“What personal motto or mantra inspires you every day, and why?”
I got this question on a recent application for an exciting program with Hello Alice, Alice is here to help you start and grow your company. Alice works by matching you with opportunities, locally and online, that will help you start and grow a business.
Now, let’s dive into this mantra that I can’t stop obsessing over. Below is my response to the question:
“absolutely everything is progress”
This mantra helps center me in challenging times the most.
It reveals that this journey of entrepreneurship (and life) is not about getting to the destination but about enjoying every step of the way and believing that every action is meaningful and important.
Why this is important to me is because as an immigrant and someone who came from a low-income upbringing, my family and I had to navigate through a lot of adversity and trauma. However, I now realize that my childhood has shaped me into a resilient, compassionate, courageous, and, bold-thinking woman. This mantra helps me believe that no matter the outcome, there is purpose and progress in all.
To wrap it up, when my anxiety is at it’s worst, when I don’t feel like I was “productive” during my work day, when I feel like I’m behind, when I start comparing myself, when I feel defeated… this is the phrase that really gets me out of my head and back to my HEART.
Try it out next time you feel yourself spiraling. This mantra should help you find compassion for yourself and most importantly… patience. Patience and faith that you are exactly where you need to be and that absolutely everything is progress.
with love and mega gratitude,
Bella
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