One of the greatest things of owing a business is when you reach what feels like some sort of milestone. It can be making it through 3 months, 6, a year or your first three years. It can be finishing a big job, or meeting a financial goal. It’s different for everyone. The best thing to learn is that as long as it’s a goal for you, then it’s worth acknowledging. For me, we’ve got several going on all at once. We’ve just been given the go ahead to launch the new Ottawa Chamber of Commerce website (which I’m very happy with), we’ve just passed the third anniversary of the date of our incorporation and we finally have enough money around the office to keep spare ink cartridges for the printers in stock!

Those first two are pretty big it’s true, but i find what I really like are the little things. enough ink, not worrying if there’s enough cash in the account to buy gas, or knowing that you’ve got some working funds for jobs in progress. I’ve heard from various clients the little victories and the defeats they’ve had as their business grows, changes, and slows down. The one thing that’s consistent and I urge you all to keep in mind:

Starting a business is an act many people cannot do. The fact that you have is your first victory. For each ink cartridge, each overdue bill finally paid and each day that passes, you have won yet again. When you feel down, and you ask yourself ‘Why?”.. look back on your victories, look now upon the person in the mirror, grown and better than the person before.

Each little step is a step of success, of blazing a trail. It’s tough, but through all the hard work, you have the first chance at freedom.

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