mikerama on Nostr: If you’re the visionary type, you’ll relate to this: Your survival brain is ...
If you’re the visionary type, you’ll relate to this:
Your survival brain is slowing killing you.
I learned this while scaling BMC from a one-man shop making $5k/month…
To now +7 figures a year and a team of +30.
The breakthrough?
I finally stopped running from the lion.
Let me explain…
Early entrepreneurship triggers our ancestral wiring:
🏃🏽 Constant need to stay "productive"
🏃🏽 Can't stop moving, building, doing
🏃🏽 Addicted to operational tasks because "we're good at them"
🏃🏽 Action at all costs to keep the lights on
It’s 24/7 survival mode.
But here's the paradox:
The very instincts that kept you alive in year one will kill your growth down the road.
The real leap happens when you give yourself permission to think.
As a visionary, the most humble thing you can do is admit you can't do it all.
You need to:
✅ Build teams that execute
✅ Create space for strategic thinking
✅ Release operations (while staying connected)
The fierce survival brain that kept you alive years 1-3 in business isn’t the mindset that will take you to millions in revenue…
Stop running from the Lion.
The secret isn't working harder.
It's giving yourself permission to stop and think.
Your next level of growth isn't in more doing.
It's in better thinking.
Your survival brain is slowing killing you.
I learned this while scaling BMC from a one-man shop making $5k/month…
To now +7 figures a year and a team of +30.
The breakthrough?
I finally stopped running from the lion.
Let me explain…
Early entrepreneurship triggers our ancestral wiring:
🏃🏽 Constant need to stay "productive"
🏃🏽 Can't stop moving, building, doing
🏃🏽 Addicted to operational tasks because "we're good at them"
🏃🏽 Action at all costs to keep the lights on
It’s 24/7 survival mode.
But here's the paradox:
The very instincts that kept you alive in year one will kill your growth down the road.
The real leap happens when you give yourself permission to think.
As a visionary, the most humble thing you can do is admit you can't do it all.
You need to:
✅ Build teams that execute
✅ Create space for strategic thinking
✅ Release operations (while staying connected)
The fierce survival brain that kept you alive years 1-3 in business isn’t the mindset that will take you to millions in revenue…
Stop running from the Lion.
The secret isn't working harder.
It's giving yourself permission to stop and think.
Your next level of growth isn't in more doing.
It's in better thinking.