Nettie Owens of Sappari Solutions: How To Successfully Ride The Emotional Highs & Lows Of Being An Entrepreneur

Find your tribe where you can celebrate both the highs and the lows.

As human beings, we do not exist in isolation. Find the tribe of people that understand you, where you can talk about the highs and lows without judgment. Sometimes this is your family and friends, but more often, these are business colleagues that get the risks that are necessary, the big decisions, and the high goals and standards you have set for yourself.

Your neighbor is not likely to understand what it means to you to bring on your first executive assistant, and your sister may think you are pretentious for sharing that you just secured a million-dollar deal. I have a business colleague that I connect with daily to share everything from each sale to frustrations with finding…