Feeling the pressure to perform right now - to do more in your business? To push harder? Does it feel like it’s stretching the walls of what you thought you were capable of? ...But, if we’re being honest, you like it...the pressure. When it’s the right amount, it’s a rush to see what you can create, accomplish, and what can flow forward when there are external pressures - time, money, deadlines. Creativity is like sex. When an idea penetrates your mind, and it is the pressure that allows for the oh-so-good orgasm of genius to flow from your mind into physical reality. Pressure is necessary to birth anything into reality.
How “Essential” Is Your Business During a Pandemic
“My business isn’t essential for survival.” Ummmm, excuse me? I thought as I stared at my client last week, my mouth agape. Now, look, I know a lot of people are labeling certain businesses as essential and non-essential, so I had to dive deeper. “Essential for the survival of whom, specifically?” I asked, “For you. For it? For the people you serve?” “Of course it’s essential for me,” she replied, “But for humanity when people are in crisis, it’s not like I’m in healthcare or selling food.” “What are humans starving for more than food right now?” She paused. I held the space for the appropriate cinematic moment before the #micdrop came out of my mouth.