Entrepreneurship is not trendy, sexy, or cool. It goes way deeper than that.

It may have been in the limelight over the last two decades, and it may seem fancy and doable, yet it takes more than you think, as not all that shines is gold.

There are different entrepreneurial ecologies that inform, direct, and drive entrepreneurial environments and their surroundings.

These influences are connected, interactive, fluid, and dependent upon each other.

Simply put, harbor the thought that:

1. You have to fundamentally care about the change you want to create. Be decisive, don't be subtle in your journey, your expressions, and your endeavors.

2. Tears don't sell. You can savor a bit of compliments, however, it won't take you far.

You need a substantial amount of education and experience, the right tools, discipline (not just motivation), and patience.

This is a long-term process and commitment, but here's the basic formula:

1. First, you have to LOVE Knowledge (Books, Courses, Mentors, Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, ...).

Learning new things about yourself and about the world, is so important!

2. Learn, Unlearn, and Relearn. Unlearning bad habits and the resistance to change, is the hidden killer of all dreams. The inability to unlearn, is the death of new knowledge.

Why?

Because, there is a false sense of accomplishment, when you delay the inevitable. The ego thinks it's doing something, by learning something.

But, learning is not doing and knowing is not enough! No matter how many times I've heard it, if I'm not doing it, and, if I'm not living it, I don't know it!

3. You need an Effective Strategy / Business Model, not just a Plan. You must develop a long-term "Strategic Life Plan", i.e. for 5-10 years and then you have to keep adapting to changes, at any moment.

Plan is "what" you want to achieve in the long-run and Strategy explains "how" you plan to achieve those goals (Vision, Mission, Action Plan).

4. Then you have to Execute through Immersion, because Growth involves Leverage.

Leverage means managing and influencing more people, so that you can control what happens. You must use smart leveraged work, to disconnect hard work from results (Your outputs must not match your inputs - Assymetric Returns).

Get around other massively successful people who are executing (pushing the envelope and making it happen), not procrastinating.

5. Knowledge is about accumulation. Wisdom is about eliminating the Non-Essentials.

You get successful by saying ‘YES’, but you need to say ‘NO’, A LOT, to stay successful. Don't overanalyze, you've got to sanitize.

Know that you can't change the 1-5 order. For example, you can't have only the desire to execute on your ideas without having the necessary package, to help you get ahead.

And if you flap your little BINGO WINGS, you just might fly and embrace another storm on the horizon.

Otherwise, you will make critical mistakes that will cost you Big Time, due to utter confusion and not knowing how to manage the mental discomfort that comes with the genius of contradictory beliefs!

Be careful who you learn from, because success is not an accident and not a get-rich-quick scheme!

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals... It's tenacity of purpose.

Thank you everyone for trusting and embracing my commitment to you! Taking this leap of faith towards new opportunities and challenges, can be so rewarding.