Business closely resembles contact sports.
Hand to hand, who can stay their ground? The value you provide is determined by your belief in yourself, your capacities, your role as a player in the game. The more you learn, the more subtle your thinking becomes, and the more you are able to identify the nuances in the relationships you foster and the agreements you form.
What’s the end game?
Enjoy yourself, your craft, and the freedom to create the life you choose.
What are the requirements?
Commitment, an open mind, and a desire to share your humanity. Every cell in your body, every particle of your soul, ready, diligent, and dedicated.
The rules are the ones that we’ve agreed upon, collectively. They can be bent, but only to a certain point. Breakages lead to chaos, and creation born of those spaces is risky and takes a while to bear fruit. As long as I remain transparent in my activities and my desire to play fair, I will attract those who maintain a similar philosophy (though that is not always the case).
My code of honor maintains certain prerequisites before engaging contact:
- Mutual Respect. The value I provide you with rests upon a foundation that nourishes my investment in your story. If this respect is violated by either side, we retain the right to break our engagement at any point.
- Honesty. Your intentions with this engagement are clear and so are mine. The inevitable success of the project and the quality of our connection is our priority.
- Grace. I am here with you, now.. Life happens. People get sick, people die. Economies rise and fall. The threads that hold our bodies and society together are surprisingly thin and require great effort to maintain in health and order.
- Trust. You are my friend first. We are partners. Hierarchy is a façade, necessary at times, but most often not. Our connection is the gift and through it, we can see each ourselves with new eyes.
I'm feeling very positive and creative today. Paths erupt and emerge with the stroke of a brush and the world is fresh and full of possibility.
I give myself permission change my mind but for now, this definitive rings true:
When you follow your heart, what is in your highest alignment will find its way to you. ✸
