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By:Br
yonyMuzi
ya

Toni ghtwewantt otalkaboutdev el

opingagrowthmi ndset.I
nent r
epreneurshipthereiswhatis
call
edt her e-entr
yr ate.
.Thisisthenumberoft i
mesanent repreneurcomesbackaf terfai
lure.
In
UnitedSt ates,ther e-
entryrateis3, 6ti
mes-whi chmeanst hatanent r
epreneurwi l
lkeeptrying
onanav erageof3, 6timesaf t
erf ail
ures.
InSouthAfr
icait'
s1,1t i
mes.Mostent repreneursinSA
failonceandnev ercomeback. InZi mbabwe, i
t'
sprobably0,9..
.somedon'tev entr
y ,t
heyar e
discouragedbef oretheyev entakeast ep.
Wonderwhyt heSt atesmenrulethewor ld,t
heyt r
y3-4
ti
mes. ..
meanwhi leat ypicalAfr
icant r
iesonceandstepsdown.

That'
sbecauseoft helackofagr owt hmindset.
Agr owthmi ndsetaccept sthatthehav efail
ed
andkeepsmov inglearningfrom previ
ousmi st
akes.List
en,fait
hdoesn' tdenythef acts.
Faith
holdsontot hetruth,butdoesn'tdenythefacts.Youmayf ail
ed. .
.that'
saf act,butthetruthis
thatyouareev ervi
ctorious..
.soit
'sthatt
ruththatyouar eholdi
ngont othatkeepsy ou
going.
..
sot hatyoumeett hetrut
h.ThefactthatYuar egivi
ngupshowst hatyouar en'
tconv i
nced
ofthetrut
handy ourfaithweak.Yes,keepdeclaringthatyouareawi nner..
.butiffai
lure
happens,thenlearnfrom itandkeepdecl ari
ngthaty ouareav ict
or.

“Mylit
tlechil
dren,thesethingswrit
eIunt
oy ou,'t
hatyesinnot '
.And' i
fanymansi n,
'wehavean
advocatewitht heFather,JesusChri
stt
herighteous:
”1John2: 1(KJV) .
Seethi
s..
theulti
mate
endofJohn' swr i
ti
ngswast hatnomanshouldsinatal l
..buti
f..
..
if
..
Ifi
thappensthatyousi
n,
thenyouhav eanadv ocate.
Inthesameway. .
itwasdesignedt hatnobeliev
ershouldeverf
ail
...
butif.
..
if
..
.I
fYouf ail,
yougot tat
akeastepback, ev
aluateyoursituat
ion,l
ear
nfrom your
mistakesandi ncompet encies,
thenmoveforward.

Wedon'ttakeanylosses...wetakelessons.
Wedon' tt
akesetbacks,butopportuni
ti
es..
Whi l
e
someoneelseisseei ngproblems,anotheri
sseeinganoppor t
unityt
obui l
dthesociety.
That'
sa
growthmindset.
Somewi llbeli
ke"whymeGod" ..
..
whynoty ou?Seethis.
..
Godsendscer tai
n
ci
rcumstancesinyourl i
fetorevealtoyouareaswhereyouar enotfree.I
facir
cumf er
ence
happensandy oulosesomemoney. .
.maybey ouweren'
tfr
eei ntheareaofproper
budgeti
ng..
youwer en'ti
ndependentinthatarea.

Throughthatcir
cumst anceitwillbemadeknown. Butagrowthmi ndsetseesal l
thosethi
ngsas
meanst ogrowandbecomebet ter.
Arey ouperf
ecty et
?No,soi fprobl
emscomewhydoy ou
backdownasi fy ourway sarealway sright.
?Circumstanceshav eshownt hatyouwer ewrong.
Swallowyourpride,taket helessonandmov eon.Sogivingupisasi gnofpride!Youaresaying
thatyouarealway srightandy oucan' thandleany t
hingshowingy outhatyou
1
arewrong.
Growthr equireshumi l
it
y.Someofy ouhav eorwil
lstartproj
ects,i
nit
iati
ves,

1
ETERNALS
businessesandent er
prises.
..
well,
youcan'tdowi t
houtagrowthmi ndset.
.ever
ysuccessful
entrepreneurhasi
t.ThomasEdi son,themanwhoi nv
entedthel
ightbulbfail
ed1000t imes
beforehecameupwi t
ht hefi
nalproduct.
Hegr ewevery1000ti
meshef ail
ed..
.andendedup
maki nganexcepti
onal product
...
heisdeadnowbuty ouareusi
ngat ypicalmodel ofhi
s
bul
b. Butthi
sgenerati
ont hati
susedt oinstantnoodl
esandporri
dgecan' tpushpat i
ent
lyand
consistentl
ytoachievesetgoals

BYBRYONYMUZI
YA