Know Your Pitfalls

A loved one
is easily distracted.

When he’s working
on an important project,
he doesn’t watch
self improvement videos.

Why?

Because self improvement videos
list things to do
to improve ourselves.

Those lists are distractions.

And he knows
he has to focus
on his project.

We all have
pitfalls,
‘traps’ that distract or prevent us
from achieving our goals.

These could be
commercials for all you can eat buffets
when we’re trying to get healthy
or calls from an auntie
who always makes us feel bad
about ourselves
when we’re trying to
make a positive change
or a trip to a charity shop
when we’re trying to declutter
or other events.

Know your pitfalls
and avoid them.

Failure Isn’t The End

For every plant
I wish to grow,
I plant three seeds.

In nature,
failure is often
the default.
It is natural,
the way of things.

In business,
unfortunately,
failure is also often
the default.

More businesses fail
than succeed.

MANY more.

Because we often don’t see
the businesses that failed
before they were opened.

And EVERY successful business builder
has failed at a business,
usually at more than one business.

I’ve failed at hundreds
of businesses
from the vegetable selling business
I started when I was eight
to the Romance Novel business
I’m closing due to low sales
next year.

But that’s okay
because I kept trying
and eventually
I was successful with a couple
of businesses.

And that success made
my investment in and learning from
the failures
worthwhile.

Failure is part of
an entrepreneur’s journey.
It isn’t the end of it.

Keep going.