Never stop learning. When four high school kids started jamming together in Ireland, they quickly realized that they weren’t good enough to accurately play cover versions of hit songs. So instead of giving up their rock ‘n’ roll dream, they wrote their own songs that they could play. From day one, U2 was learning how to do things their own way. Even when they became famous, the learning never stopped. When an album didn’t sell well, the band analyzed what they could have done better. When their sound got off track in the late 1990s, Bono famously announced that the band was “reapplying for the job as the best band in the world”. The result was their album All That You Can’t Leave Behind, declared by Rolling Stone as a “masterpiece.” It went to number one in 22 countries and won three Grammy Awards. Over the course of nearly 40 years together, U2 became legendary for always learning, growing, refining and perfecting their craft.
On the outside, entrepreneurs often attempt to project an image of confidence and intelligence. Yet deep down inside, all of us struggle with the insecurities that come when we don’t have all of the answers that staff, investors and family rely on us to have. The pressure can be overwhelming. It is perfectly acceptable to not have all of the answers, and equally acceptable to admit it. You should strive to be like U2, always learning as you go, adapting to changing times and perpetually reapplying for your own job.
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