I hope that this short story will help my readers learn patience, endurance, perseverance, and consistency in mindset. Several new entrepreneurs are always in a hurry to start off and hit the road, forgetting that the incubation period of their chosen business varies in accordance to the business sector of the economy it belongs to and the legal and commercial environment in which it is being established. The story I am about to adapt from the animal kingdom will help those who are still in the phase of struggle while their mates are about to settle in their chosen businesses.

When I was preparing for entrepreneurship 33 years ago, I did what I know to do and that is teaching those that work in industries to improve their understanding of the technicalities of their work and develop the skill to use known principles to solve industrial problems. I registered my organization legally and sorted out administrative issues and regulatory operational permits without understanding the applicable commercial issues associated with the incubation of my training and consultancy business. 

Sometimes during this incubation period I lost hope, became inpatient and no longer derived satisfaction from my work because I wanted to achieve more in life so quickly to justify the reason I left University lecturing to industrial training. I then tried to figure out other ways of moving on quickly but what had to be must be. This lesson was very hard to learn..

One of the hardest tasks while preparing for entrepreneurship is to stay focused on your goal with no distractions.

When one starts a business in an environment that is not organized and volatile, where time and hard work does not mean to anything, where other are enjoying their life to the fullest without hard work, where people with goals are failing in their endeavors, trying for an onsite opportunity or switching the organization for better packages through entrepreneurship is very daunting. Often new entrepreneurs are alone, fighting for an uncertain goal, staying away from friends, devastated sometimes after seeing friends/people are getting settled with their lives while they are still struggling to do something good in life.

One fine day, I stumbled upon this picture story of A Pregnant Elephant on the internet and it helped me to stay motivated all the time in my entrepreneurship journey.

Below is the story of a pregnant Dog and the pregnant Elephant. Enjoy the dialogue.

For fresh entrepreneurs it is important to focus on the goals of the business and keep learning patience, endurance, perseverance and consistency of vision because the longer the incubation the more significant, mighty and great the fruit is. The young entrepreneur must learn to keep faith in self and think about success not failure. The journey to maturity in entrepreneurship has been beautiful, friutful and memorable.