A seed doesn’t become a rose, or an oak, or a field of wildflowers because it tries harder.
The very first thing a seed must do to become a plant is this:
It decides to stop being a seed.
That decision is everything.
It’s the quiet rebellion of cracking open.
Of surrendering safety for expansion.
Of shedding one identity and claiming another.
And yet—cracking hurts.
The shell was safe. It was small, but it was familiar.
To break it is to lose who you were, even as you become who you’re meant to be.
But the seed is not left alone.
The soil holds it.
The sun warms it.
The rain nourishes it.
The breaking makes space for the becoming.
Because before any root can reach, before any stem can rise, there has to be a declaration: I am no longer potential. I am becoming.
And this is the moment every rebel founder faces, too.
When the old identity—the scrappy start-up, the over-giver, the hyper-independent hustler—feels too tight to hold who you are now.
When you choose to stop being “the one who gets by” and decide instead to become “the one who thrives.”
When you claim your financial agency, not as a someday, but as a now.
That’s not just a business strategy.
It’s identity alchemy.
👉 Reflection prompt: What identity are you ready to release—and what new one are you declaring to the universe?
🔥 Daily Affirmation
I decide to become.
I expand beyond the shell of what was, into the fullness of who I am.
I am the one who leads with overflow.
I am the one who asks and receives with ease.
I am the one who thrives, unapologetically resourced.
PS: Profit is Protest. Every crack, every decision, every bold step into your next self is a refusal to play small—and a demand to do business on your terms.
🎧 Song of the Day: “The Business” by Tiësto