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If you sit around and wait for permission to succeed, or try to get ahead by doing what everybody else is doing, you’re going to be waiting a long time. You have to take matters into your own hands.”
Like Elon Musk, Dillon dared to think outside the system, and his daring paid off. That’s the mindset we all need going into 2023. Sure, everyone is talking about rampant inflation, how bad the economy is, and how much worse things will get. But what I’ve realized is that even if the economy does struggle, guess what? I can’t control that! So, I should probably stop worrying about that and start focusing on the things I CAN control. If I bet on myself and work on growing and prospering despite whatever the economy is doing, that will be significantly more productive and beneficial for my clients, my team members, my family, and myself. You should do the same thing. Get up every day and work on the top 1–3 things that will push your company forward. If you sit around expecting bad things to happen, they will. There’s nothing you can do to change that. What you CAN change is how prepared you are for those things. Ignore the sky and whether or not it’s falling, stop worrying about getting anyone’s permission, and focus on your business. If you do that, you will guarantee that if the economy is bad, you make it, and if the economy is good, you crush it. P.S. The chaos happening in the economy right now isn’t just hitting businesses — it’s also hurting kids in the foster care system. This year, a lot of the companies that usually provide Christmas presents for kids in foster care have backed out, and Newsletter Pro’s nonprofit, Fostering Christmas, is stepping up to fill the gaps. We’re shopping for more kids than ever. If you can pitch in to help us save Christmas, visit FosteringChristmas.org. –Shaun
I’m not saying you should do anything unethical, but you also shouldn’t wait around hoping your company gets the approval of a bureaucratic institution like the Better Business Bureau (BBB). Do you know who gave the BBB the power to separate good businesses from bad ones? They did . They sell franchises and profit off people begging for their approval. You don’t have to line up with the rest of them. In fact, I’ve discovered that to really succeed as an entrepreneur, you should look at what everyone else is doing and do the exact opposite. The system isn’t designed to help you get ahead. It’s designed to keep the people who are in power in power. To succeed, you have to break out of the system! I know I’ve used him as an example before, but just look at Elon Musk. Remember back in 2018 when he got a wild hair and decided to create a flamethrower? It sounded like a horrible idea. I can see all of the lawyers reading this right now shaking their heads and saying, “Just imagine the liability!” But he did it anyway, and you know what? He got a metric ton of free publicity. Then he broke out of the system again when he decided not to advertise for Tesla. I promise you, people told Elon Musk, “You can’t sell cars this way!” and he said, “Watch me.” “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” –John 3:16 NIV
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