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Lemons or Lemonade?

February 5, 2010 by John Dilbeck
Filed under: Opinions, Success and Failure 

If you’ve been reading this blog for any time, you know that my attitude changed last year when everything seemed to turn against me.

I bitched and moaned about it for several months and I’m not going to do any of that now.

Last month, I turned the corner and feel like I’ve finished a dark chapter in my life’s story and now I’ve opened a new, brighter chapter filled with hope, opportunity, and challenges I’m looking forward to meeting.

You know the old saying, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.”

I was reading Seth Godin’s blog and found a very short post that linked to the movie Lemonade.

I took a half-hour and watched that movie and it was inspirational. I want to share it with you, if you haven’t seen it.

Here are several people who were fired or laid off and took the opportunity to do something they really loved, instead of just working to earn a paycheck.

The last year or so has been rough for a lot of people. Maybe you.

Have you considered that maybe this is your opportunity to do something you love?

Act on your dream!

JD

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8 Comments on Lemons or Lemonade?

  1. Brian D. Hawkins on Sun, 7th Feb 2010 1:51 am

    2. Very inspirational post John, I’m glad to see things are looking brighter for you. I think the second decade of the century is going to be great for a lot of us.
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  2. Joan Adams on Sun, 7th Feb 2010 10:20 am

    3. Yes yes and yes! The only way for us to get out of this recession is for us to think out of the box, make some lemonade, create something new, do things a new way! It’s an exciting time, really.
    Joan Adams´s last blog ..SquidJoan – Creating Squidoo Lenses for You! updated Fri Nov 6 2009 3:09 pm CST My ComLuv Profile

  3. John Dilbeck on Mon, 8th Feb 2010 6:13 am

    4. Good morning, Brian.

    I’m happy that things seem to be going better, too.

    I’m looking forward to this decade being better for all of us, but we still have some climbing to do before we get out of the pit many of us fell into last year.

    All the best,

    JD

  4. John Dilbeck on Mon, 8th Feb 2010 6:15 am

    5. Good morning, Joan.

    I agree with your attitude!

    When things don’t work like they used to, we do have to be more creative and try new things.

    You just never know when something will work really well.

    All the best,

    JD

  5. Ms. Liz on Mon, 8th Feb 2010 2:56 pm

    6. It takes courage to go off and do the thing you love the most and you’ll probably get a fair amount of criticism. But if you can do what you love I firmly think the money will come.
    Ms. Liz´s last blog ..How To Triple Your Affiliate Marketing Sales My ComLuv Profile

  6. John Dilbeck on Mon, 8th Feb 2010 6:50 pm

    7. Good afternoon, Ms. Liz.

    Welcome to our discussions.

    I agree with you. Sometimes it really takes courage to make the jump from something that is (or once was) good for you in order to do something that may turn out even better.

    By the way, that’s good advice you give in your last blog post about getting to know your affiliate manager.

    Act on your dream!

    JD

  7. Mitch on Sat, 27th Feb 2010 2:35 am

    8. Hi John,

    Last year was indeed a tough year, but I survived it, which made me proud of myself. At the same time, I learned that something I felt might be a passion of mine really isn’t, and that’s somewhat depressing, but at least I learned it.

    At this point I can’t say I have any real passion towards anything, and that’s kind of insane. I figure I’ll have to think some more on it when I feel I can take the time to do such a thing. It might be coming up within a month or so; we’ll see.
    Mitch´s last blog ..Expert, Specialist, Professional Or Hack? My ComLuv Profile

  8. pummelfee on Thu, 4th Mar 2010 5:59 am

    9. never stuck in the past, but look forward to the future. everybody has bad times in life, but you need to be become stronger every time.
    in germany we have another saying:
    to reach a peak you have to pass a valley…

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