“These damaging perspectives can hold our progress hostage.”
Why do we develop these damaging perspectives?
Because we are under the influence of the “Four Ps” of being the entrepreneur—Pressure, Passion, Pleasure and Pain.
- PRESSURE – The enormous burden of responsibility and daily stress of a new business makes us overreact, make hasty decisions, and have a hard time seeing past the next thirty minutes
- PASSION – Our obsessive belief and commitment to our vision makes us plow ahead in the face of obstacles but also makes us ignore things we see along the way. Entrepreneurs say, “I know nine out of ten restaurants fail, but no one can cook like me.”
- PLEASURE – The energizing feeling of seeing a vision come to life and of satisfaction, accomplishment, achievement empowers us but also makes us fail to address problems staring us in the face.
- PAIN- The angst over the disappointments, frustrations and mistakes makes us doubt ourselves and feel it is just too hard when we face constant setbacks or are picking ourselves up off the ground every day.
Entrepreneurs not only develop these perspectives, we also fail to recognize when we are exercising them—and can’t take corrective action. Any one of the Four Ps alone would be enough to skew our perspective. Mix them all together and it affects our ability to see that we are developing these perspectives in the first place.
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