EPISODE 074 | The Identity Shift That Comes After the Leap

There's an identity shift that happens in OT entrepreneurship that doesn't get named enough. The clinician-to-entrepreneur transition gets a lot of airtime. The shift from entrepreneur to founder, from operator to leader, from the person who built the thing to the person who has to learn how to lead it, gets far less.In this episode, Melissa gets into what that shift actually looks like in practice. It's not linear and it's not a clean progression. Some days you're the practitioner, some days you're back in startup mode, and some days you're dancing with something bigger and it feels exciting and slightly terrifying at the same time.She also names a pattern she sees consistently in OT entrepreneurs who are already in it: the quiet cost of outsourcing yourself to other people's programs and priorities while trying to build your own thing in the margins of your time and energy.Topics covered in this episode:The identity shift that follows the clinician-to-entrepreneur transition, and why it rarely gets namedWhat the entrepreneur-to-founder shift actually looks like in practice, and why it's a mosaic, not a ladderThe outsourcing pattern that keeps OT entrepreneurs working hard while still not building the thing they came here to buildThe kayak-to-bigger-vessel metaphor and what it means to lead something that has real weight behind itWhat opens up when the shift starts to take holdWhere Rogue Scholars sits on this journey, and who it's designed forTo explore our current programs and ways to work together, go to: https://www.otsgonerogue.com/workwithusIf this episode landed for you, share it with an OT entrepreneur who's in the middle of their own version of this shift. You can also find us on Instagram at @otsgonerogue.