Business Built With Strategy
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Springboard: When Sh*t Hits The Fan And You Rise Anyway.
The springboard moment in business is that emotional turning point that launches you into the next level both personally and strategically. Every successful business has this moment behind it - when the founder decides to stop shrinking and start doing what's truly aligned with their authentic self.
• My springboard moment came with my father's death, which wasn't motivational but created clarity amid grief
• Stepping into your power isn't just about confidence - it's clarity, decision-making, and knowing what's right
• True business power shows up in your systems, offers, boundaries, and operations
• Power mapping exercise: write where you're giving power away versus where you're reclaiming it
• Stop over-explaining, over-delivering, and over-functioning
• Refuse to shrink your business to fit other people's comfort levels
You're already on the springboard - now build.
Hello and welcome back. I'm Victoria and you're listening to Business Built With Strategy. Last week we talked about how passion isn't enough to build a dream business, and of course it's not. I mean, passion's great, but it's definitely not enough alone. And if you're still here, you're still building. Then you are already ahead of most.
Speaker 1:So this week I want to talk about something that's been real for me. It's the only way that I can put it and that's the springboard, the moment everything shifts, the emotional turning point that launches you into the next level, not just personally, but strategically. And you know, I'll be honest with you, mine came in the middle of grief, burnout and total emotional overload. But the thing is, that's the thing, isn't it about power? It doesn't always show up wrapped in confidence. Sometimes it just shows up wrapped in pain or clarity or overall decision, or whatever it turns up wrapped in. So let's get to it. What does stepping into your power mean in business, and how do you turn it into something that you know drives real results, the results that you want in your business, not the results that anyone else wants or the ones that you know other entrepreneurs or people think that you should have the results that are personal to you. Now, let's be real.
Speaker 1:There are moments in business that change absolutely everything, moments where something happens and you're just not the same person after that, and for me it was the springboard moment. For me it was the death of my dad five months ago, or five and a half months ago to be exact. It wasn't a motivational moment. It was raw, heavy and extremely painful. But somewhere in that storm something clicked. And all of a sudden, when it did did click, I had the most amount of guilt. But then I had to remember that my dad was an amazing entrepreneur. He was such a success in his own right and actually he would be in the sidelines or on the sidelines, should I say, just saying go for it, this is your time.
Speaker 1:And I realised you can't keep building everyone else's life while ignoring your own. I'd spent so long surviving, supporting everyone if I could do emotionally, being a good friend, being a good sister, being a good daughter, you know being a good mum, running you know my business being the strong one, and I just realised I hadn't been stepping into my power. I'd just kind of been trying to held up or hold up, not getting my words out very well today am I, I've just been trying to held up or hold up, not getting my words out very well. Today am I, I am, I've just been trying to hold up everyone else and you, you, just you can't do that. You can't do that to the detriment of yourself.
Speaker 1:So that moment, the springboard, wasn't dramatic, it was quiet, internal, but it shifted absolutely everything. And here's the point for you Every successful business has a springboard moment behind it. And you know what? Maybe they don't call it the springboard moment, but I'm calling it that because that's the moment that I'm calling it. And you know what? Maybe they don't call it the springboard moment, but I'm calling it that because that's the moment that I'm calling it. That's the name, but you might name it something else, personal to you. But the crux of it is every business has that moment. It's the moment that the founder or the owner, or whatever you decide to call yourself the CEO, decide to stop shrinking, stop doing what was expected and just start doing what's aligned with you.
Speaker 1:Now, what does power really look like in business? Let me break that down. Well, let me break it down to what stepping into your power actually means in business, because it isn't just confidence. It really isn't. It's not walking around shouting, hey I'm the CEO or hey, I'm the founder, because actually, unless you have, you know, a successful business, that does not mean shit. It really doesn't. It's a load of crap. It's a decision. It's clarity. It's knowing what's right, even if nobody claps. It's setting your price, holding the line. It's setting your price, holding the line. It's not offering discounts to be liked or to just get that sale. It's turning down the client. That doesn't feel aligned. Having that strategy, so you know exactly where you are going. If you don't have a plan, it sounds cliche, but you plan to fail.
Speaker 1:Power in business is internal. It shows up in your systems, your offers, your time boundaries and everything else that goes with that. It's in the way that you run things, not just the way that you talk about it. Proof is in the pudding, as they say. So here's the shift. If you've had that springboard moment or maybe you're in one now it's time to use it. Use it, let it fuel the structure, let it just guide the decisions. Let it be the reason you stop over explaining, over delivering and over functioning. Here's the tangible takeaway power mapping. This is a simple exercise that helps you turn emotional clarity into business action.
Speaker 1:So when I listen to a business podcast, I want to take something away from it. I want to learn something, and this is what it is. Grab a pen, split a page into two columns or do it on your phone. You can do it on different apps, can't you? Left side, where I'm giving my power away, right side, where I'm reclaiming it Okay, you done that. Under the left, write anything that you're not tolerating Discounting your rates, taking work that drains you, answering emails at midnight oh, my god, I've done that and it doesn't serve you well. Saying yes when it should actually be no and letting people pick your brain for free. Now flip it over or go to the other side On the right. Flip each one of those things into a power move.
Speaker 1:Set your minimum rate, define your ideal client and stick to it. This is something I'm going to do an episode on this, on ideal client, because the amount of clients that I've spoken to, who I say to them, I've spoken to who I say to them right, do you know your ideal client? Yes, I know it, I do, I know it. And then they don't. And then they wonder how come their ads aren't you know going out there properly and the fact that they're not landing properly, they're not getting anything back on like DMs or emails or just nothing because they don't know their ideal client. So their messaging is wrong. Everything that they put out there for their business is wrong because they don't know their ideal client. Set office hours and honour them.
Speaker 1:Learn to say no without a paragraph explaining yourself. You know. This is why I'm saying no, you don't need to explain yourself. This is why you work for yourself. This is why you have a business, so you don't have to explain yourself. Charge for your value. So important, so important. This is how we build strategy with power, not noise, not buzzwords, and not burnout.
Speaker 1:You've had your springboard moment. Now let it show up in how you run things. You don't need no more hassle. I was going to say hassle no, we don't need no more hassle. I was going to say hassle no, we don't need any more hassle, do we? No hassle, no, but I was actually going to say you don't need more hustle, you don't need more clarity, and that starts with stepping into your power, owning your direction, refusing to shrink your business to fit other people's comfort. Think about that there. Refusing to shrink your business to fit other people's comfort. It's quite a line, isn't it? And I think a lot of us have done that. The springboard is real and you're, you're already on it, you're already here, you're listening to this podcast. Now build, now go build, like it. No-transcript.