I am Superman
Flash-back to 2009: I still have a day job. I am like Clark Kent. I slog away quietly at my day job during the day. My cubicle must be made of Kryptonite — saps me of my life energy by noon.
I take the subway to get to NY Grand Central. Then Metro to get home each night. The further away I get from work, the stronger I seem to get — the effects of the Kryptonite Cubicle wearing off. I get home and give my father-in-law a huge hug and a kiss on his cheeks. My children run into my arms, and my flabby belly starts tightening into a 6-pack. They eat and get ready for bed, and I can feel my t-shirt splitting at the seams. By the time my beloved gets home and we have a long chat about the day, I watch her eat a piece of cookie for dessert, and catch the last few minutes of a Cavs game, I am totally shredded!
I walk down the stairs at 10 PM to my basement office. My mind is whirring like Clark Kent in a telephone booth. By the time I reach the bottom of the stairs, I am Superman!
As the clock hits 1 AM, I suddenly hear the voice of my mother calling me back inside the house. She’s telling me to stop playing cricket with my friends, to come back in and do my homework. “Right now”, she says!
That snaps me out of a euphoric few hours of working on my side business. It’s a membership plugin for WordPress called DAP. Not many know about it yet.
How I hate having to stop working on my site, my blog, newsletter, PHP code — all just so I can get just enough sleep to get through another day at my job.
Did you feel all of that? Did you get goosebumps? Then congratulations, you too are an incurable entrepreneur! And you know that’s what it feels like when you’ve found your true calling. Your passion. Your purpose.
I was Superman. Every single day. 7 PM — 7 AM. Nights and weekends.
It is now 2017. I am now a full-time entrepreneur. I live in San Diego. And I work from home.
I’m better than Superman. I am DAPperman!
Superman. Wonder Woman. You can be whatever it is that you want to be.
Just don’t let YOU hold you back.
~ Ravi Jayagopal
Podcast Host, SubscribeMe.fm
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