You’ve been working
on your new business
for a while.
Your motivation
is starting to dissipate.
You’re losing
interest.
This is normal.
And it is a great time
to review
WHY you started
this business.
Look over
your notes
from the first few days
of start up.
Feel that passion.
You were excited
about the project
then.
Remind yourself
why.
And get excited about it
again.
Review your reason
for starting your business.
Whenever a group of people
talk about money troubles,
someone usually suggests
the person in financial peril
start their own business.
I don’t recommend that
people who need cash today
try to find that cash
by starting a business.
Starting a business
might not take a lot of money
but it almost always
doesn’t EARN money
immediately.
Most of us
are lucky to break even
in that first tough year.
It is much faster
to grab some temp work
that pays reliably
or
to get a job
at a quick service restaurant
or
to sell some sh*t
you don’t need.
All that might lead
to a business.
But starting a business today
won’t pay the bills today.
It is a longer term
source of income.
I grew up dirt poor
(here in North America)
so it was relatively easy for me
to have a better life financially
than my parents.
I eat every d@mn day.
That’s doing better.
For you,
doing better financially
than your parents
might be more challenging
or even impossible.
That doesn’t mean
you can’t do better
in other areas,
perhaps more important areas
than your parents.
Perhaps the business you’re building
or the company you’re working for
is helping to feed the hungry
or has a smaller carbon footprint
or allows you to travel
or brings you fame
or surrounds you with co-workers you like
or makes you feel good
in one of a gazillion other ways.
That’s doing better
and that should be celebrated.
(It could also be a selling point
for your business
when you’re recruiting new employees
or partners.)