As often as I don’t care to imagine a negative outcome, let’s do it as an exercise.
Let’s say your idea is pitched with 19 other ideas. Only five get chosen. For the 15 who don’t get chosen, they have three options.
- Run. Give up. Throw in the towel.
- Figure out how to support the five who got chosen.
- Choose yourself. Go make it happen without a voted approval.
Which do you choose?
If you guessed a combination of two and three, then you’re on point. The thinking that you can only choose one is often what leads entrepreneurs to choose the first option. They don’t realize the potential of themselves or those around them.
As ol’ Zig said, you’ll have everything you want once you help enough other people get what they want.
Stay Positive & Sometimes Choosing Yourself Means Choosing Others
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Garth Beyer is a Certified Cicerone®, Senior Content Specialist at Encompass Technologies, owner of Garth's Brew Bar and a Madison-based freelance writer.
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