“Nothing was going to stop me,” Miller said. “Each no was simply one step closer to the eventual yes, and if it would have only been no’s, like, I would have figured out how to sell a kidney.”
Persistence ended up being more than just a mindset for Miller—it was the business plan.
In that fielld, he said, “you have to wake up every day crazy-obsessed with what you’re working on. I wasn’t obsessed with construction—and that’s how I knew it was the wrong category.”
As he brainstormed ideas and pitched investors, Miller found his personal litmus test for career alignment: Does it get you out of bed in the morning even without the paycheck?
“Great entrepreneurs all think the same way,” he said. “Nothing was going to stop me.”
Miller isn’t alone in tying career success to genuine obsession with the work.
The same mindset shows up again and again among high-profile business leaders, who often describe enthusiasm—not just discipline—as their competitive edge.
