by Cassie Howard | Oct 23, 2018 | Blogging |
Risk is a NECESSARY piece of the puzzle. It is a requirement for true success, especially in the land of entrepreneurship where we live. 😉 I’ll never forget making that first big risk in my coaching business, which was simply to quit my previous business and go ALL IN on this new venture. I had minimal money (maybe $1,000/month coming from my previous business), but since I quit the last business, I had a lot of time. So I invested it. All of it. 12+ hours a day. I also invested thousands of dollars which quickly escalated to tens of thousands of dollars. At this point, I’m well over $100,000 in making investments in my business mentorship. On top of that, I’ve invested MULTIPLE hundreds-of-thousands of dollars on employing my team, paying for things like website design, accounting, bookkeeping, business travel, and the ocassional Facebook ad. The risks are huge when you have big dreams. But - so are the rewards… so I’d say that the risks are worth it. Yes. The risks are ALWAYS worth it. No matter how big, no matter how scary, no matter how “reckless” they appear to be. They are always, always, worth it. Every time. So this morning while I was journaling, the topic of TRUST came up. More specifically, the following question: Are you acting from a place of trust or from a place of fear? Oooh shit. I’ve for sure been acting from a placr of fear in regards to this one thing. This one thing I’ve not been able to bring to life for awhile now. That I’ve very clearly been...