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    How to use a checklist to focus your entrepreneurial efforts

    ByBecky McCray June 8, 2007September 28, 2016

    Success is a few simple disciplines practiced every day, according to Jim Rohn, THE business philosopher. Let me explain by giving you my definitions of failure and success. Here it is: Failure is a few Errors in judgment repeated everyday. … Now, here is my definition of success: A few simple Disciplines practiced every day….

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    Failure Quote: The failures have done more for me

    ByBecky McCray May 31, 2007August 27, 2014

    The very wise Rex Hammock recently pulled up something he wrote in 2000: Even smart businesses managed by smart individuals and smart investors die. Businesses start and die every day. They always have. They always will. I am old enough – and have been fortunate enough – to have succeeded significantly and failed miserably and…

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  • failure | success

    Failure Quote: Go from failure to failure

    ByBecky McCray April 6, 2007August 27, 2014

    “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm”Winston Churchill We are fascinated by quotes and stories of failure; we have a whole series on it. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

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    Failure Quote: Develop success from failures

    ByBecky McCray March 13, 2007August 27, 2014

    Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. – Dale Carnegie Interested in success and failure? We have a whole series on it. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.

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  • economic development | failure | POV | rural | success

    POV: Talking about failure

    ByBecky McCray December 8, 2006August 27, 2014

    You have a huge advantage over the generations of small town business people who came before you. Through the internet you can learn from other people who live far away, but face similar challenges. Right now, Pat Matthews is blogging at Small Town, Big Ideas about what he learned from some failures. Go right now…

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  • failure | success

    Make Failure Work For You!

    ByBecky McCray August 17, 2006August 27, 2014

    “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”– Abraham Lincoln Failure is one of my favorite topics, because it is a necessary part of success. You must try many things on the way to success, and some of those attempts are bound to fail. The trick…

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    POV: Learning from Failure

    ByBecky McCray August 6, 2006July 8, 2017

    There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.Colin Powell You know that I like to talk about what we learn from failure. So does Zane Safrit. He is talking about why failure is important. Fridays are all about failure here. It’s the end of the week….

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  • failure | resources | success

    Resource: Avoiding new business stumbling blocks

    ByBecky McCray July 18, 2006August 27, 2014

    A new business is exhilirating, but can also be frightening. So many wonderful possibilities, and yet so many potential stumbling blocks! Plus, being in a small town or rural area seems to magnify everything. If you could know about some of the common stumbling blocks before you hit them, you could either take action to…

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