I used to think passion was enough to build a great business, go through life as an entrepreneur, and succeed with your customers. I was wrong, very wrong. I discovered the hard way that you need strategy. I discovered you need to learn how to lead yourself first before you can lead anyone else. I am now a Willing Student and I am on a mission to teach others what I have learned and what I am still learning.

In part one of this series, I talked about what I know about you and anxiety. In this part two, I want to talk about what I believe about anxiety and what I want for you as an entrepreneur. I am not a medical doctor. I am not a psychiatrist. I am not going to pretend that I am. I am writing from what I see and hear.

In this two-part series, I want to talk about anxiety. This is something that we entrepreneurs don’t talk about often. I am going to. This wasn’t easy to write. I stopped myself several times to write something else. It’s got to be done. It’s going to sound a little dark.

Imagine you are sitting in your house and it's a beautiful night and everything looks perfect. You get up from where you are sitting and you are walking to the kitchen to get a glass of water. As you are walking, you suddenly feel light headed and dizzy. Your whole body starts feeling funny and you can't think straight.

The biggest mistake you can make in business and in your life as an entrepreneur is to try and protect yourself from failure. If you want to become who you want to be, you must be willing to fail. If you want to get hired, you must be willing to get fired.