal to survive, and then turned their idea into a multi-billion dollar business. You rarely hear the raw stories of start-ups that persevered but ultimately failed — the emotional roller coaster of the founders, and why their start-ups didn’t work out.

Here is my contribution to the cause: my story. This is what failure feels like. I hope it helps."


Hope you enjoyed yourself? So dust yourself, smile and fight on.

#Best love note- By Judith Dandison

Best love Note

 Loving me
- By Judith Dandison

I see beauty in my imperfections.
Even when  I break down in the face of adversities, I love me.
Even when I fail, I love me.
Even when I feel unlovable, I love me.

By loving me, I draw breath.
By Loving me, I love God.
By loving me, I am bold in the face of adversities.
By loving me, I rise when I fall.
By loving me, I succeed in life.
By loving me, I conquer.
By loving me, I can love another.

I am unique and only wish to be the best me.

Love yourself and love will flow around you - Judith Dandison

#How to beat obstacles- Judith Dandison

 luck- Hardwork

By Judith Dandison

'Julie, you have always been the luckiest amongst the two of us' says Janet. Juliet turns and stares at Janet with a look of surprise. 'Look at you, you are a success. I can't even believe we were born by the same parents', Janet continues. Juliet smiles calmly and says, 'I am not born luckier than you, I worked and sweated. I prepared myself to be ready and able to use any opportunities that showed up my way'.

Janet and Juliet were born 2 years apart to Mr and Mrs Stevens. Mr. Stevens died when Janet was 15 years old and Juliet 13. Their mother became sickly thereafter and couldn't do much for them financial. Two years after their father's death, she informed then they had to quit school as she couldn't meet up with their tuition.

The two girls were devastated. After two days of mulling Juliet decided it was in her hands to fight for her future. She decided to stop pitying herself and to take control of her life. While Janet on her side was angry at the whole world, angry at her father for bringing her into the world without her choice and then dying and leaving her desolate. Oh, most of all, she was angry at her mother for not breaking her back to she that she had good education like her friends.


What did they do? Juliet picked up a job to enable her go to school and she worked HARD. She knew that it was up to her to make a better future for herself and her sickly mom. Janet also picked up a Job but was laid off within one week because she was always late to work and was lousy at the Job. She took up another job as a baby sitter but was sacked on the third day when her employer caught her in bed with her eldest son.Seven years down the line, Juliet from her sheer hard work and determination and her decision to take control of her life holds a good post in an advertising company while Juliet is Jobless, living in her mother's house with a son she had with a married man and saying to anyone that cares to listen to her, that she has been unlucky all her life.

Unfortunately it is not luck that has made her unsuccessful in life so far but her ardent refusal to accept responsibility for her life. As Les Brown put it, 'Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else'. So get up and take hold of your life. Nobody is luckier than you. The decision to be successful is a decision you have to make by yourself and believe in yourself that you can do it. As Ray Kroc put it, "Luck is a dividend of sweat, the more you sweat the luckier you get".

So, if you don't prepare yourself, you will be handicapped to use an opportunity even where it stares you in the face.

#The Unseen Author- Judith Dandison

The Unseen Author.


By Judith Dandison


Mr. Phillip's wife just gave birth to a set of twins one week ago. Unfortunately, they lost one of the twins. She died just before the delivery. Mr. Phillip had lost his job a month ago when the Company he was working with was shutdown. He is in a dear financial position. He is frustrated with his life and the recent bad experiences he's been having. His wife does not have a job or business. He had told her to quit her Job 3 years ago when they had their first child. Just yesterday, Phillip wanted to go to a Bank, not to pick money, because he has exhausted all his savings, but to meet his long time friend, Joshua, to borrow money from him. As he was about opening his door to leave the house, he heard a knock on the door. He opens wondering who would be knocking on his door at the time he desperately needed to go out. There was no food in the house and he had to act fast.


On opening the door, he saw Mr. Akin, his blind and lonely neighbour. Mr Akin enters and asks if he could sit. Phillip offers him a chair so as not to appear rude as he did not have time to chat. Phillip sat down and chatted with Mr. Akin for the next 30 minutes after which Mr. Akin left with a bright smile on his face.
Immediately, Phillip rushed into his car and drove to the Bank. On getting there, he noticed there was commotion in front of the bank. He got closer and learnt there had been an armed robbery at the Bank. The robbers had left 30 minutes ago shooting sporadically though no one was hurt.


Guess what, Phillip would have been shot and would have been confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life if he had gotten there 30 minutes ago. God knew this and God did not want that for him. So God rewrote Phillip's story. He sent a visitor to delay him. Phillip did not get to ask Joshua for the money on seeing what happened. He and his wife slept on an empty stomach for the first time in their married life. As he was lying in bed after he had said his prayers, a thought came to him. On waking up today, he committed that thought to God to bless his plan. He moved to his neigbours and offered that he and his wife could baby sit for them. A few of them brought their kids to them and paid on the spot, since they have always known them as a nice couple. They also offered to give music lessons.


This is the beginning of a new Chapter in Phillip's life as God who is the author of his life will write sweeter Stories in his life as he will grow to better Careers and accomplishments. He never knew that he would have been shot if Mr. Akin had not come to his house yesterday. He never knew he would have lost the use of his legs. This is how God works. He writes our life stories to have good endings. So even when you are hit with hard times, thank the Lord and tell him to show you his plans for you. I bet you, it is always good.

#How to JumpStart your brain.

How to jumpstart your brain.

By Judith Dandison


It’s Wednesday morning. I walk into the Office; bring out my Laptop to write a very complex and challenging argument in support of my matter. My head seems blocked, I think; ‘This is one of those slow days’.


I know I have to draft this argument as time is of essence. I have to submit same tomorrow. I start to get worried. What do I do? I pick of my Laptop and start to play Freecell. Yes, Freecell. Freecell is one of the free games you have on Laptops, Computers and some Phones. It is a game of cards, like Solitaire which I equally love and play. Before long, my mood improves; my energy surges and I open up Microsoft word and take on my Argument. At the end of the day I meet up with the target with a job well-done, because I refreshed my brain.


Sometimes I play these games, after a tiring Court Session, to cool off and refresh, in order to go down to other businesses. At the end of the day, what do I get, a relaxed mind, a fully activated brain and a good and satisfying job.


Playing these free games, as I play some other ones too, over time sharpen my brain and erase tension and negativity in my life. This is because I task my brain to accomplish non work related targets and tasks, seeking to achieve more wins in less time just for pleasure. You may note that too much of everything has negative effects; these games are to ease off tiredness and not your full time job.


Here are some of the other non-work related activities that can improve your output.

1. Sitting quietly in a park for about 30 minutes or longer.

2. Sitting quietly at your desk for a few minutes, thinking of and remembering some of the things that have made you happy in life.

3. Going for a short walk of about 10 minutes.

4. Reading a Fiction novel for a few minutes before you continue the Job and at your free times.

5. Listening to an upbeat music you enjoy.

6. Dreaming of positive goals you can achieve.

7. Going through some inspirational and motivational write-ups on the internet for a short while.

8. Doing any other thing you personally know lifts your spirit.


You can download some free games today and boost your work.

#How to JumpStart your brain.

How to jumpstart your brain.

By Judith Dandison


It’s Wednesday morning. I walk into the Office; bring out my Laptop to write a very complex and challenging argument in support of my matter. My head seems blocked, I think; ‘This is one of those slow days’.


I know I have to draft this argument as time is of essence. I have to submit same tomorrow. I start to get worried. What do I do? I pick of my Laptop and start to play Freecell. Yes, Freecell. Freecell is one of the free games you have on Laptops, Computers and some Phones. It is a game of cards, like Solitaire which I equally love and play. Before long, my mood improves; my energy surges and I open up Microsoft word and take on my Argument. At the end of the day I meet up with the target with a job well-done, because I refreshed my brain.


Sometimes I play these games, after a tiring Court Session, to cool off and refresh, in order to go down to other businesses. At the end of the day, what do I get, a relaxed mind, a fully activated brain and a good and satisfying job.


Playing these free games, as I play some other ones too, over time sharpen my brain and erase tension and negativity in my life. This is because I task my brain to accomplish non work related targets and tasks, seeking to achieve more wins in less time just for pleasure. You may note that too much of everything has negative effects; these games are to ease off tiredness and not your full time job.


Here are some of the other non-work related activities that can improve your output.

1. Sitting quietly in a park for about 30 minutes or longer.

2. Sitting quietly at your desk for a few minutes, thinking of and remembering some of the things that have made you happy in life.

3. Going for a short walk of about 10 minutes.

4. Reading a Fiction novel for a few minutes before you continue the Job and at your free times.

5. Listening to an upbeat music you enjoy.

6. Dreaming of positive goals you can achieve.

7. Going through some inspirational and motivational write-ups on the internet for a short while.

8. Doing any other thing you personally know lifts your spirit.


You can download some free games today and boost your work.

How to get Wisdom- Judith Dandison

HOW TO GET WISDOM. By Judith Dandison


It is God, who gave King Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived, wisdom that gives Wisdom. If you desire wisdom, you must ask him for it, expecting to receive it, and it shall be yours.
As the Bible tells us;


Consider it pure joy my brothers whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the test of faith develops perseverance.


Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete not lacking anything.


If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, & it will be given to him.


But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown & tossed by the wind. James 1: 2-6.