Maslow had his hierarchy of needs.
The self-employed have our hierarchy of success.
In this series, I’m going to cover each of the levels, look at how you move up the hierarchy, and explain why you’d want to.
If You Can Do Stand-Up, You Can Do Anything
Want to become a better public speaker?
How about overcoming some fears?
Public speaking is often cited as the number one fear people have. More than death.
Jerry Seinfeld even did a bit about it.
What Is Your Wild Card and How Are You Going To Play It?
“But I have a theory of life,” said Chumlig, “and it is straight out of gaming: There is always an angle. You, each of you, have some special wild cards. Play with them. Find out what makes you different and better. Because it is there, if only you can find it.” ~ Ms. Chumlig, from Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
You know that feeling you get in your stomach when you realize you have an amazing hand while playing cards?
You slowly and deliberately fan out the cards in your hand — anticipating what’s coming. As you look at that last card, you get that “Holy crap…” feeling.
If you have a good poker face, you play it cool. If not, you squeal with delight.
When Is a Failed Business, Not a Failed Business?
When it was never a business to begin with.
One of the problems I have with all the statistics for failed small businesses, entrepreneurial ventures, and startups, is that many of them weren’t really businesses to begin with.
Dreams or ideas, maybe — but not businesses.
Your Childhood Dreams Fulfilled
“We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It’s just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn’t have expected.” ~ Ben Okri
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