{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"DogCo Secrets","title":"The Biggest Mistake I Made with DogCo in 2026 (So Far) | Ep. 145","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":814,"description":"The more I’ve learned and grown as a business owner this year, the more clearly I’ve been able to see everything I still want to improve. What I didn’t expect was how easily that awareness could turn into insecurity, hesitation, and even a desire to become less visible inside my own business.\n\nIn this episode, I’m peeling back the curtain on one of my biggest lessons from 2026: learning that two seemingly contradictory things can be true at the same time. DogCo can be creating meaningful, life-changing results for pet care companies AND still have areas where I want to become a better leader, improve our systems, and create even more impact. If you’ve ever struggled to celebrate how far you’ve come because you’re hyper-focused on how far you still have to go, this episode is for you.\n\n#EntrepreneurMindset #BusinessLeadership #PetCareBusiness\n\n⏱️ Timestamps\n0:00 - My biggest business mistake of 2026\n0:55 - A year of growth and a completely new DogCo model\n2:02 - When learning more makes you realize how much you don’t know\n3:21 - The insecurity that started affecting how I showed up\n5:32 - What an outside review of DogCo revealed\n7:10 - Learning how to hold two truths at the same time\n8:29 - Celebrating impact while still seeing opportunities to improve\n10:20 - Why new clients need quick wins before the hard work\n11:12 - The biggest mistake I made this year\n12:09 - My commitment for the rest of 2026\n\n🧠 Key Takeaways\n- Growth often reveals how much more there is to learn\n- Becoming more skilled does not automatically make you feel more confident\n- Seeing opportunities for improvement does not erase the progress you have already made\n- Two seemingly contradictory truths can both be true at the same time\n- Your business can be deeply impactful and still have areas that need work\n- Constantly focusing on what is wrong can make it difficult to protect what is already working\n- Business owners need enough perspective to recognize both their strengths and their blind...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/giIAwXklX3Me6Y3AGv5KE7D-acdstcRIblascS9YzYQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lZWI1/MjA3MDZhZGFiMzJj/YTEyZTUxMDc3Yjlk/ZWU1Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}