Fuck the intro, let’s dive straight into it. Entrepreneurship is about taking MASSIVE action anyways:
1) Fall in delusional love with yourself.
Although I don’t give a crap about the bible, there’s one sentence that actually makes sense: Love your neighbor as thyself.
YOU first, and THEN them. You can not help/love ANYONE else if you don’t fully appreciate YOURSELF.
Come on, you know it. In your world, YOU are the most important person anyways. Now act like it.
extra tip for go-getters : First thing in the morning – I go to the mirror in my bathroom and say to myself:
Mars, you FUCKING rock. You are awesome, and you are going to make this DAY SHINE.
I will handle WHATEVER comes in my way.
It doesn’t matter if the world luvs you, what matters is that you luv yourself.
2) Get into a kick-ass state before you make important decisions.
If you’re sitting on your fat ass, all quiet and still, and you are about to make an important decision (should I buy this ? Should I get into this deal ?) you will almost always choose poorly.
Why ?
Because you are in a BAD state.
Before I make an important decision, I level up my state like Super Mario eating a fire flower. I listen to my favorite music – Angels and Airwaves – dance like a crazy monkey on fire, clap my hands, sing and get the energy FLOWING.
So, before you make that choice, MOVE your body. Get into an energetic state first, and make your decision THEN.
I promise you, you will almost always make the right choice 
3) Change the most “nasty” world.
What’s the number one word that will be part of your entrepreneurial journey ?
Problem.
How do I make more money ? Problem. How do I scale ? Problem. How do I make my customer happy ? Problem. Problem. Problem.
But you know what ? Problems suck – big time. If everything in your daily life seems like a problem, you lose control and you get the feeling you’re ripe for the funny farm.
That’s why I call problems CHALLENGES.
Nobody likes problems, but a true entrepreneur surely LUVS challenges.
4) Find the joy in the things you HATE doing.
You know what I hate ? Well, I hate my aunt, but more importantly, I hate filling out tax forms like millions of other people on this planet.
Society “supports” your entrepreneurial endeavors by making you fill out cryptic forms that are even incomprehensible to those who created them. But guess what ? You HAVE fill out the goddamn tax reports.
So, instead of whining about it ( I did it, too!) I asked myself a good question:
What’s good about this ? What can I learn about this ?
And you know what I came up with ?
Filling out the goddamn tax report will ensure that I can keep running my business. It makes me smarter, because I know how to deal with bureaucracy. I will do it BETTER the next time.
See it like this: Treat everything that you hate but HAVE to do like an opportunity for growth. You will work your muscle, and it gets bigger EVERY TIME you use it.
A true champion is the person who excels at doing what “normal” people don’t want to do – so get comfortable with getting uncomfortable.
Speaking of which…
5)Do one thing everyday that makes your underwear turn yellow.
I didn’t want to say “piss in your pants”, but it’s the same idea. Expand your comfort zone, EVERY SINGLE day (and yes, that includes SATURDAY and SUNDAY, man, you are a fucking ENTREPRENEUR !)
Make that call, reach to that A-league person, follow that commitment,
TAKE THAT FUCKING STEP.
PUSH PUSH PUSH. And remember – just one “major” thing A DAY !
And plz, don’t go overboard with this. “Only one thing a day ? Hell, I can do it at least 5 !”
We humans always overestimate our abilities. Even if you do 3 uncomfortable things a day, you will BAD because you couldn’t DO 5.
Better start small, and do it consistently. What’s that one thing you can DO today that pushes you ?
Well, DO that.
6) Condition yourself to smile when the shit hits the turbine.
I know I said that you should re-name problems as CHALLENGES, but let’s face it: some things happen that are so goddamn nasty you can’t put on pink glasses – you have to witness the dirt in it’s true, ugly color. But getting frustrated and angry won’t help you deal with the situation – the contrary is true: you’ll make a a situation even MORE worse by being in a bad state. Or how many good decision did you make when being pissed off ?
So, whenever something “bad” happens – you lose a deal, you whole site gets hacked, your launch is a big-ass flop – you SMILE.
I know this FUCKING hard, but it works !
Does it mean I never get angry when something bad happens ? Of course NOT. I do get pissed off, but I immediately catch myself and crack a smile – while telling myself “I CAN HANDLE THIS”.
It works like white magic.
Start practicing it with the little annoying things in life – waiting in line, dealing with a family member that’s scratching your nerves etc.
Crack a smile, and tell yourself
I CAN HANDLE THIS !
IMMEDIATELY you’re back into control. Smiling makes you go into a GOOD state, and when you’re in a good state, you’re back in control – ready to make GOOD decisions !
I had to face lots of “problems” this year. Needless to say, I have smiled A LOT.
7) Repeat the following phrase like a mantra, over and over again.
There’s always a way.
I got this quote from a Superman comic (geek alert!), and I turned it into my daily mantra that I breath like mint-flavored air on a mountain top.
I don’t know how to code this –there’s always a way.
There’s always a way. You should turn that one into a tattoo. Or at least burn into your subconscious, forever and ever.
YOUR TURN
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