21 Lessons from Michael Jordan for Entrepreneurs or Startups that inspire and motivate people.

1. 21 LESSONS FROM
MICHAEL JORDAN FOR ENTREPRENEURS
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2. Based on Nick Scheidies of IncomeDiary

3. #1 Trust the Game

4. ““Be true to the game, because the game will be
true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then
the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the
effort, good things will be bestowed upon you.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

5. “If you do the work, you get rewarded. There are
no shortcuts in life.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

6. #2 Master the fundamentals

7. “You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if
your technique is wrong, then all you become is
very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the
fundamentals down and the level of everything you
do will rise.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

8. #3 Learn from your parents

9. “My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see
having anyone else as my heroes.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

10. #4 Practice every Day

11. “I’m not out there sweating for three hours every
day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

12. #5 School is important

13. #6 Don´t let people get in your head

14. “It’s heavy duty to try to do everything and please
everybody… I can’t live with what everyone’s
impression of what I should or what I shouldn’t
do.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

15. #7 Know how to respond to failure

16. “Failure makes me work even harder.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

17. “ I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career.
I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I
have been entrusted to take the game winning
shot… and missed. And I have failed over and over
and over again in my life. And that is why I
succeed.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

18. #8 Fear is an illusion

19. “I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it’s
an illusion to me.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

20. #9 Just do it

21. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it
would happen, others make it happen.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

22. #10 You can´t do it alone

23. “If you think and achieve as a team, the individual
accolades will take care of themselves. Talent wins
games, but teamwork and intelligence win
championships.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

24. #11 Excellence speaks for itself

25. “Let your game be your promotional or marketing
tool.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

26. #12 Expect your shots to go in

27. “You have to expect things of yourself before you
can do them.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

28. “I never looked at the consequences of missing a
big shot… when you think about the
consequences you always think of a negative
result.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

29. #13 When it´s time to change, change

30. “I just needed to change. I was getting tired of the
same old activity and routine and I didn’t feel all
the same appreciation that I had felt before and it
was tiresome.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

31. #14 The best marketing is simple

32. #15 Demand the best from your team

33. #16 Learn to harness your emotions

34. “Heart is what separates the good from the great.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

35. #17 Love what you do

36. “Love is playing every game as if it’s your last!”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

37. #18 Play business like a game

38. “Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

39. #19 Forget the past

40. “Once I made a decision, I never thought about it
again.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

41. #20 Ignore the future

42. “Never think about what’s at stake… If you start to
think about who is going to win the championship,
you’ve lost your focus.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

43. #21 Embrace the present

44. “Live the moment for the moment.”
– MICHAEL JORDAN

46. Pics: flickr