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Disruptors

Do You Have to be Ruthless to be Successful? [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Disruptors

Rob Moore

Careers, How To, Business, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Marketing, Investing, Education, Entrepreneurship

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A lot of people perceive successful people and entrepreneurs to be ruthless and a question Rob gets asked a lot is do you have to be ruthless to win in business and in life? Rob believes that no, you do not and explores this in this short but impactful episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS  Rob is naturally a people pleaser and avoids conflict, a lot of people are like this but unfortunately this doesn’t allow you to win in business. Some sense of ruthlessness had to be learnt by Rob to be successful. Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions and choices in business which may look ruthless but are actually decisions you have had to make and in some cases actually help others. Do things that challenge you and make you feel uncomfortable. The only way you truly grow is through challenging yourself. BEST MOMENTS   “Fear based leadership is something of the 1980s, it’s a relic of the past” “If you do avoid conflict you do lose in business” “I think you’ve got to be kind, caring and compassionate, you’ve gotta have a  long term vision” [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

Transcript

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Do you have to be ruthless to win?

0:04.0

Do you have to be ruthless to be successful?

0:07.0

Do you have to be ruthless to make money and succeed in business?

0:12.0

Well, the answer is it depends.

0:16.0

However, if you define ruthlessness clearly, then the answer is obvious.

0:23.0

I've actually been asked this question a lot recently

0:26.0

and I think there are a lot of people that perceive successful entrepreneurs and people in business and life and sport

0:32.0

as people who are ruthless and cutthroat and stand on others to get to the top.

0:40.0

Let me define ruthless.

0:42.0

So if you look at dictionary, the definition is having or showing no pity or compassion for others.

0:50.0

So if that's the official definition of ruthless, then no.

0:57.0

You do not have to be ruthless to win in business and life.

1:01.0

Look, if you look at sports, some of the best players are team players.

1:07.0

If you look in business and entrepreneurship now, a lot of people are talking about compassion and kindness and empathy and vision

1:17.0

and fear-based leadership is something of the 1980s.

1:22.0

It's a relic of the past.

1:25.0

So let's redefine ruthless because this is really important.

1:30.0

I'll tell you why.

1:31.0

Because I'm naturally a people-pleaser.

1:34.0

I'm naturally someone who doesn't like conflict and who avoids conflict at all costs.

1:39.0

Naturally, how I was raised and a lot of people are quite similar to that.

1:43.0

And usually those people lose, those people don't win in business.

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