Applying the Start-up J Curve to Your Entire Life

Ever start a project with so much enthusiasm and then hours later abandon it because it’s not turning out the way you anticipated? Lots of us have had this experience. In this lesson, I (Phil Svitek) will take concepts from Howard Love’s book The Start-Up J Curve, which is geared towards educating entrepreneurs, and apply it to your entire life. See, Howard Love wrote the book in response to a very popular myth about startups. The myth is that if you track a start-up’s progress on a graph, you’ll end up with a diagonal line from the bottom-left corner to the uppermost right corner. That’s because supposedly if you build your business around one really great idea then you’ll enjoy continued, linear growth until you decide to sell. That was not the case with over 50 companies Howard Love was involved in. But he did notice patterns and has since identified six distinct phases during a startup’s life cycle, each with its own growth patterns. And even though we want our lives to be a linear upward slope, it actually ends up resembling the start-up J curve more so than anything else. After enjoying this lesson, please leave a comment or question down below so I can converse with you. Full Transcript: https://philsvitek.com/applying-the-start-up-j-curve-to-your-entire-life/ The Start-Up J Curve Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/162634292X/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=philsvitek-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=162634292X&linkId=46302aafae37b4481652e9b0b1d01d79 What Speak Your Truth Really Means Episode: https://philsvitek.com/what-speak-your-truth-really-means/ Apple Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-phil-svitek-podcast/id1211417581?mt=2  AfterBuzz Contact Page: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/contact-faq/#toggle-id-18  Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd-Q6qZNFcQ9MJLXMMpSCJcjPAq-5lepX  SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/phil-svitek  Facebook: http://facebook.com/philippsvitek  Google Podcast: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82ZGIwYWEwL3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Ac7WjgaGaIAmc4nEZJFIY  Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/anchor-podcasts/a-phil-svitek-podcast Anchor: https://anchor.fm/phil-svitek  Phil’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/philsvitek  Juliet’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/bonjourjuliet  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philsvitek