Too often I hear of aspiring entrepreneurs talk about wanting to "make it", get rich, run a company, be their own boss, make their own hours...when you start with this mindset, you're already jeopardizing your success. You want to be successful because you desire the outcome of what it might bring you, but you lack to understand what it REALLY takes. If you really want success and want what comes with it (which isn't always good or fun), you'll forget the outcomes and focus on the path.If you REALLY want to be successful, you'll stop doing the following. You can't even afford to compromise on one of these. There are too many of us out there who will be successful at any cost. If you're doing any of these you don't really want it:You make excuses - You have a family to feed, your job pays you too well and you don't want to give it up, you don't have enough time. If this is you making these excuses...it's gut check time. Take a moment to realize, whatever you want to do, however much it's going to cost you, or however long it's going to take...double or triple your estimate. If you're a first-time entrepreneur...at least triple it. Seriously, there is no time to make excuses and you'll come up with every reason why you don't REALLY want to succeed.You won't sacrifice - Look at what you just read above...you won't give it up. I'm not talking about not being able to live, but I'm talking about changing your lifestyle. I'm talking about selling your cars to wipe away your debt, I'm talking about saving 6 months of your expenses to give yourself a fighting shot to figure things out, I'm talking about committing to an extra few hours of work each day and ditching Netflix or compromising on sleep (temporarily with sleep of course). Everyone who has made it knows what it was like at the beginning. It F***ING SUCKS...especially if you've had a taste of what comfort is like. The great thing is, if you actually do fail, you can always get another job.You won't validate your idea - I HATE THIS EXCUSE...forget the patent, forget the engineer who you think is going to steal your idea...you're not as smart as you think you are!!! You know who is? Someone who might buy what you're brining to the table? And no, I'm not talking about your best friend or mommy and daddy saying "oh yeah, that's really cool...I'd pay for that" No they wouldn't! Talk to real people who actually make buying decisions for what you want to do! Even if you do go for a patent, want to hide your idea until launch, etc...you're still going to bring it to market at some point when you're still at ZERO! Someone will have to hear about it, so why wait? Get feedback. Things change and your first assumptions will almost never be correct.You need an investment - Remember the first and second points I made? Stop thinking you need $100k to get started. YOU DON'T. I started a multi-million dollar SaaS company with a couple friends and we had NO IDEA what we were even doing. We each put a couple grand in to hire a crappy engineer who couldn't produce an MVP. You know what we did...we fired the engineer and we sold the dream with what we had. We partnered with a national corporation to roll out a marketplace, signed an agreement, collected some money to keep building, rebuilt our product, and iterated from there. Eventually we raised a small amount of cash, but money doesn't solve problems, people also don't solve problems...resilience, grit, and scrappiness in the early days do.One last thing. The longer you give yourself to be successful, the more likely it will happen. It sounds simple, but so many people quit too early. We ALL have what it takes and we can all achieve what we want if we're willing to work for it. The question is, are you REALLY ready to be successful or are you just dreaming of the outcome? see hubwealthy.com/wealthy
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