So This week I've Decided that I will be returning to focusing on my sorely neglected company. Over the past two years, I had let it slip down into a mere skeletal frame or little to no worth. My client base evaporated, my employees all disbanded, I lost my offices in both Bellevue and Seattle.
Over the past three days, I've gained Three clients, totaling to about $6,500 in work. Makes me wonder what the fuck I was thinking ignoring my business like that. So Today I'm returning to what made me happy, what made me work harder and push, and carry a laptop with me 24/7, the suits and ties, the 3 cell phones, the constant emails, IM sessions, the you don't win you don't eat attitude.
The Fear of Failure.
This has probably got to be the most pervasive emotion I feel when I wake up and look at my workload or lack of workload. Right now it may be good. But what about next month? I can't think like that this time. I KNOW I'm good at what I do, and its about time for me to stop worrying about failing, because the only time I have failed my business is when I was failing myself.
Don't fear failure. Embrace it, Snarl at it, rush towards it with all the rage and hostility you can muster. FUCK FAILURE. It's not an option, it's a choice, and I encourage all of you to go out and do something you were afraid of failing at, no matter how big or small. Be it asking that hot girl/guy for their number or to go on a date, ice skating, or writing a song, or drawing a picture, or running a mile. Just Do it. Man... Nike must have people of profound wisdom to have understood that mantra so long ago.
Don't fear failure. Embrace it, Snarl at it, rush towards it with all the rage and hostility you can muster. FUCK FAILURE. It's not an option, it's a choice, and I encourage all of you to go out and do something you were afraid of failing at, no matter how big or small. Be it asking that hot girl/guy for their number or to go on a date, ice skating, or writing a song, or drawing a picture, or running a mile. Just Do it. Man... Nike must have people of profound wisdom to have understood that mantra so long ago.
Just Do it.
Then Come back and tell me how it went!
Then Come back and tell me how it went!
3 comments:
Hi new friend!
So i realize that u are a good writer..
and i agrre with u when u say that we have to face the fears.. and i usually do it everyday =D
U seems to be a nice guy.
Good luck in everything.
I think that failure is a subliminal message in my head sometimes. I can feel really confident about what I am doing... because I love it, and I feel like it is what I have to be doing, but then somewhere in the back I hear the song singing in my ears "you can't do it-give up." And sometimes I let it wreck me, my concentration, my goals, my passion. Right now I feel like my feet are running too fast for my body to catch up--I am so ready to get it started.
cheers to chasing the dream with passion.
Man but sometimes failure seems like the easy way out. Some times that fear of being hurt or screwing up over powers that desire to say Fuck Failure, but I'm going to try. I'm not going to give up this time so I'm going to take on the Nike Mantra and just do it.... fingers crossed... I hope this goes well =]
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