{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Floral CEO","title":"How to Move Forward After a Business Setback","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":992,"description":"A client complains. A freelancer lets you down. A proposal gets rejected. You make a mistake, forget something, receive a bad review, or have a wedding that does not go according to plan.\nThe event itself may only last a few minutes or a few days. But the story you create around it can affect your business for weeks.\nIn this episode, Jeni talks about one of the fastest ways to regain momentum after something goes wrong: stop ruminating and start reflecting.\nReflection helps you understand what happened, identify what was within your control, learn the lesson, and decide what action to take next. Rumination sends you around the same problem repeatedly while draining your confidence, creativity, energy, and ability to lead.\nJeni explains how one negative experience can begin leaking into completely unrelated areas of your business. A difficult client can make you suspicious of every new inquiry. A rejected proposal can make you less confident during your next consultation. A freelancer letting you down can leave you frustrated with the rest of your team.\nYour next client should not have to emotionally pay for what your last client did.\nThis episode offers a practical framework for moving through setbacks without ignoring your feelings or avoiding responsibility:\nFeel. Fact-check. Fix. Forward.\nFeel the emotion and give it space.\nFact-check the situation by separating what actually happened from the story you are creating around it.\nFix what needs to be repaired, whether that means apologizing, replacing something, updating a contract, improving a process, creating a checklist, setting a boundary, or changing how you communicate.\nThen move forward by taking one productive action that restores momentum.\nThe goal is not to avoid every disappointing, frustrating, or painful experience. That is impossible when you own a business.\nThe goal is to become the kind of CEO who can move through difficult experiences without allowing one moment to become the atmosphere of the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FHz-UgopUhJpJn1O-4JHblhUpmcOM1-ut37jvDGyuz8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ODcz/NzBkZGFkZjUyZjU5/ZTk5ODAxMTAzZjFj/NDIzNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}