#NerdsUnite: Confessions of an accidental entrepreneur (hustle hard)
I started this site out of passion. I didn't mean to launch a business out of it, but I'm a sales and marketing chica at my core (dudes, when I was 13 and in an elevator with Ray Charles, I rannnnnn inside my parent's hotel room screaming, we just met the Pepsi guy!! yah, you're born this way, man.)- so how could I NOT see the opportunities.
That being said, I'm an incredibly quirky individual when it comes to my now accidental business and wanted to share some tips and tricks that have helped me along the way. Here are some things that I have done this week that have really kept me going ...
1. Have a to do list.
I am a MASSIVE to do list-er. It's the only way I get anything actually finished with my ADD. I sit down every morning and hold myself accountable for a certain number of things. Of course that changes daily, but running a business is a labor of love that never ends. By providing myself with a to do list however I give myself a sense of accomplishment at the end of each day that keeps you sane and helps prevent you from burning out. Put it on a text file on your computer, or a note pad - I personally will physically print out a list or write on our massive dry erase board in the office. Whatever works for you, but physically cross off each item as you go. It will feel GREAT knowing that you're actually getting shit done.
2. Stop praying, start doing.
This has nothing to do with whatever religious preference you have - but for transparency purposes I will say that I am an atheist with Buddhist leanings. I believe in a source, but not a "god" that will stand in judgement of me one day.
This appeared in my newsfeed on Facebook yesterday, and it made me smile …
Now, as a bit of a back story - this guy is a DEVOUT Christian. I'm not mad at that, if it works for you GREAT!!! But here he is praying for success, and shit just DOESNT happen that way. Success has a formula. No one handed me this website. I HUSTLE MORNING NOON AND NIGHT NON STOP to get shit done. I don't sit there and pray to some divine being that one day I have the strength to find my way, or the courage to do something that scares me … motherfucker I post that shit on the internet instead and have actual people hold me accountable for it. To run a business or to have something successful in life (whatever that means to you) - you have to break things down into doable actions and be willing to put in the work to actually get it done. This kid has been talking about this project he was praying for since the day I met him. It's a pretty cute idea, but not something that is so genius that someone else won't do, and oh yeah did I mention I met him two years ago and so far not a single thing for it has been accomplished?
GET. OFF. YOUR. ASS.
Quit praying and start doing.
His friend wasn't criticizing him (like he thought he was) he was giving him a dose of reality (just like my dad did with me when I was 13 ... 14 ... 15 ... 16 ... 17 ... and when I was 20 ... and 22 ...)
People are inspired by action. By you doing 90% of the work, other people will start to filter in and help out because they see what you're doing and want to add their value. You can't just sit there and say, hey world! I have an idea! Go me!! FRIGGEN START DOING IT!!!!!!!!! Now is the GREATEST time to be alive and do that! You don't need money, you just need to get out there, learn as MUCH as you can about the internet and social media as a whole - and FRIGGEN DO IT!!!
Have a god - that's freaking GREAT for you! but pray for the extra energy to actually do the work not that this greater being will hand something to you.
<tangent> Oh yeah did I mention that I'm currently writing this post on the city bus. Goodness GRACIOUS there are some major pot holes in this city. OY!</tangent>
3. Do. What. You. Love.
I can't stress how much I love what I do. I'm FREAKISHLY in love with this website, and with the team behind it. Like for reals, if I could make out with you all morning noon and night trust me I would . My soul needs to create. I can't NOT create!!!! I am a vessel and creative energy pours from my soul every second of my existence - I had to create this site to be this happy with my life. It's my THING! My piece of this world!!! What's yours? I'm not special, just awesome - so I know you have something good up your sleeve. Follow those instincts and follow those ideas - they're a path, and if you're brave enough to follow it it will take you down a trail that will lead you to possibilities you never even imagined. Mind you, the path isn't an easy one - but because you are doing ONLY WHAT YOU LOVEEEEE doing, you won't give up because you physically cannot. THERE is success and THERE is where shit gets real. But it all starts with one thing ... doing what you love.
Hope this helps, nerderinos!!! xoxoxoxxoxox
#SOMUCHFREAKINGLOVE
... now stop reading this and go get shit done!!!
