Inspiration – foundation of ideas

I was thinking why online businessman doesn’t find success in their ventures, or why someone who wants to start something online, but is unable to do so. I came to a conclusion that they lack inspiration. Inspiration is a foundation of ideas. Without an inspiration life is incomplete and business is relatively a small part in life.

All the people who are millionaires, or billionaires right now had some inspiration/motivation in their life that took them to a point where they are. Not saying that they didn’t put hard work and all, but without the inspiration companies like Apple, Microsoft won’t be there. I would like to share what were some of the things that inspired me and made me able to come to a point where I am right now.

When my uncle Shahbaz Balkhi made his first flash website in 1998, I was amazed. That website inspired me, and I said to myself I would do something like this. I learned basic flash effects, but then I moved on with life. I was just a kid and didn’t pay much attention to the industry.

Once I moved to United States, I faced language difficulties. The difficulties I had in adapting to the lifestyle in America caused me to turn onto internet to pass time. I remembered the old days and start messing around with graphic softwares and learned.

My next inspiration was Steve Job’s speech that he gave at Stanford University’s Graduation. The guy’s life story was so inspiring. I admire his courage and his success.

These were just inspirations that I got for my normal day life style. What inspired me to start my last project IDK. I visited multiple directories, and I took a little bit of all things. At the end I was still sitting there thinking I don’t know what to do. Heck I said well sitting here won’t do nothing, I registered the domain idk.in. The initials IDK stand for I Don’t Know. Inspired by me not knowing what the heck I wanted to do. I made it a directory because directory is for people who don’t know where to find what they are looking for. I was motivated. I was dedicated to IDK. I put all my hard work in it, and in the end selling it for a decent price when I moved to my college. Truth be told, I didn’t have enough time to manage a directory. Blogs are much easier because I write one post a day and let it be it.

I started Balkhis. I was inspired by Jeremy of shoemoney. I liked how he was blogging and having fun. I have blogged with IDK, so I thought why not do this. I have a dream (Vision for Success), and I am just trying to make it come true. I am doing everything that I would like my company to do with Balkhis. Sponsoring events, travelling and much more.

The key point that you should get from this is inspiration is the foundation of ideas. Without inspiration you cannot go anywhere. Next post I will talk about motivation because without motivation and hard work your business cannot be successful.