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The other day I got to spend more time watching my son.
My wife was busy, so she asked if I would help out more.
Since I’m usually busy running our business, it was fun to be with him for longer.
I’m always amazed how much he learns and understands.
Yet some of his actions seem rather random.
As soon as we do one thing, he gets up to find a book.
No matter how much I think I know what’s going to happen —
I need to be quick on my feet.
I can plan all I want.
When he doesn’t want to do it, it won’t be easy.
At times, he is so interested, and then he can lose focus in just 30 seconds.
The more I was playing with him,
I had to think of the similarities between a toddler and starting a business.
A business is also never going 100% along your plans.
There will be surprises happening,
and trying to anticipate how it will go is also not easy.
So in some ways, we are raising two toddlers at the moment.
You will experience growing pains —
and sometimes also rebellion,
where it won’t go along the way you were all set to go down.
In all that trouble, sometimes, it is fun to see the growth.
It’s a wild journey where you don’t know what the next phase will bring.
I enjoy the fun times —
because challenges will come back up around too.
Don’t get stressed out when things don’t go your way.
Just try again tomorrow.
It is also fun, because it’s challenging.
There is always a good story to tell.
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