Thread: Book about recovering from business failure?

I just started reading the E myth, by Michael Gerber,and it's beginning with a story about a woman with a bakery. Not sure if it fits the bill....only a few pages into it, awesome book though. Thanks to everyone else that recommended it!

How about MJ's story?

I don't think you need a book about this, lots and lots of entrepreneurs have had numerous failures both before and after their initial successes.

"Startup," by Jerry Kaplan

I don't have an idea about a book, more like an approach.

What is really tough is realizing that FAILURE is a part of SUCCESS. And, it is OKAY to fail.

This is a big mental shift. But hearing about other people's stories would be a great way to go. ALL those 'successful' people out there have had failures. Read about them!

Storms of Perfection by Andy Andrews

It's more of a collections of vignettes (letters, actually) by successful / famous people who describe some of their toughest failures (storms) on the way up. I think he has compiled 3 such books now.

Maybe a book is not appropriate here. Have her join this forum!!!

She's just found one way that did not work in business. How many more times is she prepared to fail in order to succeed? The answer should be, "as many as it takes!". It is quite simple, but NOT easy. That's is why not everyone is doing it. If you can't make real mistakes, you will never learn the lesson. Confront the fear of failure and learn to make more mistakes, sooner, to recognize error and grow from it.

Trust me, it isn't as bad as you think. And you don't HAVE to stay where you are.

Here's how I'm looking at entrepreneurship. If nine out of ten businesses fail, then I only have to try ten times before I should go back to the 9-5. LOI.