My Biggest Business Failures

<p>This week, I look at the six biggest failures I’ve made in business. I talk about bad investments I’ve made, ways I put off some things I needed, and jumped too early at others I wasn’t ready for. <br/><br/>Looking back now, it’s easy for me to see where I went wrong. When I was first starting out, however, I got caught up in second-guessing myself, like so many of us do. Bad InvestmentsIn getting started, there were a couple of investments I made that didn’t pan out the way I had hoped they would. <br/><br/>I talk about the research I could have done to save myself some time and money when I was still learning, and how I likely should have bowed out of those investments much earlier than I did.<br/><b><br/>Not Hiring a Coach </b><br/>As women, we tend to believe that we need to do everything ourselves. I found this very true as I tried to learn everything on my own, not believing that I was “ready” to bring on a coach. Once I did hire a coach, I was able to clarify my business strategy and marketing, and I grew bigger and faster. Sometimes, we have to leap before we’re completely comfortable!<br/><br/><b>Waiting to Charge My Worth</b><br/>I wanted to get a lot of experience, quickly, and my compromise in doing so was keeping my rates low. Much of this came out of the fear of hearing a “no” in a sales call. I noticed, once I had built up my confidence and began charging my worth, that my dream clients arrived so excited to work with me! <br/><br/><b>Think Big Mastermind Program</b><br/>While I certainly waited too long for some things I needed, I jumped too early at others I wasn’t ready for. This was the case with the Think Big Mastermind Program, a program some of you might remember from a while back. I really needed to build my audience and solidify my one-on-one coaching as a VIP offer before I could jump into something like this Mastermind Program.<br/><br/><b>Not Trusting My Gut</b><br/>Learning to trust myself was a pretty big hurdle to get over. I made some mistakes in the beginnings of my business by