Business is an art

Just as every painting is different, so is every business. Once you start your career or your business you might get paranoid that you are not "doing the right thing". You shouldn't have taken the role you are currently on as it might not lead to the position of CEO or the fact that you should have pursued opportunity A instead of opportunity B as it would probably have led to C quicker.

The fact is that business is an art. There is no one right way to go. A painter starts with a blank canvas and then it is up to her to paint what she wants. If Leonardo Da Vinci had decided to paint the Mona Lisa as a blonde will it have made a difference to the price of the painting? Would it have been as famous or would it have been even more famous? The truth is that we will never know. He could have named her 'Jane Smith' or painted a man instead. We will never know if it might have done as well or better.

The same is true of your career or business decisions. It is what you make of it that will determine how well you do in your career or business. Keep moving forward and look forward to complete your own painting. You might start off thinking that you would like to have blue background but later decide that you would like a red background than you are free to do so. It is your painting. Obviously it is better to have an outline of what you would like the picture to look like before you begin - the more complete the easier it will be to make decisions. The clearer the picture you have in your mind the easier it will be to paint.