The Misfit Entrepreneur 2022 Misfit 3 Top 25

Each year, our Misfit Entrepreneur guests ends each episode by giving their Misfit 3, the 3 most important pieces of wisdom they want you to take and put into your life and your business.

And each year, at the end of the year, I go through and pick the 25 "best of the best" to share with you.  My hope if that you can use this incredible wisdom and advice to help you get off to a great start in the New Year.  

Here are the Misfit Entrepreneur Misfit 3 Top 25!

1. Be your authentic self.  The beauty of business ownership is that you get to decide what your business looks like and what it doesn’t.  
2. Get rid of your excuses.  Running your own company, you will meet yourself along the way because you will run out of excuses.  Take ownership.
3. Most things don’t matter.  There are a few things you truly need to do great to give you the best outcome.  Focus on those.
4. Look after your mind, body, and soul.
5. Do epic stuff with cool people.  Don’t leave anything on the table.
6. Purpose is the meaning of life.  Purpose can be anything as long as it is meaningful to you.  Find your purpose and see if it can be with people.
7. Build your network early and often.  Be someone who is known for helping other people and the rest will take care of itself.
8. Be present with people in their world so you don’t slip out into your world.
9. It is hard to read the label from the inside of the bottle.  You need an outsider’s perspective.  Get a mentor who has been down the road you want to travel.
10. Just go. Stop finding reasons not to do things and do them. Don’t be afraid to break stuff.
11.  You don’t need others’ approval to do what it is you want to do in business or investing.
12. If something is worth doing, it is worth doing poorly.  You get better as you go.  
13. Show up!
14. Comparison is the thief of joy.  Envy wastes emotion and drains you.
15. Don’t take yourself too seriously.  Enjoy the journey.
16. Take 100% responsibility for everything that happens to you and for you in your life.
17. What is the first thought you have that you design every day?  The first thing you say every day helps determine your day.
18. Don’t be emotionally attached to the outcome.  Be committed.
19. Don’t dream it.  Be it.  Don’t leave regrets.  Give it a shot.
20. You are not broken.  No one is.  You may be breaking through, but you are not broken.
21. Once you know what it is you want and why – get started as soon as possible.  Execution is more important than creating the plan.  
22. It is easy to live a hard life.  It is hard to live an easy life.
23. It is ok to be selfish to be selfless in helping others around you.
24. Save money.  Cash is king.  If you have cash you have a buffer or can weather a storm or take advantage of an opportunity.
25.  You become what you think about.  What you spend your time thinking about day to day is what becomes your life.