One of the essential aspects of being creative on the road to success, is not being afraid to fail. Because from those failures we can learn so much that's going to help in future endeavours. As Richard Branson so eloquently puts it "Don't be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again".

We're all capable of more than we give ourselves credit for. In my own journey in Internet Marketing, my conclusion is that we all share a common denominator and that is we have an almost uncanny way of picking ourselves up, dusting ourselves off, getting on with the job at hand.

While there's no getting away from failure having negative connotations, any type of unsuccessful business venture also holds a huge amount of invaluable data, including the steps needed to successfully move forward with new activities and goals.

A business, any business whether it's a bricks and mortar type of enterprise or the online, home business kind - everything needs careful planning, both strategically and financially. Success in business comes from planning and if you don't do it, you'll be missing out on good business coming your way. Without a plan things tend to get kind of wishy washy and out of hand, you lose a sense of direction. 

By setting down on paper a well thought out business plan that includes financials, you'll not only have something to keep you on track and focused, you'll also be able to refer back to it along the way. 

There are plenty of sites online that offer free business plan templates if you're unsure how to do it, as well as invaluable business and financial information to learn from, so there's really no excuse not to start planning your business and setting yourself up for success.