Who Is Your Biggest Influencer(s)?

Is there someone who has contributed and greatly impacted the way your life has shaped out to be?  I know I do.  The one(s) who has instilled the belief and confidence in you to become whoever you like to become.  Saying and believing to you that with hard work and dedication, you can succeed in whatever path in life you choose.  For me, it has been my parents.  Both who are really hard workers and had the odds stacked against them growing up.  My dad lived in an area where it was rough and jobs were scarce.  Some nights he would come home and there would be no food to eat.  He once told me that he and his friends used to go dumpster driving just to fight off hunger.  As my dad grew older he moved from the area where he lived as a child to one that had better job opportunities and a place to raise a family.  In the new area, my dad did not have much of an education, so it was going to be hard for him to find a job anyways, he dropped out of high school.  My dad somehow found a job where he made a career out of it.  He now works in upper management and still get lots of lucrative job offers from different companies.  My dad has written his own ticket despite coming from a poor area.  My mom had come from a poor area, but not nearly as bad as my dad.  She has a high school education, but found a job and turned into a career.  The job she works at has a lot of turnovers and layoffs, but she still stands.  My mom came to work on days where the weather was too bad and worked a lot of overtime.  Little things like that can go a long and can determine if an employer wants to give someone the pink slip or not.  I owe having a better life to my parents.  Without them doing what they did, I do not know how I would have turned out.  Despite what upbringings somebody has, one can turn his or her life around into something positive through hard work and determination.

Act Now

One of the things in life that we as people take for granted is time.  It is probably the most unappreciated resource that should be cherished.  No one really appreciates it until he or she gets too old.  That is why people should act now on any type of projects or goals they have in mind.  To be honest, there is no perfect or right time to do anything.  It is really about seizing the opportunity.  If someone has the time to do it now, go ahead and start.  One should plan out on his or her goals, projects, but when it comes to implementing or carrying out the plan, do it as soon as he or she can.  We as people cannot control time and emergencies and other situations can come up at any minute.  Some people may be skeptical to start anything right away due to a fear of failure or not being ready.  Most people who start anything will run into some obstacles, but that is a part of life.  Life is about experiencing, and going through trials and errors and learning from them, and hopefully sharing those  experiences with people who may be going through the same thing or similar they he or she is going through or have already gone through.  When sharing those experiences, we as people are doing a greater good.  After all, it is a small world.  We as people are going to run into similar paths and obstacles that many before us have gone.  So act now and do not be afraid, because you are not the only one.