Failure is never an option

If you can imagine the life of an entrepreneur, maybe even your an entrepreneur yourself then you understand the struggle. Try and imagine coupling that with a mind that moves so fast you sometimes get frozen with thought overload. That is my mind day in and day out. I have worked for myself really since i was 14 years old. Starting a small craft business where I literally bagged sand with traces of coal dust in them and sold them at local markets. I mean i sold other things i found on the beach as well like sea glass and sea shells. But the sand was always the biggest hit. It actually won me an award when i was 15 through the Centre for Entrepreneurship program for youth entrepreneurs. This was my first venture wasn't really a profit maker but it kept my little mind busy. Over the years i adapted and pivoted through different industries.

25 Years after my entrepreneurial journey began i am still no further ahead then i was when i was 14. I am 39 years old, buried in debt with a smaller bank balance than my 12 year old son. I have never been able to keep anything going for any period of time. I work hard to get it started I invest what little money i save from other ventures and hope that when things get rolling that I will be able to sustain but then slowly the money runs out and I end up back at square one. Now I know that there is no reward without risk and I know eventually I will succeed but how many times will it take?

I have tried working for different companies and organizations over the years but it never seems to work out. Being opinionated, and high functioning has always been a barrier for me. I always have thoughts and ideas and not everyone wants to hear about what the new guy has to say. I don’t like to think of myself as someone who has a disability because I have so many abilities I believe I can be better than the label a Doctor gave me. But when it comes to trying to find help and supports to be a successful entrepreneur people scoff at me and say that I can’t do it or shouldn’t do it. How does one success without external supports.

My life has been a journey and over the course of developing this blog I will tell you stories that may inspire you. They may also make you shocked and in awe. Some stories may also make you want to unfollow me. But that’s how life is just an endless path of stories and experiences that shape who we are and where we came from. I have made many choices throughout my life both good and bad. At the end of the day I have had to live with those choices and push forward for the sake of my well being, for the sake of my children who depend on me and for the future of my family.

I appreciate the valuable time that you spent reading this short blog. I am not a writer and i apologize for the terrible punctuation and grammatical errors contained within. I have always wanted to be a writer and have so many stories in my mind but have never been able to get anyone to take what i have to say seriously as its never been portrayed in a suitable context i guess. I hope to work hard everyday to make this better and to give you the total insight to who I am, where I came from and where I want to go in life. I will never give up on my dreams and I will never allow failure to consume me. Failure will never be an option as long as I am able to try I will Try.

Thanks for reading and I hope you follow me to hear my story.