Entrepreneur was forced to learn this lesson the hard way

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An entrepreneur mentioned the other day how her first business venture at the age of 24 hit the rocks because she had brought the wrong people on board into the business. These were people that she trusted but they turned out to be crooked. It’s a business lesson she had to learn the hard way.

Why is it so that we first have to learn business lessons by getting our heads smashed before we can move on? Perhaps it’s because we are naïvely trusting of other people. Look what nearly happened to Little Red Riding Good when she put her trust in a stranger. She nearly got eaten up alive. Although mistrust of other people iss bred into us at an early age we often have to learn the lesson for ourselves before we pass through the first gate of learning entrepreneurial ropes. Continue reading “Entrepreneur was forced to learn this lesson the hard way”

Is fear holding you back?

Fear Yourself
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On Sunday night we came back home and saw a car parked in the driveway. It looked as though the occupants were looking at a map because they had their car’s inside light on. But this is the only information that we had.

Gripped with a sudden terror that this could be a hijack set up, we drove away. We circled the suburb until we thought the coast was clear and went back home. The car was gone. We took our chances and drove quickly inside the entrance, closing the electric gate immediately. Continue reading “Is fear holding you back?”