Building and Nurturing Your Support System in Your Small Business
When I first became a mom, I remember thinking “where the F&*$ is my TRIBE??? When are THEY going to show up and help me?” I also remember thinking that I needed to do everything myself, work harder, prove my worth, and that I couldn’t even hire a sitter until I knew my baby better, had a rhythm, and knew EXACTLY what to tell her to do.
Interestingly enough, I had the exact same thoughts when I started my business.
These thoughts are lies. Please, just slap me. Seriously. I have learned a lot since I let go of my independent ways and leaned into support.
The truth: we are all pack animals. We all need others. We all need support. We were not created to do it alone. We are hardwired to connect with one another and to give to one another. We were not all given the same talents, skills or passions.
Connection by giving and receiving is what this life experience is all about, and our businesses are no different.
When I was building the “Build & Nurture Your Wolfpack” course, I was struggling to name it. At the time, I was reading two books about wolves and it hit me that this was no coincidence. I was learning about the role of wolfpacks in the fiction book - Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy and the leadership book Wolfpack by Abby Wambach. Both books talk about the role of wolfpacks and about how being surrounded by a team actually lessens our suffering. Teams support us by making us laugh and encouraging us when things get hard. Things simply feel less impossible when we have teammates to run with, a pack to run with, teammates encouraging us and pulling us out of our own heads. As Abby Wombach says, “Life is harder as a lone wolf. We all need a pack.”
While researching wolfpacks, just typed in "the role of a wolfpack" into Google and this is what I was given by misfitanimals.com:
"Wolf packs function as a family. They stay in a pack as it allows them to hunt bigger prey, and stay safe from other predators. Wolves in a wolf pack protect each other, hunt for each other, and generally take care of each other.”
In fact, in a wolfpack, each wolf has a unique role and skill set that they contribute to the overall good. These unique contributions not only keep the pack safe, but they increase their joy.
Obi is my number one wolfpack member offering me unconditional love and support.
The question is, how do you build a pack? You show up. You try. You implement a simple system and you commit to asking for help when you need it instead of leaning on your own ego to guide you. Infusing my passion to help people lean into being supported I created this simple, rhythmic hiring and delegating system to help small businesses make this shift with ease. Because guess what, just like when you became a parent, your tribe won’t automatically create itself. It is something you have to step into and create. We have to create our own wolfpacks and there is an easy, graceful, rhythmic way.
You can create your own pack. You do not have to do this alone. Please repeat that statement until you believe it. I want a wolfpack for me, and I want a wolfpack for you. I want you to have a team to hold you accountable to your greatness, to remind you who you are, and to help you take your business to the next level and join you to change the world.
