‘The Universe Will Provide’ Is Not a Viable Business Strategy
An #abundancemindset is great, but it won’t read your contracts, keep your books, or build your financial model
Launch. Iterate later. That was my mantra when I first launched my business. It was either that, or remain paralyzed with overwhelm. I always had passion projects while climbing the corporate ladder, but to make my side hustle my main hustle was a whole other level of petrifying.
When I came up with the idea for my business, a 4-day retreat that helps people rewire patterns after heartbreak, my plan was to make it just another side hustle while I continued to work my nine to five.
After a year of planning, I finally set a date to launch the first Renew Breakup Bootcamp with a friend of mine, who was both a psychologist and a seasoned entrepreneur. As long as she was by my side, I felt comfortable to move forward. So I booked the venue, put a deposit down, sold spots, and invited the press.
A few weeks before the retreat, she had to drop out. I panicked. I couldn’t do it alone and my automatic reaction was to postpone. The thought of cancelling the retreat was like getting a shot of mental morphine — I could feel my angst dissipating with warm fuzzy relief. But my friend, knowing I…
