Mike Andes compares the grind of building a business to a brutal hike in the heat. Most people quit when it gets hard, which is why so few make it to the top. He says the loneliness and fear are the price of success.
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"a little over 100" degrees (ambient), and "probably 120" degrees on the rock
An eagle soaring across the valley
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Hey everyone. Mike Yandish here, landscapebusinesscourse.com today I'm on a hike overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Hopefully you can see that it's incredible. Incredible view out here. But you'll notice there's not a single person here. Usually this place is. If it was 20 or 30 degrees cooler, this place would be packed with people. But I was thinking how in business it's the same way. That is, if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. But this weekend we're having historically hot days here in the Pacific Northwest. And out on this rock face is like a frying pan.
I'd say. I think the temperature, actual temperature is like a little over 100. But out here it's probably 120 on this rock. So no one's out here. But the views are spectacular. And I think when it comes to business, it's the same way. That is, everyone wants to have the freedom of their schedule, wants to have the financial liberties that come with having a great business that runs on systems and a great team. But very few people are willing to do. The work it takes to get here.
Might not be 110, 120 degrees temperature, but dealing with fear of failure, the financial stress. 1, 2, 3, 4 years of grinding, hustling, doing things that no one else wants to do. Not many people want to do that. Everyone wants the top of the mountain. Everyone wants this view. Everyone wants to be a millionaire. Everyone wants to have the fancy car, the nice house, the paid off, no debt. Oh, look at that. I don't think you can see if there's an eagle soaring across the valley there. Oh, look, there's another one. Look at that. Everyone wants that. Everyone wants the view. Everyone wants the top of the mountain. But very few are willing to put in the work that it takes to get to the top and do what no one else wants to do in order to achieve it. I encourage you today, this weekend, if you're feeling like you're tired, if you're feeling like you want to give up, if your leg, your figurative legs are giving out, you're tired, maybe even fell down on the, on the pathway to success, keep going. If there's not many people. I know it's lonely. It's lonely trying to grind your way to the top. But if there was a lot of people, I mean, it probably easy means anyone can do it. So if you finally, sometimes you're lonely, it's like, where am I going? No one else has done this before. My family's never been an entrepreneur. My parents never had money. If you have the audacity to do something that not too many people, other people can achieve or are willing to do, prepare yourself for some pretty phenomenal views at the top of the mountain. I want to encourage you. If you're feeling down, keep grinding. Don't turn around. Don't walk down the mountain. Keep pushing to the top. And remember why you started the hike. Remember why you started the journey. Why your first step up this mountain while you got started. And when it gets lonely at the top, you look back and be happy. You never quit.
