The plot twist nobody tells purpose-driven entrepreneurs about

Most of the men I work with are entrepreneurs, or at least entrepreneurial in spirit (meaning they are willing to choose and pave their own way in life).

Many of them, myself included, have been able to succeed within the status quo system. Building a career, climbing the ladder, making money, building a lifestyle of freedom. And yet for most of us, we realise that this is simply not enough. We want more freedom, more creativity, less of other people telling us what to do. So we become entrepreneurs, we start our own businesses. This seems to be the ultimate step, the step that will give us the sense of freedom and responsibility for our own outcomes that we have been striving for.

But then there is another plot twist. Give it a few years, and it often turns out that entrepreneurship itself will not be the end goal, or the final stage. It is a vehicle, but not the full vehicle. For most of the men who are drawn to this work, it doesn't matter how materialistically successful they become, or how big the adventure is. When the dust settles, if we are being honest, there is still something underneath the surface. A friction. A longing that is deeper still, and that can only partly be filled by what entrepreneurship offers.

This is because the calling is deeper than just the material world. To me, this is really a spiritual calling disguised as a career or business calling.

What we are actually looking for, that sense of aliveness, fulfillment, freedom, adventure, connection, and genuine responsibility, these are fundamentally innate experiences of our being. They are available to us from the inside, if we know how to uncover them.

But nowhere in our society are we taught how to actually come home to ourselves in this way. How to uncover these experiences from within. How to feel fully alive from the inside out.

And some of us may ask: if I go down that more spiritual route, what will happen to my drive? Will I lose my motivation if I am no longer chasing external goals?

That has not been my experience, and it has not been the case with the men I work with either. I would say the opposite is true. When we uncover more of our true nature, of our aliveness and wholeness, of our joy and wellbeing, yes, some of the old goals may fall away, because they were coming from a more superficial place to begin with.

But what remains or comes through instead now comes from a different place. Not from ego, not from insecurity, not from chasing or running. But from our own center, from the heart, from our being.

And what is built from this place has a totally different quality to it. A different kind of drive.

Because when we already feel whole, feel connected, and feel fully alive, the natural thing is to want to create, to contribute, to share our gifts in meaningful ways. To see what we are really capable of.

We become less attached to the outcome and more in contact with the joy of the adventure, of the creating, of the experience itself.

This also changes our leadership. We lead with more wisdom, more flexibility, more heart, and cleaner intention. It becomes a more stable and inclusive leadership, for the people we work with, and the people we care about, our families and communities.

To me, this is the ultimate adventure.

Entrepreneurship, yes! But fueled from the wholeness of our Being, rather than from ego and endless striving.

Doesn't that sound like a grand adventure to you?

All the best,

Sebastian