Welcome back to the Zen Business Podcast! I have a question, what does "Ownership" mean to you?
It's a great word, isn't it? A few years back, someone explained it in the form of an analogy.
A group of friends decides to book a vacation and they stay at a beautiful Airbnb. Things get crazy, and the partying leaves the beautiful airbnb trashed. But you and your friends aren't really worried, since there's cleaners and you already paid a security deposit, so you can check out the next day unaffected by your actions. Whereas an owner of the airbnb cares deeply about their investment. They come to clean it up and repair the broken fixtures, clean the floors, and account for damages. Sure, the owner can party too! But they always take into account the wellbeing of their investment.
The Renter Mindset means you do not seek growth, but rather seek reward for bare minimums. You do everything to avoid accountability. Your solution to problems is to complain and blame everyone else but yourself. You seek instant gratification and could care less about an investment into the future. "If it's not in your line of sight, it's not your problem." This mindset almost always affects the ones around you, but you could care less.
In contrast to this, the Owner Mindset means you value individuality. Accountability and progressive thinking matters because you see the world for how it is - and care about life in the long run. The investment you put into your endeavors hold great value because of your patience and growth mindset lets you defer gratification instead of seeking out instant and temporary happiness. You know every action has a reaction, so you are thoughtful of everything you put into the world. You own this life, and you don't let hardships defer your plans.
Listen to "Becoming an Owner" to see how you can graduate your thinking to Owner instead of Renter.
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