"Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in your first half-hour at the table, then you are the sucker. Guys around here will tell ya, you play for a living, it's like any other job. You don't gamble, you grind it out."
-Mike McDermot, 'Rounders' (1998 Film)
Grand Risings,
Are you solid in your bet for life?
When you get a game plan for life without a doubt it feels that it will all work out reality punches the idea in the mouth, and it’s back to the drawing table.
I have got a better plan for you.
Keep your ambitions HIGH AS SHIT. Never change that, but the next time you get an idea.
Don’t check the odds (statistically you will lose)
Do as little research as possible.
Just act on it as soon as possible.
Try to get results with as little investment or effort as possible.
To demonstrate I will be using a business.
In business, you are looking to create the M.V.P. (minimum viable product) of your idea. The minimum viable product is a stripped-down version of your idea that you provide early to see if your idea is even something the marketplace wants.
So if you wanted a laundry delivery service.
Instead of just plopping the money down to get a website built, get an LLC, hire lawyers, begin to wrap cars with your logo, and THEN advertise.
You would simply go to Craigslist.com (yeah that site) make an ad describing your service and see if anyone wants their clothes washed for $4 a pound.
Just SEE if you can get a sale or response for the idea.
See if anyone wants it.
See if there is a need.
It tips the odds in your favor if this is even the business for you.
If your calendar fills with calls.
THEN begin to get the LLC, wrap the cars, etc.
That is the way to tip the scales on the gambles of life in your favor.
Fix the dice.
The odds are usually against us for most things but don’t look to see if the game is rigged.
Fix the odds in your favor and break the house.
I don’t care how much money a person makes.
I care what they make.
Sincerely,
Jordan Baylor
America’s Favorite Writer