So this is utterly embarrassing. . . I like The Climb by Miley Cyrus.

I get it. I get it. It’s a cliche, manufactured pop song. Yet, the song contains a message that is a permanent truth. The entrepreneur’s life is more about the struggle than anything else. Growing your business is 99% climbing, and 1% observing the view from amazing vantage points.

That difficult climb? It’s your biggest ally. The climb you are doing, is the same one everyone else is doing. Most will quit.

Stick with the climb and it will separate you from everyone else. That struggle you’re facing, is the same one your competitor is facing. That dark period you are going through, is the same one the other guy is facing. Just stick with it, all those challenges have been designed to simply filter out the people who want it from the ones who don’t.

Keep climbing. Keep the faith. Baby.