Lee Rhodes
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first heard Dec 2024
last heard Dec 2024
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There's a different set of helping things set up for entrepreneurs than there were when I started. 100%.
Yeah. I mean, so many, I think hiring is a big mistake. I think I like to hire the way I like to have friends. Like I want people that I want to be around and hang out with. It's not a great way to hire, you know, so true. Okay. Okay.
And so, uh, the hiring is a big, big, big, like if you can get someone who's really good at it or someone to help you, or even just get a consultant, like some, anyone to hire, I find great.
is a huge lift for me um i've also just made you know i i've banked on things happening you know you you you have a lot of glassy baby you have a lot of customers who want your glassy baby and then one of them decides oh actually i'm going to go right and i'm going to do the gift basket from harry and dave instead and you're sitting with 50 000 units that happens all the time
And I think that as an entrepreneur, you just have to be ready. You have to just absorb it, put your palms up and say, thank you. I know there's another plan for me and those 50,000 units. Because the minute you go down that spiral and that swirl into that bathtub, everyone follows you. Remember, everyone you're working with is following your passion and your determination every single day.
every single day. So when you falter and when you, you know, people say, oh, you can't get mad or you can't do all these things. Those are all natural. Of course, you're going to get mad at people.
Of course, there are many things that frustrate you, but the core values that are going to get you through are always being, exhibiting your determination and your passion and your compassion for everyone around you and why you're doing what you're doing and But I mean, I've endless, there've been endless times when I've thought to myself, this can't work. This can't work.
Yeah.
And they're still looking to you.
To exhibit determination and passion and commitment and compassion and empathy, all those things that you have to come to the door with every single day. You can't falter on any of those because once you falter a little bit, you're no longer, you know, standing upright and you don't have to. Oh, by the way, it doesn't have to be your employees definition of all those things. It has to be yours.
You define your determination. You define your compassion. You defined your passion. Your employees don't because you're going to have people who just don't like you. They don't want to work with you. It's kind of like Glassdoor. Do you know what I mean? You let people go for a reason. All of a sudden, there's this article on you on Glassdoor that says you're all these things.
You're like, yeah, but I let you go. I think the most important thing entrepreneurs need to do every day is remember that they're the ones in charge defining themselves, not their employees and not the world. And if you stick to that, you'll be fine.
Yeah, exactly.
Like, Oh my God, I can't do this anymore. I've tried the wheel so many times. And I, and I think that, you know, people, entrepreneurs are always looking for solutions for things like, tell me how that, what happened. And then what did you do? Yes. Okay. There are so many answers of in stories like that in every entrepreneur's history, especially someone that's got a company as big.
But the most important thing I will say to you is you have to define you. And every single day you have to live that and hold true to that because no one can tell you any of those things if you're defining yourself. They might not like it and they can move on. There's a lot of options out there.
Yeah, I'm going to return to the hiring part. I'm going to return to I think understanding the difference between – For me, it was really understanding the difference between marketing and a business model because everyone kept saying, you can't do that much giving, you can't do that much giving because it's your marketing, it's whatever. And I bought into that.
And you're going to buy into different storylines That are given to you and they're going to be fed to you over and over again by really smart people you love. And you're going to buy into them. And you need to try to make sure you're listening to your own language. Because actually the giving has nothing to do. I was totally right on this. Because it has nothing to do with marketing.
It's what we do. It's how we do what we do. And yes, I know a ton of customers don't care and I know whatever, but for me, if it, it is the motivator and it is the, it is the value add that makes sure people understand glassy baby work. Why do they work? Because we get, we, we do so well, we give $15 million away. And so I think it's sticking to whatever it is that gets you up in the morning.
And, you know, it's not really the paycheck for me. So I, but I know it is for a lot of entrepreneurs and that's fantastic. Like let that be your guide then. What does that mean you have to do? If it's your paycheck, if you want to be a billionaire, if that's your dream, What do you have to do to get there? And remember, when you map stuff out, maps are meant to be washed and reworked, right?
I mean, look, we were just talking about Asheville this morning. I mean, that's going to need an entirely new map. So they're made to be ruined. So just believe that whatever map you have that you wake up with every day, the most important thing is to be able to have it change and continue to follow it and have it be your guide.
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