Do you have persistence?

If you plan to start your own business you better learn some persistence. First of all starting your own business is going to take time. You always here about the 1% of businesses that just take off, well the 99% you do not hear about take a lot of time to get off the ground.

Further, there is going to be bad days, really bad days, extremely bad days, and the good days. You have to be willing to deal with those bad days and thoroughly enjoy the good days.

I am not saying that starting a small business is going to be a nightmare, but it will be a big challenge. However, you have to realize going in that every day is not going to be a bed of roses. You are going to have to work hard, work long hours, and scrape by for the first few years.

Do you have the persistence to stick with it? For more on persistence go to the Start Up Spark Blog.