Community Question: Why do the things that bring me joy, make me less money?
WHAT A QUESTION for all of us!!!
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Last week, a member of the World Builders Air Council asked me a question that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about:
“Why do the things that bring me joy make me the least money?”
I didn’t have a tidy answer in the moment, so I sat with it for a few days. I talked with many of my friends about it. And what came through is that this isn’t really a money question — it’s a belief question that also points in the direction of us needing an ENTIRELY NEW PARADIGM (mentally and structurally).
First, mindset: If some part of us doesn’t believe our joy, our creativity, our most alive expression can be profitable, we quietly build businesses that prove that belief right. We don’t prioritize the joy. We don’t spend time on art. We don’t even TRY to think about how to make money from these things because we’ve already decided it isn’t possible.
And second: The “old” playbook of making money (perform, convince, hustle) doesn’t work for these new-era creations that are coming through for so many of us. And believe me, I’ve been right there. All spring, I tried to create revenue in World Builders from that old place, and then I watched my whole financial infrastructure crash.
I ended up recording a whole podcast episode about about new paradigm archetypes for profit — things I’m learning to use, and approaches my clients are starting to adopt, too. Think things like partnership, resource sharing, lowering the bar on what we actually need, and patronage. I don’t have all the answers to this one yet, but I DO think there’s a profound invitation here for us to think differently about money, creativity and joy.
Rooting for you!
Jenni
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