Some can say, “See, I have been working on this goal for many years and I have this big problem and that major issue, and I have tried this and that in earnest…but I still can’t make it a success”. You may feel that any outisde advice to be more successful doesn’t apply to your “impossible goal”.
I’d ask “WHY” do you want to chase that goal? I’d keep asking “why” until you gave me something like “because I want to be successful (make money, be a winner, send my kids to college, own a business than mostly ran itself,” etc.
Then I’d ask, “Is chasing the goal that you are chasing now in the way you are chasing it, the only way to get there”?
Some goals are impossible. Scaling a business that doesn’t scale, delegating something that is really an art or talent that only you have, and competing against the bigs in a crowded commodity market.
In the end, a business is a vehicle for you to accomplish your personal goals. Is there another way to do that? Can you innovate or redefine your business goal, model or “how” so it is far more achievable?
Chase possible goals.
I hear that! My goal is to change direction of our 30 yr business and make it scalable so we can build the business to hand off to our kids and get us what we want 🙂 And a big “Thank You” to the you and “The School of Entrepreneurship” for putting us on our (correct) journey 🙂
Hi Larry. I have not been able to down load your songs on iTunes. It just gave me the run around. I’ll get it from you later this year. Cheers, Phillip.
One of my favorite sayings is, “If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both”. Off topic to a degree, but the same underlying idea: Know what you want before you expend a tremendous amount of time and energy.