🌱 Rethinking all my problems (and failure list)

Greetings from Houston, 

Confession, I have a problem. 

When I learn about someone interesting (often an entrepreneur or a creator) I can’t stop this question from ringing in my brain…

“How’d they do that?”

So I deconstruct them to learn. 

For example, I recently heard this song Johnny Dang (banger) and got curious who is Johnny Dang and how did this guy immigrant to the US with no money and become the default jeweler for the worlds biggest rappers? (My breakdown here). 

But then I realized, wait… 

Maybe this is a good thing. 

The most surprising thing I’ve learned in all of this “business” stuff.. Is how much of it is simply looking around at what is working. 

That’s it. 

What is working, and how do we bring that into our own world? 

Here’s your rundown on what’s working in 3 minutes. (Okay longer intro here, so 4 minutes today). 

🔍 Success Clues 

An obvious similarity of all successful people...  

They took a bunch of L's.  

But eventually turned them into wins.

So, to put it another way, failing is a required part of succeeding. Here’s the 3-part failure framework to remove ego and get the most out of our work:

Start → Act → Learn 

Start: 
Most people don’t start because of FEAR of failure. Cliche but true: biggest failure is failing to try at all.

Act: 
Comes down to 3 magic words: just do it.

This James Clear quote (and context from Marc Randolph, founder of Netflix) sums it up perfectly:

Learn: 
The first two steps were required to get real-world feedback. Now it’s time to learn. Unstoppable people view failure as the beginning, not the end. By developing a “tolerance of failure” we innovate and find new ways forward. 

See full breakdown here.

🤔 Curiosity Conversations

I’ve always been inspired by Brian Grazer’s curiosity conversations, which he credits for his success in producing the world’s biggest hit movies.

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These “Curiosity conversations” are simple. There is no agenda; it is just a way to connect with experts in different fields and learn.

I used to do these a few years ago (old blog post), but now am bringing them back!

Why?

I had an interesting insight on Thursday. Something I couldn’t ignore.

A friend called me to ask for advice on two hires he wants to make for two of his businesses. 

I talked him through how I’d approach it. He said he knew I’d be helpful and thanked me.

A few minutes later, I realized I actually knew someone perfect him. So I introduced them via text. 

I love making connections with people and ideas. (Get it?)

So I’m bringing back the curiosity conversations!

If you are curious, entrepreneurial, an expert, and/or obsessed with your craft…I want to talk to you.

Grab time here!

🤔 Quote

Ultimately it’s less about taking on “pain” and more about doing hard things we’re proud of.

Also, our capacity increases when we’re obsessed and aligned with the journey.

What pain are you taking?

Salud,
Mitchell