Dear Nurtured Entrepreneur,

A visionary entrepreneur and very creative colleague asked me this week to review her new résumé.  As I began to formulate my suggestions, I became aware of the heightened sense of freedom I often feel in our exchange of ideas.  Later, I took a deeper look at this because:

(a) it’s a state that feels really good, and

(b) I’d love more of it in my creative entrepreneurship.

 As I sifted down to the essence, what I found was TRUST.  First, I had come to know over our long association that she trusted me.  Not just my ideas, but the place from which they came inside me.  And I trusted her to receive them regardless of whether they panned out or not.  Her trust of me, in turn, engendered a deeper trust in myself and my Creative Source.  When this ‘container’ of trust enfolds us, the resulting synergy and energetic exchange is alive and lively.

 

 

Then I thought about my clients.  Do we have this container of trust?  Not integrity, because we would not be in a business relationship if that wasn’t part of our initial match up, but our ability to engage with each other in a clear, honest exchange where we tap into the best of ourselves and co-create from a place of trust?  I can see and feel how it has grown and continues to grow with my clients mostly based on time.  Trust takes time to build and it’s connected to many other things like authenticity, flow, inspiration, laughter, good communication, willingness be playful, and believing in and seeing the best in each other.

Trust is a gift we can give if we have it with ourselves and when we’ve been fortunate enough to have someone deeply trust us so we know how it feels.  It takes time to grow trust, but one thing I’ve found is that the more I live in a state of trust with myself and offer trust to others, the more readily we can tap into it and let it flow through our exchanges.

I’d love to hear about your experiences with trust along your entrepreneurial journey.

Until next time,