Have you been worshipping your job?

You've been told your job should provide purpose, fulfilment, and identity. But what if the problem is expecting work to fill every gap in your life? This is your permission slip to stop asking your job - or your business - to save you. Instead, learn how to serve the work by first tending to your life beyond it.

In this article read-through, I break apart the perilous myth that work alone should carry all our burdens, value, and ambitions. You’ll walk away with a grounded framework for building a life where work is a partner, not the whole structure, and meaningful growth emerges from intentional practice, not desperate performance.

What You’ll Learn

➡ Why most jobs cannot and should not be responsible for your identity, worth, or happiness.

➡ The “tent pole” philosophy: how distributing your hopes and energy across work, purpose, value, wonder, and relationships creates resilience and perspective.

➡ Practical steps for auditing your life and raising new “tent poles” that support your wellbeing.

➡ How chasing financial freedom or external validation without inner clarity sets a trap for dissatisfaction.

➡ The liberating truth: constraints, not unending ambition, foster abundance and true contentment.

Chapters

0:00 Welcome and Intentions for the Unremarkable Entrepreneur Project

1:22 Stop Asking Work To Save You

3:38 Why Changing Work Won’t Solve Every Problem

5:06 The Danger of Making Work a Religion

7:00 When Work Amplifies What’s Missing in Life

8:57 Rethinking Financial Freedom and the Pursuit of Value

11:10 Constraints Matter More Than Ambition

11:52 Activity: Tent Pole Audit

15:05 Parabel: The Gardener's Choice

16:51 Closing Challenge & Final Thoughts

Are you still asking your work to be the centre pole of your life?

Share how you’re redistributing your attention or what “tent pole” needs reinforcing right now - your unremarkable wins are always welcome in the comments.

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Have you asked the 50K question? You've spent months, maybe years, reworking your offer behind closed doors—polishing, tweaking, waiting for "ready." But what if the market can't respond simply because you never asked? The hardest part isn't the work itself, but daring to serve the work by inviting dialogue.

This is a call to swap performance and posturing for genuine practice. In this reflective read-through, I unpack why most entrepreneurs never ask the £50,000 question and how, after 18 months of hiding behind perfectionism, a simple act of asking turned silent effort into real opportunity. If you've been protecting yourself with busyness, this is your permission slip to reconnect with the world through honest inquiry, not just perfected "pitches."

What You’ll Learn> Why most businesses stay stuck in "waiting mode" and how genuine invitations change everything.> The overlooked practice of asking: Not for extraction, but for discovery.> Why serving the work is about letting the world respond, not manipulating for control.> How curiosity, not certainty, is the fuel for sustainable progress and “unremarkable wins.”> A practical 30-day challenge to build your asking muscles—one invitation at a time.

Chapters 0:00 - The Silent Reason Businesses Fail 2:55 - The Simple Power of "Ask" 4:06 - Asking as Dialogue, Not Transaction 5:39 - Asking: The Origin of Momentum 6:03 - Three Ways to Ask (and the Artist’s Approach) 8:08 - Courage over Control (Choosing Conversation) 9:09 - Getting the Answers We ‘Ask For’ 10:28 - The Tides of Opportunity (and How to Shift Them) 10:56 - The Difference Between Amateurs & Artists 11:56 - The 30-Day Asking Challenge 12:27 - Measuring Success by Discovery, Not Results

When was the last time you asked for something without rehearsing the outcome?

If you’re ready to drop the armour, move past controlled offers, and start creating through real conversation, share your own unremarkable wins below. Are you willing to try the 30-day challenge of asking, inviting, and seeing what actually happens? I’d love to hear your reflections in the comments.

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You've been told to plan every step perfectly before you start. But what if that overthinking is the only thing stopping you from generating momentum?

The planning trap is real. It’s a form of intelligent paralysis where we mistake thinking for doing. In this read-through of a recent article, I share my own struggle with being stuck in "planner mode" and the simple weekly cadence I committed to in order to liberate myself.

This is your permission slip to stop worshipping the outcome and start serving the work.

What You’ll Learn> Why building a business is about practice over performance.> The painful truth: You cannot plan your way to clarity—clarity emerges from action.> The power of constraint: How defining a simple, non-negotiable weekly cadence guarantees action over anxiety.> Why "imperfect action" is the only way to beat the paralysis of the forward thinker.

My commitment: One article, one offer post, one video, and repeat.

Timestamps

0:00 - The Planning Trap: A Diagnosis1:20 - Why Planning Feels Like Progress2:45 - The First Casualty: Your Content4:10 - The Power of Constraint (Family & Time)5:30 - The Paralysis of the Forward Thinker7:15 - My New Unremarkable Weekly Practice9:40 - Serve the Work, Not the Outcome10:30 - Your Permission Slip: Start Monday

Are you ready to trade performance for practice?

If you’re stuck in the same trap, overthinking, over planning, and waiting for the perfect structure, this is your signal. Drop a comment below and share your own "unremarkable wins" this week.

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