What Else Is Possible

by Dr. Mary Meduna-Gross

What else is possible?

I started this magazine with three objectives. I wanted the magazine to validate the values the conscious entrepreneur lives by, I wanted to inform conscious entrepreneurs how to build their business and alignment with these values, and I wanted to inspire the conscious entrepreneur.

When I asked myself how I wanted to inspire the conscious entrepreneur, the initial response was “to grow”. This triggered resistance in me almost immediately because this feels like hustle, competition; another way in which we compare ourselves to others. This is the antithesis of what we are creating here.

And yet, it is also true that to live is to grow. When we stop growing, we start decaying.

So how do we grow without getting caught up in the hustle?

As a conscious entrepreneur this may be the most important question you ask yourself. Your business cannot grow beyond you. This means that if you aren’t growing, you and your business are in a state of decay.

You also know that the hustle isn’t sustainable. It takes too much energy, the energy you’re putting out is the energy you’re getting back (do you really want that energy back?), and you’re taxing your health and your relationships in the process, not to mention your own wellbeing.

Even when the hustle does create the results you want, you are probably too jaded to celebrate the victory. Your experience becomes dull at best, and painfully uncomfortable at worst. In this state, you can’t possibly make the impact that you desire to make.

What else is possible?

I believe that we fall into the hustle trap because we don’t know what other options we have. For this reason, I have relaunched the ConsciousPreneur podcast as the Fully Alive podcast. In these conversations, we will explore what it means to live more fully, how to expand our impact and to experience all of this with a sense of ease. I’d love to engage with you around these topics. Check out the Fully Alive podcast and then join our Fully Alive Facebook group to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs as we learn and grow together. D

With Gratitude, Mary

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