Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the infamous dot-com bubble going pop, boom, bang. And given the fact that I was one of those guys, with one of those high-flying Internet-based companies worth-gazillions-one-day-then-gazillions-less-the-next, I can still hear/feel/taste the reverberation.
In the words of Gilligan (going old-school), it was a real doozy.
But lest you think me sad and sullen, think again.
Actually, that episode made me a better, stronger man: personally and professionally. I learned some truly valuable lessons about work, and life. It also inspired me to write my book, Pocket PorchLights, and pen a chapter about that experience, and how it changed my life, for the better. And the name of that chapter is, "It's Over, And It's Just Begun." (Get it?) (Good!)
As profoundly unprofound as that expression may seem, it really does work - from a perspective, attitude, aptitude, and mindfulness standpoint. It's a yin and yang thing, right! There's good, and there's bad. One thing starts, another thing stops. We move forward, we move back. We win some, we lose some. And that's true for business, and life. No doubt, there are inevitable downsides. But - there's always an upside, and that's called learning.
Learning is Good.
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