{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"Episode 9: You Are the Guarantee","description":" If there\u2019s one thing entrepreneurship has taught me, it\u2019s that there are no guarantees. Not in hiring. Not in growth. Not in leadership. Not in life. In this episode of Business on Top, I\u2019m sharing one of the most important mindset shifts every founder must make if they want to reach their next level: stop searching for guarantees and start becoming one. Over the years, I\u2019ve worked alongside hundreds of entrepreneurs navigating employee turnover, cash flow challenges, competitive threats, leadership loneliness, and unexpected setbacks. What I\u2019ve learned is that the founders who build extraordinary businesses aren\u2019t the ones with perfect circumstances. They\u2019re the ones who learn to trust themselves in uncertain circumstances. I share a powerful story from our client, Jessica Christy, who experienced one of every founder\u2019s worst nightmares when a team member she had spent years developing left to become a competitor. While devastating in the moment, that experience ultimately became the catalyst for her next level of growth and leadership. Throughout this conversation, I explore why your circumstances become your curriculum, how adversity develops the leadership capacity required for sustainable success, and why growth often has less to do with your skills and more to do with your ability to regulate yourself through uncertainty. The reality is that entrepreneurship is one long exercise in moving forward without guarantees. Nobody can promise your next hire will work out, your expansion will succeed, or your plans will unfold exactly as expected. But the most successful leaders I know stopped waiting for certainty. They learned to trust themselves enough to move anyway. If you\u2019ve been waiting for the perfect timing, more confidence, or some sign that success is guaranteed before taking your next step, this episode is for you. Because the guarantee you\u2019re searching for isn\u2019t found in the opportunity. It\u2019s found in who you are becoming. Resources \u2192 Watch this episode on YouTube \u2192 Learn more and register for  The Owner + Practice Manager Leadership Intensive \u2192 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, The Blueprint \u2192 Learn more &amp;amp; book a call with our team to learn if the POP Leadership Academy&amp;nbsp;is right for you! \u2192 Follow Kaeli on Instagram: @kaeli.lindholm ","author_name":"Business on Top with Kaeli Lindholm","author_url":"https:\/\/klcconsultants.com\/podcast\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41702955\/height\/300\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"300\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/203433420"}