Efficiency Edge

 THE BUILDER’S MINDSET

Believe Africa Mondays

Listening to him in an interview with David Senra, when asked, Tell us what you are building? he responds, Physical automation to transform industries.

The lifestyle of an entrepreneur, at its core, is believing you can take more pain than the other guy.

He doesn’t believe in it can never work. He spends his time on the most impactful problems that have not already been solved.

If you are having it easy, you are about to get your ass whooped.

I agree.

Excellence is the capacity to take pain.

He gives the example of world-class marathoners. You don’t see them smiling during the race. If he were smiling, there would be someone else feeling the pain and pushing harder.

The difference between the person feeling the pain and the person who doesn’t is the extra push.

If you are not getting into that pain, you lose.

Excellence is pushing to the extent of what a human being is capable of pushing towards your full potential.

You can have many ideas, but who you are is going to be a big part of what works for you.

Find your spot. Find your business soulmate.

Real founders don’t listen to VCs.

Emphasis: Who are your associations?

He doesn’t interact with people who are not entrepreneurs.

Pain is the price of progress.

If you are doing something that is easy, it may be valuable. For example, sitting at the beach for six months may be a great experience, but you are not necessarily bringing anything valuable to anyone.

But what if you are at the beach writing your ideas down?

That’s okay.

But if you are honing those words into perfection, that is pain.

Human progress is that push towards excellence and excellence comes through pain.

He also explains how Uber beat Lyft.

How did Uber beat Lyft?

Efficiency edge.

That is the mindset of a builder.

Builders are not looking for the easiest path. They are looking for the problems worth solving, the limits worth pushing and the work that requires them to become better.

You can have the idea.

You can have the opportunity.

You can even have the talent.

But eventually, the question becomes:

How much pain are you willing to take to build it?

That, perhaps, is the difference between having an idea and becoming a builder.

Believe. Brand. Build Africa.

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Less waiting. More building.


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