What Makes a Successful Marathon Runner and a Great Entrepreneur

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May 17, 2019

A great entrepreneur trains for marathons without knowing it You can find a lot about how to become a successful entrepreneur. However, without being a sporty person, you are applying a marathon training to reach your success. If you belong to the big group of baby boomers as I do, working hard to be a successful entrepreneur, probably you’re familiar to how we were educated. Go to school, get a title, search for a job and start climbing the career ladder. Building up your resume was, and still is, the way of carving out your life to the best. To understand how crazy this is, I love this quote by Warren Buffet: “Taking jobs to build up your resume is the same as saving up sex for old age.” The sad reality is that 85% of all working people don’t enjoy what they are doing. When asking people why they are doing the work they are doing, most of the answers refer to external circumstances, like: “Somebody told me, this would be a good career for me.” “Once you reach a certain level, the salary is high.” 1/5


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