You HAVE to Make Mistakes

For all my Polyanna cheerfulness and positive attitude, my good friends will tell you my nasty cynical side does like to make a guest appearance once in a while.

Like today.  Funny, up until today I never even considered the possibility that my little business wouldn't go anywhere.  My family (except for my husband) thinks I'm NUTS.  They don't really take me seriously when I talk about my silly eBaying, and I think the word "Bonanzle" sends them into fits of giggles.  But I generally just brush it off.

Today is different, though.  For some reason, I have this discomforting seed of doubt in me today.  Sales have been much slower than before, although I am still selling as you can see by my updated earnings in the header up top.  And I just made that awesome arrangement to sell those incredible handbags, so things should be looking up soon.  But you know, I do have my doubts about my ability to pull all this off sometimes!

And then the little angel sitting on my shoulder reminds me of one of my OTHER life mottos (here are the others in case you missed it: Click here), which is that you HAVE to make mistakes.  Not you CAN make mistakes, but you HAVE to make mistakes.  Human nature is to learn from mistakes.  We don't really learn from successes, it's the hard knocks that teach us our most valuable lessons.  And if you're going to make mistakes, what better way to make them than with a zero-investment business you run off the side of your desk?

So so what if only two legitimate buyers showed up at my virtual event today?  So what if I haven't sold all my items this week?  So what if half the people I follow on Twitter aren't following me back?  And yes, so what if my business tanks??  I'll just start another business.  And another.  And another one, until I get it right!

Right?