Why we're here
Towards the end of last year - a series of personal events impacted how I was showing up every day in my work. As a solo business owner - my mood has an impact on how I show up in my business. In my world, the cost is high if I just don’t feel like working.
The more I thought about that the more I realized how that’s the case no matter whether you are working for yourself, leading a team or are a hard-working employee at a large corporation.
How you are feeling directly impacts your productivity and your self-esteem. So why aren’t we nourishing that side of ourselves along with learning more about being better at business? And why aren’t those woven together more seamlessly? If one impacts the other significantly, what patterns would emerge if we studied both, side-by-side?
This newsletter is a personal experiment to weave in lessons on brand, culture, and something bigger (the soul, the universe, faith, meaning, whatever you want to call it) - to nourish our minds, but go deeper than that. To get curious about building businesses of the future that have a sense of awareness and responsibility of how they affect people individually and culture at large.
It’s a compilation of things that have piqued my interest, some thoughts I’m pondering and some things I’m loving. It’s soul food meets strategy in the form of articles, podcasts, videos, meditations, quotes, books, recipes, and of course, analysis. An emphasis on the things that make us human in a world that’s becoming increasingly automated. Some newsletters will have a strong theme throughout while others will be a sprinkling of trends I’m seeing. In general, the deeper you read the deeper it goes. At least, this is where I’m starting - it might shift and change and that’s ok too.
I hope it sparks something in you, and if it does, I hope you’ll tell me what resonates or reflect on it with a friend.
After all, that’s what learning to surf is all about - understanding how our inner workings affect our ability to interact with the outer world, having the courage to catch a wave, encouraging those around us to come along for the ride, and together, shifting the tide. 💧 🌊 🏄♀️
