When Entrepreneurs Reach The Middle of The River

Do you look backward or continue to look forward?

Do you look backward or continue to look forward?

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“No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change.

You just come out the other side. Or you don’t.”

― Stephen King

There’s nothing more gratifying that talking to someone who made it to the other side. I just met Joe — an entrepreneur and former client — who recently returned from a two-week bike trip around the West Coast.

Joe looks more relaxed now that he sold his company. He’s enjoying his transition, thinking about what’s next without the pressure of survival. But it wasn’t like that a few months ago.

Earlier this year, Joe couldn’t sleep well. He was stressed out, close to go bankrupt. Joe felt stuck in the middle of the river. When it’s getting too deep and the water is coming up fast is not fun.

But then things turned around like it always happens when you are committed to your ca…