Episode 51: This 1 Mistake Almost DESTROYED My Business!

November 22, 2022

Hello and welcome, welcome, welcome to yet another episode of Kosmo Unfiltered.

As usual, it’s me, Kosmo and I’m joined by my man, Wes.

Today’s episode is gonna be a good one.

For any of you who own a business… or maybe used to own a business… or hope to own one in the future, then this episode is for you.

In today’s episode, I’m gonna unveil the 3 biggest mistakes I’ve made in business…

Including the 1 thing that nearly took the whole ship down.

So without further ado, let’s get straight into it.

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Mistake #1

Okay so before I hit ya with the big mistake that nearly tanked the whole thing… lemme just tell ya about a couple small mistakes that were almost as bad.

… Just to warm ya up a little.

Okay, so the first one was: Trusting people, without verifying what they were doing.

This was a massive mistake that I used to make, and I used to always talk about it in previous episodes.

Like people used to say to me all the time, “Do you not trust me?”

And the truth was simple: I shouldn’t have trusted them.

I mean they weren’t bad people, they just had no idea what they were doing.

Because after all, my expectation is perfection. So nowadays, I trust but verify. Then I start asking questions to them.

And usually most people get past the first couple questions, but once you get to the 4th or 5th… that’s when you’re down to the roots of it.

Mistake #2

The second big mistake that I made was not holding people accountable.

I guess this kinda links in with the first point that I made, but it’s super, super important.

Ya’know the analogy is always like this:

“When you buy a pizza do you get the whole one?”

“Uhhh… yeah?

“What would you do if someone ate a couple slices from it?

“Uhhh… I’d be pretty pissed.”

“But what would you do if you actually got two pizzas?”

“Uhhh… I’d be pretty happy”

But that’s what it's like for me as a business owner. I’m paying employees for a pizza, and if I get a good pizza then I’m pretty happy. But if I get my pizza and I see someone has taken a couple slices from it then I’m gonna be pretty pissed.

And I ain’t gonna take it for too long, that’s the honest truth.

So that’s why you gotta hold people accountable.