Full Circle.
The last time I felt this amount of energy flowing through me, this level of push and pull, divine timing, chaos and clarity, whirlwind… was in 2018. That was seven years ago, and interestingly enough it was at the very beginning of my last karmic cycle.
This same month in 2018, I’d just found out the bank had granted me a 20k loan to start my first business. I was living on the bones of my ass and felt like I had absolutely nothing to lose, matter of fact that was 100% accurate at the time as I’d already lost everything. More importantly, I had the vision of what I wanted to create and knew that no matter how I got there, I would make it happen. Absolutely nothing stood in my way. In contrast, I’d spent the years leading up to this moment allowing myself to be a victim of my past. I’d played the narrative that regardless of my great ideas and visions, I was not successful enough to bring them to life. That good things and luck don’t happen to people like me, I am not worthy.
Bullshit.
What changed was not luck, financial success or even support networks, it was my mindset. I still had everyone calling me crazy, yet I knew this vision was going to come to life in one way or another. At that point in time I didn’t understand what had changed within me, I was 20 years old and honestly thought that god had finally heard my plea. Now that I’m a little older and smarter, I can see clearly like the light of fucking day that it was a massive internal mindset shift. I flicked the limiting beliefs switch and went from ‘I’m unsure’, to ‘I can and I will’ - Yet I also knew why I wanted to do it.
I didn’t want my business to succeed so I could become rich. I didn’t want it to succeed for me to become a ‘someone’ on societies hierarchal ladder. I didn’t want it to succeed for any reason other than providing a safe space for my community. A place that allowed all walks of life to enjoy a bloody good coffee and build connection. On the days they awoke feeling like a failure or lost and confused, they knew I would be there 7 days a week with my doors wide open to offer them a routine, that got them out of fucking bed.
Without me knowing, that was my golden ticket - It was a selfless act.
I put myself on the line to create something of value for others.
I know what you’re thinking, “yea yea Tess you’re like fucking jesus, we get it”. No no, that is not the point of this story, the point is to highlight the catalyst moments that made this story happen in the first place. As I said, at the time I had no idea I was doing these things, yet after the last seven years analysing every possible angle of both my failure and success… I have managed to diagnose the strategy already trialled and now understand exactly how to re-create it, time and time again, to reach the same success in other avenues of my life. Even more significantly,
how to teach others the same strategy
This story might be about me, yet the Northstar is far from. It actually has very little to do with me, I’m simply using my own life as the test dummy.
So how does this lead us to now?
Over recent months I’ve spent countless hours of my time scheming, researching and slowly building together the pieces of my next business. Yet I now find myself at an interesting conjunction… I need a few lifts from god in order to make this all play out the way I desire it to, and in the next 48 hours I will find out if the universe agrees with my strategy to getting there - or not. Very nerve wrecking, and to be completely transparent, I’m literally so nervous that I’ve spent the last 15 hours spewing. A very normal human reaction, unfortunately… (At least that’s what I’m telling myself).
Surprisingly I actually see that as a positive, because it shows the weight in which I believe in this, and how much I really fucking want it to happen. Which leads me to my first step:
Know your why. It is absolutely mandatory to know your why. If you don’t have your why, then you’re not ready and the tools you need will not be granted. You will simply find yourself at roadblock after roadblock. Having your why is important as it sets the undercurrent to everything you do.
Define your VISION - MISSION - NORTH STAR. Now this is a strategy I learnt working for a technology start-up. If you know anything about start-ups, it’s that they’re tumultuous environments, constantly evolving, pivoting, adapting and growing at such rapid rates that keeping up with your hat still on, is equally as challenging as meeting your demands. Vision is what you’re creating, mission is how and why, north star is the over arching goal. When I say my next business will take 4+ years for me to build… that’s my north star! It’s the main reason everyone under one companies roof will drive to succeed, it’s the beating drums behind the entire purpose of your business.
Do it for the right reasons. Now I know many people will likely disagree with me here, but I’ve spent copious amounts of time and energy understanding real financial success, and life’s definition of ‘wealth’. To put this bluntly… If you’re chasing empty desires like status, materialistic validation or power, you will fail. Why? God does not grant true wealth to greed. It’s literally that straight forward! And no, I’m not christian, it’s simply the easiest definition for describing the divine. So what defines ‘right’, easy… Are you building something that solves a problem? Are you creating something that adds real value? Are you designing something that helps people? Does your north star cultivate community and connection? If you say yes, then you’re on the right track. Again… God will listen to those who are chasing a better world. Ask yourself this everyday and remain aligned.
These are the tools to your success.
Now I’ll be honest here… I wrote the first half of this piece 4 months ago now. Fast forward to now, I can tell you point blank that my greatest wish was heard and the last 4 months were the most enlightening, challenging and magnificent ones yet. So if you were not listening before, I sure as hope you’re listening now as I’m walking talking PROOF of the success these strategies can bring.
This is not some woowoo shit, this is proven strategies to reaching your definition of success and bringing something from the dream state into reality. This is the difference between being someone who dreams, versus someone who BUILDS.
So here I am, still at the infancy stage of my own journey, yet precisely where I need to be. Everything has been building in the background, I’ve been silently doing the work and this dream continues to develop. Opportunities are coming at me left, right and centre, and I know I’m granted everything I need this year to continue the climb. You ask me what I’m doing? I’m being the test dummy of my book, living out the practices I preach, so I know with 150% certainty and confidence that THEY WORK.
Keep watching, keep reading, this shit’s getting real team.
I’m no longer a girl who dreams, I’m a woman who builds.
Try get in my way and I might light you on fire.
