Hard work, opportunity and luck are all components of entrepreneurial and career success, but perseverance is essential.
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about perseverance and what it looks like in this season of my career. When I was in my former 9-to-5 as a news anchor, persevering through hardship or challenges felt different than it does today as an entrepreneur. As an employee, when things go wrong or an obstacle frustrates you on a project or something you’re trying to create, that paycheck is likely still on its way to you and therefore supports your career journey to figuring it out—at least, for the most part.
By contrast, persevering as an entrepreneur can feel ruthless at times. Like the entirety of your identity, career, and your money are attached to your business working out, so you have no choice but to push through. But this mode of thought doesn’t serve us; it actually terrifies and exhausts me just thinking about it.
In search of a new way of looking at persevering through frustrating times in your career, whether as an employee or on your own, I chatted with .
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