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Mindset, Grit & Failure
278 episodes. 220 operators. Every line below is a verified passage from the transcript.
I was thinking small because I didn't have the confidence. I had confidence to build seven, eight nine figure brands. I never had the confidence or even the clarity to build a 10 figure brand.
Confidence creates confidence. It's amazing. You walk into a room with confidence. Especially when you're making a sale or something, they become confident in you.
The fear of failure is worse than the failure in so many instances in the book.
It was the only thing that was forced is that I couldn't quit. But you can't quit. You have to stick it out.
It's having time management discipline, overcoming adversity, all these different things that employers are looking for because they bring tremendous value.
I believe that failure or what you perceive as failure to be is opportunity disguised as deep disappointment.
I failed time in time again, countless amount of times. But through each failure, I learned and I grew and I adapted and I evolved. And I found that, you know, nothing was going to stop me unless I gave up, unless I chose to throw in the towel.
Mindset is the key to open up that prison cell. So you can just walk out, sit down at the table, hang out with the guards and eat the food out of your own damn prison.
Confidence about past experience. Because you're drawing on what you did in the past, and though you can do it again. Courage is about future experience because you're doing something that you never did before.
But these are the scars of an entrepreneur. And I think you have to have, I don't believe it in failure. I like the concept that fail. F-A-I-L stands for a faithful attempt in learning.
When I reflect on that, it's discipline. And I am that person who will grind every day if I believe in something. Not for a long time, but I will form habits every day.
Our job as leaders, whether we're managers, directors, VPs or sea level, is to grow people, to grow their skills, to grow their confidence, to grow their connections. Very similar to being a parent.
- Failure almost always hurts less than the version you imagine; the fear of failure is worse than the failure itself. (Tenacity Over Fear: How Scott Scovill Tu)
- Expect several failed attempts before you're free — Mike quit his job, went broke and returned to work four separate times before entrepreneurship stuck. (From Zero to Hero: Lessons on Rejection,)
- Scott Scovill was diagnosed by a therapist with fear of failure after flunking out of college; the therapist told him it would be easier for him to grab a hot stove and hang on than to actually try. (Tenacity Over Fear: How Scott Scovill Tu)
- Matt's parents let him play and quit nothing — the only rule was that he couldn't quit once he started, which he credits for his ability to push through anything. (Hard Work Works with Artist and World Se)
- The transferable skills from elite sports aren't physical - they're time management, discipline and overcoming adversity, and players need help reframing them for employers. (Platform for Higher Understanding with D)
- Talk about the failures: Heidi says she has a bunch of failed businesses nobody hears about, and that fear of failing is what stops most people from trying. (Heidi Cortez - American Entrepreneur, Be)
- Preparation removes fear. Jared says if he thinks he'll mess up on stage he shouldn't be up there, and the confidence comes from studying and rehearsing beforehand. (Ryan sits down with Jared Emerson)
- Talk to the users who stay. Mode's pivot came from interviewing the one segment using its failed music app: lower-income people with time but not money. (Building a $25M Business From the Attent)
- Consistency with evidence builds confidence, and you can't tweak inconsistency, so start with one small repeatable practice rather than five gym visits a week. (The Mental Performance Framework for Hig)
- Stop waiting to be discovered. Feifer notes nobody at the New York Times was ever going to read his middle school play story in the Gardner News and call him up, so he quit and went to the big publications himself. (How to Build a Career That Can Survive D)
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