“I would have liked to have gone out with a bit more flair but I feel I can die with dignity. I don’t think it matters how long you live, so long as you can say: ‘I’ve got everything out of life’,” she said.
Is her unstoppable attitude one we can gain from by applying it to our internet business?
New Zealand-born internationally renowned photojournalist Margaret Moth has died of cancer.
She was 59.
Moth came to prominence after being almost killed when she was shot in the face covering the war in Sarajevo in 1992.
Moth, born Margaret Wilson in Gisborne, worked as a camerawoman in New Zealand before moving to the US. She began working for CNN in 1990.
She covered the Persian Gulf War, the rioting that followed Indira Gandhi’s assassination and the civil war in Tbilisi, Georgia, for CNN before volunteering for the dangerous mission of filming in Sarajevo.
On July 23, 1992 in Sarajevo, Moth was struck by a sniper’s bullet as she drove with colleagues to the airport to interview pilots flying relief supplies.
Her jaw was shattered, and she lost nearly all of her teeth and part of her tongue. Moth was rushed to a local hospital for emergency surgery and then flown to the United States where she underwent numerous reconstructive surgeries.
After much reconstructive surgery, she went back to her job in Sarajevo.
You may be wondering what this has to do with you and your journey towards personal and financial freedom as you build your online business.
My point it that you have to dare to be different. You have to keep focused and true to your dream, your vision of your future.
Margaret faced opposition at every turn as she pursued her dream to be the first female and best combat photojournalist in the world, but she held true to it. Through thick and thin she remained true to it!
You to will face opposition and even ridicule from family, friends and workmates – most of whom are broke, or more than broke. Certainly very few of them will be financially and personally free.
Why?
Because you dare to be different.
Because you ‘follow the path less traveled’
Because people around you feel uncomfortable about your ambition and want to drag you back down.
One of my favorite sayings is ‘I will do today what others won’t do, so that I may have tomorrow what others can’t have’
Like Margaret, face the danger, overcome the opposition, never give up, dare to be different!
Very inspiring post. I have experienced opposition from members of my family about my online activities. The people who were most opposed are now looking to me to help them survive the Global financial crisis by assisting them to build an online presence. So all I can say is persist in your dreams, learn from your every online experience and build mastery.
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