Nick PerryFounder and CEO of 7 Figure Cartel

Why Entrepreneurship Feels Like Eating Glass Every Day

10 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, Nick Perry likens the daily experience of entrepreneurship to "eating glass," emphasizing the relentless pain, rejection, and financial strain that founders endure. He argues that only those who can tolerate extreme hardship and keep fighting back—taking the biggest beating and still delivering stronger results—succeed. Perry claims his own success stems from his superior ability to absorb blows, and he urges listeners who feel overwhelmed to persist, absorb the pain, and respond with even greater force.

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Being an entrepreneur is the equivalent of waking up and eating glass every single day. Literally every time I look at my phone, major problems, major bills, and you're just eating it from all angles. And whoever can eat the most glass and take the biggest beating and come back and still fucking punch harder is the only ones that win. 99.999% of the population cannot take The level of pain, rejection, just absolute devastation that an entrepreneur handles on a daily basis. And I'm telling you, that's the only reason that I have had any success in my life is I can just take a beating better than anybody else I know. So if you're getting your ass kicked out there, just keep on taking it and punching back even harder.