Entrepreneurship Series – the Good – Small Victories
Small victories are a great thing. They are time to relax, celebrate and reflect on what you have accomplished. That what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger and that what we accomplish makes us greater. Every small victory is a milestone on the road to success.
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One of my favourite events here at TheCodeFactory was when we were doing The Ottawa Network series of events on Entrepreneurship. Jay Lawrence (Infonium), Mike Ball (Loyalty Match) and Nikhil Adnani (thinkRF) were doing a panel on starting up. It was a bit of a misery loves company kind of session, but in a way that everyone bonded with them, where the founders where showing their wounds. Mike Ball said something that really struck a chord with me and is the inspiration for this post. “Remember to celebrate your victories large and small”. Sage words.
Small victories are part of the good of entrepreneurship. The harder you work for them the sweeter the victory.
Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.”
- Louis L’Amour
Ian Graham
Nice post Ian!
This is the kind of thing that we all need to keep in mind. Not only when times are good but especially when times are not so good.
Keep up the good work.
All good companies and founders. Its not easy coming from where they did to build businesses – but if it was easy everyone would do it.
I love this post Ian. I see this all the time in my coaching practice. So many people are concerned with what is next that we never take the time to stop and look at what we have accomplished. In the LEAP program at Carleton U I was able to facilitate a night of successes where each person had the chance to share a story of success-big or small and it was so empowering. Very interesting how people fear failure and usually forget about success
great post as usual!
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