Do You Have to be Ruthless to be Successful? [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]
Disruptors
Rob Moore
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | 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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