The Uncomfortable Truth About Entrepreneurship That Nobody Wants To Talk About | Inc.com

The Uncomfortable Truth About Entrepreneurship That Nobody Wants To Talk About | Inc.com:

We all want to believe that our ideas have value, that they can change
the world. And, after all, it's ideas that spark the entrepreneurial
journey. Wrong. The world is not lacking ideas. There is no greater
commodity. In fact, their abundance makes ideas pretty much worthless.What's
far more valuable, to an entrepreneur, than a good idea, is their
commitment to execution. They will endure any hardship to bring their
idea to market and prove that it has merit. You see, the level of
commitment to execution means that everything else takes second
place--often a distant second place. While we love to talk about life
balance, mindfulness, making time for what's important, taking care of
your physical and mental well-being, the reality is that I've yet to
meet a successful entrepreneur who has not made sacrifices that are (at
least for some reasonable period of time) diametrically opposed to those
ideals. Ignoring that reality offers an incredibly naive view of what
it means to be an entrepreneur.