It took me a long time to embrace the power of stillness.

Like most entrepreneurs, I feel into the trap of busyness: unless I was going flat-out, pedal to the metal, and getting s@#$ done with my business, I didn’t feel productive. I raised money, hired lots of staff, expanded all over the world, and just kept going and going.

Back then, stillness to me would have equated directly with laziness. ‘Who has time for sitting still,’ I thought, ‘there’s important shit to be done!’

My previous business was all about biggering and biggering*.

I raised money (3x); I took on lots of debt; I hired staff; I expanded all over the world. I got on the hamster wheel of growth and I kept running and running, until it almost sank me (I’ll write more about this, and how I got off that wheel, in future posts).

When I started Wayfinders, I resolved not to repeat the same mistakes.

The Alignment Scorecard is a tool to help entrepreneurs discover aspects of their company and/or life that need more attention, in order to help you live a life of alignment: a feeling of a life well-lived, in harmony with one’s values and ideals.