G’day G’day mates,

During the conference last week, I had an old colleague attend one of my talks.

When I saw her, I was surprised.

We hadn’t talked in 3-4+ years.

A close friend told me that she’s been talking sh*t about me behind my back.

I wasn’t bothered.

When you write on the internet for over 6 years, you become immune to people’s comments.

But when we awkwardly caught up, I could see something had changed.

I asked her: “What have you been up to in the last 4 years?”

Her response: “I’ve just been doing my own thing.”

At the risk of sounding like an asshole, her career has stagnated for those 4 years.

She’s not achieved much.

While she’s 8+ years older than me, she’s been stuck in the same sector and level for almost half a decade.

In those 4 years,

• She lost out on a CEO role to someone more junior.
• Got made redundant from a job after 14 months.
• Her social impact consultancy is failing.

She still relies on an old CEO role she held almost 10+ years ago has social proof.

People who have worked with her before tell me that she talks a big game, but doesn’t really deliver when the time comes.

I’m not surprised.

This is the same feedback I heard about her when we worked together.

Over the last 4 years, I've met many people like her.

Lots of talk.

Not a lot of execution.

That's the unspoken side of business: Mindset.

You’ll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you.

A scared dog barks.

A jealous person will always try to bring you down.

I felt empathy for her.

Imagine how crap things must be going if all you can do is talk down about someone else.

The wealthiest entrepreneurs I know at the conference only focus on themselves.

They aren’t concerned about what others say or do.

They are drawn to their mission and work hard to bring their imagination to reality.

They focus on building their own building, not trying to tear down other people’s buildings.

Instead of spending her time building, she spent her time criticizing someone else.

Remember that the real job of an entrepreneur isn’t to make people buy.

It’s to make people believe.

Belief isn’t built through random criticism.

It’s built by consistently aligning your customer’s success with your own.

She’s got all the skills in the world, but none of the mindset required to make money.

Remember: money is made in your mindset before your skillset.

Let’s Launch Together,

Michael ‘hate never wins’ Lim.

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