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The statistics aren’t too friendly when it comes to the longevity of small businesses. Nearly 50% fail at the five year mark. But, how does knowing this statistic help you? Most people can talk about failure ethereally—hardships builds character, you can’t succeed without failing, you know, those kinds of phrases. But, when it comes to us, you, specifically failing, you don’t want to and often times we do everything in our power to avoid thinking about the possibility of it. But, accepting that failure, on some level, happens, that can actually be one of the best things you can do as an entrepreneur. If you know that failing is a part of the journey you can prepare yourself for it. It’s the unknown that makes even the consideration of failure unfathomable. Sometimes our past failures haunt us and the fear of our future failures paralyzes us. These obstacles that get in the way of moving forward are in our head. This is the reason why metal health really is an important topic and is actually the bulk of this c