Omar Zenhom says most entrepreneurs operate at 70% of their potential, doing just the bare minimum. The ones who build lasting businesses aren't those with the best resources or timing, but those who set their own standards and prove capability to themselves, not external judges.
Are you actually doing your best or are you doing what's comfortable and calling it your best? Big difference. The entrepreneurs that I found that build something that lasts are not the ones with the best resources. They're not the ones that are brilliant or smart or charismatic or have the best timing or any of that. They're the ones that hold a standard that's completely independent of external validation. They don't really care what people think. They're doing it for themselves to prove something to themselves. That they can build something incredible. And that compounds because most businesses operate at the level of what's expected. They do the bare minimum. You need to push the boundaries beyond what you believe is possible. Most entrepreneurs are at 70% of what they call their best. There are so many levels you can go beyond that. Okay? You can do better. And you've got to hold yourself to that standard because nobody else is going to hold you to the standard. There's no boss and there's nobody's going to push you. There's nobody that's going to scream in your face and say you could do better. Do the work work at the level it deserves, not the level that feels comfortable or good enough.
