7 insights how to handle setbacks as an entrepreneur

Everyone has had setbacks in life. You wanted to have or achieve something and it didn t work out, a rejection on a job application, or even worse, the loss of someone dear to you. Fortunately, we almost always get over that. But an entrepreneur, by having a business, calls upon himself even more setbacks. After all, things really can t always be easy. You may face financial setbacks, clients who walk away, a lack of orders, employees who steal from you, and so on. After more than 30 years of entrepreneurship, I too have had the necessary setbacks. And I can tell you from experience that they usually come in a series. Often private and business at the same time. I ve had clients who stole ideas, banks who drop you when you need them most, employees who ripped me off, and much more. At one point I lost half a finger in a minor accident, was in divorce with my wife, lost my father, and was cheated on and robbed by my best friend and business partner causing me to lose a busine