Are You a Toilet Paper Entrepreneur or Not?
By Art Barron | March 8th, 2009Like a fairy tale, almost every successful entrepreneur has their very own “Cinderella” story, or, more known as a “rags-to-riches” story: from busing tables in restaurants to becoming millionaires by their 20′sfrom living in a dump calling itself a flat, to owning many homes, one for every day of the week.
And while all those stories are inspiring to hopeful entrepreneurs, the road to riches is a bit more “down and dirty.”
Mike Michalowicz would have you ask yourself: “Am I a Toilet Paper Entrepreneur?”
Real entrepreneurialism, as Mike puts it is like this bathroom experience: You are doing your “business”, and when it’s done, you suddenly find out that there are only 3 sheets of toilet paper left! Out of necessity, you are then forced to be creative and inventive to be able to leave the bathroom smelling fresh.
He adds that successful and serious entrepreneurs are not those who sit around and wait for someone to hand them a “roll of toilet paper”.
They take matters into their own hands and search within reach that they use. If you must, dig through the garbage, or use the roll of cardboard instead and move on.
Serious Entrepreneurs will never sit around, whining excuses. Nor do they have patience for those who do so.
These are things that you will never hear them say. . .
“Right now, I don’t have enough money.”
“I’m not smart enough.”
“I can’t. I’m too busy. I don’t have enough time.”
“It takes too long to build a business.”
“There’s too much risk involved.”
“I’m too old.”
Serious entrepreneurs don’t just sit and dream about when their big break would come, but they get off their butts and make it happen.
They don’t sit on their money, waiting for it to grow on their own. They’ll go out and make their own moneymaking ventures, whether it’s selling lemonade by the street, or setting microchips in Silicone Valley.
By the way, millionaires are a frugal (as opposed to cheap) bunch: Warren Buffett, the third richest person in the world, according to Forbes, lives in the same Omaha, Nebraska, home he bought four decades ago for $31,500.
They don’t, contrary to popular opinion, multitaskthey focus on one task until it’s done.
Perfectionism is not one of their qualities, and they frequently say, “It’s good when it’s good enough”.
They know that speed and money go together.
They know that by the time they’ve perfected their sales letter, website, or ad campaign, their competition will have already capitalized on their idea and left them in the dust.
They don’t spend the bulk of their time thinking, planning, and revising they take action.
It’s not that they’re afraid of taking risks; it’s just they take calculated measures that help them avoid risks.
Founder of Feedburner.com Dick Costolo once said, “The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike is to stop thinking about ‘there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off’ and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way.”
Serious Entrepreneurs do not need toilet paper.
It’s probably because they’ll have a spare napkin or piece of paper somewhere in their pockets with their next million-dollar plan scribbled hastily on its back.
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May 3rd, 2012 at 7:14 am
gHiOQV Really informative blog article. Awesome.