Sunday With Sisson | Mark's Daily Apple

I was on Lewis Howes' podcast earlier this week talking about my life as an entrepreneur and giving some of my biggest takeaways from the experience up until now.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [BLOG |]( [PRIMAL KITCHEN |]( [PRIMAL BLUEPRINT]( [Mark Sisson with Coffee Cup]( Good morning, everybody. I was on Lewis Howes' [podcast]( earlier this week talking about my life as an entrepreneur and giving some of my biggest takeaways from the experience up until now. If you've got an hour, go listen to it. You'll enjoy it. I had a great time with Lewis. In the podcast, I made a few claims about what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur. Even if you're not in business for yourself, these concepts can help you. The importance of pivoting: In my mid 40s, I started a supplement company and used TV appearances and even shot 50 episodes of my own healthy living TV show to sell my supplements. In my 50s, that stopped working and got way too expensive, so I started blogging. It worked. At 61, after hearing about it from readers for years, I started making mayonnaise. These were all big moves. Pivots. I did this because whatever I was doing before wasn't working like I wanted anymore. Rather than rail against the reality of the situation, I accepted it and pivoted to try a new angle. Think of what a pivot is. It's not blindly launching your entire person in another direction, fully committing and burning all your bridges. When you pivot in the physical world, you plant one foot in the same spot and use that as the hinge to explore different angles. You're not leaving your feet. You're keeping a little in the tank, you're staying grounded. That's how you should pivot in life. Keep one foot on the ground (where it's comfortable), using your knowledge and experience as a base, and explore your options. The meaning of failure: You can't always succeed. Not everything will work. This isn't just okay; it's ideal. Failure is feedback. It's how we learn. It's how we grow. If you never failed, you wouldn't learn much. Okay, so endless winning would be pretty cool, I'll admit, but it's impossible. It simply doesn't work like that, so you'd better make the most of your inevitable failures. Besides, that string of failures doesn't mean anything in the long run. All you need is a win of sufficient magnitude that it makes everything that led up to it—the defeats, the sacrifices, the embarrassments, the hard work—worth the trouble. These aren't new concepts, but not everyone has heard them articulated or thinks about their lives in these terms. Take the time to do so, and then let me know how you relate. When have you pivoted? When could you have pivoted but didn't (in retrospect)? What pivots might be on the horizon for you now? Let me know in the [comment section]( of this week's WLL. And enjoy your Sunday. Best,                                  [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Custom]( [Custom]( [Pinterest]( #listentothesisson No longer want to receive these emails? [Unsubscribe](. Mark's Daily Apple 1641 S. Rose Ave. Oxnard, CA 93033