What some of today’s top entrepreneurs would tell their younger selves when first starting out.
Call me negative, but I agree with very few of these—and really even the ones I agree with I don’t classify as being important..
There are two paths to success: Luck and hard work.
The hard work is the one where it seems the most failures take place..
The luck?
Well let me say it this way.. there are a number of business owners I know that fall into three categories:
- People who are smart, but don’t have confidence in themselves or the choices they make. They mean well, but often have too much doubt to succeed
- People who are dumb, and make really dumb decisions. They know they are dumb..
- People who are dumb, but don’t know they are dumb, and have wild success in business..
I know a farmer who opened a restaurant. He does not have great people skills, only a small click of friends.. but a successful business. No tact. But a track record of just making food and having a place. Not too shabby.
I am a little negative about good business experiences.. I think it’s more a matter of dumb luck—sometimes literally.
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