This article takes a look at the other side of the Entrepreneur Endurance equation–”crabs in the basket”. I call this “crabs in the basket” because if you have one crab in the basket, you need a lid to keep it in there, but if you have two crabs in a basket, you don’t need a lid because one is always pulling the other one back down. It suggests focusing on the process allows you to get to the outcome that is your truth and that your truth may not be the same as someone else’s. Setting boundaries on unsolicited input from loved ones is also paramount to your success as an Entrepreneur, but not in the way you might think. If you want someone else to stop being a crab in your basket, you probably need to take a look at whether you are being one in theirs! See also Entrepreneur Endurance: What It Takes to Beat the Lurch and More on Entrepreneur Endurance.
This article was published in the Midland Reporter-Telegram on December 4, 2005.
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