Get Corky — Entrepreneur

As Independence Day approaches, my thoughts often focus on what it means to be free. Freedom has long been the foundation in which I have built my dreams, because there is no greater freedom than saying “Hell, yes!” to opportunities that set your soul on fire!

Entrepreneurship is like a road trip where your GPS didn’t update. You might have thought you were on the easiest route, but instead, you find that the road is actually riddled with potholes and hairpin turns. There are two options ahead of you: turn that car around and find a smoother route, or draw your own map so that others following behind will have a guide on where to go. I’ve never been one to bail, especially on a dream, so when the road to launching my line got bumpy; I pulled out my pen and started drawing.

When you are baking a cake, you follow a strict recipe. You pay attention to what you are mixing in, and you worry about when (timing is everything!) but the how, well that’s magic! We know the basics, right? How it gets done is all apart of the process.

A well-crafted roadmap will take you to destinations you have only dreamed of, and luckily for me, Melinda had mapped my business toward greatness.

Success isn't overnight. It's years of slow growth, producing strong roots, so that in time, success comes bursting forth, fully bloomed and ready to stun the world. 

You know those moments when you get your best ideas? It’s always when you’re least inclined to write it down – in the shower, washing the dishes, driving on the highway. For me, it’s usually when I lie down to fall asleep after a long day. But my best idea, the one that led to the very site you’re reading this on, was (quite literally) a gift.