The Peaceful Warriors of Entrepreneurship
Over the weekend I saw the magnificent movie Peaceful Warrior which focused around a young gymnast who was cocky, complacent, and arrogant; ultimately leading to his demise. Through time, patience, and understanding, he comes to learn some of life’s most precious truths. This movie is tremendously inspirational and insightful. Below are some concepts and ways of thinking that I derived from the movie and can be applied to your business:
Clear Your Mind
There so much garbage in your mind. No, really, there is! Garbage like: “when will I be a millionaire” “my company sucks, why can’t I close a deal?” “Why can’t I get immediate results!?” You need to clear your mind of these distracting thoughts and remain focused on what’s presently going on — which leads to…
Staying in the Present — The NOW
It’s perfectly fine to dream about the future you want, but you need to constantly live your life in the present moment — what’s going on right now. Not what’s happened and not what will happen. Focus on now. Focus on the present moment. Who are you right now? What is your company doing right now? How are people using your service right now? What are you doing to advance your company right now? Work with the NOW.
Wake UP and SEE Life for what it is — for what’s GOING ON
Most of us spend our entire lives sleep walking; waking up every so often to notice a few things here and there, but quickly falling back to sleep and going through life in zombie mode. “There’s never nothing going on.” Think about this in terms of your business. Literally, there’s never nothing going on with your business. People are interacting with your service. People are subscribing. People are terminating their subscription to your service. People are cursing your company. People are praising your company. Your company is making a positive contribution to society. Your company is hurting society and exploiting people. And the infinite list goes on. As the company founder, you need to constantly be awake and remain in-tune with with what’s really going on. Wake up!!! And “remain” awake! Train yourself to notice every (little or big) thing that’s going on with your company. Actually live with your company. Your company is your friend, your buddy, your pal. Experience every moment of him and you’ll unlock the doors to infinite potential and possibilities.
The Answers are Within You
Everything you “really” need to know in life lies within you — I strongly believe this. This may be a difficult and disruptive concept for many people to grasp, but once you do, you are free. You are free from doubt. You are free from uncertainty. You are free from the naysayers telling you what you can or can’t do. You can do ANYTHING. Imagine a world with no boundaries. A world where you could manifest anything. Your business can be a part of such a world — if you allow it. If you accept it. The implications of thinking on this level are manifold and mind-boggling. Spend time looking within yourself and not outside of yourself.
Ponder these concepts and think about how they can be applied to your life, your business. Entrepreneurship, like anything else in life, is a journey. And that journey should be what brings you joy and happiness. Nothing else should matter. The journey is all that is needed. So strap in and getting ready for the ride of a lifetime.
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7 Comments
Edgar
September 10th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
I truly LOVE Mindpetals.com!
I’m trying to be an entrepreneur but I have no supporters*. My family party supports me, my friends think that getting a job with a good salary and an early retirement is the best thing in the life
So I am pretty much on my own.
*: I am not on my own: I have Mindpetals.com, my best friend!
David Askaripour
September 10th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Hey Edgar,
Mind Petals LOVES you too!! Thanks for being a part of the Mind Petals Family — we love welcoming new family members to our community; our philosophy. Don’t worry about all those naysayers who want to you be obedient and follow safely along with the herd. Dare to do the unexpected. Dare to go right when all is going left. Dare to be different. These are the ideals Mind Petals and we’ll absolutely help you keep on track, on your journey as a young entrepreneur. Also stop by our forum to further insights and articles.
Victor
September 11th, 2007 at 9:13 am
Hey Edgar. Welcome! That’s what I’m talking about! I second Dave’s comment, and yes take note on whats going on and what your feeling right NOW, and enjoy the heck out of it. Make sure to love what your doing and have a blast now!
If your persistent and not let anything or anyone stop you, In the near future, you’ll be looking back saying “check out what I’ve gone through, check out where i came from, and look at me now”. It’ll feel that much better.
As always great stuff Dave!
Dechef
September 11th, 2007 at 11:40 am
This is what i call ” Thinking in 3D” i.e thinking in 3 dimensions . We really dont see things in the same way . i like the way you guys look at things . any way thanks for that article .
Just to ask —-Can u write an article about thinking in 3D. i would love to see it .
David Askaripour
September 11th, 2007 at 11:59 am
Thanks for the support, Vic! Right on! We can do ANYTHING — we just have to believe it
Dechef, thanks a lot. I’ll definitely look into “Thinking in 3D.”
Success!
lawrence
September 11th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
edgar, lol…
read, read, read.
learn, learn, learn.
do, do, do - then refine, refine, refine.
persevere, persevere, persevere.
repeat, repeat, repeat - hopefully you have enough resources at your disposal to repeat all that till you make some money.
what i said is not an overstatement either. trust me, it’s not an overstatement. that’s what it takes - and then some
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