People who are stuck in a particular area of their lives tend to talk about that area in a particular pattern: Have => Do => Be.For example: First I need to have a lot of money, so that then I can spend more time painting, and finally become an artist.I’ve used this pattern in my own life plenty of times, each time reliably staying stuck in neutral despite my grand visions. First I need to hit this quarterly revenue number, then I can focus on building a customer centric business and finally doing some good for the industry. First I need to close this financing, then I can focus on making our employees happy and being the kind of leader I know I can be.This logical process is natural. It is also toxic, in that it places an impossibility (having something you don’t) as a condition for progress, thereby justifying indefinite procrastination.Life, and business, at its most dynamic and most successful, works the exact opposite: Be => Do => Have.First I will recognize that I am an artist. Right now, this moment. Then as an artist I will paint. Right now. And then, eventually, I’ll become successful and make a lot of money.First I will be the best kind of leader I can be. From that place I will make the decisions that are in keeping with my best form of leadership, and the quarterly revenue numbers and closed financing rounds will follow.“Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want so that they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.” — MARGARET YOUNGIf you find yourself stuck in an area of your life, or your business stalled on an important project, look for the way you talk about progress. Simply focusing your efforts on what you can control—who you are and what you do—is the fastest way to get unstuck.And if you find yourself running a startup to make a lot of money, so that someday, eventually, you can focus on using business to help people and be the human that the world needs you to be (not that I know anything about that), well, it works there, too.——-From Second Mountain StartupSecond Mountain Startup, the weekly newsletter for purpose-driven entrepreneurs. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy
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