Four years ago, I had a dream to start a business and share my talents, and I did the thing most new entrepreneurs do.

I turned to look at what all the successful people in my field were doing, how were they marketing, how did they get started.

I dished out money on funnels, and ads, and landing pages, and all the things that seemed like they worked for others, so of course they would work for me.

I followed all the sales scripts, and wrote my marketing posts just like the experts suggested.

I sat staring at my screen every day wondering what content to write, what to do next.

And then I went on social media to see what others were doing and what the experts were saying my next step should be.

And while this provided mediocre results here and there, it didn’t feel good to me at all.

I felt like I was just desperately trying to get my gifts out into the world and willing to do anything anyone told me to get there.

And my creativity and passion were slowly dying.

No amount of...