A short YouTube monologue by Mike Andes reflecting on the emotional challenges of running a business. He describes persistent worries—financial stress, employee turnover and negativity, and disappointing customers—attributes these stresses to being human, and concludes that caring deeply makes the sleeplessness worthwhile and the risk worth taking.
There is never a lack of things to be worried about. If you go through the same thing. If you're stressed, if you're worried, if you're stressed about the financial side of the business, if there's employees that are leaving, saying negative things, or customers that you feel like you're disappointing and you know you're disappointing, and you can't. Can't fulfill the promises that you made to them and they're complaining and you know it's your fault. The only reason that that's happening is because you're human and because you're dealing with humans. Humans have emotions and they have ups and downs. They have bad days and they have good days, whether it be employees or customers. And it's just part of. And it's part of the thing that honestly, again, I stepped back and realized that keeps me up at night is because I care so much, and I'm glad that I do something in my business and in my life that is actually worth staying up before. And honestly, I think it's worth the risk.
