Ten Years of Entrepreneurship
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It has been ten years since I first started out on my entrepreneurial journey. Which brings the question – When do you really become an entrepreneur? That is something that I want to explore with you today and share the three most profound lessons that I have learned over these last ten years that might help you on your journey. know is set up to attract your ideal clients.
We discuss:
- [01:17] When do you really become an entrepreneur? It is a practice that doesn’t really have a clear beginning or ending.
- [02:19] Kyle shares his journey before taking the leap and becoming an entrepreneur.
- [03:34] Maybe you become an entrepreneur when you get paid for the first time. It was a big milestone moment for him and he knew that he could continue to do this.
- [04:51] After building websites he became interested in marketing, especially how design influenced behavior.
- [06:07] Maybe it is when you are making enough that you can go full time on working in your business.
- [07:37] The more he practiced writing, the more valuable a skill it became for him. It allowed him to plug in and add value to many other businesses.
- [08:08] The more valuable that he became he started to see the more valuable the support he needed around him to continue to support and grow.
- [10:11] Accept the discomfort.
- [10:36] An entrepreneur's success is directly linked to their ability to tolerate uncertainty. Uncertainty is uncomfortable because it means you are challenging yourself, you're taking risks, learning, and growing from the experience.
- [11:03] As an entrepreneur you want to constantly be pushing your limits and expanding yourself so you are always in these uncomfortable situations.
- [11:46] Stay in the game.
- [12:31] A loss or failure on the level that makes you want to give up, try something else, or do something different are usually the things that force a pivot in your life and your business that lead to a greater victory.
- [13:19] The moments where he wanted to give up the most were right before these big breakthroughs.
- [14:18] We need to be staying in the game and continuing to play until our opportunity comes.
- [15:53] Use set the limits on what you can achieve in your life, in your business, who you work with, and how you deliver things. It is all up to you.
- [17:18] If you know who you are talking to, can speak their language, and can communicate the value they are really seeking and wanting then there is really no limit.
- [18:41] The only person that’s setting the limitations on what is possible for you is yourself. Whatever you can visualize, dream, and imagine is what you can achieve.