Ep. 56 Permission To Trust Yourself Fully

Hi {{contact.first_name}}, My path to being a wise Founder Coach has been paved with mistakes. Let me list just a few with just my first startup: Hired an expensive VP of Sales way too early and ended up laying them off within months Didn't understand that I was building my business on customers that bought intermittently and required highly customized solutions Waited too long to fire a a poisonous team member until they had poisoned many other team members Pursued the shiny object savior silver bullet of the month/week/quarter instead of focusing on execution Thought next product feature would magically cure sales problems (they didn't) Didn't realize I needed a strong Type O - Organizational Maestro to balance out my strong Type V - Visionary Evangelist (and ADHD) Didn't realize my service team was farming out work to contractors even when they weren't fully utilized, causing a huge operating loss. Those are just the one's that are top of mind. And don't even get me started on the rest of my life, lol. Just this past week, I sent some USDC to crypto.com on a a chain they don't support for USDC. UGH. (Fortunately they were kind of enough to reverse the transaction - for a small fee). The truth of Founder life is you end up fucking up a lot. You can accumulate a lot of evidence about how clueless you are about a lot of things. It's enough to make you lose faith and trust in yourself. But this is exactly why being a Founder is such an amazing platform for playing the Bigger Game: the game of you. Because the Bigger Game in this Founder Journey is to fully trust yourself. So how do you trust yourself deeply, fully even when there's evidence piling up that you are in over your head? The first and most important thing is understand that it starts with giving yourself permission to trust yourself no matter what happens externally. This week's Rocket Ship Founder Podcast is all about this idea of fully trusting yourself In this episode, I cover: Why giving yourself permission is hard Where deep self trust really comes from How to find it even in the midst of intense challenges This 11-minute listen is offers some helpful wisdom for both business and life. By the way the SlingShot To your success! Steve P.S. When you are ready, here are 3 ways I can support you:FREE Breakthrough Session Because you’ve made the time to take my quiz and tell me a little about you, I'm offering a free 30-minute Breakthrough Session. This is geared to Founders with at least $500k in Funding or Revenue to give you a legit breakthrough. In 30 minutes, we'll identify what's at the heart of your biggest issue and give you a plan to solve it. Book your session here. Private Founder Coaching SprintMy 4-month program specifically for Seed to Series A Founders with $2M+ of revenue or funding. In a four month sprint, we work hand-in-hand on accelerating your biggest issue. Beat overwhelm. Nail a thorny PMF/Sales problem. Level up as an operator. This is a space dedicated entirely to you. The only agenda is your success. Book a time to to connect.