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RE: Obstacles on the Road .:. WorkerBee PH-Pool Week 262
I certainly not always behave the same way when I encounter obstacles. But I always find solutions to overcome the obstacle, which could include quitting. Quitting isn't bad, it is part of life. We can not and perhaps even shall not do something for the rest of our earthly lives. I remember quiting renewable textile business. Well, it wasn't a business yet, more like a few small projects. A quit because I expected more from my partners, more passion, more time and bandwidth, and at the same time I couldn't see handling such business myself. Though I did like what we tried to achieve, in the end, I am more a technology guy than a textile, clothing guy. In other cases I overcame obstacles, the symbolic crawling underneath the tree, or jumping over it, or sometimes even finding ways to remove it. Whatever I did, one thing I go with, all the time: I dont feel bad about what happened, I accept what has happened. I hope I can learn from the past, but that isn't a must. But a must is, never to stay int he past and feel sorry for what has happened. Live in the now, with a somewhat near future forward looking view and enjoy life as much as we can.
Wow! I have felt very similar when I was running my first company, with 1 business partner! I was expecting more, which wasn't the main reason for breaking the partnership, as I could live with that... But the problem was that my business partner "felt" the pressure on his skin, which he couldn't bear... So, in a nutshell, he quit... 😃 But, I do accept my fault... As I was pushing way too hard, with a tempo that he couldn't follow, and which I couldn't follow either for a longer time...
Anyways, sometimes I'm too hard on myself... Like in that example... It wasn't ONLY my fault, but when you "break" a couple of partnerships in a row, you start to doubt... 😂
Thanks for this awesome comment, as it made me self-reflect!
Amen! 🥂