Dear Chase,
We're in December now, and we're about to have a lot of New Year's Resolution Entrepreneurs. People starting in January from scratch.
Because of that, there's something that you and I need to tell the budding entrepreneurs on this list.
This is such a simple concept, but we forget it all the time.
Both new and seasoned entrepreneurs struggle with this. Even I struggle with this.
Maybe you do, too.
But once you understand it, you actually begin to enjoy what you're doing in your day-to-day no matter what.
I want you to internalize this as much as you can.
Don't just read these words. I'm begging you to actually sit and reflect on what this means for YOU, so that you can actually get everything out of it.
This is not hustle BS. This is real-life stuff that you need to take into account.
*Clears throat*
Ready?
Business is supposed to be hard.
Painfully hard.
Business, in general, is not meant to be a straight line from $0 in your bank account to $1M a year in profit.
It's supposed to be hard.
It's supposed to test you.
It's supposed to make you earn the reality you want to live in.
But that's what makes it fun.
The reason we call business a "game" is because it's supposed to challenge you.
It's supposed to leave you stuck with hard questions that you don't immediately know the answers to.
If you really, really wanna be successful, you will figure it out.
And when you solve these problems, you will feel a high that you've never felt before.
The feeling of getting a stuck business unstuck is something that you need to feel to really understand what it's like.
Having a business go from $0-10k a month with no hiccups is cool.
But having a business go from $10-500k a month after really grinding, losing money, not sleeping, not eating, and wanting to pull your hair out every day is much better.
Business is supposed to be hard.
LIFE is supposed to be hard.
Life is meant to weed out the weak. Survival of the fittest.
If you're not ready for that, you're not ready to make $8 million a year sipping pina coladas on a yacht in Croatia.
You're not ready to be invited to exclusive, invite-only meetups with 9 and 10-figure entrepreneurs to smoke cigars and learn industry secrets.
You're not ready to drive through the countryside in a white Ferrari.
You're not ready to walk into a store, grab every single piece of clothing you like, completely ignore the price tag, and replace your entire wardrobe in one afternoon.
You're not ready to fly private and be unbothered by regular people while you take a 6-hour trip in the sky to Vegas for the weekend with your friends.
Sorry, not sorry.
If you're struggling right now to send out 20 cold emails a day because it's too hard, freelancing isn't for you.
If you're too tired at the end of your workday to try and get a client, freelancing isn't for you.
Not trying to be harsh.
Just reminding you that you deserve absolutely nothing until you've done the work.
And when you do the work, fight through bad days, and do hard things, you will end up on top.
It's not about who's smartest or most experienced.
It's about who's willing to endure hard times before you get showered in dollar bills every month.
Simple as.
Anything to add, Chase?
Yours truly,
Alex
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