The third week of the month is always a big one for meetings and the first month of the quarter is especially challenging. I typically end up at 5 lunches with networking, a speaker, and more networking.  This month, for whatever reason, everyone wanted to talk about “don’t be afraid to fail”.  I’m struggling with this because I don’t think I know what they mean so I’ve come here to work it through. Thanks for indulging me! When I launched my business, it was because I had spent 5 months consulting while looking for a job (keep in mind it was 2009) and realized I could never find a job that gave me as much variety and interesting work as consulting.  I had also never felt so free as I did when I only worked for the client. No more counter-intuitive agendas. Just straight up […] Continue reading