4 Tips For Beating An Entrepreneurial Funk
Have you ever found yourself in an entrepreneurial funk? The kind where you postpone your big calls and flake out on social invites so you can stay home and binge watch House of Cards?
Have you ever found yourself in an entrepreneurial funk? The kind where you postpone your big calls and flake out on social invites so you can stay home and binge watch House of Cards?
Are your beliefs (or mental “scripts”) holding you back? If you buy into any of the following… It takes money to make money Money is the root of all evil You have to work (too) hard to get wealthy … then I can almost promise you it’s holding you back.
I’m not sure about you, but I’ve got about 50+ domains for “projects” that have never gone anywhere. What most people don’t know is when I started working on Clarity, I also has 2 other projects I was pursuing.
Note: This message is for the “wantrapreneurs” in your life. Feel free to share it with them. Alright, here comes some tough love. Most of you are not acting like founders. You’re not focusing on actually building a business. Maybe you fell in love with the idea of starting a company (being a founder)… and once you started you decided it
Today I want to share with you something that’s near and dear to my heart… the idea of getting unstuck. Recently I was sitting down with a friend of mine and I was asking him what his plans were for the rest of the year – since we were already half way through the year – and he told me
There’s a great quote that’s going to summarize everything that I’m about to teach you today: “The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” ~ Aristotle When I was raising money for our first round of funding I got some great advice from one of our “quarterbacks”, Travis Kalanick (now CEO of Uber).
“Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give… it’s about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.” ― Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa Most people don’t realize how hard it’s going to be when they start a business. What matters most is if you are willing to continue during the struggle, when there’s nothing clear
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” ~ Maya Angelou I’m always getting asked, “How do I discover my passion, my gift and my purpose in life?”
I’m often asked how – in a 2 year period – we were able to: have 2 kids build two houses and move launch and grow our companies The truth is… very little sleep and hacking away at our approach to getting work done. I believe most people don’t mean to be lazy. They typically aren’t producing because they haven’t
The other day I had an entrepreneur come to my house with $2000 in cash to give me, and here’s why… Every time I go to an event I like to collect 4 or 5 entrepreneurs that I don’t know, and if I feel like they have good energy and are good people in general, I invite them to lunch.