As an entrepreneur, I’ve been listening to different coaches talk about various aspects of business, but one person’s advice has resonated the most; his name is Larry Broughton. Larry is a the owner of several very successful business that have made him an entrepreneur with a net worth in the 9 FIGURES! That’s someone I want to learn from!
Larry is a former US Army Staff Sergeant, serving 8 years on Special Forces A-Teams (commonly known as the Green Berets). He has successfully parlayed the lessons learned from his time in service to his country and applied them to the business world. If you want to learn more about Larry, you can visit his website: www.broughtonadvisory.com, but I really want to share with you the two bits of wisdom he passed on to me I feel should be repeated more often.
The first wise thing he told me was actually a quote from the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Marcus Aurelius famously said that “The art of life is more like wrestling than dancing.” Basically, we have to accept the fact that life is not easy and we are going to face stressful events that will push us to the brink of insanity; the key is to know that these setbacks are TEMPORARY and that our RESPONSES to these challenges will be what shapes our lives.
The second morsel is a quote from General George Patton which states that “A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan next week.” In essence General Patton was saying that life is far too short to be trying to craft a perfect plan that crosses all of the Ts and dots all of the Is. You have to know what the facts are and run with the best plan that keeps the facts in mind because any plan is bound to encounter speed bumps and the longer you wait to act, the more regrets you’ll have at the end of the day.
I know you’re probably wondering how this all relates to mobile internet. My goal with this blog is to get as many people comfortable with our new reality and that reality is the fact that mobile internet IS OUR WAY OF LIFE!!
Here are some stats to back it up (for individuals):
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Smartphone usage has INCREASED by 57% from 2012 to 2013.
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Smartphone owners can’t function without their phone – 80% WILL NOT leave home without their device.
Here are some business-related stats:
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When people search for information on mobile they are…
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57% More likely to visit a store
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39% More likely to call a business
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51% More likely to make a purchase
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As a society, it’s normal to be afraid of change, but to resist change is a futile effort. We need to shift our mentality from resisting change to EMBRACING change. Change is scary, but it will always bring more positives into our lives, if we are open to making the right changes at the right time. A flower is the perfect illustration. Changes are analogous to the seed because they are small changes that need to be planted in our minds and hearts BEFORE they can be nurtured. The end result is the beautiful flower that comes from the seed. It takes a good amount of work to get the flower to blossom after we’ve planted the seed, but planting the seed and taking small steps to nurture the seed will always result in a beautiful flower.
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