failure was never an option for me
Launching a lucrative business (like, surpassing-your-corporate-income kind of lucrative) isn’t easy. But it IS easy to predict who ends up successful.
They’re people who:
Are in touch with their intuition and desires about how they want to live
Act courageously before they necessarily have clarity on exactly how things will turn out
Simply do not consider failure an option.
#3 has been on my mind today.
I used to hear “failure is not an option” and think of douchey corporate CEOs giving misguided “pep talks” to get people to work longer hours. Or maybe an obnoxious Nike ad.
I don’t like hard work. I like fun and relaxation.
And yet—once I realized that corporate life would never fulfill me, and I was determined to break free? From that day forward, I never REALLY considered giving up on entrepreneurship. Not seriously.
What I realized today is that “failure is not an option” is NOT the same as “profit at all costs.”
Nope. I do not compromise my values. I do not compromise my lifestyle. If I had to sacrifice profit for those things, I would.
(But I don’t have to, because I’m in charge and my goals always reflect my values.)
And to make this extra relatable for folks on the precipice of breaking free: the fact that I never considered failure an option DOES NOT MEAN I wasn’t plagued by inner voices that were terrified, ashamed, or worried about failure.
My inner monologue is fully human. Completely normal in the sense that it’s occasionally psychotic. At times wildly insecure, just like yours. Begging me to quit and hide and play it safe, thoughts anyone would have when they’re leaning into their edge.
We aren’t performance robots. Normalize that noise.
Because the thing that will set you apart in the end is how you show up for those voices.
When push came to shove, the part of me with a deep inner knowing that this was MY PATH won out, most days. Like… 85% of days. You could chalk it up to sheer stubbornness, if you wanted to.
(The other 15%, I totally curled up under the covers and binged Bridgerton and wallowed in self-pity.)
And that’s okay. It’s what I needed to do in order to keep walking. Because the only way I could “fail”, really, would be to deny my calling. I had no choice but to trust everything else would be okay.
So, brass tacks: what does showing up for your WHOLE SELF look like today?
For some of you, it might be listening to your most scared inner parts, and asking them what they need.
Others, you might YEET yourself off the couch before you can talk yourself out of going to the gym.
Maybe it’s a day of steady productivity, hammering out what you’ve committed to.
For a few of you, it will mean booking the 1:1 discovery session with me that you keep meaning to schedule when “things settle down.”
You and I both know lives like ours will NEVER “settle”. So hop to, with your stubborn-ass self ;)
Love,
Becca
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