{"id":2118,"date":"2013-10-05T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T18:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2013-10-05T15:16:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T20:16:58","slug":"rule-2-believe-in-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/rule-2-believe-in-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Rule #2: Believe in yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>The Startup Rule Book<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So you decided to start a business. Why? Probably because you had a good idea and you believed that you could get others to feel the same way. Next stop: unbridled entrepreneurial success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/did-do_list2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2120\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"The Startup Rule Book\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/did-do_list2.jpg\" alt=\"The Startup Rule Book\" width=\"301\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/did-do_list2.jpg 301w, http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/did-do_list2-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a>What? Oh. It didn\u2019t quite happen that way. Don\u2019t worry, it almost never does. But in your darkest entrepreneurial moments (we all have them), remember one thing: you started this thing because you believed you could be successful. There was something about you that gave you the confidence to do what so many others fear to do\u2026 to try and create something from nothing.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re doubting yourself, think about what it was that made you believe in yourself when you stepped out into this entrepreneurial adventure. Maybe put together a <strong>\u201cDid Do\u201d list<\/strong>\u2026 all the things you\u2019ve accomplished in your life that you\u2019re proud of\u2026 that support that spark inside of you that believes.<\/p>\n<p>And every time the going gets rough, pull out your \u201cDid Do\u201d list and read it over. Then say to yourself: \u201cI believe in myself\u201d, and keep plugging away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-2118 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='2118' data-nonce='1f522ced22' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-2118 lc'>+2<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-2118 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='2118' data-nonce='1f522ced22' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-2118 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-2118 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Startup Rule Book<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSo you decided to start a business. Why? Probably because you had a good idea and you believed that you could get others to feel the same way. Next stop: unbridled entrepreneurial &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,121],"tags":[131,129,130],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2137,"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions\/2137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.feedthebeast.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}