Motivation and the entrepreneur

Hi all!

What an interesting thread.

So many are looking for the secret to success. Seeking that special "something" that a select few have, and that drives people to success.

Is it self confidence? No.
Is it motivation? No.
Is it courage? Knowledge? No.

Folks... the difference... is tenacity.

The late Irving Stone spent a lifetime writing novelized biographies of men such as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin. Stone was once asked if he had found a thread that runs through the lives of exceptional people. He said;

"They are beaten over the head, knocked down, vilified, and for years they get nowhere. But every time they're knocked down they stand up. You cannot destroy these people. And at the end of their lives they've accomplished some modest part of what they set out to do."

And this one, by Calvin Coolidge;

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
(Calvin Coolidge)

As Michael notes.... motivation wears off when the motivator isn't around.

Knowledge isn't enough. Plenty of people have knowledge and fail to apply it.

Self confidence isn't the solution. Plenty of people with self confidence don't have the persistance and tenacity to stick with a project long enough to make it a success.

Courage isn't enough. Courage can be short term, or long term. Tenacity and persistence will be the determining factor.

But the entrepreneur that just WILL NOT QUIT, and that will greet each failure with that approach of "Okay... that's one way that doesn't work. I'll try another" instead of throwing in the towel... that's the one that will eventually make it.

Do you know why WD40 is named that? Because the first 39 combinations of ingredients didn't work. How many entrepreneurs do YOU know that will still be trying after they have failed 39 times?

Much like a successful business owner that's a client of mine. He'd had 12 businesses go down the tubes. Failed. Bankrupt. His 13th was the winner. The one he excelled at.

Tenacity. Do you have it?

Just my two cents...

Linda




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Hi Linda!

This certainly is an interesting thread.

What is particularly interesting is how close some people are to the REAL, underlying driving force, but not quite close enough.

Tenacity. Determination. Persistence. Are all fine things to have. There is no denying that. And those attributes have been touted by the "gurus" for ages.

But even they miss the real driving force. They fail to look one level deeper.

What makes someone tenacious? What makes someone determined? What makes someone persist?

Fine to say to persist, or to be determined, or to be tenacious. But these aren't things that can be switched on like a light. - Not unless you know the force which drives those things.

It's not written about in "Unlimited Power" or "Think And Grow Rich" or "Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude" or "The Greatest Salesman In The World" or "The Richest Man In Babylon" or "The Magic of Thinking Big" or "The Success System That Never Fails" or "Riches Within Your Reach" or "The Lazy Man's Way To Riches" or whatever other book on success you can name.

There is no chapter, or book, by these gurus that deals with the underlying driving force explicitly.

It may be in their books... buried deep somewhere and only someone who knows what it is will actually spot it. For instance, it is on page 83 of The Lazy Man's Way To Riches but it is never stated. It is hidden. And I don't think hidden on purpose. Hidden only because it happened to be part of what Karbo was writing about. Because if he knew what it was, he would surely have mentioned it. In fact, if any of the gurus knew it, they would mention it in their books.

They would cease telling everyone to have a positive mental attitude, and belief, and affirmations and so on, because those things aren't necessary when you know the real driving force.

You have even used it. It's in your story posted on the front page of Sowpub (http://www.sowpub.com/story-startingwithlittle.shtml) but you never explicitly mention it.

I use it. Dien uses it. The results are here to see. What it is exactly, though, is not mentioned, and has not yet been mentioned in this thread. And as I said earlier, I am not going to mention it either because it's in The Success Report and if you want to know the underlying force that actually powers it all... the thing that makes you persist, be determined and be tenacious, then invest a few bucks and get it.

Michael Ross


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> Hi Michael,

I bought the success report yesterday and what you reveal is absolutely true. It' the main reason that drives me to finish my offline newsletter on time, even though friends and family beckon me on a Sunday afternoon. It gets me up early in the morning when my family is still alseep ... making sure I have returned all the answers to questions from my subscribers. It's the force that keeps me going when I start a new project, keeps me focused until it is complete.

Michael, I buy a lot of info products. Some a good, some fall short of the advertising copy. Your success report lived up to it's promises and more.

Now I've always known about what you reveal ... but I've never articulated it ... never been able to leverage this concept in my business.

That has now changed. So thanks to you Michael, I will now rectify the situation.

Pete Godfrey

Hi Linda!

> This certainly is an interesting thread.

> What is particularly interesting is how
> close some people are to the REAL,
> underlying driving force, but not quite
> close enough.

> Tenacity. Determination. Persistence. Are
> all fine things to have. There is no denying
> that. And those attributes have been touted
> by the "gurus" for ages.

> But even they miss the real driving force.
> They fail to look one level deeper.

> What makes someone tenacious? What makes
> someone determined? What makes someone
> persist?

> Fine to say to persist, or to be determined,
> or to be tenacious. But these aren't things
> that can be switched on like a light. - Not
> unless you know the force which drives those
> things.

> It's not written about in "Unlimited
> Power" or "Think And Grow
> Rich" or "Success Through A
> Positive Mental Attitude" or "The
> Greatest Salesman In The World" or
> "The Richest Man In Babylon" or
> "The Magic of Thinking Big" or
> "The Success System That Never
> Fails" or "Riches Within Your
> Reach" or "The Lazy Man's Way To
> Riches" or whatever other book on
> success you can name.

> There is no chapter, or book, by these gurus
> that deals with the underlying driving force
> explicitly.

> It may be in their books... buried deep
> somewhere and only someone who knows what it
> is will actually spot it. For instance, it
> is on page 83 of The Lazy Man's Way To
> Riches but it is never stated. It is hidden.
> And I don't think hidden on purpose. Hidden
> only because it happened to be part of what
> Karbo was writing about. Because if he knew
> what it was, he would surely have mentioned
> it. In fact, if any of the gurus knew it,
> they would mention it in their books.

> They would cease telling everyone to have a
> positive mental attitude, and belief, and
> affirmations and so on, because those things
> aren't necessary when you know the real
> driving force.

> You have even used it. It's in your story
> posted on the front page of Sowpub
> (http://www.sowpub.com/story-startingwithlittle.shtml)
> but you never explicitly mention it.

> I use it. Dien uses it. The results are here
> to see. What it is exactly, though, is not
> mentioned, and has not yet been mentioned in
> this thread. And as I said earlier, I am not
> going to mention it either because it's in
> The Success Report and if you want to know
> the underlying force that actually powers it
> all... the thing that makes you persist, be
> determined and be tenacious, then invest a
> few bucks and get it.

> Michael Ross

Boy, this has been an interesting thread.

I'm glad to see that Robert Fritz was brought up. He has some important things to say. I particularly enjoyed Creating, but The Path of Least Resistance had some important points, too.

However, I've read the Success Report too and there's no denying that Michael has hit on a very important point (and, you know, it is strange that I've never read about it explicitly anywhere else before).

In my opinion, use Fritz to get you thinking about and started in a direction. Use Ross to carry you there faster and more surely than you could otherwise.

Best,
Phil