Growing pains is a fact of life!! I mean a butterfly has to
go through a 4 stage growth process that is complex and leaves them vulnerable,
but oh boy when they reach maturity the end result is truly spectacular. Maybe this is not a good analogy, after all the butterfly might not think this growing process is painful, but it surely looks challenging to poor old me.
What I am alluding to is that in all areas of our lives we experience the pains of growth. And it is up to us to decide whether we accept it, even welcome it as a natural part of our development or whether we struggle, worry and allow stress to consume us. Now you know me, I never say that it is a simple thing to accept when things don’t go to plan, but I am learning over the years (41 of them so far) that planning well, but accepting that there will always be small or large incidents that are not prepared for just helps life to move along easily. I am no way advocating a “don’t care attitude” – yes if things don’t go well, sort it out as soon as possible, and learn from that mistake, and I do advocate having a moan, groan or even full out scream when you need to, but honestly you also need to have systems in place that allow you to recover, rejoice in the experience and move on.
So lets look at your business, and what I am trying
to convey is a desire to control the outcome of our growth is just plain crazy –
seriously crazy!!! I think for as
long as we have that mentality then we will either procrastinate too much – in
the pursuit of getting it right, or limp forward rather than charge, or be an absolute horror to work with, as some past relationships I have experienced! Growing pains are going to happen, don’t
you agree? Maybe if you do your best to prepare, but are truly okay with the true nature of growth, that there will be the unexpected, then maybe what results will also be spectacular and, guess what, fun!
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