Lost Mojo Found?

I know so many entrepreneurs that plug along each day, no matter the obstacles faced.  Day after day, night after night, pushing their service or product - doing whatever it takes to make it - with a smile.  If you know an entrepreneur, you know what I am talking about.  That sometimes annoying and seemingly tireless positive attitude.  The truth is, everyone has a down period - even entrepreneurs.  Some come to the brink of failure, some face naysayer after naysayer, or incompentent service providers, and even lawsuits.  Add a bad economic environment and you have a recipe for "losing it."  How much can an entrepreneur take before reaching a breaking point?  And why don't entrepreneurs give up?

Failure Accepted, Thank You Very Much
Most entrepreneurs have risked failure, experienced failure and learned from it (or are they hardened by it?)  Early failure becomes a part of the entrepreneur's start-up story.  Maybe time is taken to cry and carry on - and then the entrepreneur moves on.

Long-Term Visualization
Keeping the eye on the proverbial ball. Goal Setting.  Planning.  Charting destiny. Entrepreneurs can look ahead to the ultimate goal, and see a bad economy or a failed prototype as a step in the ladder to ultimate success.

Patience Over Time
Success is rarely overnight, and entrepreneurs stomach the time factor.  Sometimes it takes 15-20 years for technology or attitudes to catch up with a good idea and suddenly it becomes marketable.

You Are What You Think
Entrepreneurs transform thinking - they don't wallow in negative space.  If you can practice zapping that negative self-dialogue when it rears its ugly head, you will live more like an entrepreneur, with confidence.

It's time to quit our whining and complaining about the down economy, pick ourselves up and act more like entrepreneurs.  The economy is on a strong path to recovery and the past year or two are just blips in the radar.  By now, we all have lean but strong operations and we are poised for new sales, new consumer confidence, and success! 

What lost mojo?