"I usually slept in the office at least one night a week, and I did everything—reporting, writing, editing, layout, marketing, accounting, customer service, office cleanup, circulation, kvetching, you name it." -- JJ Hornblass, a former reporter who launched Royal Media Group in 1995

In a recent installment of BusinessWeek's Entrepreneur Journal, Hornblass describes about how he has "weathered the ups and downs..." by "adapting." His aspirations to someday own and run a "big company" drove him to succeed. He reminds others of the importance of "learning to celebrate" and how success has "has come in odd and often hidden forms."

Whether you run a business, edit your company's quarterly report or read over that memo one more time, it's worth slowing down, even if just a bit, to define your victory. Doing so will not only give you a moment to catch your breath, but renew a sense of confidence that will help carry you through the remainder of the day.

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