Building wealth doesn't start with strategy. It starts with connecting the dots between self-awareness and vision.
Let’s be honest: If you’re not fully in love with what you do for a living, you won’t last as an entrepreneur.
Why? Because entrepreneurship isn’t just about starting a business. It’s about running one.
To achieve true entrepreneurial success, you have to start with a vision. But not just any vision—a vision that’s rooted in self-awareness and anchored in joy.
Often, entrepreneurs get stuck chasing “success” on someone else’s terms. The fancy title. The seven-figure exit. The hypergrowth strategy. But if that business doesn’t align with what you want to do each and every day, then what’s the point?
Self-awareness is the key to avoiding that trap. It’s how you get radically honest about what you love, what you’re good at, and what kind of life you actually want your business to support. Are you energized by deep connection or fast-paced innovation? Do you crave creative space or collaborative momentum? Are you building toward freedom—or just building a busier cage?
This is what I call the Circle of Vision: a living ecosystem of emotional clarity, creative flow, and financial freedom. When you see your work as an expression of who you are, you stop chasing other people’s dreams. You start building the scaffold for your own success.
When your business is aligned with the kind of life you actually want—when you love what you do—it’s not just more joyful. It’s more effective. You have more stamina, more creativity, and more clarity. You attract better clients. You recover faster from setbacks. You become magnetic—not because you’re trying to impress anyone, but because you’re aligned.
This is what most business advice misses. We’re told to focus on strategy, scale, and systems—but those are the outer rings. The inner ring is you. If you’re building from a place of obligation, burnout, or fear, it will show up in your brand, your leadership, your results. If you’re building from a place of alignment, it’s a whole different ball game.
The Circle of Vision asks you to make one bold decision:
Don’t settle.
Don’t settle for a business model that drains you.
Don’t settle for clients who don’t respect you.
Don’t settle for the lie that loving your work is optional.
It’s not. It’s foundational. In fact, the Circle of Vision is part of a new series of ideas I’ll be rolling out over the next few months called The Six Circle Strategy. You’ll want to stay tuned for more.
In the meantime, if you’re feeling stuck, ask yourself: Do I love this? Does this business bring me alive? Is this vision really mine, or is it someone else’s? Is my business is built on a vision that reflects my joy, my purpose, and what I want for my future?
Because that’s the only kind of success worth building.
