Brad Feld On Fire
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Feld Thoughts: #BEONFIRE Chat Tonight http://t.co/RrLoP6sE
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@erinmharris shit - i forgot my wine. must go get a glass of scotch - back soon #beonfire #beonfire
fire water procured. throat is now on fire #beonfire
#beonfire
@Merredith i believe everyone should live their live "their way" and the best entrepreneurs can do it while #beonfire #beonfire
one of the key things about work life balance is to recognize that it's really "life balance" #beonfire #beonfire
work is just one part of life. lots of people lose sight of that #beonfire #beonfire
you never know when the lights go out and you should try to get everything out of the experience until they do #beonfire #beonfire
i've made a ton of mistakes. that's part of the amazing thing about being human. you get to make mistakes #beonfire #beonfire
especially in entrepreneurship in the US where failure is fine - just get up and try again #beonfire #beonfire
@wayne_lazar don't fear lights out. fear is the mindkiller #beonfire #beonfire
don't fear. fear is the mindkiller #beonfire #beonfire
@AmberandGreene figure out the rhythm that works for you and then live it #beonfire #beonfire
if you think you live for work, you are going to miss out on a lot of living #beonfire #beonfire
@mkrigsman and find your own meditation - mine is running marathons (and training for them) #beonfire #beonfire
you can #beonfire about all of life, not just work #beonfire
@Merredith but you can turn fear into burn as @fakegrimlock likes to tell us. BURN the fear #beonfire #beonfire
@FAKEGRIMLOCK Dune happened to me when I was 10. I'll never forget the lessons #beonfire #beonfire
the three practical things that i do to tune out the noise are: #beonfire #beonfire
1. No TV. No Mainstream News. No Noise #beonfire #beonfire
2. Spend time with the most important person in the world to me (@abatchelor) #beonfire #beonfire
3. Do what I love as much as I can and ignore the rest. #beonfire #beonfire
love always wins over hate. always. #beonfire
i've almost always been on fire, but i was depressed for two years in my mid-20's #beonfire
very depressed - able to function, but barely #beonfire
i was CEO of a company and I sold it during this time. it was successful, but the internal struggle was deep #beonfire
and profound. it helped me understand why i needed to be on fire again. and be passionate about what i do #beonfire
my depression helped me understand what and who was important to me #beonfire
the other profound moment around this was when @abatchelor told me she was "done", and she didn't mean for the weak #beonfire
that happened when I was 35 (about a decade later). #beonfire
i believe you don't have to "choose" work or life. you can have both. #beonfire
and, when i was depressed in my 20's, i realized i needed to decide that life was important #beonfire
@erinmharris face the fear. do specific things to address it. deal with it bit by bit. TAKE ACTION #beonfire
@erinmharris you still might fail, but that's ok. #beonfire
@AmberandGreene i have some very dark days. i know they will pass. and they do. #beonfire
i used to be afraid of the dark days. now i'm not - i know they are part of life. so the fear is gone. #beonfire
the one thing an entrepreneur needs when starting a business is TO BEONFIRE about their idea #beonfire
if an entrepreneur isn't passionate about what she is doing, there's no point in doing it #beonfire
being an entrepreneur is extraordinarily hard. know that going in. so chose something you love to spend time with #beonfire
@brianprogrammer a great leader helps others overcome their fear #beonfire
@RickEllisNews it's ok to give up - as long as you learn, and then try again #beonfire
@SteveHaase yes - real failure hurts. but you can try again. money is just a consensual hallucination #beonfire
@marciamarcia jeez - this is awesome. my brain is on fire! i guess that's the point. #beonfire
the greatest leaders know pain, know failure, know misery, but don't care - they keep leading #beonfire
and if you are working on something you love then pain, fear, failure, and misery are just words #beonfire
@mkrigsman oh yeah - i know it. my first company was self-funded - had to make payroll every two weeks #beonfire
@RickEllisNews it better not or you won't make payroll. the need to make payroll is hugely motivating! #beonfire
if you wake up in the morning and start thinking about what you are working on, then you are on fire #beonfire
it has to slip into all the cracks. and that's why it's so important to have a rhythm. #beonfire
if you don't have a rhythm, you never get a break. and if you never get a break, you can't sustain the fire #beonfire
@imjamesjlopez i just start working on them. i send myself an email and off i go. or i blog it. i just start #beonfire
It's often hard to know if something is taking off or exploding #beonfire
you only know later. so you just have to try! #beonfire
that's part of the beauty of @techstars #beonfire
100's of entrepreneurs have taken off #beonfire
some take off. some explode. but even the ones that explode learn, and then try again #beonfire
if you are afraid of exploding, you'll never take off. back to that fear thing. #beonfire
make sure you point the rocket in the right direction. make sure you have fuel. #beonfire
@SteveHaase i've never really worked for anyone, but i know many entrepreneurs who take a time out #beonfire
@fitfoodsmarket no goal. anyone who says they have an ROI goal is full of shit. the goal is to do great things. ROI follows #beonfire
if its in a theme, then we obsessively focus on the people and the product. #beonfire
@ValaAfshar a year from now you could be dead. start now! #beonfire
@Thoughthound my dad's favorite line "live on the edge or you are taking up too much space!" #beonfire
@AmberandGreene it's hard to know when to stop. stop when you don't want to "do" anymore. #beonfire
not all good ideas/fires have to make money #beonfire
but they all have to be "funded" - whatever that means #beonfire
just make sure you have fuel for whatever you are doing. #beonfire
hope this was fun. email me anytime at brad@feld.com #beonfire