Kammys Musing

+ Do you still remember what it was like 5 years ago? January 2020?

+ I was still operating my tourism business in January 2020. Bookings coming in, driving the 14/25 seater buses while resolving a conflict with my business partner.

+ Being a non-confrontational person, it was very hard emotionally for me to look at the phone messages or attend the mediation meetings.

+ Family and friends got dragged along. Looking back, it was mostly trying to garner support, to get people saying “you are on the right side”.

+ At times it feels like war – you wake up trying to get the business running while putting out the fire from within.

+ I turned to books for my emotional outlet. Trying to make sense of things and looking for what did I do wrong.

+ “Profit First” & “Pumpkin Plan” by Mike Michalowicz taught me the unconventional way to run a business but made sense.

+ “Founders Dilemma” by Noam Wasserman taught me the basics of setting up a business. Not the usual boring ones (registrations etc) but the what and why. Easy to read and digest. Hard to implement if you are emotional.

+ I thank God for this tough period – it helped me grow and learn.

+ “Verily, with every difficulty there is relief”

Until then, stay hungry, stay sane.