Aaron Swartz argues that what seems natural is just convention, and can be challenged. The host connects this to entrepreneurship: identify what frustrates you, then build a solution instead of complaining. Question everything.
Why do I have to follow those rules?
Who said there's only one way to do something? So what if no one has done this before?
Good morning, Believe Nation. Today's message is always be questioning, and I'm going to share with you an inspiring clip from Aaron Swartz.
I feel very strongly that it's not enough to just live in the world as it is, to just kind of take what you're given and, you know, follow the things that adults told you to do, and that your parents told you to do, and that society tells you to do. I think you should always be questioning. I take this very scientific attitude that everything you've learned is just provisional, that it's always open to recantation or refutation or questioning. And I think the same applies to society. And I felt growing up, I slowly had this process of realizing that all the things around me that people had told me were just the natural way things were, the way things always would be, weren't natural at all. They were things that could be changed, and they were things that more importantly were wrong and should change. And once I realized that, there was really kind of no going back. I couldn't fool myself into saying, oh, I'm just going to go work for a business and ignore all that. Once I realized that there were real serious problems, fundamental problems that I could do something to address, I didn't see a way to forget that. I didn't see a way not to.
This is a really important message for entrepreneurs because as business owners, that's how we create our livelihood. We ask questions, we challenge the status quo, we see something something that we want to change in the world, then we go out and we make that change. You have to see that the world that you live in today was made by people who are no smarter than you. They didn't like something, so they changed it and they created new rules. That's what you have to do as well as an entrepreneur. If you're not happy with something, if you're frustrated with something, if you're looking at something in the world that you don't like, don't just sit there and complain about it. Don't gripe, don't post something on Twitter or Facebook about how angry you are. Be the change. Start making something happen. Always be questioning, and that's And that's how you can build a fantastic business. So my question of the day for you today is, what are you questioning? What's the change you want to make in the world? Leave it in the comments below. I'm going to join in the discussion, and I look forward to hearing what you have to say. Thank you so much for watching. Continue to believe. Have an amazing day, and I'll see you again tomorrow for another shot of N-Spresso.
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