Adam Yunker
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Hey guys!
So a bit of a different thread, but I didn't know which category to make it under so hopefully this one will suffice.
Today, I was wondering if any of you had any philosophies that you follow? Whether it be life or business, but the things that help clear your mind and are not necessarily "rules", but you follow them anyway.
I believe philosophy is important, but not every philosophical idea is going to settle in the same for everyone. Example, something that I may have heard may fall into place in my life and make a profound impact on my business, but that same philosophical idea may not sit as well with you as it did for me and vice versa.
With that being said.. Here are my philosophies that made an impact on me and I was wondering if you would be willing to share yours?
"Keep things simple" I believe this is important in both business and in life, but I believe in living a simple life where it's easy to understand causes less stress and is more fun. I believe in doing big things, but keeping it simple and easy to understand.
"Stay Humble." I believe it is important no matter what you are successful at is to stay humble. I never want to lose that connection with an average citizen no matter how successful I become. I also love the subtle beauty in staying humble. If you gloat and are loud and obnoxious about your success I do believe it makes you feel better for that moment, but when you are humble I believe there is a subtle beauty that last forever, but doesn't feel as good in the moment. In the long run other people will see the beauty in what you did and respect you for that. I think it's something cool and something I plan on doing for the rest of my life.
"Design is how things work. Not look." Owning an online business design is an important part of our image. I believe design is having it be so simple and fluid that when people get done going through my website they take a sigh of relief and are thrilled with how simple it was. If you wrap that with a beautiful look that is even better, but how it works always comes first.
"Understand when something is good, not great. Don't fool yourself." There's a big difference from good and great. Good is that feeling when you know this one thing is really good, but you know deep inside it is not perfect. Great is when something is so perfect it is breathtaking. It makes you smile from ear to ear because you know it's complete. There's not one thing you could even think about changing. Most people know something is good, but try to fool themselves into thinking it is great. So understand the difference and only accept greatness.
"There's always a way. If you know what you want to do you can find a way. If one way doesn't work, keep thinking and try again." This is something my dad taught me that really hit home when I was helping fix his roof from a previous tornado that hit a few months ago. He's a cheap man so he decided to take the money that the insurance company gave him and instead fix his house himself to save money. There's some things he just can't do alone so he calls me over and pays me, we are there from sunrise to sunset. I don't do it for the money, but I do it because I feel bad for him. When I was working and putting dry wall on his ceiling with just the 2 of us we made the measurements and cut the dry wall and I said I don't have a clue on how you think we are going to get it up there. He said, "Your working with me, I always find a way. There's always a way to do anything." And I realized I did the same with my eCommerce store that was originally going to be just 1 product, then a magazine company, then me licensing products which all those ways failed. I then finally found out about affiliate marketing which has been my business model ever since. So as long as you have an idea or a vision of something which you want to create that is the important part. Once you have that, you can then find a way.
These are my philosophies that made an impact on me and what I use to direct my life. What about you?
Share your thoughts below and I will talk to you soon.
Adam
So a bit of a different thread, but I didn't know which category to make it under so hopefully this one will suffice.
Today, I was wondering if any of you had any philosophies that you follow? Whether it be life or business, but the things that help clear your mind and are not necessarily "rules", but you follow them anyway.
I believe philosophy is important, but not every philosophical idea is going to settle in the same for everyone. Example, something that I may have heard may fall into place in my life and make a profound impact on my business, but that same philosophical idea may not sit as well with you as it did for me and vice versa.
With that being said.. Here are my philosophies that made an impact on me and I was wondering if you would be willing to share yours?
"Keep things simple" I believe this is important in both business and in life, but I believe in living a simple life where it's easy to understand causes less stress and is more fun. I believe in doing big things, but keeping it simple and easy to understand.
"Stay Humble." I believe it is important no matter what you are successful at is to stay humble. I never want to lose that connection with an average citizen no matter how successful I become. I also love the subtle beauty in staying humble. If you gloat and are loud and obnoxious about your success I do believe it makes you feel better for that moment, but when you are humble I believe there is a subtle beauty that last forever, but doesn't feel as good in the moment. In the long run other people will see the beauty in what you did and respect you for that. I think it's something cool and something I plan on doing for the rest of my life.
"Design is how things work. Not look." Owning an online business design is an important part of our image. I believe design is having it be so simple and fluid that when people get done going through my website they take a sigh of relief and are thrilled with how simple it was. If you wrap that with a beautiful look that is even better, but how it works always comes first.
"Understand when something is good, not great. Don't fool yourself." There's a big difference from good and great. Good is that feeling when you know this one thing is really good, but you know deep inside it is not perfect. Great is when something is so perfect it is breathtaking. It makes you smile from ear to ear because you know it's complete. There's not one thing you could even think about changing. Most people know something is good, but try to fool themselves into thinking it is great. So understand the difference and only accept greatness.
"There's always a way. If you know what you want to do you can find a way. If one way doesn't work, keep thinking and try again." This is something my dad taught me that really hit home when I was helping fix his roof from a previous tornado that hit a few months ago. He's a cheap man so he decided to take the money that the insurance company gave him and instead fix his house himself to save money. There's some things he just can't do alone so he calls me over and pays me, we are there from sunrise to sunset. I don't do it for the money, but I do it because I feel bad for him. When I was working and putting dry wall on his ceiling with just the 2 of us we made the measurements and cut the dry wall and I said I don't have a clue on how you think we are going to get it up there. He said, "Your working with me, I always find a way. There's always a way to do anything." And I realized I did the same with my eCommerce store that was originally going to be just 1 product, then a magazine company, then me licensing products which all those ways failed. I then finally found out about affiliate marketing which has been my business model ever since. So as long as you have an idea or a vision of something which you want to create that is the important part. Once you have that, you can then find a way.
These are my philosophies that made an impact on me and what I use to direct my life. What about you?
Share your thoughts below and I will talk to you soon.
Adam
