Most of our quotes and thoughts so far have been on valuing failure because it is necessary for success. Another key element is overcoming the fear of failure. Escape from Cubicle Nation has an article on Three ways to take the fear of failing head on. Don’t let the fear of failure keep you from…
From the Center for Rural Affairs: Congress Must Act Now for Rural America! There are practical strategies that work, strategies to revitalize 21st century rural communities. But local initiatives must be matched by federal policies that support rural revitalization, rather than hinder it. The 2007 farm bill provides one vehicle to chart a new course.…Our…
If your small biz includes your handmade creations, check into Etsy, an online market for handmade items. You can sell anything that is handmade or, a bit more loosely put, hand-assembled or hand-altered. … If human hands put some love into the object, odds are you can sell it on Etsy. It is a marketplace…
“The moment avoiding failure becomes your motivator, you’re down the path of inactivity. You stumble only if you’re moving.”— Roberto Goizueta, former CEO of Coca-Cola small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure
Here’s a Tom Peters definition: Business* (*at its best): An emotional, vital, innovative, joyful, creative, entrepreneurial endeavor that elicits maximum concerted human potential in the wholehearted service of others.** (**Employees, Customers, Suppliers, Communities, Owners, Temporary Partners) small biz rural entrepreneurship Tom Peters business
Jeff Cornwall, The Entrepreneurial Mind, is also thinking about success and failure: Most highly successful entrepreneurs will tell you that along the road to success in their businesses they were often on the brink of failure. But they persevered. They found a way to make payroll. They found a way to make that critical sale….
by John Crabtree, johnc@cfra.org That is what my father often said to me. As a teenager I was always looking for a quicker way to get my farm chores done so I could spend time with friends. My shortcuts most often yielded inferior results and took longer. But I would keep at it, thinking that…
Chris Brogan has found a university that fits him: I went to an open house for Lesley University, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, and I was mighty pleased with their program offering for adult learners. Listen to this: first, they help you with “life experience” credits, so that you can write your way out of something…
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