Suck It Up or Something Like That

Imagine a couple of months from now. You have a business. You have sold a couple of products, maybe even made a little money. Your confidence is rising. You are growing. Learning. You are making a small difference in someones life.

You are starting to meet people that can help you grow your business. You are trudging through the information overload and have fine tuned your systems. You have figured out how to block out all the noise. Sound pretty cool?

I dream about this day. Sort of a fun dream. I would much rather dream about the beach in Hawaii, sand at my feet, sipping a Mai Tai, sun beating on my face. But this will have to do for now. I want to be an entrepreneur so I slog on. Through the good, the bad, the thrash, the quiet, the loud.

There is so much noise out there. It is loud. Sometimes annoying. And really frustrating. My ears hurt. I want to scream. It reminds me of high school class when the loudest students were the ones that were always heard but they didn’t necessarily know what they were saying.

Who do you listen to? Who rises to the top as the voice of reason? Who do you trust to move your business forward? Who do you follow and model your business after?

So I think I know what I am doing but I really don’t. I am flying by the seat of my pants. Will I eventually have a business? Who knows. This damn self doubt creeps in and messes everything up.

Get over yourself. Yes. You. I am looking at you.

I think about one of my soccer coaches growing up. He would always yell at us to Suck it Up. Get over yourself.

So yes. Should I give myself some self love, compassion, and time to build something really cool and meaningful. Yes. But there are some days I just need to suck it up or something like that. And move on.

Cause I got a business to build. And so i trudge on.