Talent and passion for your craft are great, but are they enough to build a thriving business?
In this episode, May Yeo Silvers explores the biggest mistake new entrepreneurs make: underestimating the passion, discipline, and resilience required to run and grow a successful business. With insights and relatable examples, she highlights the harsh realities of entrepreneurship, from the challenges of consistent marketing to navigating setbacks and rejections.
May also encourages aspiring business owners to reflect on a critical question: Are you truly prepared to embrace the mindset and effort it takes to create something sustainable? This episode offers perspective and actionable advice for anyone ready to move beyond their craft and step into the world of business with purpose.
Quotes
• “Your passion in starting, building, and growing your business where it’s going to allow you to find clients who will pay you so that you can actually be paid to play has to be so much more intense.” (05:18 | May Yeo Silvers)
• “The passion you have and the knowledge that you have, it’s great. It’s what you need to do service delivery. But the other side of the equation is your passion to run a business.” (04:18 | May Yeo Silvers)
• “The rookie mistake is believing that having the craft alone is enough to start, run, and grow a successful business.” (12:32 | May Yeo Silvers)
• “The business will test you in every shape and form—it will test you physically, mentally, and emotionally.” (12:51 | May Yeo Silvers)
• “The question here is you have to ask yourself, ‘Do I want to walk this path or I am not ready to walk this path yet because of where I am in my life?’” (18:51 | May Yeo Silvers)
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