Take the Punch and Get Back to the Plan | Rewire 1522
The Hardcore Closer Podcast
Ryan Stewman
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 26 September 2024
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Ryan Stewman channels Mike Tyson’s famous quote, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face,” and explains how it relates to entrepreneurship. He shares that no matter how carefully we plan, unexpected challenges will always come our way—whether it’s regulations, economic downturns, or other unforeseen obstacles. The real mark of an entrepreneur isn’t having the perfect plan, but the ability to take a hit, adjust, and keep moving forward.
Ryan likens it to a heist movie where, despite a hiccup like a teller pressing the alarm, the crew adjusts and follows through with the rest of the plan. He reminds us that getting “punched in the face” is inevitable, but the key to success is pushing through the setbacks, adapting to the situation, and getting back on track as quickly as possible.
When life throws you a curveball, take the hit, adjust, and get back to the plan.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the rewire podcast. I'm your host Ryan Stouman and I'm here to rewire your mind for success. |
| 0:07.4 | You were put on this planet for success. You were created to succeed, but the force of average is after you every single day my |
| 0:14.9 | brothers and sisters and this podcast is the one thing that's designed to help you |
| 0:19.5 | fight the force of average and excel in every area of your life. We're glad that you're here. |
| 0:25.4 | Mike Tyson's famous for saying, everybody's got a plan until they get punched in the face. |
| 0:31.8 | And boy, if that isn't a euphemism for entrepreneurship, you know we |
| 0:35.7 | write a business plan, we think everything's going to work according to that plan and six |
| 0:40.6 | months in a year in, two two years in there's government regulations that |
| 0:44.4 | change there's FCC regulations that change the ability to scale isn't so easy |
| 0:50.8 | at some point and that plan just goes right out the window and we end up fighting for |
| 0:54.8 | our career, we end up fighting for our business. |
| 0:58.5 | But here's the thing, while it's good to have a plan, it's rare that the plan works out to every detail. How many times have |
| 1:06.0 | we seen a Hollywood movie where these guys plan on doing a heist or a bank |
| 1:09.3 | robbery and they go in there and they have everything planned to a tee, |
| 1:12.7 | but then there's that one teller that happened to hit the buzzer |
| 1:15.2 | under their desk, and now the cops are coming, |
| 1:17.0 | and the whole plan is spoiled. |
| 1:20.1 | That's kind of like how it is in business. |
| 1:23.0 | And hopefully your business isn't heist and Robin Banks. |
| 1:27.0 | But we have these plans and then we get punched in the face. |
| 1:30.0 | We get thrown a wrench, we get thrown a curveball that we can hit and we have to figure |
| 1:35.7 | shit out and this is what makes a real entrepreneur real entrepreneur is when we get thrown a curveball when we get put in a down economy when we get |
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