Shut Up and get to work

Jason Katzenback — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:11:39 +0000

This is just a rant and we are not sure why it got under our hide so bad, but it did and so we are blogging about it!

Here is the conversation that we over heard…

Girl 1: “I need a job really bad”

Girl 2: “The restaurant is hiring”

Girl 1: “No, I mean a decent job”

Cow: “Hmmm… obviously she cant need a job that bad”

Now to be completely honest, as frustrated as we got with this girl, she made us think about some things that really got our minds racing. How many of us out there are just like this girl, sitting there waiting for the “Perfect” situation to happen, the…

BIG RED BUTTON

We want things to fall into place and do it with as little effort as possible. We want to be hand fed.

So many of us are afraid of the “W” word but the fact is “WORK” (yes, that is the W word) is a necessary part of getting what we want out of life.

Looking back at that girl, put yourself in the position of a potential employer… who would you rather hire?

Girl A: Currently working in a greasy spoon type restaurant, has always been employed

Girl B: Not working and has never had a job because it is not the type of job she likes

OK, we realize that there is more to it then that. Obviously education and a few other things are factors as well but the way we look at it, if someone is not employed and the main reason is they do not want to work at certain places and would rather be unemployed then work there, what is going to be their work effort when you need them to do jobs they are not going to like doing?

Now to take this a step further, lets look at the MMO world. Obviously their is money in selling the BIG EASY RED BUTTON… just look at ClickBank and what their best selling items are. They are always some software or ebook that promises to help you make mooney faster then you ever dreamed possible at the top of the list.

Is this wrong?

Absolutely Not! We all want things to be easy, we all want greener pastures and we all want to have more time to enjoy life and not stress over money. What we think is wrong however is the mindset that…

“I should not have to work for it”

Look at big successful companies and entrepreneurs. It is easy to look at them and convince ourselves that it was easy for them, that they are so lucky, that we deserve what they have and more.

Now give your head a shake and open your eyes. These people achieved what they did because they worked there asses off for it. There is no magical button, formula or software that will make anyone in this world successful if they are not willing to do one important thing…

WORK

Get off your ass and stop making excuses. If you have a full time job and want to start your own business then suck it up and realize you are going to need to get up earlier and stay up later to work on your business. If you never have time, then make time and stop convincing yourself you are so much busier then everyone else. Stop telling yourself “if only I had this” it would be better… face it, you are stuck with what you got so work with it and make it better.

There, glad we got that off our chests!

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Shut Up and get to work