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The Tai Lopez Show

When You Should Stick it Out and When You Should Quit: Lessons from Steve Ballmer

The Tai Lopez Show

Tai Lopez

Business

4.86.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The Tai Lopez Show is now available on Soundcloud. Check it out here: Soundcloud.com/TaiLopezShow “Take quick trips to get our of your normal environment to increase your creativity” - Tai Lopez (click to tweet) Knowing when to give up and when to stick it out on a project is one of the most difficult things. While too many entrepreneurs and people in general are spending too much time working on a dead-end job, or a business model that is clearly not catching on, a lot of people also won’t stick things out long enough to actually find the success that they’re looking for. In this episode I’m talking about a conversation I recently had with Steve Ballmer about how to know whether a project is worth sticking out for the long run, or whether you need to give it up and work on something else. When “stickiness” (Steve Ballmer’s term) is required, it’s important that that stickiness and dedication to a clear vision is accompanied by a large amount of creativity. Because if you’re thinking about giving up on something, it probably means that exactly what you’re doing right now isn’t the best way to approach it. Get creative, and find a better way to move forward with it! “A lot of people try to get too much too fast with people they consider mentors” - Tai Lopez (click to tweet) Points to Keep In Mind When you get the opportunity to meet amazing people, make sure you don’t turn it into an interrogation A lot of people try to get too much too fast with people they consider mentors Take quick trips to get our of your normal environment to increase your creativity Hard work isn’t the objective. Less work with more success is the goal A lot of people don’t have enough “stickability” to a project that has real potential One of the most difficult things is knowing whether to persevere and stick with a project or not Look for signs of potential to know whether to kill a project and move on, or to stick with it Listen to your intuition- you know a lot of things deep down Take every opportunity to learn efficiently, from wherever you can Be efficient in your learning and your life to have a good work/life balance Catch trends, and be open-minded to new things Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Out of the ashes you will rise.

0:03.8

If you feel sad, lost, depressed, finances are in the gutter.

0:07.7

Social life, you're lonely. Out of the ashes, you will rise.

0:12.0

Here in my garage, invest in yourself.

0:15.9

Always be curious. Don't be a cynic.

0:18.9

Sleeping on a couch in a mobile home with only $47 in my bank account.

0:24.7

When everything's burnt to the ground,

0:28.2

when your sad, lost, depressed, and everything's at rock bottom,

0:31.4

you get to rebuild the exact and precise way you want the damn thing rebuilt.

0:37.5

Health, wealth, love, happiness, each of these four goals.

0:43.2

In case you missed the last episode, make sure you go back and check it out.

0:46.3

Here's what went down.

0:47.4

Sometimes you want to push a product because you think it's important for people

0:50.7

even if they don't want it.

0:51.7

So sometimes people don't know they want it till they get it.

0:53.7

What you got to find is what to lead with.

0:55.3

They might like the inspirational stuff

0:57.4

and then the book club just comes with it.

0:59.2

So you're still doing the book club,

1:00.7

but like when they land on that landing page,

1:02.2

what's the main thing you're talking about?

1:04.0

That's what you have to test.

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