The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur

February 1The Adventure of Journey

It is not metres but the metre-making argument that makes a poem—a thought so passionate and alive, that, like the spirit of a plant or an animal, it has an architecture of its own and adorns nature with a new thing,

Ralph Waldo Emerson—“The Poet,” Essays, Second Series (1844)

When you start a business or embark on an entrepreneurial journey of some form, you begin to realize just how much your life changes—or do you?

It is so easy to get caught in the allure of the daily chase or the stress of the to-do list that you may not have even taken note of how much things are changing—or worse, you're fighting with change.

Resistance to change is what keeps us only happy enough, justifying our fears and failures, and ultimately, playing so much smaller than we intended at the start.

Your entrepreneurial call has a shape all its own, and until you let go, recognize it, and become it you'll always feel stuck. You know that feeling—like you're kind of in an indistinguishable funk.

Recognizing and intentionally participating in the creation of your own change is what will make your adventure feel like the birth of something quite alive.

So, how do you recognize that call?

Say this out loud:

• My life is an adventure; my business is an adventure.

What did you feel just now?

Through this lens, pass everything that happens today and know that you can run on this path if you choose to. You can shout your intentions and make a bold case for your idea and ...