“We should work like the rain. The rain just falls one rain drop after another. It doesn’t ask: Am I making a nice sound down below? Will the plants be glad to see me? Millions and billions of raindrops, only falling.” – Jakusho Kwong (1935 - ), American Zen Buddhist Monk

5 Ways to Start Fresh How do you better the odds that you’ll succeed at a new start? Serial entrepreneur Kamran Elahian has made a life out of starting over. Here are his hard-won lessons for starting fresh – and starting smart. 1. Write a mission statement. You’ll never do work that matters unless you define what matters. Elahian gave himself a sense of purpose by writing a mission statement for his life.

“We should work like the rain. The rain just falls one rain drop after another. It doesn’t ask: Am I making a nice sound down below? Will the plants be glad to see me? Millions and billions of raindrops, only falling.” – Jakusho Kwong (1935 - ), American Zen Buddhist Monk

5 Ways to Start Fresh How do you better the odds that you’ll succeed at a new start? Serial entrepreneur Kamran Elahian has made a life out of starting over. Here are his hard-won lessons for starting fresh – and starting smart. 1. Write a mission statement. You’ll never do work that matters unless you define what matters. Elahian gave himself a sense of purpose by writing a mission statement for his life.

“Success is never final, and failure never fatal.”