Relativity

Imagine this scenario. A professional baseball pitcher and catcher are playing catch on a flatbed traincar going 100 miles per hour. The pitcher throws a baseball 100 miles per hour toward the back of the train. How fast is the ball moving?

That depends on where the ball is being observed Albert Einstein would explain in his theory of relativity.

If you were on the traincar, the ball would be moving at 100 miles per hour. If you were on the ground observing the game of catch from a distance, the ball would not be moving at all.

How could a ball not be moving when it is being thrown? The answer is the same for people standing on a planet. Earth is spinning at thousands of miles per hour but we don't feel it. Again, it's all relative.

Now imagine an entrepreneur working incessantly  building a business that satisfies all his dreams and desires. If you are working on your own business, on the same path (train), you won't see a relative change in the person because you're moving about the same speed in the same direction.

Ideas and strategies in business are like fastballs.

If you're not on the train, watching the entrepreneur's activity from a distance, it may sometimes look like the business isn't moving forward. And other times, it will look like the business is moving forward quickly.

If you're stuck in your business it could be because you got off the train at some point. Learn from those who are on the train. Get back on and practice throwing your fastballs. Moving in the wrong direction on a speeding train will look like you're not moving from the onlookers. Onlookers call those fastballs moving in the wrong direction mistakes. On the train, they are called learning experiences. They're not going anywhere relative to the ground. Keep throwing your fastballs. Eventually you'll learn to throw them in the right direction. As you get better at them, even if you can't throw them as fast as the great entrepreneurs on your train, you will still throw them exponentially faster than someone with both feet stuck in the mud.

Stay on the train. Don't give up. Throw your fastballs. You'll figure out what works and what doesn't. Success is relative to where you are.