SOME LEAPS ARE NECESSARY
I once came across an article describing a woman who had “made the terrifying leap by leaving the city to start her own company…” That phrase stayed with me because it assumed something I’m no longer comfortable accepting at face value. “Made the terrifying leap.” Terrifying for whom?
We’ve grown used to borrowing language that doesn’t belong to us. We repeat it until it feels universal. It isn’t. What unsettles one person may feel clarifying to another. What’s terrifying for them may not be terrifying for you. And yet, we often make decisions based not on our own instincts, but on the volume of agreement around us. The louder the consensus, the more we assume it must apply to us too. It doesn’t.
Entrepreneurship will demand boldness — the boldness of thinking differently and trusting that difference. Of allowing your mind to work the way it naturally does, without constantly interrogating it for being unusual or inconvenient. If your mind works differently, honour that difference. If your instincts don’t align with the popular narrative, resist the urge to correct them.
Pay attention to the words you use to describe your own choices. Language has a way of shaping belief. A story repeated often enough starts to feel like truth, even when it was never written for you in the first place. Not every leap is terrifying. Some are necessary. Go for it.
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