Yes, I am sloooow.
Slower than I hoped to be.
Slower than I thought to be.
Slower than I expected to be.
Slower than I want to be.
Fast enough to pass 97% of everyone out there!
Keep working!
Your m
no doubt: work/hustle/grind/… is THE foundation of success. But realistically you cannot grind grind grind and nothing but grind.
Unless you are robot you are going to need a few hours of sleep and breaks to eat and some pauses to think in order to come up with new solutions… You need time - for example to react to things coming your way - and so do all your employees, customers and partners…
It is fairly simple:
Work is key, but as with music, it is the breaks and pauses that that turn all the busyness into business.
Your m - using those pauses to fill this blog
The money you are paid by the company you work for will always be in direct ratio to
1. the need for what you do,
2. your ability to do it, and
3. the degree of difficulty involved in replacing you.
Earl Nightingale, legend and thought leader
According to my personal experiences this quote says it all. I have not found any other explanation summing up the topic of salary as good as this one…
(Why I always try to keep these things in mind when making career decisions!)
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…as an innovator you face this challenge with literally every single new idea: listen to the doubters or ignore their feedback and believe in the idea’s hidden potential that only you could see so far…
I have always believed in going bold no matter what. “Failing is better than not trying” has always been my motto.
But over the last week I learned and understood a valuable lesson: Entrepreneurs and innovators are not risk takers - but risk managers.
It is OUR job to estimate the risk of screwing the project up before we push up the sleeves. Don’t let this be taken over by the doubters around you. Do whatever you can to research and validate in advance.
Why?
- This kind of information can make the difference between failing horribly and raising to highest hights.
- This kind of information and proper solutions to the defined risks will automatically maximize your chances of success.
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always to be remembered
The Entrepreneurs’ Bet
“Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t,
so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.”
… and we all hope that it works this way - but nobody knows for sure.
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The hidden parts of success.
… and then you win.
First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you,
then they fight you,
then you win.
Mahatma Gandhi, defeated an empire - by not fighting
Conclusion:
If they laugh - you are on the right track.
If they fight you - you are getting closer…
M
5 Stepts To Become Top 1%
From “The key to preferability”:
- Show up on time
- Do what you say you will do.
- Finish what you start.
- Say please and thank you.
- Always give a little bit more than the expect.
“If you do that consistently […] you’ll be in the top 1%. I absolutely guarantee it.”
- John Spence
Source: John Spence talk - starting from 19:00.
The optimist expects it to change.
The realist adjusts the sails.”
Just yesterday it has hit me in the face once again:
Everybody wants to be successful - until they see what it actually takes.
Ask a group of students, colleagues or friends:
“Who of you wants to become rich?”
Pretty much everyone will raise his/her hand.
Ask the same group:
“Who of you is willing to work 16 to 18 hours a day?”
“Who is willing to give up binge watching tv series?”
“
Who is willing to
spend entire weekends working?”
“Who of you is willing to invest late night hours and early mornings in your career?”
“Who of you is willing to substitute thousands of hours of freetime with work?”
“Who of you …”
Watch the difference… and you’ll see what I mean.
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Comfort zzz zz zzz…