@thealexpetrov1: My mentor taught me a lesson about the entrepreneurial struggle of survival: Be more like a duck. When you see a duck floating on the water, it looks graceful and things look smooth. What you don’t see under the water is how hard it has to paddle to move forward. He told me: If you’re going to be an entrepreneur you need to be more graceful in your struggle. People (clients and team members) only trust people who can stay calm under intense pressure.