Blog by Adrien Skow for George David 17/Nov/2025.
Look, let me take you to a specific moment in my business where everything looked perfect on paper—the numbers added up, the plans were mapped out, the five-year vision board was on the wall.
But inside, I was running on empty.
It didn't matter how many strategic sessions I scheduled or how many goals I set, something didn't fit. I was executing plans built from logic while my emotional state was silently working against me. It was like driving with the handbrake on—effort without flow, direction without momentum.
That's when I realized something most entrepreneurs learn the hard way:
Your business can't outperform your emotional misalignment.
You can't build a long-term strategy from a short-term emotional imbalance.
When your emotions are scattered—stressed, anxious, full of doubts—every decision you make carries that energy.
You second-guess yourself. You chase opportunities that don't feel right. You burn out trying to "do more" because doing less feels like failure.
In that emotional winter, strategy becomes survival.
But here's the truth: emotional misalignment doesn't mean you're weak. It means you're out of rhythm—like trying to harvest in the middle of winter.
In nature, every season has its purpose. And so does every phase of your business journey.
Here's what nobody tells you in those business strategy courses:
What emotional state are you operating from right now?
They don't ask if your vision is aligned with your emotional capacity to execute it.
They don't ask if your energy matches the ambition of your goals.
They don't ask if your mind is ready to carry the weight of your dreams.