Jonathan CroninREI Accelerator, Rei Accelerator · Multifamily Real Estate Investor & Coaching Leader

The Common Denominator of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs

29 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, Jonathan Cronin reflects on the death of his father in 2014, describing his father as a prolific serial entrepreneur who launched dozens of ventures, only one of which succeeded. Cronin argues that the missed potential of those other ventures illustrates a core truth: consistent, diligent effort on hard, monotonous tasks—not just the spark of ideas—separates the top 1% of successful entrepreneurs from the rest. He positions perseverance and daily discipline as the common denominator that distinguishes the rich, impactful, and successful from the unsuccessful, framing his personal loss as a catalyst for this insight.

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My dad passed away in 2014 of cancer. That moment was a huge catalyst for me, and it was something that, uh, really— he was an inspiration to me in so many ways. But one of the things he did, he constantly started new businesses. He probably started 10, 15 new businesses. One did really well, so he kind of played the numbers game. But I would argue that any of those businesses could have done extremely well and probably 10 times better than the one that actually worked if he had just stuck in there and did it. It's one of the things that inspires me, not just his desire to and passion for starting businesses, but it inspires me because I know if I were to focus on diligence, it would change everything. The ability to consistently do hard things is the common denominator of successful people. Being consistent is the number one— everybody believes they're consistent, but when it comes to doing the monotonous task, I'm telling you, it's the thing that separates the 1% from the 99, the successful from the unsuccessful, the rich from the poor, the, the person who's making a massive impact on the world and the one who's not.