Don't Build a Business, Birth One
The old way:
- write a business plan
- get investment
- hustle hard
You’ve done it that way.
You know what it takes to put one brick on top of another and strive your way to success.
You’ve done the late nights and met the last minute deadlines.
But you’re done with that now.
You’re looking for another way.
Instead of just looking outside for the signals it’s time to look inside.
- what’s alive in you now?
- what gifts are waiting to see the light of day?
- how are you going to bring them into the world?
This way is more vulnerable.
But it’s also more you.
It’s time.
It’s business through you.
Not business by you.
Don’t build another business.
Birth one.
I like this one. Thanks for sharing. I have thoughts and would use this analogy slightly differently.
In my mind birthing a baby is the equivalent of launching a business, and building one is raising one.
Your focus of this post might be on the launching, or even the pre-launch and the formation of the baby-business, nevertheless I like what comes up when I think about raising a business rather then building it. Suffice to say, it allows for more feminine energy aka the not-knowing, trusting and letting things happen and unfold.
I have not birthed nor raised humans, but I have been guiding two (véry different) dogs, and I often draw parallels between dog mom'ing and leading a project or a business, and as a (former) designer, artist and consistent thinker, even how I lead my own life. It's all process.