The Different Doors

I was at my sister's apartment two days ago to get all my belongings and as usual my attention always draw me to the stack of books and magazines she has under her coffee table; my sister does not read tabloids or fashion magazines only, she subscribed to academic magazines such as The New Yorker, The National, home magazines, and other science magazines and now and then I would sneak through her goods and read them.

My sister is passionate about business and many of her books and magazines are business-oriented. For instance, she has the book GirlBoss written by the CEO of the company Nasty Gal and the book The Glitter Plan written by the two founders of the company Juicy Couture and I followed her lead to have a taste of those two books and many other great books.  One of the common themes in the CEO's experiences in business is they have had experienced what it is like to fail. Of course they get discouraged but the action that lead them to success was they kept looking for other opportunities.  Bill Gates, Mark Cuban, Thomas Edison, and Walt Disney had failed in business or were criticized by someone before they went on being successful and make millions of dollars.  One common action is they kept going and looked pass their failures.  Mark Cuban once said, "I've learned that it doesn't matter how many times you failed.  You only have to be right once. I tried to sell powdered milk. I was an idiot lots of times, and I learned from them all." It's true, we only need to get it right once, that's it. Because that one time will lead to other success in life. If we have not found that one right path, we have to keep looking for opportunities. Opportunities are like doors, if one door closes, open another door.  And remember each door is different and you never know what you will find in each one.

This is a picture of doors in Venice, Italy.