Killer

I don’t know if you have noticed it, but every other of my blog is motivational blogs, while the rest are how you actually build your business. The reason why I have structured it this way is because I think motivation and keeping that vision alive in your mind is just as important as building your business. A business without a vision is a house without walls.

I have met so many people who run their businesses with no drive. It’s so obvious they have forgotten why they even started that business in the first place.

It really frustrates me to look at companies I know could have done so much better if they had taken advantage of the situation, but because they have forgotten what they stand for and they are satisfied with good and not great they are unable to reach the goals they first set.

As a kid we learned in school that the most important thing was to participate and not win. Well, I had a dad that surely didn’t agree, so I was thought that the most important thing was to win.

As I work as a teacher part-time during the day I know that this psychology might not be healthy for kids, but I also know that if you play to win you will do your very best. I don’t see the purpose in doing anything if I’m not going to give it all. I’ve learned from experience that doing things 50% is a waste of time, and time is expensive.

The most important thing my dad thought me was not just to play to win but to keep winning.  He used to say ¨Its when you are tired that you should push a little bit more¨. This is also known as the killer-instinct. It’s easy to do well ones, but it’s hard to stay at the top and get up after defeat time after time. Cause you will fall; again and again, but that’s also the time to learn how to rise. Sometimes it can be very hard to get up on your feet again, not just because your sales number dropped significantly the last 6 months, but as a matter of fact it is often your closest friends and family who have the power to really make it hard for you to get up. They are the ones who really have the power to make you feel worthless.

Another thing my dad used to say which has helped me a lot is something that Will Smith says in the movie ¨The Pursuit of Happiness¨; he used to say ¨Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you cant do something. Not even me¨.  It is so important to protect your dreams and your vision. Your family and friends probably don't want to make it difficult for you, but and they probably don't have any idea how much pressure lays on your shoulder from time to time, and honestly this is just something you will have to live with. They can hurt you because you love them, not because they want to hurt you. The only way to avoid getting affected is to protect your dream and just know that that is the reason. Your family and friends will hurt you as long as you live, so just get over it. 

I can’t even tell in words how important this is to be aware of  ¨the fall and rise¨ (I know.. the expression is called the ¨rise and fall¨, but Ive changed it into the right order to how it should be).   

If you are not aware of this, and you don’t understand that the process of growing more powerful and staying in control actually involves defeat and learning how to get up I swear you are so going to stay on the ground!

You need to get up and kill it, again and again. That’s why keeping that vision alive is so important. I try to repeat the vision for my company at least ones a day in addition to my daily mantra, which is:

¨Everything I start I complete with brilliance¨.

So don’t be a killer, STAY a killer and you’ll see everything will go your way, cause the truth is there is not that many killers out there…