I received a letter recently from someone who is determined to make a mark as an entrepreneur. This individual is committed to success but, like so many of you, frustrated that his initial efforts are not yet successful. And even more frustrated with the lack of encouragement from his friends and family. Maybe you feel the same way!

We live in a country that asks you to work hard in your pursuit of the American Dream. But school doesn't teach us how to make money. And chances are your parents are not wealthy, so they couldn't teach you. And you haven't won the lotto. In fact, most people dream of success but never expect it.

So why am I telling you this? Because of that letter I received asking why other people tell you “...all that stuff is too hard, too risky, takes too much money, you have to be too lucky, and 9 out of 10 businesses fail... its been kind of frustrating when I talk with people about what I am doing and all they tell me is I'm stupid for trying”.

Perhaps the most common mistake made by entrepreneurs is telling someone else what you are up to. It’s a mistake we all make! After all, you have to be excited about something in order to tackle it. But your friends are not excited about it; if they were they would be doing it. (This is a little off track but how many times has someone come to you with the next great multi-level marketing idea? I mean excited! Yet, before long they stop mentioning it? The next time they come to you with a money-making idea you are probably cool to it. By the third time, its “get out of here!”) We live in a society of ideas. But ideas alone never accomplished anything, yours included. So, when you tell someone about your I-am-going-to-be-so-rich idea you can't blame them for being skeptical.

But the reason goes even deeper: other people may be your friends but they don't want you to be wealthy! It is a lot easier to be poor than it is to be rich. Staying poor requires no preparation, planning or perspiration. You can sleep in, tell your friends what a rotten world this is, and remark how lucky the rich are! How many of your friends have the guts to take the risk you are taking?

As you forge your future build your memories for your personal satisfaction because, if you look to others for validation you will have a long, sad life. Your friends and family will never see your entrepreneurial accomplishments through your eyes. The journey along the road to success has lots of highs and lows, but the results are so well worth it you should push yourself daily to achieve success. Just don't tell anyone!

Nothing. Some are jealous, some just know I got lucky, some probably think I inherited something. I get to do what I want, when I want, while they are fighting traffic to get home from their jobs. I wonder why they don't ask me how to do what I do. Most people are so stuck in their lifestyles that they will never change. It took me a while to stop worrying about them. But I don't have to tell them what I do, they see the results. It’s up to them to ask me, if they want a better lifestyle.

Isn't that an interesting question? How many times have you heard someone say: “The only way I will ever get rich is if I win the Lotto” or “You can't get rich unless you have a rich uncle.” People know success is possible; after all, someone is driving a Mercedes, going on expensive vacations, and living in a mansion.

Almost anyone can perform to a mediocre level—a job!—but very few can go to the top of the company! Those who succeed accept their limitations, improve their weaknesses, look to other successful people, put the blinders on and stop listening to the negative thinkers.

I never said becoming successful is easy. The hardest thing you will ever do is become your own boss because then you never have anyone to blame for your mistakes. You don't have someone else writing your paychecks, paying your benefits, and thinking for you. But what you do have is control, complete control over your future and that of your family. You make time for work, for play, for exercise, for learning, for travel, according to your schedule.

It takes guts to be an entrepreneur. I had certain ideas I wanted as part of my business: I wanted to work when I want, from wherever I am. I wanted to help people and see the results of my efforts. And I wanted something I could teach others. FastHomeWealth.com programs satisfy each of these ideas.

Conclusion: I didn't mean to ramble on so much but entrepreneurs are a special breed to me, deserving of all the love and care they can get.

I will end this with a true story. It’s about an owner of a business in Littleton, Colorado, just before he sold his firm. “Until I met you,” he said, “I thought I was the only one who considered the business owners life a lonely one. Oh, I made lots of money and am proud of some of my accomplishments, but it was so frustrating not having someone to talk to. My employees think I make too much money. My kids think money falls from the sky. And my wife never really understood how gut wrenching so many of my decisions were. All in all, though, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I couldn't imagine getting up and having to report to someone else for work. Having someone else tell me when and how to do things. Having my ideas either taken by someone else or squashed. I guess I was just born an entrepreneur.”

And that's what got you this far. You have that fire in your belly, that unstoppable desire to control your life, that fear that you might die without ever taking a chance. Let me help you along the way. If you have not yet read our free reports, read them now, "Mailing Your Way To Wealth!" and "Get Wealthy By Giving Money Away!" Thanks for listening.