When Disappointment Leads to Clarity and Ultimately, Freedom FTH: 093

One of the benefits of being in business so long is that you learn to take the so-called “failures” as part of the process. But that doesn’t mean you don’t get disappointed. That feeling you get when you’ve worked hard and something doesn’t go as planned or the way you hoped it would. This is when the little kid in you who didn’t get picked for the team or get invited somewhere shows up again. The difference now is that you’re not that child… you’re the adult who chose to be an entrepreneur. Knowing full well that things not going as planned is simply part of the process. It’s what you do with those feelings and results (because no matter how something turned out, you’ve got some data to work with. That’s the beauty of an online business). I’m going to share a bit of what I’ve been through this past week, how I’ve handled it and am still handling it, and how it’s leading to the birth of something new.

When Disappointment Leads to ClarityI’m pretty transparent about most things in my life and business. The more I share, the more people connect with me. I also don’t have the energy to be something I’m not or pretend for the sake of appearances or feeding my ego. I recently launched something that didn’t go as I hoped. My initial feeling was a massive disappointment because I’d worked super hard to get to that point (this was a completely revamped version of Email Insiders, which went from a two-month cohort to a 6-month group coaching program). A few months back I shared that I had made a significant investment in my business by signing up for a program and said I’d share more about that later. Well, it’s later.