Be Extraordinary: Miyazaki's Valuable Lesson on Questioning Everything

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Today's message is: Question Everything. Over to you, Hayao Miyazaki.

So what do you think?

I think it's a really valuable lesson for everyone to be reminded of. I think if you're in an older school industry, if you're maybe a little deeper into your career, if it's not something you're doing that's fresh and new, I think it's easy to fall into the trap of just doing things the same way you always did it because it's the fastest, it's the cheapest, it's the way the industry does it. I think if you're in a new industry, if you're in a new career, if you're starting a new business, if you have a fresher mindset, I won't say younger, but a fresher mindset, I think you're naturally questioning everything. I think you're turning things upside down. I think you're thinking of better ways to do it. So I think it really depends on how deep into your career you really are, whether you're working with this mindset or not.

I think it's a really important message for entrepreneurs. I find so many entrepreneurs get blocked as they build their business. You hit a peak and you can't seem to bust through. And a lot of it is because when you start, you're doing something different, you're doing something new, you want to change the way the industry works, and you come with all these innovative ideas. And then somewhere along the line, you box yourself into a certain way of doing it because this is what helped make you be successful. So here's what we're going to keep doing. And you stop innovating, you stop doing new things. And so you've created this box for yourself. And as entrepreneurs, we hate being in boxes. And then what happens is you start to get bored of your business because you crave new and exciting things. That's what we do as entrepreneurs. And then you come up with side projects and, and pet things that you want to work on, and you take your eye off the business. And it's because you have changed, but your business hasn't changed with you. And your business should always be a reflection of who you are as an entrepreneur. And I think that I've seen so many entrepreneurs go through this, where what you start off selling and what makes you successful at the start is often not what you will continue to do as you grow. You have to evolve and change. And often the success of the past become these chains that hold you where you are that you need to break free if you want to have real success as an entrepreneur.

I think something that was mentioned in there, which was really interesting, is about doing things the easy way. And he was questioning, you know, we can't do things the easy way. So it's not only whether you're doing things the way that they've always been done, or you're trying to say, I don't have confidence in this area, so I'm going to learn from other people how they do it and copy it. It's about working hard enough, challenging yourself enough to do things that are maybe hard, pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, not taking the easy way out when you have a million other things to do and anyone else would in your situation would give you a free pass, you're gonna hold yourself to doing something a little bit harder, working a little bit harder, and that'll take you much further.

You have to be extraordinary.

You have to be extraordinary if that's your one word. So the question today, today is let us know a time in your life where you didn't take the easy way out and you're super proud of the outcome. I like it.

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