I lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I sold to the wrong people.
The pain was unbearable.
Initially, the instinct was to play the blame game.
Blame the people, their actions, anything but me.
But in the core of my heart, I knew the truth – it was my mistake.
In my zeal to grow, I tried to appeal to everyone.
And, in the process, I hired the wrong people, sold to the wrong people.
My vision was clouded by the desire for expansion, and I ignored the signs that I was deviating from my path.
It cost me, and it cost me dearly.
But here’s the thing about mistakes – admitting them is, by definition, growth.
The moment I took responsibility for my actions, something changed.
Yes, it was painful, humbling, and unpleasant.
It bruised my ego, challenged my self-perception.
But it also opened up a new path – the path of growth.
I started scrutinizing my decisions, started learning from my mistakes, not just hiding them under the rug.
My experience with my errors became my teacher.
And as they say, good decisions come from experience and experience comes from bad decisions.
So, here’s my question to you.
What was the last mistake you made in your business and what did you learn from it?
