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Steph Voss's avatar

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.

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Carlos Saba's avatar

You're totally right Stephanie. Birthing is about launching, raising is about building.

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