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Entrepreneurs During The Holidays | Bridger Pennington

12 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief motivational monologue, Bridger Pennington talks about the anxiety entrepreneurs often feel when holiday gatherings bring family and friends who question their career choices. He shares a personal anecdote about being nervous at family events, where loved ones make light‑hearted jokes about his entrepreneurial path while he feels he is still "building the roots" of his business with no visible results. Pennington explains that external observers may suggest returning to a more conventional job, but he urges entrepreneurs to stay true to their vision, recognizing that the unseen foundational work will eventually surface. He uses the metaphor of a plant sprouting after years of hidden growth to illustrate that, after sustained effort, an entrepreneur may appear to achieve "overnight success," even though it reflects years of behind‑the‑scenes development. The core message is encouragement to persist through holiday pressures, trust the long‑term process, and remain confident that the effort will be recognized in time.

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There's a lot of anxiety for entrepreneurs around Thanksgiving and Christmas because you're gonna go talk to your family and/or friends you haven't seen in a long time. I remember having this like I would go meet with my family and I was always nervous. You could tell they were kind of making fun of you a little bit like, oh, you're gonna be this little entrepreneur like cool, and in reality like I knew like below the surface I was building the roots but there was nothing to show for it above the surface like nothing sprouted yet and so from the outside like family or friends well-meaning people would say, hey, you know what, maybe you should go back to this thing or try this, and I was like, no, and then when One day you're gonna be like an overnight success and everyone's like, wow, I can't believe how you just built this. Like, dude, I've been building it for the last 5 years like no one saw. So for my entrepreneur people out there, stay strong, stay true, understand when you go to Thanksgiving or Christmas or whatever, you're meeting with family, you're building below the surface. And then one day you're gonna sprout and you're gonna be an overnight success.