What smarter people tell me

Hung out with Willie Morris (@morewillie) and Agustina Prigoshin (@AgustinaP) at the BMW Tennis Tournament a few weeks back – had a blast! Part of the deal was that we were to interview founder Gabe Norona and entrepreneur/tennis player Anthony Law. Gotta be honest here, learned a TON from these two guys about business and entrepreneurship, check it out:

FOCUS

One thing that kept coming up again and again was the need for entrepreneurs to focus. This can be tricky given the fact that most entrepreneurs are easily excited about projects. We almost have to go against our natural instincts, learn to say no to ourselves and just stick with the plan. Once objectives are set its paramount to stick to our guns and execute in order to move closer and closer to our desired outcome.

PERSISTANCE

Being and entrepreneur is hard! You have to do everything yourself and rarely do things turn out to be easy. Truth of the matter is that most times you get tested and kicked around a bit. Thats part of the process, its what makes you tough and resilient. Its important to continue to work smart even in the face of difficult times. All worth doing is always done through hard work, persistance and determination.

JUST DO IT

Ok, THIS is where I mess up. I over analyze EVERYTHING. I plan for 10 bagilion different scenarios. A ton of “what if” scenarios that will probably never happen. Thats just my nature. Although its important to plan, don’t allow for planning to paralyze you. Get it done! Not perfect? So what, just get something up, let people explore your ideas and your business and don’t be afraid to tweak things on the way – its all part of the adventure.

BE WILLING TO WORK HARD AND SACRIFICE

Its important to understand that things wont happen over night. Its even more important to remain motivated as things are hard and you find yourself up at 2:30 in the morning staring at a inbox full of emails that have piled up over the day. You’ve got to work hard and not be afraid of sacrificing some things in order to make it.

They said a lot more awesome stuff but off the top of the head those are the things that stood out. Most of this stuff you probably already know but I’ll say it again because its important sh*t! @ulisesorozco @agustinap