When to curb boundless optimism?

[jim_p]

Well, my kickstarter did not reach its funding goal. As the final days wound down and it became apparent despite every hope that I would not make it, I was brought back to my days in the high school marching band playing at football games. It seems no matter how bad things got, the cheerleaders never let up. I mean, we're talking being down 35-3

Comments

[muffyjo]

I think it's hard to see your ambition not make it to the goal you had planned. But it's also a motivating factor unto itself, each time you learn more of how things DON'T work (just like Edison and his light bulb) until you find a way to make it work.

I think losing with dignity is always an option. Failure isn't as bad as we make it out to be. It's not a punishment for something you did wrong to your first grade teacher behind her back or something, it's just a set-back and probably a couple of lessons on things you need to change or reframe to proceed onward.

If you didn't try, if you didn't go in working hard to meet the goal...it wouldn't be an honest effort and you'd certainly not garner respect. If you tried and you didn't meet goal but gave it serious effort, then you should go out with your head held high.

Hold on tightly, let go loosely.

[awfief]

The problem is you don't know if it's going to be a failure until after it's over.

Take it as a lesson learned; I believe you yourself said that your kickstarter wasn't doing well because you weren't doing enough to promote it....start with that kind of a fix. At least, unlike the cheerleaders, you have the power to change things. Cheerleaders can only look on the sidelines and try to support the team.