“Discontent is at the root of the creative process, the most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they miss by realizing and cultivating their capacities and talents.”
– Eric Hofferer
One of the things that separate entrepreneurs from everyone else is their continued dissatisfaction with the world. As entrepreneurs, we always want more, we want better, and we constantly strive to reach new heights.
Look at people like Bill Gates, Branson, and Jobs — each one of them have all the money in the world and can sit back and relax for the rest of their lives. But no, they continue to strive on, continue to stay hungry, and continue to “want more.”
In order to truly become successful in life, I think that you have to have the sort of mentality that doesn’t put a level on success. You have to think of success as an ongoing journey that never really ends.
Sure, it’s great to set goals and be happy when you achieve them, but the point is that, as an entrepreneur, goal setting should “never” stop. Once you accomplish something, the bar should be set higher and higher, and higher, and higher.
You should never stop climbing that ladder. If you’re just in it for the money, then you’ll jump of that ladder when you make a few mill’. If you’re in it for the fame, the you’ll jump off the ladder when you’ve appeared on a few radio/TV shows.
BUT, if you’re in it for all of those things AND something greater, something that’s life changing, then you’ll never jump off the ladder and you’ll continue to rise and rise.
It’s okay to be dissatisfied, discontent, and not fulfilled with the world. Those are the exact ingredients that’ll fuel your journey as an entrepreneur trying to change the world. If we were all satisfied in the world, then entrepreneurship would not exist.
Keep on climbing!
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Wow! That’s exactly what I currently feel like! Thanks a lot for encouraging me in my entrepreneurial way
Hey Bod! Right on! Keep at it!