September 27, 2016 by Winston Ash on Founder Journal

Multi-tasking

I cannot do it.

My brain does not work that way.

I can run ideas through my head amazingly fast in series. Similar to a lightning fast calculator. But still one by one.

When I try to run ideas at the same time, the wires get crossed. Ideas bounce into each other and then I follow tangents to nowhere.

So, I recognize this and I don’t multi-task.

One item in, one out. All day long.

I feel great. Control the flow.

Before I would try to be like everyone else, but this works for me.

Try it. Slow down. Do it slow at first. Like anything, over time you will pick up speed.

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Be present with the task at hand. work-harder

September 23, 2016 by Winston Ash on Founder Journal

For the Weekend Plans

Reading

“Linchpin” by Seth Godin: 150 pages in and hooked.

Watching

DailyVee 39-41: Have to keep up – trying to learn more of the hustle & skills.

Listening To

Lindsey Stirling: Loving the song “Roundtable Rival”

Podcast Addition

Marketing School with Neil Patel & Eric Siu: About 12 episodes in. Short and to the point. It’s better than school, teachers in your ear on demand only.

September 21, 2016 by Winston Ash on Founder Journal

#FounderJournal: Consistency Hurts

But only in the beginning.

Once you’ve built that muscle up, what you could barely do before will be your warm-up.

That’s how I feel about learning and executing. There is a ton to learn.

Skill is built daily in the trenches.

Take heart in the beginner’s mind. Allows you to always grow and adapt.

The process takes you to the prize.

September 19, 2016 by Winston Ash on Founder Journal

#FounderJournal: Little Fear

You know what gets me.

That little fear in the back of my head.

Saying don’t stick out, you’ll be safer with the group.

It’s that S.O.B. that I have to fight day in & day out.

And then, something good happens and that fear tranforms.

Now, it says they are going to laugh at you.

All the while I keep going.

[Tweet “I can’t run from my fear. But I damn sure can run it over.”]

I’m doing the work.

No time, on my calendar for fear.

September 9, 2016 by Winston Ash on Entrepreneurship, Founder Journal

Lost and Found

I was lost. But now I have found my way.

How did I do it?

I admitted that I fucked up. And I forgave myself. Then I listened over and over to motivational tapes. You know the ones. They say its ok to fail as long as you move forward. Mistakes are your friend. I’m not sold on that one. Mistakes are learning experiences.

After a few of those tapes I found some mentors online. And I just started taking action. And adjusting. Over and over and over.

You want to do the same things? Here’s a quick action list.

Action Items:

1. Absorb everything from these guys

1. Gary Vaynerchuck

2. Seth Godin

3. Les Brown

2. Make a rough plan

3. Act!

4. Adjust!

5. Repeat 3 & 4 until goal achieved

6. Set new goal

September 8, 2016 by Winston Ash on Entrepreneurship, Founder Journal

Hard Road Ahead

Don’t make the project easy.

Think about how many people want the easy road. No one asks for the road filled with barbed wire, trolls, and unreliable friends. But that’s exactly what I want.

It allows me to separate from the herd. Once I’ve gone that extra mile there are only a few brothers of the way. Soldiers on the warpath from good to great. I’ve got my helmet strapped up.

So,yep. I’ll take the hard road.

[Tweet “Built for Pain.”]

I will win.

The first choice made the second one predictable.