Why I wrote Good to Grow, the book you didn’t know you needed.
A LinkedIn post I shared on the day of my eighth anniversary in business became the inspiration for Good to Grow. In the post, I shared a photo I took the day I left my corporate job and reflected on where I was at.
Here’s the image I shared and what the post said:
“This picture was taken on my last day of work before leaving the corporate world.
After having spent 15 years working downtown for professional services firms, I remember feeling a sense of relief about finally deciding to leave a world that I felt was no longer working for me.
I also remember feeling a mix of excitement and terror in having only a vague idea of what might happen next.
Back in that moment, there were so many unknowns…
How much my stress would reduce by not commuting to the city every day while raising two small children.
How the skills and experience I had from the corporate world would translate into a new world.
How serendipitous events would lead me to meet my first client and start a consulting business.
How the relationship I formed with that first client would introduce me to a whole world of other amazing clients.
How I would be able to make a meaningful impact for so many companies, and how gratifying that would be.
So much I could not have known.
I learned that all I had to do was take the first step with faith that it would all work out.
And it did.
Bigger and more beautiful than I ever could have planned.”
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It was one of my most viewed posts, and I received a flood of personal messages from people congratulating me and sharing how I was an inspiration to them.
Me…an inspiration?
That led me to think more deeply about what I had accomplished shifting from the corporate world to creating my own consulting business.
It also made me think back to what motivated me to leave my job, the challenging experience of deciding to forgo the safety net of a successful career and to reflect on what I’ve learned over the years. I realized how sharing what I’ve learned could be of value to other women taking the same path.
So that is what Good to Grow is about; sharing my story and what I’ve learned to hopefully save others a few tears along their way and provide inspiration for those who need it. I hope to take some of the mystery out of what life looks like after leaping into entrepreneurship to help open your mind to what could be possible for you.
Good to Grow is not a step-by-step, detailed guide about the nuts and bolts of starting a business.
Instead, it focuses more on the internal journey you experience when moving from employee to entrepreneur. It will help you understand how to cultivate the mindset and day-to-day habits that will help to thrive as and entrepreneur, to in turn build a thriving business.
It will help you go from feeling lost and overwhelmed to feeling confident and empowered.
The book also includes words of advice from other inspiring women in business from a variety of industries, becoming a portal for sharing their collective wisdom.
Why now?
When I was in the corporate world, I had no idea there were so many incredible women leading businesses and organizations supporting their success.
The pandemic created a wake-up call, and now so many people, women specifically, are choosing the path of self-employment after reflecting on their careers and priorities. Now felt like the perfect time to write a book that would support those making the shift.
The headline on the back of the book says, “Entrepreneurs, this is the book you didn’t know you needed.” That’s because many of the topics discussed in the book are not things that people talk about with new business owners. I want to change that.
My vision for Good to Grow is to inspire and empower women to become thriving entrepreneurs and create a life they love. When they finish reading the book, they will be “good to grow.”
Learn more and grab your copy of Good to Grow.
