Some days, you just don’t feel like it.

That’s ok! One myth of entrepreneurship is that you should love every second of running your business. A fantasy of doing what you love and “never working a day” pervades the laptop-on-a-beach culture of easy independent success. But it’s absolutely healthy and normal to struggle with motivation, and to just…well, hate it sometimes.

The key to navigating this is to stay rooted. Build your business around a genuine motivation, and tap into that motivation when the going gets tough. Today on the podcast, we discuss how to find your “why,” and let it guide you through the late nights, early mornings, and other inconveniences of earning your success. Hang in there, friends. Click play at the top of the page!

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