May 30th, 2020
Here's an awesome video that every entrepreneur should watch.
That kind of attitude and transparency is severely lacking in startup land.
Why? Because nobody wants to hear that this entrepreneurship thing really takes 20+ years.
This video has the opposite effect on me.
This video makes me excited about the idea of building businesses for at least the next 20 years - I'd be 50 years old!
Why? Because I truly love doing it!
If you injected $1M into my bank account right now, I can't really imagine I would change too much.
I'd probably just keep building and learning with my online businesses and writing this daily blog, and would still keep my living expenses really low. This stuff makes me happy.
I actually got lucky with some stock options (startup I worked at) and now have $100K+ to my name. It's not a ton, but it's the most money I've ever had, by a lot ($50K in debt a few years ago).
However, this money didn't change anything about my day-to-day - I'm still working my ass off on the same thing.
I think that's a sign that I'm doing the right thing.
In my life, I've picked up a lot of hobbies and professions, and while they were exciting in the beginning, I always felt like I conquered them and hit a "ceiling" and got bored.
Entrepreneurship is different. There is no ceiling. There is no "top" - you can always get better and improve. You will never get bored. And I truly enjoy it - at a deep level.
That's what will keep me coming back for 20+ years.
That kind of attitude and transparency is severely lacking in startup land.
Why? Because nobody wants to hear that this entrepreneurship thing really takes 20+ years.
This video has the opposite effect on me.
This video makes me excited about the idea of building businesses for at least the next 20 years - I'd be 50 years old!
Why? Because I truly love doing it!
If you injected $1M into my bank account right now, I can't really imagine I would change too much.
I'd probably just keep building and learning with my online businesses and writing this daily blog, and would still keep my living expenses really low. This stuff makes me happy.
I actually got lucky with some stock options (startup I worked at) and now have $100K+ to my name. It's not a ton, but it's the most money I've ever had, by a lot ($50K in debt a few years ago).
However, this money didn't change anything about my day-to-day - I'm still working my ass off on the same thing.
I think that's a sign that I'm doing the right thing.
In my life, I've picked up a lot of hobbies and professions, and while they were exciting in the beginning, I always felt like I conquered them and hit a "ceiling" and got bored.
Entrepreneurship is different. There is no ceiling. There is no "top" - you can always get better and improve. You will never get bored. And I truly enjoy it - at a deep level.
That's what will keep me coming back for 20+ years.