By Charlotte Kemp

When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull’s eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim – improve yourself.

Gilbert Arland

Sometimes no matter how much we would like to justify or excuse or make allowances, we have to face the fact that the results in our lives are the fruit of what we ourselves have sown and fed into ourselves. And we can’t blame others.

It is very easy to look at the past and blame our circumstances on things that happened to us. Right now my financial situation is the worst it has ever been in my life. I recognize the circumstance that led to this, but also my responsibility and mistakes. But having completely missed the mark all I can do is turn and look at myself to improve my aim next time.

Writing this blog has been an incredible exploration, painful and difficult and very emotional, but I have learned so much through sharing what I learned. I know I have not gone into detail about specific things, but this can still come when necessary.

But we simply cannot improve our aim if we are not willing to grow and we cannot grow if we cannot take correction. And we cannot take correction if we are not willing to face the fact that we are not always right, we make mistakes, we fail at things sometimes.

Only you can take responsibility for dealing with these things in your own life. But once you do, the opportunity for improving your aim increases exponentially.

This blog is an exploration of the lessons I learned when my business failed. Please feel free to share your thoughts and ideas, as well as your own experiences. It will eventually be published as a book – hopefully as a warning to new entrepreneurs to avoid some of these mistakes. Please see the first few posts as an introduction.