Build Mode: The Slow, Uncomfortable Work Behind a Business Done Properly | Ep 131

I quit corporate after failing a Directors' sign-off. It's the best thing I ever did, and this episode is why.I'm deep in building Business Built Properly right now, but this isn't a pitch. It's about the bigger thing the build is forcing: letting go of the identity that got me up the ladder, because it's not the one that builds this business.In this one I get into:Why the corporate version of me (all control, certainty, performing the role) is a liability nowLearning to trust my intuition as a muscle, not a mood, and what "surrender" actually means when you're building somethingThe new rooms and new people I've leaned into on gut instinct alone, and why that's data not naivetyMy hard no: I won't work with people who won't put the work in, who won't let themselves win, who stay victims of a life they could change. That's not success to meThe groundwork behind all of it, because it's easy to say "trust yourself" and harder to do the repsWhy saying no to the wrong thing is what makes room for the right oneIt's hard. It's still scary. I'm in it, not past it. But I feel called to lead the way.If you're a founder near or past £100k and you want to build a business properly, on your terms, Business Built Properly is where we do exactly this. The waitlist is open now: first access and 20% off, and that rate's gone on 18 September. Join the waitlist: ⁠⁠⁠https://nataliepotts.co.uk/waitlist-join⁠⁠⁠Follow Natalie: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠