CHAPTER 29
Entrepreneurship as a trauma response.
Some of what built this was strategy. Some of it wasn't. The work eventually asks you to know the difference.
PROMPT ONE
If your business were to be entirely successful tomorrow — financially, structurally, reputationally — what would still feel unresolved inside you?
PROMPT TWO
What's a decision you've made recently that, if you're honest, was driven less by strategy and more by something older than the business?
PROMPT THREE
What's the version of yourself you're still trying to prove something to, and is that person still around to receive the proof?
PROMPT FOUR
Where in your business do you feel the urge to not lose control most strongly — and what does that urge actually cost you in trust, leverage, or speed?