Look around the online business world and you’ll see that most people are un/consciously defining “success” as “making the most amount of money, in the least amount of time, doing the least amount of work.”

I remember the early days of my business, thinking that there was something wrong with me since I didn’t make “6 figures in 6 months.” I mean, heck, I barely even made 5 figures in my first 12 months (I ended the year having made about $14k…and yes, that was working full time in my business).

Thankfully by the time that I was hearing messages about how you can “build a million dollar business in 3 years” — and my third year in business was “only” my first 6-figure year — I had begun extricating myself from the pervasive online business culture that I now call Speedy Success, and was able to truly celebrate and appreciate the long-worked-for 6-figure accomplishment.

As I look back now with the benefit of 5 years experience at the helm of WholeCo, I honestly have so much gratitude for the fact that my growth has been, by many definitions, slow. Because the truth is, if I had risen to meteoric success like I thought I “should” be able to in those first couple years of business, I’m almost certain that I would have ended up burning out, breaking down, and very likely also deciding to burn everything down.

My slow growth has been a gift. And in today’s episode of The Sustainable Success Podcast, I invite you to relish in the generosity, expansiveness, and beauty of “slow” growth as I share some of the benefits I’ve found in growing more “slowly” than is so often sold as the “goal pace” in this online industry.

Tune in today to episode 009 - The Benefits of Slow Growth in Your Online Business.

(If you’ve already listened, I’d love to hear your answer to that question I ask at the end 😉)

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