Ok, Bobby Fischer went a little nutty by most standards but let’s be honest- he was brilliant.
Bobby set a standard. Bobby broke records, bobby was in hip hop terminology- a Boss.
Now I say all this to augment a fact and word of caution: IGNORE YOUR FRIENDS.
Bobby Fischer had a singular focus. A goal. A cause. And he worked at it day and night.
Bobby trained like an Olympian- solely to gain stamina. He knew that value of consistent training and its methodologies. His mind and body could simply endure longer. Which on any battlefield and in any business is a win win.
Bobby focused on how to win. Bobby beat the world champ from russia with his mind. He bickered, bantered, was tardy and for the most part an insolent jerk. And it worked. Bobby’ strategy went so far as to even forfeit a game due to tardiness. All to an end, a purpose. He threw his opponent off in every way he could imagine. It wasn’t simply a game to be played on the board but in the battle we call living. He focused on strategies to break strategies.
Now this long preamble serves a purpose. I use it to illustrate not how Bobby Fischer was an enigma, or a ‘Boss’, or simply a world class champion. I use it to point out singularity of focus. You see, Bobby didn’t have time to listen to friends and family. Critics, naysayers, heathens, and fans were all irrelevant. Bobby knew that you can’t listen to the people who don’t step in the ring with you. Whether the odds are for or against you- Preparation, Intuition, and Consistency are the keys to victory.
These three things, not his three best friends or his mum and dad are what made him a champion. If Bobby listened to his friends many of his far out strategies would have been cast aside. Never underestimate the power of others to ruin your momentum. If allowed people will crush you out of love, and though inadvertent- a loss is a loss.
In the small business world the same holds true. Many times our friends or family will say that a new venture is foolish. Perhaps the wife says its too expensive. Perhaps the husband insists its something akin to his time in _________(fill in the blank with an mlm of your choice). Heck the attrition rate in these ventures is 60-90%!!!!! And your best friend will tell you that to dissuade you.
I say being in that last 10% makes you a diamond amongst the coals.
Suffice it to say- KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE. Let no one pull you from your course. What the mind is set to it will achieve. The only question is will u let friends stop you or will you reach Mt. Olympus and seize the glory???
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