Life advice from Mark Cuban: The Edge

Faos · Mar 14, 2005

I think I remember someone posting about Cuban's blog, blogmaverick.com. I check it from time to time. Love him or hate him, he's a successful guy (except when it comes to building an NBA that can play defense). His latest entry is good reading for anyone trying to succeed in life.

http://blogmaverick.com/

It’s not who you know. It’s not how much money you have. It’s very simple. It’s whether or not you have the edge and have the guts to use it.

The edge is getting so jazzed about what you do, you just spent 24 hours straight working on a project and you thought it was a couple hours.

The edge is knowing that you have to be the smartest guy in the room when you have your meeting and you are going to put in the effort to learn whatever you need to learn to get there.

The edge is knowing is knowing that when the 4 girlfriends you have had in the last couple years asked you which was more important, them or your business, you gave the right answer.

The edge is knowing that you can fail and learn from it, and just get back up and in the game.

The edge is knowing that people think your crazy, and they are right, but you don’t care what they think.

The edge is knowing how to blow off steam a couple times a week, just so you can refocus on business

The edge is knowing that you are getting to your goals and treating people right along the way because as good as you can be, you are so focused that you need regular people around you to balance you and help you.

The edge is being able to call out someone on a business issue because you know you have done your homework.

The edge is recognizing when you are wrong, and working harder to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

The edge is being able to drill down and identify issues and problems and solve them before anyone knows they are there.

The edge is knowing that while everyone else is talking about nonsense like the will to win, and how they know they can be successful, you are preparing yourself to compete so that you will be successful.

That’s what makes business such an amazing sport. Everyone plays it. Everyone talks about how good they are or will be at it. Just a small percentage are.

Every single day someone has an idea. Every day someone talks about some business they want to start. Every day someone is out there starting a business whose entire goal is to beat the hell out of yours. How cool is that.

Every day some stranger from any where in the world that you have never met is trying to come up with a way to put you out of business. To take everything you have worked your ass off for, and take it all away. If you are in a growing industry, there could be hundreds or thousands of strangers trying to figure out ways to put you out of business. How cool is that.

The ultimate competition. Would you like to play a game called Eat Your Lunch. We are going to face off. My ability to execute on an idea vs yours. My ability to subvert your business vs your ability to keep it going. My ability to create ways to remove any reason for your business to exist vs your ability to do the same to me. My ability to know what you are going to do, before you do it. Who gets there first? Best of all, this game doesn’t have a time limit. It’s forever. It never ends. It’s the ultimate competition.

It’s the sport of business. It’s not for everyone, but I love it.

I’m fortunate. I have done well enough financially that I don’t have to play 24x7x365. I can and have cut back to 18x7x365. Family first now.

But in those 18 hours, you can bet I’m competing, and loving it.

But that’s me. You have to figure out what works for you.
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bigtexxx · Mar 14, 2005

I was the one who was hyping Cuban's blog. It's a really good read. Business, sports, politics, he covers it all.

KellyDwyer · Mar 14, 2005

Mark Cuban and Scoop Jackson should have their keyboards taken away from them ...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/intro/050308a

Rocketman95 · Mar 14, 2005

Wow, he takes time away from whining about the NBA and Jim Gray to do other things? Who knew?

Fatty FatBastard · Mar 14, 2005

Well, still no reply from him on that email I sent him. I'm a patient man. I'll give him another week before I start blasting him again.

Dr of Dunk · Mar 14, 2005

Nice read. Thanks for posting it.

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