One risk of trying to build a business alone

Entrepreneurs often feel like they have to do it all themselves, as if there’s an award called, “Did it alone!” They hesitate to ask for help, and growth is often slow and difficult because of this unhelpful belief. We want to challenge the notion that self-reliance is so important. We believe it is better to grow our businesses together than it is to go at it alone. 

There are many parables about the challenges of braving the wilderness all by yourself. Whether those parables apply to business metaphors, friendships, or to the benefits of having long-term life partners and spouses, most people enjoy solitude for a time and then are eager to reconnect with other humans. In reconnecting, they feel connected to something larger in the world than just themselves. 

One of our aspirations in building The Good Humans Growth Network (GHGN) is to attract and invest (emotionally, financially, and with our time) in like-minded good humans whose businesses are doing important work.

If you build your business without the help of a peer community and input from other people, you will likely have blind spots that remain. That’s a big risk. A person has to be extremely self-aware to question their own assumptions. We need others!

In The GHGN, we practice asking critical questions of one another and we attempt to question our assumptions. If you only ask your employees what they think of an idea, you risk practicing groupthink. Sadly, groupthink often leads to contraction and not expansion, limited thinking, and small ideas that lead to less significant impact in the world.

I recently hired an executive coach because I wanted a different perspective on myself and what is possible for me to create. Through communities like the ones in The Good Humans Growth Network, we can mirror some of the benefits I experienced with this coach: Together we question assumptions.

I’m looking for group leaders who want to create networking and peer advisory groups full of people who are addicted to personal and professional growth.

This addiction does not mean that you are desperate to feed a bad habit and act unwisely. We’re turning the phrase on its head to say that being a learner, one who is dedicated to developing your business (and yourself) to be the very best version it can be, is a driving force for you.

In The GHGN, we provide a framework of support for people to expand their services and products, including creating paid networking and peer advisory groups under your own brand. Why would people want to do this? Answer: Cultivating a community as one of your service offerings helps your business grow and further serves those clients you have committed to assisting in their business development.

If the idea of questioning your assumptions and being embedded in a Network of people who also practice this habit regularly is attractive to you, let us know that you would like to become a GHGN leader.

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