Raise your hand if you’re the kind of person who agonizes over decisions. If you write long pro/con lists or take months to decide on the next move, I’m looking at you!
While that kind of thoughtful, contemplative approach is to be commended in many areas of life, in others, there's potential for getting stuck in analysis paralysis... and that can be deadly when it comes to business.
Instead, as scary as it sometimes is, I try to live by the philosophy that there are truly no "mistakes" in business... only lessons learned. Within responsible reason (no going broke, please!), as long as you learn and grow, risks lead to progress even when plans don't pan out. Staying stuck and fearing failure helps no one.
Instead, I want to encourage you to ask yourself "what's the worst that could happen?" when considering opportunities to push your business forward.
Let's get unstuck by abandoning the idea of mistakes and find the freedom that comes from accepting uncertainty and imperfect choices as normal parts of the learning process.
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01/30/24 • 15 min
This Can't Be That Hard - 249 - The No-Mistake Mindset
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As a photographer who has been in business since 2010, and an educator in the photography space since 2020, I now get asked a lot of questions about, you know, what was the key to your success? Or, you know, what are the best pieces of advice that you can give to someone who's just starting out? And almost as frequently I get asked the question, what is the biggest mistake that you have made in your business? And I was thinking about that to
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