Living the Dream with Curveball
Oct 15, 2026 · 43 min · 13 segments
Send us Fan Mail Send us Fan Mail In this enlightening episode of Living the Dream with Curveball, we are joined by Mike Hammond, the innovative…
Well, uh, I know that faith is a big part of your journey.
So talk about, um, one moment that y- you can reflect on where your faith and business mission came together in a powerful way.
We're, we're taught in college, right, that two out of 10 businesses make it, eight are gonna fail.
I'm not even one of the billionaires like the Musk, right? Like, I'm not even one of those guys.
So how does that make any sense? And the problem is, like, most of my successful friends have multiple businesses also that all succeeded.
So what's the truth? And the truth is, two out of 10 business owners have what it takes to be entrepreneurs.
And, um, so then the question is: Well, what is it that makes those guys successful? And I believe it's, it's eternal optimism and faith.
I thought of that five years ago." But then we're, like, afraid to actually move forward and take steps.
So the reason we really didn't do it ourselves is we were afraid, and we're really only stuck with two things: fear or faith.
You have to take a step into the, the unknown, and you have to keep going full speed ahead knowing that you can make it happen even though you don't see a clear path all the time to get there.
To actually build a product and get it out there and make it happen, you gotta have faith and you gotta believe in yourself and you gotta be willing to take risks.
And I think far too often all of us have a lot of the same skillsets, but a lot of people are held back simply because fear rules their life.
Well, uh, I know that faith is a big part of your journey.
So talk about, um, one moment that y- you can reflect on where your faith and business mission came together in a powerful way.
We're, we're taught in college, right, that two out of 10 businesses make it, eight are gonna fail.
I'm not even one of the billionaires like the Musk, right? Like, I'm not even one of those guys.
So how does that make any sense? And the problem is, like, most of my successful friends have multiple businesses also that all succeeded.
So what's the truth? And the truth is, two out of 10 business owners have what it takes to be entrepreneurs.
And, um, so then the question is: Well, what is it that makes those guys successful? And I believe it's, it's eternal optimism and faith.
I thought of that five years ago." But then we're, like, afraid to actually move forward and take steps.
So the reason we really didn't do it ourselves is we were afraid, and we're really only stuck with two things: fear or faith.
You have to take a step into the, the unknown, and you have to keep going full speed ahead knowing that you can make it happen even though you don't see a clear path all the time to get there.
To actually build a product and get it out there and make it happen, you gotta have faith and you gotta believe in yourself and you gotta be willing to take risks.
And I think far too often all of us have a lot of the same skillsets, but a lot of people are held back simply because fear rules their life.
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