Christian Osgood says the first million dollars is the hardest part of building a business. He argues that struggle filters out people who quit, and if it were easy, you'd never grow.
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I'm glad that growing the businesses was hard. I have multiple 7-figure companies today, and the first million dollars was unbelievably difficult. And the second one was a lot easier, and the third one was also unbelievably difficult. As we begin to scale this, I'm glad that it's hard because so many people give up. They go back to the 9-to-5. They just start a small business and it never scales. The ability to actually push through made stronger companies, built skills so that I can survive multiple businesses at the same time to continue to scale.. But if you're feeling stuck, this is good. You're doing the stuff that other people are not willing to do, and that is why you are going to be successful. My encouragement to you: keep rolling. It's worth it.