What Works | Small Business Podcast With Tara Mcmullin

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been in business… Any entrepreneur can suffer a crisis of confidence. Late last year, I felt woefully unprepared and underskilled for the task I had in front of me. I felt like I had been faced with setback after setback, with defeat after defeat. I’d spent 2 years trying to build what I saw as the answer to a huge, painful problem for small business owners. And I just couldn’t seem to get traction. I believed in the idea, the people, the systems, and the plan more than ever but I lost confidence in my ability to execute it. I was able to keep up a brave face for a long time… …but in early November, I collapsed in tears. My faith was gone and, without it, I didn’t know how to solve the problems in front of me. It was finally at that point that I reached out to my crew. I came clean. I got really honest. And I laid it all out for them. For me, getting honest was the path forward. Yes, my supporters comforted me, gave me new ideas, and asked