Want Business Success? Paying Your Dues is Part of Making Your Moves
So often we see entrepreneurs at the pinnacle of their success. They make it look so easy, glamorous, appealing- sipping wine on their yachts, posing on a beach somewhere with their family, or attending high-profile events. But there is nothing easy about entrepreneurship. What those Instagram pictures don’t show are the years of heartache, rejection and failure that went into it before they had their big triumphs. Overnight success stories are typically anything but- it takes years to get to the top of an industry, and it calls for lots of tenacity, patience and failure to get there.
So, if you are an entrepreneur, you must buckle in for the long haul it will take to pay your dues on the way to the top. Success in entrepreneurship is very much like a game- part chess match, part poker tournament, and part schoolyard soccer competition. You’ve got to make decisive moves in a really strategic way, bluff on occasion when you want others to think you have a better hand, and pass the ball to and from teammates to hit your goals. Sometimes, it will be a straight line to a quick score, and other times, you will have to double back, up the ante and formulate a new game plan.
Tackling business in this gamelike manner is important. So is getting prepared for the numerous setbacks that you’ll encounter. Falling…
