I recently conversed with an extremely successful businessperson about starting a business.
We talked in depth about the pitfalls, potential for failure, and mistakes so many others make.
He also shared his own experience of how one day he was buying a brand new car, had piles of money in his bank, and was doing (obviously) very well. Then in four days, after a series of unfortunate (and unpredictable) events, he was left with $5,000 in the bank and a business on its deathbed.
After 20 minutes or so of talking about the difficulty of starting a business, I paused and said, “That’s the point, though, isn’t it? To go through all that. That’s the exciting stuff. Because damn does it have to feel good to know you made through all of that”
I’m not sure I had ever believed that as much as I did then and do now.
Going into business or working for yourself is all about the journey’s ups and downs. It’s about the struggle that you have to embrace. It’s about loving every moment the lizard brain speaks up and tells you 50 reasons why you shouldn’t do what you’re considering because it’s too risky, because you’ll disappoint those closest to you, because it might not work – and then doing it.
Here’s a simplified kitchen analogy for what I’m trying to say: If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen, but you’ll never make anything great without getting burnt from time to time.
Stay Positive & Get Cooking
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