On Becoming
Close the Gap Preface P.1
This is the first installment of my “build a book in public” project. Close the Gap: Build a Fulfilling Part-Time Business That Funds & Fits Your Ideal Lifestyle publishes on Thanksgiving Day. Click here to pre-order a copy.
You likely picked up this handbook for one of two reasons:
You want to create a fulfilling part-time business that funds and fits your ideal lifestyle.
You've already started a business but find it challenging to achieve that balance.
No matter which category you fall into, my goal is to help you bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be in your solopreneur journey.
You might wonder how a single book, especially a concise one like this, can guide you to build a flourishing business on your own terms. Here’s the short answer:
Regardless of which best describes you, my goal is to help you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be in your solopreneur endeavor.
If you’re wondering how any one book, especially one as short as this, can help you find your way to creating a flourishing business on your terms, here’s the short answer.
You become the thing by doing the thing.1
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To develop a solopreneur enterprise that reflects your unique values and talents—and delivers them to those who will benefit from the difference only you can make—you must do the work, the real work, of becoming the person who knows who you are, what you’re good at, and where you belong.
That’s the premise of this handbook: You become the thing by doing the thing.
This handbook presents a philosophy of becoming a flourishing solopreneur grounded in three fundamental principles:
Clarifying your direction
Crafting your path
Collapsing time to target
If you're ready to define success on your own terms and achieve it more quickly and easily, you’ve chosen the right guide.
Remember, progress is a journey, not a destination, and becoming is a process of emergence.2
Your becoming is about being more of what you've always been. Trust yourself and trust the process because:
The process is the shortcut.
And it’s the real reward in doing anything with intention and integrity to make an impact.
Let's unpack this idea of becoming and the art of emergence with an origin story—the one I know best—my own.
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Day by day, drip by drip. The key for me is acknowledging the little tiny gems along the way that become the path for ‘doing the thing, by doing the thing.’
I’m intrigued by the concept of “…becoming more of what you’ve always been.” For the past few months I’ve been on a journey of releasing everything that isn’t me—all of the programming that has come from many external sources and created an amalgamation of what I used to think of as “me.” And it was a heavy load, with lots of rules. As I’ve been shedding the weight, I’ve become more and more joyful as I rediscover what’s actually me. Now, I’m turning my attention to—as Frank Sinatra said—doing it my way. I’ve realized over the past few months that if there is no joy in the things you do, all you’re doing is going through the motions of living, and I want so much more than that!