You wouldn't think to go to Ronald McDonald or the Geico gecko for advice on how to be a dynamic, resilient, and successful entrepreneur—and you shouldn't. But over at Forbes, Robert Jordan compiled a few advertisements that strike to the heart of anyone ready to stake their claim in the world of commerce.
Take this one from Schwinn:
Eight words you could carry with you in almost any trying situation. A pithy maxim that, as Jordan says, "sums up great, unreasonable, unrelenting, unstoppable entrepreneurs everywhere."
There's more from Cessna, and a truly moving one from Minolta that has as much impact as any poem on any page ever written. A must-read:
Are you waiting
for someone to lead and inspire you
for the boss to recognize you
for clients to thank you
for coworkers to help you
for the world to hail you
well here’s a news flash
they are all just sitting there too
waiting for you
Well, are you?