I had been riding horses for a few years but when I was thirteen years old I decided that I wanted horseback riding lessons. The riding gear was very expensive as were the lessons. My mother explained to me that we had a weekly food budget; if we didn’t eat for three weeks then we could afford the lessons. She also said that if I wanted to raise the money myself, she would get me there and back for the lessons.

This was the beginning of my first business, which was successful. I raised all the money and then some, paid for my lessons and then gave my mother the difference. It was a very empowering time in my life, at thirteen I realized that what I could do was limitless.

My mother taught me to be unstoppable. Are you unstoppable? Have you challenged yourself to go beyond life “as is”, to fulfill your dreams? The secret of being unstoppable is only revealed to those who long to go beyond who they have been.