Erika Dowell Erika Dowell

The 4 Questions I Ask at Year-End

We’re ending off the year with some soul-searching…to an extent!

An end-of-year review is a typical business practice; you gather your numbers, examine the trends, and assess your growth. 

And all that data is great, more than great, but there’s an extra piece of the puzzle.

You.

Your self-reflection is just as important and necessary to truly understand you and your business’s growth. Which is why I ask myself these four questions:

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Erika Dowell Erika Dowell

Coping and Persevering Through Failure as a Business Owner

As much as we share our successes and our milestones, one of the things I don’t see too much about is our failures.

Failure is a big word, it feels scary because it is scary that we live in a culture of shame, to be told to only let people see us “win” when the most human thing we can do is fail.

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