Sarah Williams argues that entrepreneurs must show up for their work even when they don't feel like it, whether they're sick, unmotivated, or dealing with personal problems. The discipline to keep going anyway, she says, is what separates successful founders from those who fail.
You have to show up even when you don't want to. There are so many days that I didn't want to show up, and I still have days where I don't want to show up. But you have to commit to that, and you have to do it anyway, even when you don't want to do it. This is what makes us great entrepreneurs. We have to get through the hard days, because here's the reality: if you don't make yourself go to work today, you don't have to. You You're an entrepreneur. So if you don't have the self-motivation, the self-drive, the commitment to yourself to keep showing up, you're not going to make it. You've got to show up even when you don't want to, even when you're not feeling well, even when something personal has happened and you're just bummed out, even when things aren't going your way. There's a problem at the warehouse and there's chaos, and I just, I need to fix that. I don't need to show up right now. Stop it. You need to show up.
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