Opportunity looks a lot like hard work. What is the hardest part of building a successful business?

The key thing to making any business successful in the world is to SELL. That's all it comes down to essentially. You can have the best team in the world, the best product in the world, the best everything in the world, but if you don't sell, you don't have a business. It's as simple as that.

And generally, that's exactly why selling, along with acquiring and retaining customers, is the hardest part in a business. There's tons of competition, tons of alternative options, etc. But, if you focus 100% on selling, then you have a good chance of figuring out a way that works well for you and your business.

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