The Surprising Reason You Keep Sabotaging Your Plans — And How to Fix It Fast
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Here’s how to get it right.
More and more professionals are getting pushed — or taking the leap — out of corporate roles and into solopreneurship, AKA independent work.
Maybe you were laid off recently. Maybe your team got cut. Maybe the path you thought you were on evaporated overnight. And now here you are: finally free to do your own thing, take on clients, start that business, write that book. Go solo.
Surely, you think, the obstacle must be the way. The fact that you’re no longer on the well-worn path of corporate life, facing an unknown future full of things in your path must mean that this is your chance to do something GREAT or IMPORTANT.
And that’s awesome for your momentum. You know you can do hard things. You’re experienced. You’re creative. You know how to make things happen. So why not make lemonade out of those lemons?
So, you sketch out a plan (because you’re a pro, and pros don’t just wing it.) You set up priorities, systems, goals. Maybe put together some projections and spreadsheets. Maybe buy a domain name and hire a designer on fiverr to make you a logo so it all feels real.
And then… a few weeks later… You’ve drifted. You’re doubting. And you might be tempted to throw out the whole system and start from scratch — again. New company name. New logo. New URL. New direction… the obstacle becomes a bigger obstacle. And maybe you attack it with the same resolve as the first one and maybe you go around another time or two before you see the pattern.
Heavy sigh.
If this cycle feels familiar, you’re not alone. And (this is the important bit) it doesn’t mean you have a huge fatal flaw that makes you incapable of being successful at a solo business venture. Because guess what… it’s not a personal failure or a discipline issue that’s getting in your way. It’s a structural, brain-level mismatch — and once you understand what’s really going on, you can finally work with yourself instead of against yourself.
Here’s what’s actually happening — and how to fix it.
