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The Rain Test #motivation #productivity #entrepreneurship

Name: The Rain Test #motivation #productivity #entrepreneurship
Uploaded: 2024-01-03T17:00:28+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Ray Deck
Description: In this brief motivational monologue, the speaker, positioned on a ski chairlift, introduces the "rain test" metaphor: asking yourself what activity you…

3 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief motivational monologue, the speaker, positioned on a ski chairlift, introduces the "rain test" metaphor: asking yourself what activity you would still love to do when conditions are difficult, like skiing in the rain. He argues that entrepreneurs and product creators should identify the work they are passionate about enough to pursue even when it’s hard, messy, or going the wrong way. While everyone can enjoy sunny, easy moments, the true differentiator—and the foundation for extraordinary achievement—is finding and committing to the task you love in the rain.

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What do you love to do enough that you'll do it in the rain? I'm here on a ski mountain on a chairlift. I'm surrounded by a combination of green and white, and above me you can see the sky is getting ready to open. And I will have the best time of my whole day because I will be out here in the rain and getting to do this thing that I love. Similarly, I think if you are an entrepreneur or you are a product creator or what have you, you should ask what is it that you would do in the rain, that you love it when it's hard, that you embrace it when it is difficult or it's going kind of the wrong way. Everybody can celebrate when it's sunny. Everybody can enjoy a nice blue ski day. But what do you love to do in the rain? I think when you find that thing that you really enjoy even when it's hard, especially when it's hard, you're going to have the centerpiece for that which can make you extraordinary.