There are some things that transcend the physical aspects of entrepreneurial skill. I’m sure you’ve had times in your life when, no matter how well things are planned out, lined up, anticipated, and so on, just about everything goes wrong. We’ll call them your Murphy’s Law periods.
Then there are the times when just about everything you’ve got going on is a long-shot but, somehow, almost magically, they all hit the mark. We’ll call them your Midas periods.
What does this phenomenon prove? That obstacles exist more in the realm of thought and emotion than in that of the physical.
Several famous people have made profound statements about the vital necessity of planning, organizing, and so on. All true. But a state of mind that is not conducive to achieving success can throw the best laid plans right out the window.
What is the entrepreneurial skill at play in these situations? While staying ‘up’ is important, some people do it by pretending everything’s great when it’s really not. Rather than pulling the wool over your eyes, you have to learn to recognize that things aren’t what they should be, locate the reason behind it, and do something to change it.
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Perfect timing for this insight–thank you! It reminded me of a story I heard once: Let’s say you planned to drive from Florida to California. If no one told you there was going to be prairies and mountains and desert in between, you might hit those places, think you were lost and want to turn back. As entrepreneurs, if we know what the terrain is going to be like (know that there are going to be Murphy’s Law periods as well as Midas periods), we are more likely to stay the course and arrive at our destination.