Be Bold!

In the past 5 years of running Guzakuza, I've learnt a lot through our many failures. (I've lost count of the number of times we've failed) Key amongst them which i dreaded most was the boldness to say enough! Throughout these years, I've learnt that, It is OK to change or tweak your plan/business model if it's not working. (Absolutely fine). You just need that boldness to do it. There's nothing frustrating than spending all your resources (money, time, skills,energy etc) on something that isn't/can't /won't work. It doesn't only discourage you as the leader, but your team and other stakeholders too. If you've been following our permaculture farm (the model i love the most and believe in), you probably know that, we failed. We had failed at every stair of the ladder. We had challenges with human resources. There aren't many people with practical working knowledge, but again they all claimed to be experts. (big titles, nothing to show) We employed Permaculture specialists and designers (Awesome CVs, poor delivery). Unfortunately, my team also knew nothing next to permaculture implementation. We're all in the same soup. We also had huge challenge with our land. A sloppy, hilly, stony, sandy (use all the adjectives) land . (This would have worked regardless if we had a REAL expert) The amount of money and time we've "pumped" into our Dopal project would have given us a 5 bedroom flat in an expensive region  (exaggerating ) At a point, my team and i learnt (You tube, articles, courses), but it's implementation wasn't awesome. it didn't work. We tried all we could. Last year, we were bold to move away from permaculture (we will come back to it because we believe in it) to a similar model which is much easier with same impact. We think about healthy foods and the environment, (climate, soil etc) Though it hasn't been smooth, it's been better. Sometimes, all one needs is the boldness to say ENOUGH! Try a new thing, hang on to your low hanging fruits and relax, BUT by all means, Keep moving. It will surely payoff. #Guzakuzaat5 #Sharingthefailures #Gratefulforthefailures