Trust the Process

20 Dec 2022 · 1 min

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Short spoken piece comparing learning to ride a bicycle with building a business. The speaker emphasizes that timing is unpredictable, but following a disciplined process and focusing on trends rather than absolute targets leads to progress; discipline and rigor complement creativity in business-building.

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How long does it take to learn to ride a bicycle? No one knows. You know, it's impossible to guess but it's a process and if you follow the process and you follow the regime and you have a little discipline a hundred percent you'll get into shape but no one knows when. And business is the same, right? Which is if you follow the process there's a few things that are pretty stable and you go through the motions. Sometimes it's quicker and sometimes it's slower. But don't worry if it's not meeting arbitrary goals. The trends, the trend data is much more important than the absolute targets. If you're trending in the right direction, be happy regardless whether you hit the goal or not. It's a process and I think business we have to remember for as much talent and.
Beauty that there is and creativity that there is in building a business, some of it's discipline and rigorous.