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Calling all women who have started solopreneurships or start up organizations! This post is for you. I see you. I see you on your best days. I see you out there hustling. I see you celebrating that proposal sent out, that funder who invested, that connection made, that step toward the vision YOU get to manifest.
And I see you on your worst days. Maybe you had to fire your first employee who didn’t share the same vision, maybe you’ve invested in a lot of training and mentorship without getting results, or maybe that initiative never got any traction. This probably has happened more than the wins.
The thing is, we need to learn from the “failures” in order to get the wins. I’ve failed more times than I’ve succeeded. THIS. IS. PART. OF. THE. PROCESS. (I say this for myself as much as anyone else). Nothing worth doing comes easy. And often, it takes a lot of self-work and inner power to move through the things that can leave us feeling demoralized or even desperate.
At the same time, prosperity doesn’t come from desperate or demoralizing energy. It comes from joy, from being in service, and from creativity. As entrepreneurs, and especially as women entrepreneurs, we need to replenish our wells so that we can come from that place. Replenishing the well means finding joy, connecting with positive people in your life, visualizing success, and time for NOT thinking about your business.
It’s easy to get caught up in thinking that you aren’t working as much as your former 9-5(+) job or that you have unconventional hours and therefore you aren’t “working” as hard. But how many hours a day are your thoughts and energy being consumed by your business – what you are doing, but also what you are not doing? This takes up valuable creative, joyful energy.
Here are three things you can do right now to move from stale, tired energy to energy that will move you and your business forward:
These are practices that sustain us in work that can be unpredictable and blend the personal and professional in ways that are both passion-driven and burnout-prone. And, frankly, these three practices are helpful for any leader – both entrepreneurs and employees – as we navigate our busy lives.
We could all benefit from things that bring us aliveness and joy. What might we be able to create from that place? The possibilities are endless.
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Rachel Lipton, MPP, CPCC, ACC is a Co-Active Certified Coach with a decade of experience consulting with organizations to significantly elevate their leadership development and organizational effectiveness strategies. She supports executives, emerging leaders, and teams to thrive in today’s workplace and understands what individuals and organizations need to function effectively on the human level. Drawn toward intersectional disciplines with broad applications, Rachel has a BA from UC Berkeley with dual degrees in Political Science and Mass Communications and a Masters in Public Policy from USC.
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