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The Undisputed Champion Framework
I take the position that entrepreneurship is just as much about managing one's business as it is managing one's mind in order to manage the business.
So as much as I try not to make general/broad "mindset" content, the spillover becomes sometimes necessary.
That said... what do you do when you have a repeated, nagging negative thought that won't go away?
A one-star review.
Someone attempts blackmail and tries forcing you to do unethical and disrespectful things to great people.
You get threatened to be sued by the same someone lol
Or someone close to you posts content made to make fun of you and what you do/sell.
The number of examples of painful things you have to endure in entrepreneurship is endless, and the number of ways to solve them is significantly more limited.
So I thought I'd share one with you that has helped me a lot, which is answering a single question:
WHAT HAS THIS ACTUALLY CHANGED ABOUT MY LIFE?
What's powerful about this question is that instead of getting yourself worked up over hypotheticals of the future that haven't happened, it focuses you and grounds you in the present of what's actually happened.
And nine times out of ten, the answer is nothing.
Your customers are more or less the same.
Your employees are more or less the same.
Sales and revenue and profit are more or less the same.
And that creates a second relatively comforting finding: Most people just don't care that much about you.
At least, certainly less than you care about yourself.
So as much as it might be keeping you up at night and giving you stomach aches...The worst-case scenario is that you're a two-minute water cooler conversation between two strangers, neither of whom know you.
And if it's a conversation between two strangers, neither of whom know you, the likelihood that it changes your life is virtually zero.
Which brings us to that which matters most: What do you do about it?
Though it might surprise people to hear this answer, the answer is not a stoic "Do nothing and grit your teeth."
I think the answer is deeper; you take the action most likely to improve your current condition.
Which, many times, is just to continue doing business...AKA doing NOTHING ELSE.
But there are times when a change in your present business, or some action specifically targeted at fixing the problem, does make sense.
I say all this to say: I've had my share of these situations.
And 9 times out of 10, taking zero retaliatory action is the correct course of action.
So much so, that I often refer to it as the “undisputed champion of the world” course of action.
In other words...JUST. KEEP. WINNING.
If you keep winning (in an honest and ethical way), whatever is bothering you won't matter.
If you lose, whatever is bothering you won't matter.
And only one of those conditions is preferable (to me at least).
Worry about winning...Not about what anybody is saying - because in a week or two, no one else will think about it either.
And you’ll either be closer to your goals, or further from them because you allowed it to distract you. And closer is always better.
Keep growing.
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The Undisputed Champion Framework
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