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One Tough Week ≠ Total Failure (Here’s How to Bounce Back)
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Bad Week? Don’t Let It Define You Reader, can we be honest for a moment? Some weeks just stink. You plan your time, set your goals, and then life throws curveballs:
By Friday, you feel like you’ve lost all your momentum — or worse, like you’re failing at this whole business thing. Here’s the truth: a bad week doesn’t erase your progress. Just like sourdough starter rises, falls, and rises again, your business will, too. That dip you feel? It’s temporary. Your momentum isn’t gone — it’s just resting. The Myth of Straight-Line SuccessWe’ve been sold the idea that success should look like a perfect, upward climb. But real progress? It looks more like a cassette tape from our Gen X days: there’s static, tangles, and sometimes the DJ talks over the intro. But the music is still worth recording. And your work is still worth doing. What to Do When You’re in the DipInstead of trying to overhaul your whole system or “fix everything” after a tough week, try this:
Small steps, consistently taken, are what bring you out of the dip. For deeper strategies, check out this week’s blog article: How to Bounce Back After a Tough Week (Without Losing Momentum) Your Action Step this WeekThis week, when you feel the dip of a setback, pause and ask yourself: 👉“What’s one thing I can feed myself right now — encouragement, rest, focus, or clarity — to help me rise again?” Write it down. Then do it. Remember ...
You are not defined by one hard week. You’re resilient. You’ve risen before, and you will rise again.
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Win WFH Tip of the WeekWFH Tip: To WIN working from home, use a meeting scheduling app to save time and increase productivity. No more back and forth to find a mutually agreed-on time! Grit & Grace Affirmation of the WeekI can survive even my greatest fears. I have important things to say. I face my fears bravely. Say it. Believe it. Be it. From the book Badass Affirmations by Becca Anderson I hope you enjoyed this week's newsletter. Thank you for linking arms and being part of my working from home tribe! I'll be back next week with more tips, inspiration, and other fun stuff to empower your WFH success. Until then, have a beautiful week! xoxo, P.S. It's my goal to inspire you and remind you of your greatness as we navigate WFH life together. If you loved this week's newsletter, please feel free to forward it to your friends! And just one more thing ...
October 5, 2025 | Coach Michele Peterson
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Coach Michele Peterson
Get my best tips and insights on productivity, confidence, balance, and connection ... learned from 15 years of successfully working from home. Long-term WFH is a CHOICE, a lifestyle, a CULTURE. And I believe that if you're going to do something, you should do it right. But you don't have to do it alone. Activate your free subscription to The Tenacious WFH Entrepreneur newsletter so that you get your weekly dose of grit and grace to keep you going by entering your email address below.
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