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Diary of an Unconventional MVP - Incubator reflections

Dear diary,

This month’s reflections - Appreciate the journey and you're why! In my case professional and personal development

There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there. Cindy Margolis

What aren’t you doing? Sometimes I felt triggered when I received such comments from others. But then remember where I am coming from and they are right.

What I am not doing is - settling for less than I am capable of!

Sometimes even I forget the journey, loss, deaths, betrayal, fires, challenges, and things I could not even imagine. After escaping an awful situation, I’m incredibly proud and grateful for my family and perseverance.

Every lesson is an absolute blessing.

Sometimes I have to ground myself, 11 years ago 7 months pregnant alone and coming home from work a driver fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into my car.

As the car turned on its side I still remember wondering if it was just a split second....... I promised myself I would aim high from then. Huge, lofty goals, I learned they mean nothing if you don’t believe in yourself.

Step by step, courage, and motivation I didn’t even know I had. From studying, training, and working before work, lunchtimes, communities, evenings, and weekends. Adopting a work ethic I cannot even describe.

I never complained, albeit taking the time to rest when I was tired, it has been a freaking struggle, it has been to build an agency, consultancy. Trust me I am grateful for every lesson, crisis, and blessing along this journey.

Today studying Angel Investment School. I graduated from the JP Morgan tech accelerator in January and yesterday I found out my MVP was approved.

I got a place on the Funding Incubator, the tears flowed from self-belief and taking a chance on myself, sure I have been Consulting for 22 years but launching a Saas is a different ball game. From my Ideas in a notebook to products to use this to earn an income.

During a mentoring call, as we went through my timeline and roadmap. I was asked? Erm, why are we not launching this, have you seen the value and potential valuation? I confessed... sometimes I’m:

- scared to celebrate

- scared in case it goes wrong

- worried about what people think

We parted this session and I cannot get past his words. “ Your gift will make room for you, don’t worry about the naysayers, the past, or failures. You have everything you need and more”. How often do we underestimate our talents?

When I got the news yesterday I cried, little one and Mumma asked, “What does that mean”. It means legacy !

Actions

Aim high and remember others do not have to see or believe in your vision. As long as you do
Seek support even if it feels completely out of your comfort zone!

Reflections - Professional/Career/Personal

Your, business, career, and legacy depends on the actions I take today, sure it has been an incredibly difficult 11 years, but I chose to focus my mind on growth
Resilience
Mindset
Upskilling
Documenting and Systemising your experience

Reflections - Business/Startup/Entrepreneur/Enterprise