I know what you're thinking.
What does a bat have to do with the shower...or Ozzie Osbourne?
Some of you might know...and good on ya'...
And I suppose I should give you one of these ;)
So, if you don't know who Ozzie Osbourne is he's a legendary rock n' roll singer best known for being the lead singer of a band called Black Sabbath.
If you've never checked out the band I highly recommend you do. And...I can almost guarantee you've heard one of their songs before.
Anwyays....the bat.
Ozzie and his band Black Sabbath were playing a concert one night long ago. Ozzie was known as being crazy and unpredictable. Just watch this short YT video to get an idea of how...erm...different (?) Ozzie was.
So the concert that night was raging...the crowd was festering...and the music was pumping. Black Sabbath crowds were known to be highly raucous...and they weren't against throwing weird objects onto the stage.
Well...that night someone decided to throw something a little more *weird* onto the stage. How weird? A bat weird.
Ozzie saw the bat slide onto the stage and stop near his feet. He took one look at it, thought of the craziest thing he could do, picked it up, and bit its head off.
Yea...Ozzie bit the head off a random bat thrown onto his stage.
The crazy part?
Ozzie admits to thinking the bat was a fake-toy bat.
In an interview he admits that he didn't think it was real...until he noticed the taste of blood in his mouth and the color red on his hands....and in his words, "eh bat? yea...i guess...a little salty?"
I was listening to one of their (Black Sabbth's) songs the other night and one of the lyrcis in the song stood out to me. It went like this:
"there's a big black shape lookin' at me...
he said where do you want to be...
he said first come with me and I'll give you desire...
but first you're gonna burn...
in fiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrreeeeee!"
And this is what I was thinking about in the shower that night...
The day of the shower I had reached out to businesses to write email copy for. I probably sent 10 emails, made 7 calls, and sleuthed interweb watering holes, also called social media, for ecom business owners.
I got -ZERO- bites...well one guy hung up on me but that doesn't count.
I was a little dejected and a bit down on myself....
And this is why the lyrics stood out to me.
The life of an entrepreneur is kinda like that big dark humanoid Ozzie referred to in his song...success is what you desire...but before you can attain it...you must go with it through the painful rejections...and burn in his fire of failure.
Now obviously, Ozzie is talking about the devil. You know the deal; sell your soul to the devil and you're rewarded with everything you desire. Illuminati shizz.
But, I think this theme relates to a lot of things in life. Especially for an entreprenuer.
It's a lonely journey. Much of your time is spent in solitude, on a computer, with large amounts of coffee...or wine if that's your thing.
Sure, you have support groups you can go to with other entrepreneurs and stuff.
But there's no office. No "co-workers". No guaranteed pay check. No benefits. No HR. No physical mentor or boss you have direct access to. And there's no "for sure reward" at the end of the road. It's purely hard-work and faith driven...
And completely in your hands.
It's filled with rejection, unread emails, people hanging up on you, canceled meetings, failures, mistakes and dejection...all the darkness you can imagine.
But...it's also filled with freedom, responsibility, success, growth, variable income, new relationships, excitement, skill, pride, and happiness...in other words....everything someone can truly desire.
But to get there you must be willing to go with, and experience, the darkness. It's a sacrifice...
And the best part?
No selling your soul to the devil or giving your first born....at least not yet...the internet is getting weirder and weirder...
That's all.
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