There’s a business saying that goes “100% of nothing is nothing.” Although it may sound so simple that it almost sounds stupid, it’s all a matter of putting things into perspective. To put it another way, I heard a similar phrase since I first started writing this post: “do you want to have a slice of the watermelon or the entire grape?” Make more sense now?

I learned this the hard way, and that’s why I’m so inclined to share this mentality with others who come after me…or just want to catch up with me. I spent almost eight months being extremely tight-lipped about my “brilliant” idea. I couldn’t believe it wasn’t out there already, and I felt that everyone would jump on it if I let them in. Well, my scarcity mindset had me paralyzed with fear and growth and development of my company suffered severely.