Here’s a subject that’s come up a lot for me and Jen lately in our deep-dive inner world conversations business meetings. What does it mean to be a seeker?
For those of you who listen to Glennon Doyle’s podcast, she talks about being a seeker–and that the nature of a seeker is to always be seeking, but not really finding. In fact, there’s danger in a seeker “finding” something, because the attachment to that spiritual paradigm, or personality type, or whatever it is can become too extreme and then block the seeker’s own inner knowing.
If you’ve ever wondered how people become enmeshed in high-control groups (“cults”), it starts with being a seeker. (I confess that “cults” are my current hyper-fixation/obsession)
Every wonderful quality has a shadow side. Seekers are curious, open, see beauty and wonder in the world, and teach those of us who are NOT seekers about the magic of being a human being in this wild world.
The shadow side can look a couple of different ways. Seekers can seem fickle, not grounded in reality, and flaky.
Seekers can also be more susceptible to a phenomenon I like to call, in all caps, THE WAY. They can so desperately want to make sense of the world within and around them that they can give too much of their inner knowing and authority away to some force outside of them, and then it becomes not “a way” but THE WAY.
Finders look for what is already there. They often say things like “the research says…” or ask questions like “what’s the evidence for that?” They’re more logical, more reality-based. They find INFORMATION, check the source, and that’s that. They are our truth-sayers, our grounding rods, the steady hands that guide us.
And the shadow side? Certainty and rigidity…which then blocks curiosity, personal growth and magical mystery.
Isn’t that interesting? The shadow side for seekers AND finders can involve certainty, knowing THE WAY.
Most of us are going to lean one way or the other on the Seeker/Finder spectrum. But here’s the really cool thing–we can consciously grow that more underdeveloped part! We can practice tapping into the part that is less accessible, and over time it becomes MORE accessible and available to us.
And bringing this back around to your business (I do eventually get there 😉)…
Your business needs the seeker AND the finder. The balance is essential for the gifts that each of these types bring to the table.
We need the grounding and the dreaming, the security and the risk, the logic and the magic. Maybe you’re lucky enough to have a business partner or a team that brings all of these qualities into your business (this is probably the most amazing thing we discovered during our NLW planning retreat).
Or maybe you’re a solopreneur, and you can do more work within yourself to access both your inner seeker and your finder.
Either way, recognizing the value in both of these types and bringing their best qualities into your business could be the missing piece when it comes to growing your business.
Which type do YOU lean towards?
♥️,
Amy (85% Finder, 15% Seeker)
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