This guest post is by Jane of Find All Answers.
Have you ever asked yourself, “Why does it always happen to me?”
I am sure you have. It always happens. Whenever you have a shiny goal for your business project, or whenever you want to start a new business, you face them—challenges.
They are everywhere just waiting to welcome you. You don’t like them and you wonder why it always happens that you need to take the hard, bumpy road to success.
But wait. It’s not just you. Whoever travels the path to success for the first time faces this. The road is never smooth and it is never as expected.
Why is the road bumpy?
There are so many reasons. But the fact that it is bumpy doesn’t mean that it is bad. And it is also true that you will learn a lot of lessons by traveling down a bumpy road.
Let me discuss some of the causes of a bumpy road.
You are at it for the first time
Usually when it is your first time, it is rough. If you are in a project for a first time, if you are trying a new business idea, taking a new blogging initiative, and so on, you cannot expect a smooth road.
Your expertise, your ability to handle the outcomes, your capability to anticipate and develop alternate plans under pressure—all these factors depend on how well you know the ground. If you are in business for more than two years, you already know what to expect. You already have a Plan B for Issue X.
But if you’re starting a totally new business, say blogging for instance, you neither know Issue X nor Plan B. And there can be so many Xs in the whole process! All these make the road bumpy. You end up running like a headless chicken if you are not prepared for it.
But the road may not be bumpy just because you’re taking it for the first time. There may be another important reason…
You don’t have a plan
You can avoid a bumpy...
