How can leaders lean into funding the vision?
Interesting. So I think fear is the obvious thing that comes to mind.
Imposter syndrome, what you don't know and what you know you don't know what you
don't know that you don't know. All of the above the uncertainty, the unknowns,
it's risk and you have to be ready to fall in your face a lot to succeed.
Yes you do. And it does get easier as long as you keep getting up but I think
fear is the biggest one and if I'm reading the question correctly so I
think when you talk about funding their vision you mean whether that money is
coming from somebody else or coming if it's bootstrapped or if it's completely
just a sweat equity kind of thing until you can get some revenue going. Is that
what you mean by funding your vision? I mean like kind of putting your money
where your mouth is and going for it? Great question. So it's open-ended
because they'll always have different circumstances. I mean this could be some
kid from Saudi Arabia, China, America who's got daddy's pocketbook and is
scared to step into his own skin and get things done. I'm not here to define that
as much as to point out the perspective that universally speaking when we put
the external of the resources you know aside yes resources are important you
know and so it may be just the fear of stepping into it but it may also be a
monetary facet. So when I asked this to a leader especially the second one how
do leaders lean into it? My backup on that would be Mark well how did you
lean into it or how do you recommend others consider going about it? The more
we create transparency, the more we create potential paths for people, to me
the more likely they'll be able to exercise that freedom of choice to say
you know what like Mark said there's fear here but should I let that hold me
back from my vision? Right. I think you do have to believe that what you
have to offer is something of value. You have to believe you have something of
value to offer to the world and you have to be willing to take the risk to tell
somebody about it and then also ask for something from them. It could be money, it
could be connection, it could be advice, all of those things but you need to
believe in yourself and you need to be willing to take the risk and step into
that uncomfortable place of fear and the unknown and be okay when it says no or
goes poorly and just keep getting up again. It's that perseverance that
counts for a lot.