Monday, June 25, 2007

When do you call it quits?

During motivational speaker seminars, football game locker rooms, and in a bunch of motivational books, there is a lot of cheerleadering and saying "Never give up!". Well the reality is in business, there are times you have to abandon things, and quit.

In my case, I pulled the plug on Better Life Technologies Friday and I am out of business. After seeing my costs go through the roof, and not having sufficient income, I pulled the plug. My DBA had the same name as another company here around 10 years before I registered it. The prospects I got to make sales were spotty. And, all and all, I just didn't get into the money. So, I pulled the plug. Sad to see things end this way, but now I go back into the job market and see if I can work, and collect unemployment.

Anyhow, due to my total wipeout, I am going to stop doing entries here until I can manage to demonstrate a track record worth speaking on. To occupy my time, I am going to design some board games.

Well, there ARE times to say enough and end something. Don't let anyone else tell you. Ideally you should end failures early and let good things ride, but knowing which is an art.

So, signing off until whenever... Good luck everyone.

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