BB2BB003 Five Characteristics #2 - Embrace the Challenge.

In this episode of Back Bedroom to Big Business podcast, Dino and Simon move forward with their series of wildly successful entrepreneur characteristics! The passion is the motivational fuel that enables you to break through the barriers and challenges that will get in the way of your success. This is a building block on the entrepreneurial journey and leads into the second characteristic and the focus of this episode: Embracing the Challenge. 

Understanding 'Entrepreneur' is more of a personality type than a title:

• Happy to be pushed forward/experience pressure
• A problem solver by nature/problem-solving skills
• Aware there will be challenges and enjoy the grappling match
• Not waiting or expecting challenges to disappear
• Understanding challenges and problems occur at every level of the business building process. Embracing this and know that it leads to success.
• Embracing opposition with enthusiasm 
• Not looking for easy

Dino shares with us a powerful story about the success of entrepreneur, Scott Belsky (Adobe). Scott says when we hear stories about entrepreneurs we often hear the beginning (great idea & motivation) and the end (massive success or failure). The 'messy middle' gets left out. What is in the middle is exceptionally important. This middle ground is where the hard decisions are made, money and time is lost, and self-doubt can take up residence. The messy middle is what makes the success at the end worth it and most people never get to see it.

Importance of taking a deep dive into expectations:

• Many people step or run away from corporate business to change their lifestyles or the amount of time they have to spend doing what they want to do. 
• Often these people crave immediate results. 

• Often when an entrepreneur starts out, if we don't get the results we want, like a petulant child, we throw up our hands and say 'What's the point?'
• • This reverts back to the first characteristic of success - passion is the point. The desire to solve the problem is the point or the end goal. 
  • We need to get rid ourselves of the goalposts we (and others) set up for us and instead focus on the progress we are making.

When you step out on the ledge of entrepreneurship is is extraordinarily important that we keep in mind what you have is valuable. If what you are pursuing has no value for you or anyone else you wouldn’t pursue it. Remembering this and keep it at the forefront of your thoughts helps immensely to meet challenges when they arise with enthusiasm and durable motivation.

At the very end of the discussion, Dino and Simon touch briefly on episode four. This episode leads us to the third characteristic of incredibly successful entrepreneurs which is the interesting concept of the differences in searching for an answer and solving a problem.

Quotes:

“Once you understand challenge is part of the process, then like anything, you adopt another mindset.”

“You never reach the top. There is always another side of the mountain to climb”

“Not everyone is looking for easy.” 

“Until you put an actual product in front of an actual customer, you don’t know if they’re going to buy it or not.”

“Easy to say ‘What’s the point?’ and throw in the towel, but these people didn’t.”

 

Dino Tartaglia LinkedIn profile: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dinotartaglia?trk=pub-pbmap

Simon Hartley LinkedIn Profile: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/simon-hartley-897a8113?trk=pub-pbmap