Conrey is for Closers

Definition from Wikipedia:

Sweat equity is a term used to describe the contribution made to a project by people who contribute their time and effort. It can be contrasted with financial equity which is the money contributed towards the project. It is used to refer to a form of compensation by businesses to their owners or employees. The term is sometimes used in partnership agreements where one or more of the partners contributes no financial capital. In the case of a business startup, employees might, upon incorporation, receive stock or stock options in return for working for below-market salaries (or in some cases no salary at all).

If you are committed to building something, be it a company, a community, or yourself – you’re going to be putting in long hours with little direct (monetary) benefit. Why would you do this? If you believe that the outcome is worth it, then you’ll do this. Why do most lottery winners end up bankrupt? Because they didn’t earn the money so they don’t know what to do with it. Remember that “overnight” success usually means years of work. Little is going to be just given to you, you’re going to have to earn most of it.

The successful people you look up to put in their blood, sweat, and time to get where they are today. They spent long hours at little to no pay to make their vision happen.

What are you putting your sweat equity in to and how are you making sure that it pays off?