Friday, July 24, 2015

You will disagree. It's ok.

In business you'll disagree.  With a business partner, with a lender, with yourself!  There's a lot going on, there is (or will be) money involved, but most importantly you all want to make it work and you're individuals with your own ideas of how to make that happen and wanting to be proud to have your name on your creation.

I, for one, am amped and ready to go.  So is my business partner. We have differences of opinion on how to get to the end game. Our critical paths (the order in which we think things should get done to reach the "final" product are quite different and it definitely has caused some tension and unnecessary stress.

We also deal with stress differently.  Like polar opposites.  He sleeps and I feel a desperate need to exercise in talking last night at 10:30 pm I was ready to get out of bed (because out of respect I wasn't tryin to keep him up with the lights on (nor did I want to be on a computer any more hours of the day than necessary).  I was ready to put on running clothes and peace out for a run.  Maybe I should have because my body was calling for thy stress relief but in the end I did get up but I put my stress to good use by getting back to what I was doing on the computer, treating myself to a few minutes of "me" time on social media (which I haven't had time to do with all of the business startup stuff, and 45 minutes later I was finally ready to calm down and sleep it off, too.

My suggestion is to remember why you're doing what you're doing.  Change is stressful no matter what it is but when so much is at stake including (but not limited to) your time, your money, your energy, your passion, your reputation and your relationships, you're going to break down every once in a while.  Be prepared for this.  Be prepared (and willing) to communicate the things that stress you out and try to express yourself without the exasperation that I usually have (something I'm learning to control ever so slowly for the sake of my relationships).

If you still don't have a business partner and you're thinking about it, you should check out this post about what the author learned bout business from watching "I love Lucy."  

Breathe, stretch, shake, sleep (or run), and let it go ;)

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