Devoted to WAHMs -Work at Home Moms

If you work from home, then it's bound to happen sooner or later. You're going to have to face disappointment in your business.

It could come in the form of a rejection letter. It could be a failed product line. It could be the loss of a major client.

However it comes, one thing that you can be sure of is that it will happen. You will be disappointed. Disappointment just comes along with the territory when you work from home.

I actually think that home business owners are more susceptible to disappointment from work because they tend to be more emotionally invested in their work.

I remember early last year when I was offered a blogging position on a topic that was near and dear to my heart. I was all ready to start until I read the company's non-compete clause, which basically would have prohibited me from publishing anything else online. Since this blogging position wasn't going to pay enough that I could live on the income, I had to turn the position down. I was so disappointed, I think that I cried (off and on) for about two days.

These things just happen when you work from home.

Here are some tips for dealing effectively with disappointment:

1. Let yourself grieve. You may think that losing a major client or being rejected for a publication is no big deal. Let me assure you, if you put a lot of effort into it, then it is a big deal. Go ahead and cry. You work from home, nobody will see you.
   
   
2. Re-evaluate. Once you've gone through the grieving process, take an objective look at what happened. Is there anything that you can learn from the experience? If so, what is it?
   
   
3. Grow. Use what you've learned from your failure to improve your businesses future endeavors.
   
   
4. Move on. Don't get caught up in what might have been if only you had not ... been rejected for publication, lost the major client, had a failed product line, turned turned down for the loan, and so on ...

I was surprised that I couldn't find much information on business disappointment. Perhaps the articles are out there and I'm just not seeing them. Or, perhaps we don't we don't want to admit how much business failure affects us.

However, I did find this helpful post on how his business thinking has changed over the years from Rob May at the Business Pundit blog. While it doesn't deal directly with the topic at hand, I thought his list was interesting. You might too.

What about you? How have you dealt with business failure? Why do you think there is so little discussion about this topic?

Leave a comment and let us know.