"STARTING, GROWING AND MAINTAINING YOUR BUSINESS IS TOUGH."

That's one sentence that you will hear come out of my mouth again and again. I tell it to all of my clients, and I tell
it to most of the people I meet who are trying to start a business who are NOT my clients.

Why would I say such a discouraging thing? Am I complaining? Looking for sympathy?

Not at all.

The reason that I tell everyone that starting a business is one of the hardest things that most people will ever attempt is because NO ONE ELSE TELLS THEM THAT.

There is a myth that permeates the web like some kind of unbeatable computer virus: The "easy money" Myth. Now, I'm not going to say that some have not stumbled upon an opportunity or two that has made them significant income very quickly and without much effort. It has, does and will happen. But the reality is that those types of success stories are rare, and that the vast majority of successes on the Web have worked long and hard to get there and have the scars to prove it.

If you had a tough time in your business this week. If you made a bad decision, spent more money than you should have on something that didn't pan out, bet on a "sure thing" that never left the starting gate, take some consolation in this: you are not alone.

All of us--even the big names--have done the same thing.

So, get back up on your feet, dust yourself off, file your negative experiences in the "School of Hard Knocks" and go back to pursuing your goals.

Some day you will look back on the adversity you went through to get your little corner of success. You will tell yourself that you never want to do it again, but you will be glad that you did not give up.