Remember when you were 5 years old and you have a million and one questions for your mom every 5 seconds? You asked her everything: What’s God? What’s sex? How are babies made? Why is the sky blue? How is water made? Why is grass green? And so on and so on and so on…
When you were 5 years old you were all about finding out the unknown, learning the answers to your questions, and not settling for being left in the dark without answers. You simply had to know! And even if it gave your mom a heart attack, you wouldn’t let up and just kept on asking and asking.
If you remember being that 5 year old and asking all those questions, great! But what about today? Are you still asking questions? Do you still have an appetite to know everything that you possibly can? Do you still hate being in the unknown?
I hope so, because continuing to ask questions and seek answers is what’s going to make you a great entrepreneur. Questions, I believe, have a lot to do with your success.
When I was young I wondered if I could become a successful entrepreneur one day. I asked myself if I could ever change the world? If I could ever have a million dollars in my bank account? If I could ever make a difference in my life and the lives of others?
Later on, I asked questions such as: can I unite young entrepreneurs? What would happen if I reached out to as many young entrepreneurs as I possibly could? What if I created a magazine specifically for entrepreneurs?
You see, asking yourself questions and actually trying to figure out the answers to these mysteries is the cornerstone of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is like driving your car towards a cliff and once you reach the end of the cliff, you have reached everything that you already know… all of your questions have been answered…all of your goals have been accomplished.
But here’s the thing, if you reach the end of that cliff, you are going to drive off of it, fall, crash, and die. The goal is to never reach the end of that cliff. To continue learning, to continue seeking the answers to your questions, to continue making things happen and allowing yourself and your business to continue to evolve.
Never be satisfied. Continue to seek answers. Don’t settle for being in the dark about something. Don’t let go of that 5 year old within you.
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Sorry I didn’t ask about sex as a 5 year old. Kind of weird.
couldn’t agree more:
be inquisitive, open-minded, and hungry
lol, aaron…a 5 year old asking about what is sex.
is that david himself he’s talking about, or a hypothetical (extreme) example…good god
Yup, always continue to ask!
Ok…ok… so maybe I was 10 when I asked that question… LOL
Hey… hey… hey… and this whole time I thought this place was about business. lol.