It was just after sunrise in Lincoln when he knocked on my door a tired Nebraska entrepreneur with a notebook in his hand and a storm behind his eyes. His posture looked strong, but his spirit was worn thin. He stepped inside quietly, sat down, and before I could even ask how he was doing, he whispered, “Isaiah… something’s wrong. I’ve been pretending everything is fine.”
He opened the notebook. The pages were filled with numbers, ideas, halfwritten strategies, confusing arrows, and scratchedout goals. It looked like a battlefield. I could tell he needed clarity more than answers.
He told me how he’d forced himself to stay positive for months for his family, his team, his friends. He told me how he’d posted confidently online while feeling completely lost inside. He told me how Nebraska pride had kept him from admitting the simple truth: he was overwhelmed and scared.
So we sat there in silence for a while. The kind of silence where healing begins without anyone saying a word. And then I said, “You’re not failing. You’re just finally honest enough to rebuild.”
His shoulders fell with relief.
We spent the morning sorting through the chaos gently, slowly, without pressure. He told the truth about what he loved and what he hated. What was working and what was breaking him. And as he spoke, the fog lifted. The real direction the one God had been trying to show him began to emerge.
When he left my office, he didn’t walk out like a defeated man. He walked out like someone who had finally found footing again. Someone who was ready to build, not from pressure, but from truth.
If your business has felt heavy and confusing, I’d be honored to help you find clarity like he did not through judgment, but through truth.
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