Are you? I know we are. (Hands raising from the FunnelCake team.) And you know what? You need to be a little crazy to start your own business. It’s good for you, especially on “competitor research day.” Gulp. Yup, that’s an eye-opening day. And it takes a little crazy to walk through that day and say, “Watch out world! Here I come, to enrich my life, to enrich the lives of others, to put food on the table, to turn my hobby into a business!”
Reality check: Did you get the wind knocked out of your sails after realizing there is a huge giant playing in your field!? Friendly competition never hurt anyone, right? And if they’re that big, they shouldn’t be scared of little ol’ you, right? YES, THEY SHOULD! You are nimble and you live, eat and breathe this every day–do they?!
So, get up, go for a walk and give yourself a pep talk (you can do that because you’re a little crazy, remember?). Walk back into your shop, whether it be your furniture-making shop or where you live with your laptop, and GET BACK TO WORK! Parting words: My trainer, who I have a love/hate relationship with, has this little saying on the wall that makes me come back every single day at 5:30 a.m. that says, “The journey is slow, but quitting won’t make it speed up.”
So, chin up, you crazy SOB–you’ve got some fighting to do today!
