Hi Reader

It’s been a year of No Clucks Given.

This started with just three readers. A sister. A friend. And A Kit Creative. Just three.

There are more lessons in this year than I could reasonably list here. They would run over the page and still not quite capture what has actually evolved.

Before starting The Hatch and Hustle™, there was something sitting inside me. An idea that came together in a quote for my book Master Entrepreneurship. I wanted to explore it further.

It began with this:

“Passion is external.
Standards are internal.
What you do is external.
Who you are is internal.
Your skill is external.
Your character is internal.
The world around you,
The world within you.”

I wanted to find a way into entrepreneurship that did not rely on following what was trending, popular, or already proven. I wanted to find a way from within.

Each week brought me a little closer to the Work required to do that.

Something would happen in the business. A problem, a delay, a frustration, a decision I didn’t want to make. And each time, when I spent a little more time, I could trace the outside problem back to something internal. A pattern. An old habit. A belief. A way of thinking.

There are linked pathways between the inner world and the outer world. Working on the inner becomes a gateway to creating the outer.

That idea has not come from theory. It has come from doing, from getting things wrong, from trying again, and from writing to you about it each week.

So instead of listing everything, I want to leave you with three points for building yourself and your business. If any of them land, hit reply and tell me.

1. As a solo entrepreneur, you are your greatest obstacle to getting what you want.

There is no one else to point to. No team to carry what you avoid. No system that will compensate for what you are unwilling to face. The bottleneck sits with you. Your thinking, your reactions, your habits. The Work is to recognise it and move it, even when it is uncomfortable.

1. Accept who you are so that you can develop who you want to be.

If you build on an idea of yourself that isn’t true, the structure won’t hold. You have to see yourself clearly first. From there, you can begin to shape something new. Growth needs an honest starting point.

1. Business comes when it feels like it.

Rarely at your convenience. Often at your inconvenience. It asks for your attention when you are tired, when you are unsure, when you would rather step away. That is where commitment is tested. That is where energy is built.

As we move into the second year, The Hatch and Hustle™ continues to be a home base for solo entrepreneurs. The membership structure is there for those who want support at different levels, depending on what is needed.

This has always been about the same thing.

Your business will only grow to the point that you do.

So the question remains simple, even if the answer is not.

What do you truly want to achieve?

Yoroshiku onegaishimasu
Georgina 🐣
​The Hatch and Hustle™​

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