Entrepreneurship is not cute. It’s rough and ugly…
Fortunately, it is a science and here is how you can win.
There are 5 pillars of entrepreneurship and if you master them. You will have a 100% better chance to reach your first million in revenue.
1. Rejection
Now, i am not talking about the fear of hearing no from an investor or prospect. I am talking about accepting that the closest people around you, your friends and family, are going to think you are a loser and a failure for a long time. They might not say it. But you will be worried about it. And the sooner you give up that worry and learn to detach from it. The faster you will start to be effective in business.
2. Sacrifice
We hear this alot. But the reality is it can be unbearable. Sacrificing is not just reducing the amount of netflix or not going out to dinners. It is mentally disconnecting from having close relationships and responsibilities to others. I know it sounds harsh. But you have to be ready to not be able to have the worries of family and friends on your mind. And most likely not be able to see them for months at a time.
3. Volume
The ammount of volume needed in business is massively underestimated. You need to be ready to do 100s of calls a day. 1000s of emails a week. And 100s of outreach messages on social media per day. In fact, you need to learn to pump out work. Like a machine.
4. Negativity
Along with sacrifice. You will reach a point where it will be critical to remove negative people from your life. It will become a necessity. You will need to detach from people with habits that don’t contribute to your success. Detach from people who complain alot and have a victim mentality. And learn to protect your physical and mental environment.
5. Focus
Probably the most important pillar. Learning to focus on one thing that is working and scale it without looking at all the shinning opportunities around you will be one of the ways that you can almost guarantee progress as an entrepreneur. You need to develop streamlined & systematic thinking.
As the famous qoute goes “You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems”
If you are able to master these 5 pillars. You will have a 100% better chance to reach your first million in revenue.
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