Brief motivational talk advising aspiring business owners that asking for success means accepting greater responsibility. The speaker challenges the myth of immediate freedom for owners, emphasizing that early-stage and scaling phases require sacrifice, stewardship of company funds, and commitment to a long-term vision; concludes that large responsibilities are necessary to build a large company.
When you're asking for success, what you're really asking for is more responsibility. I know everyone sold you this bill of goods, that being an owner, a business owner, you're going to have total life freedom. The truth is, yes, you can have that at one point in the journey, but really, in the beginning, especially in the beginning, and as you get bigger, you start understanding and respecting the responsibility that you're giving yourself by doing the work. I had vision of where I was taking the company. Too many of you guys are stripping and stealing the money from the company, thinking it's all about you. No, it's about the vision of what the company is going and what you're willing to give for it. It is a major responsibility. Treat it accordingly. And if you don't have big responsibilities, you definitely don't have a big company.
