Summary: (http://www.patrickwiscombe.com/images/subscribeinitunes300x38.jpg)(http://www.patrickwiscombe.com/images/patrick4.jpg) In this edition of the Entrepreneur Addiction Podcast (http://patrickwiscombe.com/category/entrepreneur-podcasts/), we talked about: * Rich Christiansen's 'Zig Zag Principle' * Vacationing in the himalyas * Succeeding means slowing down * The quickest path to profitability * The value of failing * Stupid idea, bad idea * Having the 'three mile talk' and guard rails Press the 'PLAY' button to listen to Entrepreneur Addiction 11: Dance In My Tutu Cool Voice Guy: Fueling your business success, this is the entrepreneur addiction podcast, breaking the small business loan news you need if you obsess about your company. Heard exclusively on Lendio.com. And now here are our your hosts: Brock Blake, Dan Bischoff and Patrick Wiscombe. Patrick: This podcast is sponsored by Lendio.com, the online source you need to find the right business financing to grow your company. So, check them out: Lendio.com, to get your business growing right now. It’s the entrepreneur addiction podcast episode number eleven. My name is Patrick Wiscombe. Thank you as always for tuning us in and taking us along wherever and however you’re accessing the podcast today. We have a terrific show (like we’re going to say otherwise). Dan: Yeah’s it’s going to be great. Patrick: We’re going to be talking with the author of brand new book. It’s only been out for about three weeks. Rich Christiansen the author of The Zig Zag Principle: ‘the road to success is never a straight line’. It’s kind of funny that we’re talking about this. That, as I was driving to Disney Land, what was it a couple weeks ago? Dan: Yeah. Patrick: As I was driving across the desert, I was looking at the freeway system, going, “Why don’t we just drive in a straight line? Why do we have to go all over the place?” Joining me for the podcast, as he does every single week, Dan Bischoff the direct of communications at Lendio. It’s always good to see you. Dan: Oh, yeah, it’s great to be here again. Patrick: And, let’s bring in the author of said book, “The Zig Zag Principle: the road to success if never a straight line.” Rich Christiansen, it’s good to have you here. Rich: Thank you so much Patrick and Dan for having me. I’m excited to meet with you for a few minutes. Patrick: Dan forwarded an article to both you and I that was posted in Forbes talking about what scares entrepreneurs. Dan: On Halloween, too. Patrick: Oh, Yeah. It’s kind of timely. Let’s talk about what scares entrepreneurs here for a second. I saw the first thing that was mentioned in this article was losing your drive. Do entrepreneurs lose their drive, Rich? Rich: You know, I think at times it is risk. It’s burn out. I think at times we jeopardize, and we get so deep in the throat of it, it’s like, “Why am I doing this?” So I think there is risk of that. I talk often times about ‘climbing high and sleeping low’. Maintaining a life balance. And I think it’s a really important part of keeping your head straight, so you don’t crash and burn. So, I think it’s a valid fear. Dan: I was surprised by some of these topics too. In my mind, I always thought that the biggest thing that scares you is failure. Right? Of losing everything. Or going bankrupt or something. But some of these things like losing your drive, and also what is in here is losing your reputation, and some of those things. But besides of failure, what other things do you think? Rich: Failure is part of it. But I think the other side of it is, is the success. I know, you know, I’ve had a couple of pretty good successes throughout my career. And thinking, “Hey, do I still have it me? Am I all that?” Because people start looking at you and expecting you to always to preform. And you know, I have to admit even in the last couple of weeks, I’m just gassed out from this book.
