You don’t need permission. You don’t need a credential. You can just do things. Here are six truths every visionary entrepreneur should know about embracing your weirdness, creating value, and questioning the advice that keeps you playing small.
Hard work won’t save a business built in the wrong order. Discover the six decisions in the Go-to-Market Order of Operations and why your revenue problem might be a step-one problem you’ve been treating as a step-six problem for years.
A strong point of view does more than get attention. It transmits Signal, tells the right people what problem you solve, and builds Market Gravity so business comes to you.
You don’t need a better mousetrap. You need a Signal the market can’t ignore and a self-identity strong enough to carry it. When your message finally matches your value, you stop competing in a crowded category and become the category.
If you're new here, every week I send you a postcard with a question, topic, or challenge to contemplate. Today let's explore what you perceive as your limitations.
As you go into the week, do yourself a favor and stop chasing validation from others. That's empty calories. The validation you really want is approval from yourself. That's self-esteem.
Each Friday, I send you a postcard with some homework for the weekend – usually a question, topic, or challenge to contemplate. This week let’s explore whether cynicism is hurting your prosperity.
It's great to study successful people and look for clues. But please don’t make the mistake of doing what it seems like everyone is doing. Conventional wisdom only works for conventional results, and most conventional results are decidedly average or even mediocre.