The Mullet Balance

So I was rooting around in some of my old GoNextWorld stuff and found the image below.  Wow. I think that I created this at my old job one day at least 5 years ago. Its called the Mullet Business Model. No, I did not learn this at Harvard School of Business.

Mullet (noun) 1. Business in the front, party in the back.

No clue to  exactly what I was trying to say when I created this. But what I take away from it now is that you need to have a "party" component while you work.

You have to be having fun. Have to be.

You know,  the "whistle while you work" mentality.  Without the fun, without the party, there is no passion. And without passion, you will go absolutely nuts... especially while you are going through the struggles of building a business.  In Fact, if you aren't having fun (no mullet)... you will fail.


Steve Jobs said it best. Below is a quote and corresponding video about having fun and loving what you are doing. The more progress that GoNextWorld has, the more I realize how important the mullet is. Enjoying what you are do is vital.

You need a lot of passion for what you're doing because its so hard. Without passion, any rational person would give up.  So if you're not having fun doing it, if you don't absolutely love it, you're going to give up. And thats what happens to most people, actually.  If you look at the ones that ended up being successful in the eyes of society, often times its the ones who love what they do, so they could persevere when it got really tough.  And the ones that didnt love it, quit. Because they're sane, right?  Who would put up with this stuff if you don't love it? So its a lot of hard work and its a lot of worrying constantly. If you don't love it, you're going to fail.

#ProjectHailMary

Other Mulleteers:
http://www.nextworldmike.com/2013/03/gobabygo.html

http://gonextworld.tumblr.com/post/44232944329/cant-stop-wont-stop