Entrepreneurship requires you to deal with failure, adversity, problems, and difficulties. Sometimes all at once.Our Friend Tony Katz has some thoughts on adversity. The reaction to adversity is the difference between the entrepreneur and the wannabe. The wannabe feels the adversity and complains (oft times loudly) at the unfairness of it all. The entrepreneur recognizes…
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas Edison From @IGetu2C on Twitter.New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
(Editor’s Note: Sam Carpenter offered this guest post on common mistakes. These certainly apply to small town small businesses, too.) Five Common Mistakes People Make When Starting Up a Small Business And How to Steer Clear of Them By Sam Carpenter Whether you’ve established a small business, are in the midst of launching one, or…
Failure itself is not the secret to succeeding. Learning and improving by trying and doing, or learning from failure, is the secret to succeeding as an entrepreneur. If you are not trying new things, your business is stagnating. Of course, not everything you try will work. Some efforts will be a big hit, and some…
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.” ~John Burroughs Hat tip to Twitter pal Shawnz, aka Shawn Zehnder Lea New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates. Want more stories? Read our shared stories from all over.
Why are failures important? We learn from our blunders. Here’s another perspective on this idea. “The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.” – Lewis Thomas, author of Lives of a Cell Hat tip to “Pistachio”…
Understand that failure is not the end of the world. Once you enter the world of entrepreneurs, you’ll have earned the respect and support of a whole new group of people. Failure is part of this world. Many successful business owners have failed many times. It’s really not a big deal. You’ll get far more…
Be Confident with FailureIn any type of change initiative there will be failures, let downs and unexpected outcomes. Great success and change has come on the heels of major failure. Be open to failure from the beginning makes it easier to accept and move on.–David Finch New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what…
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