The Path to Your Empire Is Paved With Cringey Moments

The last thing my perfectionists want to hear.

For the foundress navigating greater visibility - embrace the mess.
The inevitable mistakes.
The cringey gaffes.

It can feel fatal when we think about it, but deep-rooted confidence is ultimately built by action. By doing the damn thing - crying through the growth and realizing the result is so very much worth the angst.

I think about mistakes I’ve made along the way and it makes my skin prickle.

I’ve had a client block me after I ended our engagement (I learned how to better vet who I said yes to as a consultant from that).

I’ve projected my own fears and compulsions on clients (😮‍💨)

I’ve done podcast episodes that the host hasn’t posted.

I’ve offered services I’ve had no business offering at price points that made no sense.

I’ve iterated, refined and back-tracked publicly numerous times.

I’ve talked and posted about stuff that I had not integrated or embodied (and it showed).

And it was all very necessary and all very non-fatal.

The world needs you and your message - the impact is worth the gaffes (I believe).
The income you’re welcoming in is worth the mess.

And, in fact, they demand it.
The path of experimentation, play and child-like willingness to look the fool is the road to your empire.

May we walk it faithfully.