Like a fairy tale, almost every successful entrepreneur has their very own "Cinderella" story, or, more known as a "rags-to-riches" story: from busing tables in restaurants to becoming millionaires by their 20'sfrom living in a dump calling itself a flat, to owning many homes, one for every day of the week.
While all these stories arouse feelings hope and inspiration, the trek up the road to success is really a bit more nasty.
Take into consideration Mike Michalowicz's approach and try asking yourself this, "A 'Toilet Paper Entrepreneur', is that me?"
Real entrepreneurialism, as Mike puts it is like this bathroom experience: You are doing your "business", and when it's done, you suddenly find out that there are only 3 sheets of toilet paper left! Out of necessity, you are then forced to be creative and inventive to be able to leave the bathroom smelling fresh.
In the network marketing industry, Serious Entrepreneurs achieve success by not merely sitting and waiting for someone to "give them a roll of toilet paper."
They're the ones who'll take action, grab the nearest garbage can, root around, pull out the empty cardboard roll and say "AHA!". A little while later, a flush can be heard and he strolls out, whistling, having naught a care in the world.
Serious Entrepreneurs will never sit around, whining excuses. Nor do they have patience for those who do so.
You'll never hear them say
"I'm broke right now."
"I'm not smart enough for that."
"I can't. I'm too busy. I don't have enough time."
"Businesses take too long to build."
"There's too much risk involved. I'm too scared."
"I'm too old."
They do not sit and dream about their big breakthey get off the pot and create it themselves.
In funding a new venture, they don't just wait for the money to come, but they find ingenious ways and use their strengths to finance the project.
On a lighter note, most millionaires live frugal lives: Warren Buffett, for example, is third on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world, but still he remains living in the house in Omaha, Nebraska that he bought for $31,500 forty years ago.
Successful Entrepreneurs do not multi-task. They're like bulldogs: they'll latch on to one thing until it's good and done proper.
Nor are they perfectionists. They're the ones who say "Good is good enough."
They know that speed and money go together.
They know that by the time they've perfected their sales letter, website, or ad campaign, their competition will have already capitalized on their idea and left them in the dust.
They don't spend the bulk of their time thinking, planning, and revising they take action.
They are thrill seekers, but they have gone out of their way to calculate the risks involved.
Founder of Feedburner.com Dick Costolo once said, "The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike is to stop thinking about 'there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off' and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way."
Serious Entrepreneurs do not need toilet paper.
Why? Most likely they have a spare napkin in their pocket with their next million dollar business plan scribbled on its back.
While all these stories arouse feelings hope and inspiration, the trek up the road to success is really a bit more nasty.
Take into consideration Mike Michalowicz's approach and try asking yourself this, "A 'Toilet Paper Entrepreneur', is that me?"
Real entrepreneurialism, as Mike puts it is like this bathroom experience: You are doing your "business", and when it's done, you suddenly find out that there are only 3 sheets of toilet paper left! Out of necessity, you are then forced to be creative and inventive to be able to leave the bathroom smelling fresh.
In the network marketing industry, Serious Entrepreneurs achieve success by not merely sitting and waiting for someone to "give them a roll of toilet paper."
They're the ones who'll take action, grab the nearest garbage can, root around, pull out the empty cardboard roll and say "AHA!". A little while later, a flush can be heard and he strolls out, whistling, having naught a care in the world.
Serious Entrepreneurs will never sit around, whining excuses. Nor do they have patience for those who do so.
You'll never hear them say
"I'm broke right now."
"I'm not smart enough for that."
"I can't. I'm too busy. I don't have enough time."
"Businesses take too long to build."
"There's too much risk involved. I'm too scared."
"I'm too old."
They do not sit and dream about their big breakthey get off the pot and create it themselves.
In funding a new venture, they don't just wait for the money to come, but they find ingenious ways and use their strengths to finance the project.
On a lighter note, most millionaires live frugal lives: Warren Buffett, for example, is third on Forbes' list of the richest people in the world, but still he remains living in the house in Omaha, Nebraska that he bought for $31,500 forty years ago.
Successful Entrepreneurs do not multi-task. They're like bulldogs: they'll latch on to one thing until it's good and done proper.
Nor are they perfectionists. They're the ones who say "Good is good enough."
They know that speed and money go together.
They know that by the time they've perfected their sales letter, website, or ad campaign, their competition will have already capitalized on their idea and left them in the dust.
They don't spend the bulk of their time thinking, planning, and revising they take action.
They are thrill seekers, but they have gone out of their way to calculate the risks involved.
Founder of Feedburner.com Dick Costolo once said, "The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike is to stop thinking about 'there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off' and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way."
Serious Entrepreneurs do not need toilet paper.
Why? Most likely they have a spare napkin in their pocket with their next million dollar business plan scribbled on its back.
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