The Pumpkin Plan

Entrepreneurs identify the problems, discover the opportunities and then build processes to allow other people and other things to get it done.

Turns out that they, of all people, hold the “secret formula” for big-time entrepreneurial success: plant hearty seeds, identify the most promising pumpkins, kill off the rest of the vine, and nurture only the pumpkins with the biggest potential.

if you want to grow a prize-winning pumpkin, you have to plant a prize-winning pumpkin seed.”

If you’re making good money doing what you do, you can get stuck in the mindset that you’re the only person on the planet who can do what you do. You become blind to the trap you set for yourself.

No big shocker here—there is always a direct correlation between diluted focus and a diluted bank account.

You can continue learning from others, including the competition, but to find your sweet spot, you need to be yourself.