Walk Like a Reptilian

Be careful, Meagan, your 80s are showing. 

Through some of my online discussions and reading this week, I have had the opportunity to reflect on my current business. I am also looking at what I want for my future online business for this class. It has taken almost 15 years for my online retail business to reach its current level of consistency. We have taken it slow and steady.

And, it is okay to do that again.

Aesop illustrated this principle in his fable The Tortoise and the Hare. We know what appears to be the fastest way to success is not always efficacious. While get-rich-quick schemes sound enticing, they seldom work out. In most instances, true wealth, true triumph comes through persistent, hard work. 

In the Spring of 2017, I read a book that illustrates this principle well. The Slight Edge illustrates the long-term benefits of doing the small, productive things on a daily basis, like the tortoise in the story.

I think I can make my new online business venture successful by following that tortoise...and The Slight Edge.