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Good morning

Yesterday on a coaching call, my coach said something that really convicted me.

Someone on the call mentioned visiting a business school and meeting a woman there who showed everyone a picture of her baby daughter. Everyone reacted the same way — smiling, saying how cute the baby was, and talking about how babies are treated differently. When you’re dealing with a baby, you naturally treat it like a baby. You talk to it gently, you expect it to need help, and you respond accordingly.

The point my coach made was simple but powerful:

People treat things according to the level of maturity they see.

If something is a baby, you treat it like a baby.

If something is grown, you treat it like it’s grown.

That hit me.

Sometimes in business we want people to treat what we’re building like it’s mature, established, and valuable — but the way we’re presenting it still looks like a baby.

And people respond accordingly.

The question that stuck with me was:

Are you presenting your work like a baby… or like something fully grown?

I love y’all

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