In the past, I’ve mentioned how attaining success is a function of vision, ambition, execution, timing and luck.
Of course, success is also relative: measuring it is usually done relative to others.
I think entrepreneurs are successful the day they merely launch a business: identifying a concept, developing it and then launching something are monster tasks in themselves… but recognizing your limits and seeing your weaknesses - ie. understanding what you don’t know, in other words - is one thing that makes entrepreneurs become successful.
But while knowing to say “I don’t know” is a must, having the balls and backbone to occasionally say “I don’t care” is what makes entrepreneurs really successful.
If you think about it, those who are too quick to say I don’t know to please others tend to be successful but end up being subservient in one way or another. Those who become successful in a “I can show up to a meeting with my crotchless pants and get away it” do so because they can - and do - say “I don’t care” every once in a while.
Here’s a little nugget of wisdom for you: I don’t care. Learn to repeat that once in a while and you will be able to rise to the top, pants-free.
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