I know it’s a big word, but its an interesting one (anything that big has got to have some merit.)

The thing is it’s all about being (or becoming) dis-interested and for this forum dis-interested in business.

I know what it’s like being in small business, lots of challenges, lots of ways to run astray, simply because I am a small business operator.

The challenge for most of us is in trying to figure out ways to over come the “monkey on your back”, the “black dog” of depression so to speak. Sure there are those out there who are perennially positive, up there and happening, they get knocked down 5 times and get up 6… so they weather any storm and keep on going and that’s great, in fact often they started with nothing and inspire us as a successful business person that made it big from nothing… but for the rest of us the reailty could not be further from the truth.

For the “rest of us” there are those times when the smallest thing can throw us off, a few things then become a real issue and before we know it the whole spectre of business falls in a heap. We then have to struggle to contain the emotional roller coaster as we come to terms with a business that fails and looming large is so many negative options the biggest of which is probably the loss of the thousands of dollars we have invested.

Of course there are the things that people told you that will haunt you…. “It’s risky… it requires long hours… it will eat your money in no time…” and the list really does go on, becoming a veritable “I told you so…” or perhaps worse still the look that says “I told you so…”

I will finish this  article by saying it happens, we become disinterested in things business, and for some it will be a short term lapse of reason while for others it’s the beginning of the “spiral of doom.”

The big thing is being aware that it can and will happen, noting if it is short or longer term and perhaps most importantly what we can or want to do about it.

For ideas on what to do, consider reading books by successful people, finding a mentor that can lead you carefully through the challenging times, or a coach to guide you on what to do next. Either way it’s about getting support to ensure you do not run out of energy to keep things going.

Stumble it!