A Nebraska entrepreneur from Beatrice came to me during a season where everything felt like it was falling apart. His revenue had dropped. His systems felt broken. His confidence had evaporated. He said, “Isaiah, I feel like I failed… and I don’t know how to start again.”
I could tell he carried shame not for what happened, but for what he thought it meant about him. He believed that starting over meant weakness. He believed it made him look incompetent. He believed Nebraska people would judge him. But there is a sacred truth many leaders forget: sometimes God allows something to break because it was never built to hold the future He intended.
I asked him to tell me what wasn’t working, and he broke down. Not because he lacked solutions, but because he finally had permission to be honest. His business had become heavy, complicated, and misaligned. What he built out of pressure had turned into a cage he no longer wanted to live inside.
So we started over with courage, not shame. We redesigned his offer. We simplified his systems. We rebuilt his message around the truth he’d been hiding behind burnout. And the surprising part was this: the new version was better than the original in every possible way.
A few months into the relaunch he told me, “Isaiah… it feels like I’ve been resurrected.” Those words carried weight. He didn’t just restart his business he restarted himself.
Nebraska entrepreneurs don’t need to fear starting over. Starting over is a sign of wisdom, not failure.
If you feel like you’re standing at the edge of a restart, I’d be honored to walk with you into your rebirth.
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