Jun 28, 2024
We all face adversity from time to time and it can be a real downer! It has taken me some time, but I have learned to turn my adversity into motivation!
One of the hardest things I have lost was the Tulsa Spirit
Award competition for my business start up idea: a niche website
for moms in the Tulsa area. I can't remember if it was a $10,000 or
$15,000 prize, but it was a LOT of money that we really needed to
WIN to get the website going.
I'll never forget when one of the male judges named Sean said
to us, "Why would anyone go to a mom website? And why would anyone
buy advertising on a mom website?" This was back in 2009 when
digital was just coming on the horizon. We were ahead of our time,
or at least in his mind. I was so FIRED UP by his comment, that I
used it as motivation to blow that website up!
Fast forward to many sleepless, late nights launching
that website but guess what would pop into my mind everytime I
wanted to give up? A picture of "Sean" saying it
would never work! I couldn't wait to prove him wrong! A
year later the website grew to 100,000 moms visiting it every month
and we sold that website to Griffin Communications, who owns the
News on 6 and News 9 in Oklahoma.
Guess what happened to the winner of the Tulsa Spirit Awards
that year? He never even launched the business.
I often wondered if we would have had that much success if we
weren't motivated by Sean's comments. What if we had won? Would we
have been complacent and not as motivated? It was the first time I
was able to see how powerful it was to turn adversity into
motivation! Find out how to turn your adversity into motivation on
the next episode of the DO IT MY WAY Podcast!