August 31, 2017
Often, when a situation is just too fraught with complications and struggle from the outset, it’s just not meant to be. But did I listen? No. Not at first, anyway. For the icing on the cake: I didn’t do enough due diligence to make sure I had chosen the right partner. Here’s the kicker: I didn’t listen to my gut. Grace is an amazing service provider — bright, creative, compassionate. Really cares about her clients. But I knew that she was going through a rough time personally, and there were personal/social situations we had together where I saw that she didn’t have the same level of detail-orientation and follow-through that I had. Especially when she started to lose interest in a particular project or her attention was diverted elsewhere. And I was definitely seeing that her initial passion for the venture (after all, she was the one who sold me on it) was waning. That she was participating less and less in the organization’s regular phone calls. That she was developing a negative attitude about…
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