Are You Ready to Get Your Butt Kicked?

Butt Kicked? Business is brutal. Especially for newbies who aren’t experienced in running their own operations. Face the facts you are going to get your butt kicked. Your marketing campaigns will go bust. Money will be lost (learning experiences). Clients will jump ship. Some products won’t sell. Oh, and at the beginning of learning a new skill set, you will suck.

That is the reality. You are going to get a beat down by someone or something. It could be multiple times. Habitual beatdowns! How would you like that? Knowing this upfront will give you your fighting instincts. Furthermore, there should not be any illusions that this will be a walk in the park. You will come up against obstacles, roadblocks, and considerations.

Kobe Bryant Gets His Butt Kicked

There is great value in learning from a good butt-kicking. Do you remember in 1997 in the Western Conference Semi-Finals against the Utah Jazz an 18-year-old rookie Kobe Bryant shot 4 air balls in the final minutes of game 5. One of the greatest clutch players in NBA history shot 4 air balls, on national TV, in front of millions of viewers, and on the road where he was laughed at. Google it.

What did Kobe Bryant do after that huge embarrassment? After the trip home he went to Palisades High School and found someone to open up the gym and he shot jump shots all night. Six months later the first game of the season Kobe came off the bench to score 23 points against the Jazz. What else has Kobe done…