I have heard a lot of business experts echoing the statement, “Failure to plan is planning to fail.” While I can’t argue that planning is a vital (often overlooked) step in growing a business, I also know that the best-laid plans can fail horribly just as often. Failure is a pervasive force. In my 25 years of owning and running small businesses, I have found that it is entirely possible to haphazardly trip into our success without planning, and just as possible to fail when o