Entrepreneurial Nakedness

As entrepreneurs, we're used to giving answers,

Solving problems, "doing" for others.

We latch onto work

To define us, to shape us,

And to bring us identity, worth & meaning.

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We don't speak of ourselves as people,

But rather, machines.

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Using "I am", "I have" and "I do"

to preface the latest buzzword,

Distracting from the real issue,

And more often than not:

The REAL value.

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Why? 

Because who would you be without the mask?

Who would you need to become

Without the armor of facts and figures?

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It's that nakedness that scares us.

Also the nakedness that uncovers the truth

To set us free & light our souls on fire.

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So return to the human BEING,

Not the human DOING

Because your value is not found in the metrics,

Your worth is not conditional on performance.

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Truth is found in simplicity.

The brilliance of a breath,

The heat of a heartbeat,

And the practice of presence.

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When will you give yourself permission to BE?

Seen.

Heard.

Felt.

Maybe even for the first time.

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Ireland cracked me open.

Scotland is coloring me in.