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  1. embrace
    squeeze tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
    The nature of being an entrepreneur means that you fully embrace ambiguity and are comfortable with being challenged regularly.
  2. ambiguity
    unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
    The nature of being an entrepreneur means that you fully embrace ambiguity and are comfortable with being challenged regularly.
  3. challenge
    a call to engage in a contest or fight
    The nature of being an entrepreneur means that you fully embrace ambiguity and are comfortable with being challenged regularly.
  4. irrational
    not consistent with or using reason
    Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of their unwavering belief, laser focus on delivering and persistence.
  5. odds
    the likelihood of a thing occurring
    Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of their unwavering belief, laser focus on delivering and persistence.
  6. succeed
    attain success or reach a desired goal
    Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of their unwavering belief, laser focus on delivering and persistence.
  7. dismal
    causing dejection
    Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of their unwavering belief, laser focus on delivering and persistence.
  8. unwavering
    marked by firm determination or resolution
    Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of their unwavering belief, laser focus on delivering and persistence.
  9. focus
    the concentration of attention or energy on something
    Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of their unwavering belief, laser focus on delivering and persistence.
  10. persistence
    the act of continuing or repeating
    Choosing this career path is completely irrational because the odds of succeeding are dismal, but most succeed because of their unwavering belief, laser focus on delivering and persistence.
  11. tremendous
    extraordinarily large in extent or amount or power
    Starting a company is a riveting roller coaster of emotions with tremendous highs and at times, difficult lows, but one thing that always helps me through the ups and downs is to connect with some of the greatest minds.
  12. through
    having finished or arrived at completion
    Starting a company is a riveting roller coaster of emotions with tremendous highs and at times, difficult lows, but one thing that always helps me through the ups and downs is to connect with some of the greatest minds.
  13. quote
    repeat a passage from
    Below are just a few of my favorite quotes: 1.
  14. predict
    make a guess about what will happen in the future
    “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
  15. contributor
    a writer published in a periodical or as part of a book
    Contributor
  16. drown
    kill by submerging in water
    Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.
  17. courage
    a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain
    And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
  18. challenging
    requiring full use of your abilities or resources
    Just to keep challenging myself.
  19. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    “Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it.
  20. success
    an event that accomplishes its intended purpose
    “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
  21. failure
    an act that does not succeed
    “It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
  22. ruin
    an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
    “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.
  23. mistake
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or inattention
    “One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves.
  24. passion
    a strong feeling or emotion
    You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.”
  25. imagination
    the ability to form mental pictures of things or events
    “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
  26. enthusiasm
    a feeling of excitement
    “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”
  27. inspiration
    arousal of the mind to unusual activity or creativity
    ”Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”
  28. perspiration
    salty fluid secreted by sweat glands
    ”Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration.”
  29. disappointed
    sadly unsuccessful
    “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
  30. throw
    propel through the air
    So throw off the bowlines.
  31. discover
    determine the existence, presence, or fact of
    Discover.”
  32. twain
    two items of the same kind
    - Mark Twain 15.
  33. dedication
    complete and wholehearted fidelity
    “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
  34. determination
    the act of finding out the properties of something
    “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”
Created on Sat May 04 04:10:28 EDT 2013

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