Comments on: The Slow Growth is Smart Growth Manifesto

By: Kiki

Kiki — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:34:46 +0000

I’ve just recently started my own company and of course I feel like nothing is going AS smoothly as I’d hoped. I know I’m a good writer and can deliver but it’s always so hard to land those first customers. I see others that are half-a$$ writers and even less of a businessperson being ultimately successful (for now at least) and it’s deterring. However, you reminded me that this is something I ultimately love doing and nothing should get in my way. Thank you so much! I think I might print this manifesto out for myself!

By: charley

charley — Wed, 04 May 2011 09:39:17 +0000

These values resonate strongly with me and give me hope as I SLOWLY but surely get my “small and special social entrepreneurship” up and running!

By: heartsabustin

heartsabustin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:52:10 +0000

This is me – this whole thing. Thank you!!!

By: Rhiannon

Rhiannon — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:35:23 +0000

Such a great post and so timely. I have been sitting here today a tad torn between the dissonance I feel as a mother, wife and business owner and what I SHOULD be doing. Thanks for providing such great insight and helping to re-iterate that we all grow and develop at different rates. I am doing what I do best at the pace I can manage and that is ok!!

By: Becca

Becca — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:13:46 +0000

Thank you! As a writer with a one-year-old business and a full-time bread baking job, I’ve had no choice but to grow my business slowly, and sometimes I fear that its mellow pace will eventually grind to a halt. This is an encouraging reminder that slow is sustainable. Yes!

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By: kerin rose

kerin rose — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:16:27 +0000

I have printed this out and pasted it above my workbench as a manifesto of sorts….when you have a small business, it is so very easy to get caught up in what you THINK you should be doing.

I love your abundance theory!

By: Linda Smith

Linda Smith — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:55:49 +0000

“Slow and steady…” I love that sentiment. I’ve always felt that operating at too high a speed causes missed opportunities, overlooked customer service and even possible shoddy craftsmanship. I think that the old saying, “If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well,” applies here.

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By: Madeleine Shaw

Madeleine Shaw — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:06:51 +0000

ITA!!! Look at plants and people – how do they (optimally, organically) grow? At their own, healthy pace. The relentless push for acceleration and hyper-maturity is counterproductive for everything it touches, business, people and plants included.