Sometimes Staying Positive is Difficult
In this blog, I share my thoughts and life experience. I hope to inspire readers to act and chase their dreams. I have stepped out from my job to take a risk. Taking risk may bring excitement and oppportunities but also brings disappointment. Disappointment is part of the journey that we cannot avoid. In this blog, I have shared a few disappointments. From each disappointment, I try to see its positive aspect and make it a lesson.
Yet, if we suffer few back-to-back disappointments, staying positive can get difficult. The last 50 days, I lose out a few good business deals. Each disappointment is different. Sometimes it is the timing. Sometimes is the branding. Sometimes is the relationship. As the disappointment stacks up, my confidence dwindle.
Today I received two disappointing news within an hour apart. With these news, I have fallen behind my target for the year. Most of the time, I would get up, dust myself, smile and keep going. Now, I only get up, dust smile and keep going. Instead of a smile, I clench my fist and grit my teeh. With the new year less than 90 days away, I have to go full throtle.
Someone suggest me to chill. If I am more relax, the horizon would open up and more opportunities will come. How I do relax? I do not know. It is like asking someone who is angry to calm down.
I have no regrets that I am going through a tough spell. Starting my own business has given me many opportunities and experience that I did not expect to enjoy. It has also given me many sleepless nights and heartache. Today is one of them.
If you thinking of stepping out of your comfort zone, be ready for tough times. If you are going through a bad period, you are not alone. The only way out is to keep moving. You do not have to smile, but you have keep going.