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The Rocky Cutscene

Name: The Rocky Cutscene
Uploaded: 2024-11-08T22:00:30+00:00
Duration: 42 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker uses the iconic Rocky movie cutscene as a metaphor for the entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing that while the…

8 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker uses the iconic Rocky movie cutscene as a metaphor for the entrepreneurial journey, emphasizing that while the cinematic moment lasts only two minutes, the real‑world struggle can span five years without applause, music, or certainty of victory. The speaker argues that uncertainty is the essence of entrepreneurship—if success were guaranteed, the endeavor would lose its value. Consequently, the lack of external guarantees makes the pursuit worthwhile. The talk concludes with a call to self‑reliance, urging listeners to become the future, better version of themselves who will ultimately rescue their own aspirations.

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The Rocky cutscene lasts 2 minutes in the movie, but it can last 5 years in real life. And there is no background music, you know what I mean? And there's no audience waiting to cheer for you, and you don't know that you're gonna beat Apollo Creed. So you're in it for 5 years, and I think the hard part of entrepreneurship is the uncertainty that you don't know if it's gonna work out. But taking to the other natural extreme, if you did know and you were guaranteed that it was going to work, it wouldn't be worth it. We want a guarantee from a world that doesn't give any. And the fact that it doesn't give a guarantee is what makes it worth it. And so to the person who is still, you know, plugged in and waiting for someone to save them, someone will save you, but it's you. Future you, the better you, the person that you've been waiting to become.