The Team-Building Philosophy That Scales Companies | Eric Ravotti | E10

Well, it's humbling, um-

[laughs] Right

... and it's terrifying, you know, at times.

Exciting, but super terrifying.

I mean, it-

Right

...

when you start off and it's just you doing everything yourself, that's one thing.

You know, that's, you're willing to take the risks.

It's just up to you to make things work.

And then you start building an organization and scaling it.

And when you do that, you have others that you bring on that now depend on you to make sure that they can earn their income, uh, for their family.

So now when you start to get that responsibility on your shoulders as a small business, uh, it, the weight of it kind of hits you, and it's not for everybody.

Um, a lot of people like to just go in, uh, punch the clock, do their thing, leave at 5:00, leave it at the door, and that's perfectly fine.

And organizations wouldn't run without those people.

Uh, but when you're starting your own business and those type of things, those are other things that nobody really tells you about that keep you up at night, and sustaining your business and growing your business so that you can continue to provide for those people that are helping you get there, that are super important, that you can't live without.

And, and of course, the, the more you build, the greater that responsibility becomes and the more you take on.

And, and, uh, that's something that you can't really explain to somebody who's thinking of it.

It's a good problem, but it's also g- incredibly terrifying at the same time.

Yeah.

[laughs] So, you know, I'm assuming that you failed your way forward a little bit, right? That-

Absolutely

... k- that would come with running your own business.

Yeah.

So what was your biggest failure as an athlete, and then how did that shape how you'd handle, how you handle failure in business, whether it was at the, you know, the commercial real estate firm or, you know, later on?