Avoiding the Dark Abyss of Failure

I watch as businesses here in Chiang Mai come and go with alarming speed and regularity. I am used to the UK and its high small business failure rate which is startling enough yet pales into insignificance to what happens here where they seem to have little or no staying power, often lasting just one to three months. As an outsider, it seems they have little sense of design, of branding and of marketing skills and above all they have no real commitment to making it work. They seem to get an idea; they think it can make some money and they set it up with little or no funding or reserves or idea how to distinguish themselves in the market place, preferring instead often to just copying others they think are making money with the same thing. Hardly an environment of courage and innovation or what we would call “entrepreneurship”.

Of course, there are exceptions, the ones that prove the rule, but remarkably few in fact. Sometimes I feel like shaking them to wake them up: though I had my big failure in life, I took it to quite a good level and it lasted nearly 20 years, so I did something right some of the time at least! I feel sorry for them yet they do it over and over again it seems.

As my awareness of this issue reaches a peak, I am made aware of the staying power I will need for my own business which will probably take years rather than months to really succeed and see the rewards for what will certainly be substantial efforts in the interim. It is funny how this issue has shown up for me, highlighting the awareness that without staying power and patience born of faith and commitment, my business would otherwise follow the example of so many here and fall into an uninspiring, uncommitted abyss, forever swallowed up by the darkness of failure.

So it is that this awareness sharpens my focus as well as that all-important commitment, cushioned by faith and an all-providing universal consciousness, increasing the sense of dedication and the prospects for ultimate long term success. This project of mine expresses me, my love of writing and of making a difference to people. It will allow me to reach millions of people eventually, truly my heart’s desire. So, tenacity will not be difficult as long as I remember to maintain my connection with the universal consciousness throughout, thereby feeding me content as well as nurturing me and satisfying my material and emotional needs. As such, with a large dose of patience, I believe success will be mine!