Liberatory Business with Simone Seol
Let's build community care, social responsibility, and allyship into every aspect of your business — not as an afterthought, but as a core foundation. Because business isn’t neutral. The way we sell, market, and structure our offers either upholds oppressive systems or actively works to dismantle them.
We’re here to have honest, nuanced, and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about what it really means to run a business that is both profitable and radically principled.
Liberatory Business with Simone Seol
32. How to find your people: Part 4. Slow growth is real growth
In this final episode of our series on finding your people, we explore why slow growth is the only real growth — and why the obsession with speed is actually working against your long-term success.
In this episode, you'll learn about:
- Why the Charlie Munger/Warren Buffett investment philosophy applies directly to online business growth
- The hidden costs of chasing shortcuts — and how they actually train your brain to think in ways that lose money
- Four business fundamentals that predict long-term success better than follower counts or viral posts ever could
- The difference between being patient vs. passive
In a world where everyone else is burning out chasing the latest growth shortcut, find out why patience might be your best friend in business.
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Business Fundamentals Assessment Worksheet
Instead of asking "Is this working?" based on follower counts or viral posts, assess your actual business fundamentals — the underlying factors that predict long-term success.
1. Do you actually enjoy the work itself?
Reflection questions:
- Do I find satisfaction in the process of sharing my ideas and connecting with people?
- Am I showing up because I want to, or just because I think I have to?
- Does my current approach align with my values and authenticity?
- What aspects of my work energize me vs. drain me?
To do: Identify one change you could make to enjoy your work more.
2. Are you getting better at your craft?
The craft of your actual work:
- Am I more skilled at delivering my product/service than I was 6 months ago?
- What specific improvements can I point to?
The craft of marketing and selling:
- Am I getting more comfortable sharing more of myself (not just polished work)?
- Am I finding it easier to focus on genuinely helping rather than performing value?
- Am I better at understanding what people actually need help with?
- Am I learning to be more creative with marketing (vs. cold strategy)?
- Am I finding it easier to have real conversations (vs. broadcasting)?
To do: List 3 specific ways you've improved in the last 6 months:
3. Are you actually building relationships?
Remember: Growth starts with people closest to you. Don't dismiss connections from friends, family, or colleagues as "not real."
- Are people responding to your work (even if slowly)?
- Are your ideas traveling (people mentioning/sharing them)?
- Have you had genuine conversations this week?
- Are you helping people without attachment to outcomes?
To do: List 5 real connections/responses from the past month (no matter how small).
4. Are you actually showing up consistently?
Are you doing the work or just stressing about the work? Track time spent this week on actually creating and sharing something that matters to you, having real conversations with human beings, helping someone solve a problem vs. stressing, analyzing, researching, overthinking.
What foundation are you building that you can't see yet?