Entrepreneurship is a hard game to play by yourself. Actually, there is no game by yourself. Crack out your Monopoly board game, pick your favorite shiny piece and roll the dice. See how much fun you will have playing by yourself.
Business is a game just like Monopoly. You have to learn how to play from somewhere. You usually learn from sitting on the sidelines a few rounds or having someone actually teach you play by play how the game works.
There are certain rules to the game. If you just tried to jump in and play, you are bound to make mistakes. These mistakes can be costly. Maybe passing up on property because you think you can’t afford it.
When you have been in business for a while, there comes to a point in business where many of these mistakes are not fun anymore. Especially when they could have been avoided with some simple advice.
We hear all too much about what you have to do to become successful. I have discovered one proven way to become successful…Fail often.
It’s 10:18pm and I am 30,000 feet up in the air with Dave Matthews Band in my headphones. My 25th birthday is 26 hours away (it is today-I wrote this on Friday) and I am heading down to hang out with my friend who is putting on an event called “Creating Your Millionaire Identity”.
Not long ago, was I that young whippersnapper who thought he knew everything about business. Always, I felt as if I would have to know everything or else people would not take me seriously or consider me weak. Some may want to call it cocky. Whatever you call it, that was me. And it didn’t get me far. Actually, it got far enough to make me a lot of money and then caused me to go broke.
A Note From Bradley:
Here is an idea for a game show. It’s called “Who Wants to Be a Entrepreneur?“. We get to take a snapshot of the contestant’s lives and who ever makes the most sacrifices, wins! Woo-whoo! And what do you win? A life of more sacrifice, commitment, discipline and hard work with the slight possibility of making it big.
While feeling like I am moving at the speed of light, I wanted to slow down for a second and take some time today to reflect. There are days these past few weeks where I have been working so hard at points that I feel delusional. Maybe that is from the 18-19 hour work days (I will tell you why at the end of this post). I have grown tremendously as a person and in business, yet sometimes feel like the guy to the right with all the mistakes I have made. I have come to understand that my failures are part of the process so I wanted to share with you what I found.
We all know the routine well. We all are OR we all were young at one point. A hellacious work week leads to a weekend of “letting loose”. It usually involves the excessive consumption of various cocktails, maybe a little dancing, some good music, sexy people and several more cocktails. That was the routine for me practically every weekend from 17-22. Don’t ask me how I got into the bar or why I was even drinking before I was 21. Wait, you can just call it COLLEGE. I was not as innocent as I look. 
It was fun from what I can remember. I would not trade it for the world. Would you? 
