What’s it called when a bunch of people come together and all get behind something totally insane? It's called "a cult.”
I don’t really believe that all those bloggers, teachers and business experts belong to a cult. I’m mostly just kidding. Mostly.
But how in the name of all that’s holy did they come up with some of this nonsense?
Who was the wacko who concocted the business plan? I’ve seen over a hundred successful micro-businesses from the inside and I’ve seen hundreds of business plans and there is a 100% negative correlation between the two.
That means that I’ve never seen a micro-business WITH a business plan succeed and I’ve never seen a successful micro-business WITH a business plan. I’m sure they’re out there, I’ve just never seen one.
It’s utterly ridiculous, in my mind, to think that you can start a new business and have any clue what’s going to work and what’s not. That shizzle takes trial and error and you can’t plan the outcome of trial and error (or it’s not “trial and error.”) Plus, while starting a business you run across so many amazing opportunities that your business never turns out anything like you planned. So, why plan?
The business plan is just one chunk of a giant, cardboard Trojan Horse of faux-business nonsense that lumbers around scaring people away who might’ve otherwise been great entrepreneurs.
I’m in rebellion against the Cult. I’m taking it down. Wanna join me?
A Big Stack of Examples of Cult-thinking (for People who are Impervious to Boredom)
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