Reinvent YoUniversity

Start Up Stories is a series focused on the entrepreneurial journey.  We will hear from real people who have taken the leap.  We'll hear about their challenges, but most importantly, we'll hear about how they overcame them.  The hope is that you'll be encouraged to do something you've never done before. Starting a business takes hard work, dedication, time, talent, and resources...just to name a few things. It takes a special kind of person to commit to this life. Here's what Theresa shared about her journey:      What type of business do you own and how long have you been in business?            I’m an Independent Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay and I’ve been in business for 18 months.           What inspired you to start the business?        My husband and I wanted to purchase a home and we needed additional income for a down payment. ...

This past weekend, I watched the movie Life ,featuring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. It's one of my favorites.  I have seen this movie at least twenty times.  It's a story about two men (Ray Gibson, played by Murphy and Claude Banks, played by Lawrence) who are wrongfully convicted for a murder and they're sent to prison for life.  Throughout the movie, they try to figure out ways to escape prison while coming to terms with the situation they've found themselves in. Although I've seen this movie many times, one scene really ministered to me.  There's a scene in the move in which Ray Gibson begins to share with his fellow prison mates his dream of owning his own nightclub.  He begins to speak about the club, "Ray's Boom Boom Room" as if it already exists.  The other's in the prison soon find out that the club only exists in Rays mind. Fast forward to another scene in the movie.  Ray, Claude, and all the other prisoners are about ...