I think the hardest thing about being an entrepreneur is the mental game. The emotional roller coaster that being a pioneer brings.
There are times when you are flying high and it seems like everything is smooth sailing, and then there are times that feel like someone threw a stick in your tire spoke and now you’re sitting on the curb with skinned knees and tears.
In those moments in particular it can be hard to get out of the funk and pick ourselves up again, which is why today’s note isn’t a perspective shift, tactic, or tool to help you run your business, today’s post is meant to be a virtual reminder that you got this.
It doesn’t matter what the economy is doing, what your employees are doing, even what your family or friends are doing… What matters is you.
You matter.
You are worthy of having everything you want, in life AND in business.
You are more capable than you realize.
You have everything you need inside of you.
If you weren’t meant to do it, it wouldn’t always be on your mind or your heart.
It can be lonely at the top.
It can feel heavy when a downturn makes payroll tight.
It can feel like you’re just playing whack-a-mole every day and stuck in an eddy.
There are 100% days like this. But just like hurricanes, every storm eventually runs out of rain.
And the sun comes back out.
Which means the problem that’s been keeping you up at night will eventually be just a pebble on the road you’ve built with your business.
It also means that momentum breeds momentum and the struggle you might be in now is just the activation energy necessary to get you into orbit.
It is no different than a rocket launching and using 90% of its fuel just to get out of the gravitational field.
To get your business to the level you want, where you have true entrepreneurial freedom, requires an exchange of energy that at times seems exponentially greater than we would like. But take heart… it will get better.
One day it will be like it all snaps into focus and suddenly you and your business are in flow.
And you’ll look back down the road you came with gratitude and pride because you did it.
So, embrace the suck. Embrace the days that make you question everything. Adjust where necessary. And above all, know that you friggin got this and the world needs your magic and business.
If you ever need a reminder of how extraordinary you are just give me a call. I would be happy to remind you.
Until next time,
Lauren
Oh and ps don’t forget to celebrate the little steps forward AND smile when the universe gives you little hints in the form of “coincidences” to show you that you’re on the right path.
