Who else finds business good therapy?
- You have to take on risks in order to grow
- you have to grow new skills and new mental maps to understand business, finance, and sales
- you have to think creatively in order to problem solve for others
- you have to deal with your own fears that make you shrink away from rejection,
- you have to lean into negotiation and speak up when you feel like avoiding conflict
- you have to show up with confidence when you don’t feel confident
- You have to accept criticism when it’s right and apologize; put aside criticism when it’s wrong
- You have to boldly ask for the sale
- You have to rigorously organize, record-keep, track and measure even if you don’t like the minor details
- you have to discipline urges to be distracted or jump to a new shiny idea
- you have to focus and work when you don’t feel motivated
- you have to respond to others’ doubts and questions on sales calls with agility,
- you have to accept smokescreens, ghosting, and lack of communication from prospects with equanimity
- you have to constantly seek to understand others and your own blind spots
- you have to sacrifice the short-term pain for the long-term gain
- you have to keep trying even when it feels like things are failing
The list is endless. What else have you learned from running a business?
