Launching a startup comes with a unique set of challenges and some very real fears to accompany those challenges. Nothing can quite prepare you for everything, no matter how long you have been working in a certain industry or how experienced you are, but arming yourself with insight will help you …
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Is ‘FOSU’ Keeping Your One-Person Business from Achieving Higher Levels of Success?
In my early days of working for the courts, I had one incident where I was speaking to a judge and questioned a particular process. It didn’t make sense to me and I felt that there was a more effective way to achieve a particular goal. I was abruptly shut down and made to feel small. I never …
Dealing With Doubt
Whether or not we like to admit it, we all have a voice in the back of our heads. On some days, it’s an encouraging voice that pushes us forward and drives us to take risks. On other days, it’s a seemingly endless stream of negativity that tells us we should quit whatever we’re working on. As an …
7 Simple Yet Effective Strategies for Overcoming Your Small Business Fears
This article is one in the multi-part series entitled The Entrepreneurial Mindset. Approximately three years ago, I found myself face-to-face with the one thing I had always dreamt of but had been too afraid to pursue. My then-boyfriend, now-husband was offered a job across the country and this …
