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The 7 Reasons We Fail

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But from each failure, we learn two equally valuable lessons: That there was at least one reason we failed, and that we can rebound from that failure. Do your best to learn everything you can about what happened and why. Some people live and learn, and some only live. You could also cut expenses. So, why do we fail?

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Dog Walking Company Wag Raises $300 Million

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And one of things we've learned from following pet trends is betting against the pet market has not been a good idea. We've also learned there's demand for pet products and services that we felt were very, very unlikely to be successful ( expensive dog parties being one of many examples).   

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These 4 Small, Consistent Changes Helped Me Reach My Potential

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For example, on April 4, I wrote, “Having a car gives me a lot of mobility options that would otherwise be very expensive.”. It’s fantastic that you’re feeding your mind with articles like this and spending time learning how to reach your potential. This article was published in May 2017 and has been updated.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. Then, in 2019, she lost her job.

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10 Obstacles Every Startup Must Overcome to Be Successful

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Failure is so common, in fact, that many entrepreneurs have taken to penning failure post-mortems to determine where things went wrong, in the hopes that others will learn from their mistakes. If you want to avoid being made into sushi, you need to learn to thrive when facing direct or indirect competition.

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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And as that fame grew, so did his fortune—which he immediately started giving away, first in a hefty donation to Chicago Public Schools in 2017, then to the county’s mental health services. His estimated earnings in 2017 were $33 million.) That’s usually a record label expense. As that following grew, so did Chance’s fame.

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The Art of the Side Hustle

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The book devotes significant space to the importance of the side hustle, an opportunity to learn something new on your own time. Itemize out your monthly expenses and then try to erase those with income streams outside of your day job. This article was published in October 2017 and has been updated.

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