Last night (April 26, 2018) watching the Toronto Maple Leafs lose another final 7th game to the Boston Bruins got me thinking about how to be an entrepreneur…
…and how so many of ‘em are like the Leafs.
Not losers – but quitters.
Here’s why.
MOST entrepreneurs just don’t WANT it bad enough.
Here’s what I mean:
(forgive my crappy hockey analysis here, I’m don’t watch sports. I’m only a “fan” when it matters – like in playoffs)
The Leafs were only in this 7th deciding game because they fought back from a 3-1 deficit. Their backs were against the wall, with nuthin’ to lose.
That’s GOOD.
So yesterday, it’s all ‘even-steven’.
Winner takes all.
You already know Boston prevailed.
But this isn’t about hockey.
It’s about DESIRE. A BURNING desire.
It’s about Boston, who were outplayed and down a goal going into the third period, having a NO QUIT attitude.
What about Toronto?
Well, like a lot of entrepreneurs, they sat “comfortable” on their 1 goal lead – without the drive or desire to KEEP taking chances and continue scoring.
Again, I’m not pretending to know everything about hockey, or debate on the performance of one dude over another.
The end result proved Boston WANTED IT more. They TOOK MORE RISKS.
That's How To Be An Entrepreneur
Even though we can argue “but, TORONTO ‘wants’ it too…”
Sure, nobody ‘wants’ to lose…but when we don’t do what’s needed to win, (keep pressin' forward, not sitting inside our comfort zone) we’re headed down that path.
It’s kinda like saying “all these people sitting in seminar rooms want to be r!ch and wealthy too”.
Thing is, 95% are UNWILLING to do what it takes to get there.
Ask me how I know.
Because over the last 7.5 years, I’ve coached and trained thousands on how to be an entrepreneur.
And I’d be an idiot not to “see” the patterns in winners and quitters.
All I know is when I’m down and out – I FEEL LIKE QUITTING. I’m human too (even if my wife says different 🙂 ) Damn #doubtingdan.
But I’m only a quitter if I actually STOP committing to doing EVERYTHING I can to make my business work. Don't you agree?
We don’t “lose” until we stop playing.
I’ve been at this almost 8 full years, and approaching $200k investing in myself and this online business thang…
…yet I’m still not a “millionaire” hand-over-fist.
Sure, I’m making money. I LOVE what I do. And, I have the BEST tribe (that’s you) in the world.
But when I wake up to a message from the Google tellin’ me my $10 Gsuite payment was declined because my credit card was maxed out again (must be that damn investing in myself thing and actually running Facebook Ads to test my marketing)
…it deflates me – I’ll admit.
But it doesn’t DEFEAT me. #Confidence rules!
To finish using this analogy, even though I’m a Maple Leafs “fan”, if I want to know how to be an entrepreneur, I’m gonna use the BRUIN'S strategy when it comes to my business.
I ain’t givin’ in.
Because it matters. EVERY moment matters. Each “FAILURE” matters – because I’m learning what NOT to do.
And the SAME type of people is in the Strategic Marketing Lab – helping, supporting and encouraging.
They aren’t quitters. They’re winning.
You can join us here:
(it's a waiting list as of this writing – because it only opens 4 times a year – so you don't want to miss the next opening ceremony)
Talk soon – Joey