As an entrepreneur, starting a business is going to be embarrassing (at some point) because you’re going to screw up all the time, whether you realize it or not. The best mindset you can have when trying to grow a company is to not worry about the mistakes and keep pushing forward.
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Now, this doesn’t mean you ignore them. In fact, you always need to be searching for the mistakes. This is especially difficult during all the times when you have no clue what you’re supposed to be doing.
In other words, be aware of mistakes and try to fix little things on the fly.
So, in the meantime, know you’re going to look stupid occasionally – or wear the wrong suit/tie combo- or make a quasi-business pitch to a friend’s parent while stammering like Chris Farley, in the movie Tommy Boy.
Lastly, understand that in some way your business will suck at some point. Realize that your product or service will have its faults and welcome the fact that your future clients might see these faults, its ok.
One of the best things we learned how to do was to be honest and always call a spade a spade. That lets us do our job – which is to make sure that mistake gets fixed and figure out how to avoid doing that again. Rinse and repeat. That’s how we keep getting better and keep our customers happy.
