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Thank you for this.. this answers my question very well.
I'm not going to sugar coat it, I'm in the same boat as you and Kyle.
One goal I have written down and committed to mind like the back of my hand is a 9-figure exit. Specifically, $176m. Why? long story. (i know.. i know it's like someone coming on the forum saying "I'm gonna be a billionaire", but this is just what I want in life and more)
It seems crazy for me to say it out loud here, since I am not even at the $100k mark yet, but that is what success looks like to me.
I also had a realization recently that money really is the wrong metric to chase though (@Andy Black and Darren Hardy - The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster), and that "people helped" is a better metric, so helping a lot of people with a large amount of money being a byproduct of it, is my definition of success.
Business has NEVER been a science. It has always been an art. Building your organization is a canvas, your canvas… No two are alike.
You often ask questions in definitives. Like on your show you asked me something along the lines of “do I believe high levels of influence is essential to success” when I don’t believe that, but I do believe it’s a great asset to have.
With your last question, do we “need to know how to do all of the stuff first, before we hire someone.” The answer to that question is absolutely not. If the answer was yes, you wouldn’t have an Elon Musk and you wouldn’t have a me.
My company sells chemicals. I am not a chemist. I just know what I have, what my company (via partnerships) is capable of, what it costs, what it’s worth and who wants it. I try to leave the rest to the organization.
I am glad you said you define success like @Antifragile and I. I saw this inspirational quote on some kind of board. You know the kind of stuff they have at hobby lobby. Though the person that said it is a fictitious character, it stuck with me long enough that my mind tossed it out here.
Don’t ever arbitrarily decide that more is for other people and not you.
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