What I learned from trying to succeed in business outside of the corporate model…
STOP trying to fit in.
STOP using strategies that belong to other people.
START trusting that radiating your essence is your unique blueprint for success.
I left the corporate world with a good dose of PTSD!
As I recovered from chronic illness, detoxing from a hard-nosed corporate culture, I came to reconnect with my ‘Self,’ the version of me that existed outside of the academic and corporate institutions I had been in for nearly all my life.
Who was I if I wasn’t working 9 to 5?
Who was I without a title, a corporate ladder position, a boss or subordinates?
Who was I without deliverables, deadlines and performance appraisals?
As I began to work with the principles of energy flow, I realised that so much of the Business world that I had known relied on manipulating, controlling and ultimately ‘selling out’ to get ahead. And it didn’t feel good to me.
So, I developed a hypothesis. I wanted to explore whether it was possible to successfully operate a business by:
Working with your own rhythm and the rhythms of nature
Maintaining a harmonious relationship with your business and with all its cocreators
Relaxing the fixation on external markers as drivers of success
Trusting that financial success is a by-product of being in alignment with your purpose
I began applying what I knew from the world of natural therapies and specifically Kinesiology, to running my Business. Using muscle-testing I could connect with the essence of my business and find out EXACTLY what I needed to do to restore harmony, flow and vitality to it. I could identify why clients weren’t signing up for offerings, I could see where I was sabotaging my ability to receive, I could clear my blocks to productivity, and I could even ask which marketing initiatives were worth my investment! It was utterly mind-blowing. 🤯
I came into balance with my Business and respected it as a spiritual entity in its own right. I started to cooperate with its amazing intelligence. I saw the beautiful partnership we had entered into and began appreciating the role my Business was playing in allowing me to express my gifts and talents.
It’s been quite tricky to ‘undo’ the engrained behavioural patterns associated with my old Business Self, the over-working, striving, pressuring, driving standards, and fixation on external benchmarks. But I’m now ready to fully TRUST that this way of working, in accordance with Divine Law and the flow of life, is a far more POWERFUL way to work.
I’m curious if you’re willing to begin trusting that too?