This week I made a point of spending a more time doing self reflection. I worry a lot about the future and I push myself way too hard sometimes
Make the Most of your Strengths
A lot of entreprenuers are simultaneously the most and least employable people you’ll ever meet. (hn)
A lot of my life, I’ve had to squish myself into a mold that doesn’t suit me. I can’t perform as well and I get frustrated easily. There is a chance that you can learn to like something with enough willpower. However, having to fight an uphill battle that your peers didn’t puts you at a disadvantage. A corporate job is something I’ve had tastes of and can already tell I don‘t enjoy it on a fundamental level. If I were to go the corporate career path, I’d be working against myself.
Running a business is something that a lot of people fail at, on average 8 of 10 they say. From that, people reach the conclusion that starting a business is a lottery that you shouldn’t even attempt. I don’t believe this is true. While a certain percentage of building a business is luck, there are other factors that play a bigger role. There‘s still a lot that you can control: like experience, skill, and connections. If you can simply play to your strengths, you can no longer be the “average“. Your odds of success go up.
I really enjoy building businesses. If I were to retire right now, that‘s still what I‘d be doing. I can spend 50 hours a week working on my own company without breaking a sweat. I‘m also not quite as fresh to entreprenuership as others. I think that right there is what sets me apart from the average. I’m lucky to have found something that flows for me that I can make use of my full abilities on.