As I’ve mentioned before, parenting is a lot like running a business. (Even if you DON’T have a little one in your life, I promise I have a point.)
For example, I was walking out of the drugstore the other day and my nearly-2-year-old just started slapping me in the face. Over and over. For no reason. All across the parking lot.
Felt a lot like this. ↴
*(No, I’ve never seen Futurama, so I can’t endorse the show.)
In entrepreneurship, parenting, and anything else big and scary and important, you gotta take the ups with the downs.
There are some good days, joyful moments, big victories, sources of pride, all the things.
Then there are also the really hard days, the doubt, the roadblocks, the imposter syndrome. The times your business slaps you over and over, despite all your best efforts, energy, and attention.
But you stay the course because you care. Because you’ve committed. And because at the end of it all, you know it’s worth it.
And whether your business is being less-than-kind to you these days, or you’re cruisin’ forward with all the momentum you want and need, it’s easier when you’re not alone. When you invest in empathetic accountability and outside perspective. When you have time and space to validate ideas, problem-solve, and action-plan.
If you want that someone by your side to be me, let’s do a Quick Win Consulting Call together. It’s 1 hour of momentum-giving, impactful co-creation. So that you can go on to do all the things you imagine are possible in and through your business.
Toward purpose and progress,
Ashlee
This is an excerpt from Toward Purpose & Progress, my newsletter where I share business tips, good news, shoutouts to Founder Friends, and other juicy snippets. Subscribe here for more rants, reflections, and resources.
