There is one question that, when you ask it honestly, changes everything about how you build your business, your decisions, your yes, and what you finally give yourself permission to walk away from.
In this solo episode of The Confident Woman Podcast, Rachel Brooks gets real about the difference between building toward the life you actually want and building away from the one you’re afraid of. She traces the thread from her book Chasing Perfection all the way into her business, and what she discovered when she realized she had stopped chasing perfection and started chasing success instead. Same wound. Different reward.
This one is for the woman who has been doing all the right things and still feels like something is off. The one who keeps building but can’t figure out why it never feels like enough. The problem was never your work ethic. It was the foundation you were building from.
What You’ll Hear:
Key Quotes:
“When I stopped chasing perfection, I started chasing success. Same wound, different reward.”
“You cannot build a freedom-based business from a self that hasn’t done the work to know what freedom actually means to her.”
“That’s not a strategy story. That’s a discernment story.”
Scripture for the Soul:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding — in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.” — Proverbs 3:5-6
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