Acceptance As Fuel for Your Next Stage of Growth

What we don't talk about but think about every day
If you own a business, you have regrets. Things you now see you could have done differently to better set you up for the current season of your business.

If you own a business, you have things you're afraid to look at in your business. For some, it's the finances. For others, it's the inventory. For others, it's the data. For still others it's how much time is spent winning and producing the work vs what you're paid for the work. For others, it's the support we hired or didn't hire. For most, it's a combo of all of these and more.

We are scared to look because we're scared to see what the data reveals.

About our business.
About us.

What's actually true
If you own a business, it would be wild if you didn't experience all of the above.

It's so brave to create something from nothing.
To see a better way it can be done and go for it.

It's also scary as hell.
Full of second-guessing.
Full of "should I have done this differently?"
Full of "do I even really know what I'm doing?"
Full of "what if I fail?"

Acceptance is the key to feeling a whole lot better & fueling your growth
Rather than thinking our way out of these feelings and fears (or continuing to ignore them), the quickest way through and to your next level of growth is to accept all that came before. To accept all that currently is without judgement.

It's all okay.

Have compassion and grace for who you were when you made those decisions.
And let it all be okay.
It simply is.

From this place of total, non-judgmental acceptance, you have the power to choose differently without choosing from a place of shame or fear or worry.

If you've found yourself in a season of not being able to move powerfully forward because you're stuck in old ways of being and regretting old choices, write down everything you wish you had done differently. Look at each one.

And then run an experiment: try-on what it would feel like to accept each one. What would it feel like to be compassionate about the you who made those choices then? How innocently you made them? How well-intentioned you were when you made them?

And then let them all go. They simply are.
And now you can choose differently from a place of power.