Advice From Ryan Ray

Ryan Ray, Founder and Visionary of Triangle Entrepreneurial Leadership

Ryan Ray is an accomplished, results-oriented entrepreneur with a passion for developing leaders and building collaborative partnerships across both the public and private sector.

We've come out of a pretty significant time in our lives over these past couple of years. Some of us have just been keeping things afloat, particularly when it comes to our business and even for some of our nonprofits. The same could be said about our day-to-day. One day we're going to look back on this time, and generations that will follow us will look back and learn from what we did to move forward. So what we do in this moment is so important.

I've even used the analogy that I feel like I've been playing a bit of defense for these last two years. And now it's time to go on offense. Right now it's time to begin to refocus on how we can move from a survival mindset, we've got to stop using those survival tactics, and relying on those survival behaviors, and begin to operate from a place of thriving. We've got to ask ourselves "what does it mean to be healthy?" What does it mean to be nourished as individuals as well? Not just in our business but in our emotional health and well-being, our physical and  financial? What does it mean to start thriving?

For some of us the challenges of the past few years have pushed us into opportunities, into moments that otherwise, we may not have welcomed or embraced.For some of us, the past few years have shown us that our house may not be in order and we have to reassess, rebuild, and retool. There were a number of businesses that were not able to take advantage of PPP and other free money that was being dispersed, for whatever reason now is the time to learn and seek advice and assistance to ensure you don't miss out on future opportunities.

Listen there is no lack of problems that need to be solved and challenges that need to be overcome. What I'll share is that I'm seeing a lack of leadership, true leadership. There are so many resources out here and so many organizations ready to invest time and money, but what I believe is lacking are those leaders that are ready to take their businesses or organizations to that next step, to scale them in ways that lead to substantial growth.

Maybe you've kind of drifted a bit off mission, off purpose. And if that's the case, again, I just want to challenge you to refocus, get back in alignment with what it is that you've been purposed to go out there and do. If you've decided that you're willing to do whatever it takes to succeed then the next steps are finding the resources, making the connections, and starting collaborations. If you've got a vision that's bigger than you, then you already know you're going to need support, you're going to need people standing beside you, behind you, and all around you to get it done.

Let's get out of survival mode and let's start thriving.   

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