I discuss with ‘On a regular basis Superheroes’
I’m a sensible optimist.
I at all times believed that I might make it sooner or later. When would that be? Solely God is aware of. So, I stumble alongside my approach.
Then humorous issues occur.
The extra I stumble, the extra I discover out about actuality.
- Enterprise actuality.
- Psychological actuality.
- Group dynamics actuality.
These are circumstances I encountered.
I’ve no doubts it can go to me for espresso once more. This 12 months. Subsequent 12 months. This time. Subsequent time.
Ray Dalio says it best.
“If it didn’t occur in your life earlier than, then you definitely’re not paying consideration you don’t suppose it’s attainable. However nearly all necessary occasions by no means occurred in your life earlier than.”
First, I do know my 1-person business will grow. I’m invested in making this occur.
Nevertheless, at this juncture, it’s too early to,
- Say when,
- By what number of income multiples,
- And to what scale.
I don’t know. And I keep away from trying right into a crystal ball for prospects.
However there may be one uncertainty I do know I need to actively mitigate. Repeatably, in reality. And that’s downscaling. Or downsizing.
Sure. I take into consideration potential failures earlier than success.
My pals say I’m too pessimistic. I humbly disagree. It’s higher to floor all attainable factors of failure, undergo them, and devise a method to cowl these holes.
Contingency planning calms me.
However there may be an inherent downside.
What are these potential points to start with?
I don’t know. Who does?
That is the place our 9–6 is useful. For this reason I select to remain in a medium-sized scaleup although it’s contracting in company efficiency.
