Go ahead and quit!
Jeff McDermott
Venture Builder | Zero to One Expert | Capital Allocator | Real Estate, FOF & GP Stakes
I want you to quit!
NOBODY CARES!
NOBODY GIVES A SHIT!
YOU ARE NOT SPECIAL!
JUST GET IT OVER WITH AND QUIT!
I WANT YOU TO QUIT! YOU KNOW YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT IT SO WHY WAIT, JUST QUIT!
Your problems, your issues, your negativity, your excuses…NOBODY GIVES A SHIT, JUST QUIT!
Save yourself the pain, save your family from the pressures of going into debt, save your friends the embarrassment of watching you fail over and over and over again…
JUST QUIT AND GET IT OVER WITH!
Go back to something you know, go back to easy, go back to comfortable, just quit!
I need more sales but…
I need money to start but I can’t…
I can’t because I don’t know how to…
My wife/husband thinks I’m a loser…
I’m not ready because…
I hope to start on…
I’m unhealthy so…
You don’t think someone else hasn’t been there, in your situation, the EXACT SAME SITUATION, before?
You are not special, you are not unique, you are nothing, your excuses are shit SO JUST GO AHEAD AND QUIT ALREADY!!!
Now, if you are still here then let’s have a grown-up conversation!
There is always an option! No matter where you are in your life you always have options (except for those who are locked up).
You want to make more sales, pick up the fucking phone and start calling.
You suck at pitching, pick up the fucking phone and get rejected over and over and over again. I bet you this, you will get better! Each time you do something you get better so eventually you will be great so don’t fret; YOU WILL GET BETTER!
No money for marketing, go sell something in your closet. Make a sacrifice and skip the movies this month, cancel your cable service for a few months…SACRIFICE FOR YOUR DREAMS because if you don’t then how the hell are you going to convince someone else to?
You want an investor to believe in you and your project and finance your attempt at building your dream? Sell your fucking BMW! Sell your house, downsize, buy cheaper clothes…SACRIFICE!!!
No one, I mean NO ONE, will take a risk on someone who isn’t willing to invest in themselves first!
Suck it up and do what you must do to get shit done! We, as Entrepreneurs, will eat shit and be willing to live like most others won’t so that we can spend the rest of our lives living like most others can’t. Suck it the fuck up and get it done!
I’m on your side, I’ve been there, I’ve stood on the edge of the abyss and looked down into the bottomless pit and I jumped, not knowing what the hell was instore for this journey down to the bottom but I jumped. I let go of my excuses, I let go of my reasons and I focused on results.
Step 1 is to jump! It’s a step closer to whatever goal you may be working towards and in this case, it was to reach the bottom of the unknown. No matter how long or how deep or how messed up you get on the way down you are now in it so use your skills and abilities to facilitate as much as you can on your own but eventually there will come a time where you will have to convince others to follow you and make that leap with you. Your mission is to show them that it’s hard, it’s scary and it sucks ass, but it isn’t that bad, it’s getting better and it gets easier the further you go.
ASK FOR HELP, ask people to do things for you, ask for favors… JUST ASK!!!
People around you want to help, they want to see you succeed and they may not show it, but they envy you because they are too chicken shit to do what you are doing. Now, there are going to be the haters, we all have them trust me, but haters are just posers who are so miserable in their situation that the only way to feel good about themselves is to pick on others who have the guts to do something about it! Haters are good, haters mean that you are doing something right so fuck ‘em and move on!
I hope this helps, I hope that you understand that you are not alone, and I hope you understand that people are rooting for you to succeed.
Step up to the edge, look down, close your eyes and make the leap.
OR YOU CAN ALWAYS QUIT!
Strategic Risk Management Consultant at R&R Insurance Services Inc.
3 年I dont take this as an angry rant but apart from the f bombs a very effective attention getting and actually very positive message. TR exemplified that too . Thing about TR that is often overlooked is that he was a champion of the common man and not in favor at all of trickle down economics and robber barons. Would love to have him as our Prez today but that is a whole other issue. Mr McDermott I have to complement you and this comes from someone that the Am talk radio crowd would probably call a "leftie" meaning in their McCarthy era minds a commie. My first reaction to your post was reluctance but more I looked at this is excellent message. Shows there is a lot we can come together and agree on rather than labelling and dividing and name calling. There I go again but bottomline thank you for this.
Partner at Frontiera llc, Stoic, Investor and Rancher
3 年Somebody sounds angry...no alcohol or guns tonight please ??
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3 年You should be a psychotherapist.
Investor | Hustler ?? builds client & capital ?? ?? for entrepreneurs worldwide | Keynote Speaker | Unemployable
3 年oh god this is good , so good
Alternative Investment fCFO who has to go on charm and wit, while his beard grows back
3 年Jeff McDermott I could have used this a decade ago...but I am glad to past that now.