Free Special Report – 7 Misconceptions that Almost Shattered My Vision (…and How I picked up the pieces)
In December 2007, I thought my vision was dead. Shattered. Toast. Pudding. My umpteenth business venture, Vizworks, LLC. ran out of money. You see I started Vizworks for one reason – to make extra money while working on the vision for my church. And going back through the wreckage of what most would consider a failed business, I learned a great deal. But it wasn’t until I closed the book on Vizworks (i.e. dissolved it with the State Corporation Commission) that I saw the big picture. Vizworks was just a learning experience. It wasn’t my “real” or final business. It was just a test. And even though the business failed, I passed the test…but more on that later.
Have you ever had a failed attempt? It may have been at your career, education or a small business. Or it could have even been a failed marriage or other relationship. And when it failed, did you feel like a failure? Well, don’t let one failed attempt stunt your growth.
In my favorite movie, “The Devil Wears Prada”, the main character Miranda overcompensates in her career because she’s failed so many times in her personal life, mainly her marriage. When you feel like a failure in an area of life, it’s easy to sweep the failure under the rug with the hopes that no one ever finds out. It’s easy to overcompensate in other areas of life so that people will notice your successes and not ask about your mistakes.
After Vizworks failed, I felt like a financial failure. So I devoted all of my attention to trying to make money and cover up my financial disaster. The government calls it a bailout…lol. However…it is what it is. I put on a plastic face, pretending that everything was alright. But I was bleeding inside. It’s felt like my heart was being cut with the broken pieces of my shattered dream.
I wrote the 7 Misconceptions, not because I have it all together. I don’t. But I wrote it to encourage people who have suffered from shattered dreams and broken vision. And all of a sudden, they find themselves in a paradigm shift. Holding onto two realities. The first one is their own…telling them to stick with it and try again. The second reality is everyone else’s…telling them to quit or give up.
Thank God I didn’t give up. Because I never would have seen the phoenix rise from the ashes. Even though Vizworks went ka-put, writing the vision for the business and then developing it gave me valuable experience. And I walked away with the Unique Selling Proposition (USP) or Promise for the business that actually bares my name (or at least my initials).
If you’ve ever tried anything out of the ordinary, you probably failed first and failed fast. And if you want to put your failure in perspective, read the 7 Misconceptions. You’ll find out that you didn’t fail after all…
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