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And he’s accomplished all of the above before
his 19th birthday.
Entrepreneurship truly knows no boundaries,
especially when it comes to age. But Max will also be the first one to admit
that the ability to win is only limited by your own perceptions.
Here are three things Max wants budding
entrepreneurs to know about what it takes to achieve real success:
Your Work Should Fulfill You
Max learned in high school that many students
follow the same path in life: graduate high school, go to college, get a job
(usually working for someone else), and survive. That’s why Max left high
school in order to pursue his own interests and career goals that didn’t look
like everyone else’s.
In fact, Max has never really considered his
entrepreneurial journey as work. “I work every day and don’t really want a day
off,” he mentioned in a recent interview. “My work fills me and I find it hard
to switch myself off from it because I truly enjoy it. It’s a huge part of who
I am, and that tells me I’m doing exactly what I should be doing with my life.”
Failures are Successes
Max makes entrepreneurship look easy, but he
admits that he’s learned a lot through trial and error — and his fair share of
mistakes. “I actually love failing,” he laughs. “I like to think of failing as
finding ways that don’t work, and then I take those learning experiences and
put them to good use. I’m not perfect, and even though my companies have been
successful, I know they can also be better.”
To Max, failure is simply part of the process.
Even though he never finished high school, Max has made it a point to never stop
learning. Except now, he’s learning about the things that apply to his life
rather than following a die-cut course that has nothing to do with his career
path.
You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to
Start Your Journey
Max’s biggest piece of advice for young entrepreneurs
(or any entrepreneur) is to simply start. He recommends starting with something
easy to gain quick wins, then use that momentum to continue driving your
efforts.
“Everyone has to start somewhere,” shares Max.
“The difference between the dreamers and the doers is action. Stop analyzing
your ideas to death, stop overthinking, and stop worrying. You can only
think so much before you talk yourself
out of it. At some point, you’ve just got to go for it, and if you fail, you
learn something. But if you succeed, it will be the start of an amazing journey
and you’ll wonder what you were so scared of in the first place.”
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