Do I need to reinvent myself? Maybe.

Do I need to reinvite myself? Perhaps that is the better question.

karmadharma is going through a lot right now. In January, we were a boutique agency with our team based entirely in Ottawa-Gatineau.

Since then,

• We’ve added 5 new team members in Montreal and one in the Philippines.
• We landed 2 new clients, which will grow our revenue by nearly 40%.
• We acquired a small Web development shop in the US, which comes with a slew of legal, operational and cultural challenges and opportunities.

This is a long way away from me sitting in a Starbucks seven and a half years ago, spending 20$ to incorporate karmadharma, with no prior experience running a business.

At that time, I was mister everything: the product, sales person, marketer, operations manager, janitor, you name it. Now, however, as we continue to grow, I find myself needing to step up and evolve to meet our new reality.

At every stage of our growth, much like watching my daughters grow up, each year is beautiful, yet dramatically different.

I have even wondered, if karmadharma is to become what it is destined to become, am I the right person to lead us there? I hope for a while the answer is yes, but I know that one day, the answer to that question will be no.

So as I reflect(ed) on who I need to become to help us scale our impact beyond that of small business, to learn what it takes to manage a company that offers a number of different services in different countries, I realized that I am going to have to reinvent myself. Again.

Yet, when talking to a good friend about this, she mirrored back the question of reinvention and wondered if a healthier question might be: do you need to reinvite yourself?

Rather than feeling that I need to be something different or other than I am right now, what if I welcomed what the universe is asking of me?

Reinvite myself to the present moment.
Reinvite myself to let go of this sense of otherness.
Reinvite myself to this new perspective.
Reinvite myself to a new energy.
Reinvite myself to just be without the need to do.
Reinvite myself to this never-ending journey of becoming.

Well then…that’s another way to look at things! 😊

The longer I think about these reinvent vs. reinvite questions, the more I realize that they are much more of a yes/and situation than an either/or situation.

If our impact is to grow, I must first grow as an individual. I believe an organization’s level of awareness can not exceed that of its leader. So, this does require an evolution, but not necessarily wholesale changes to my being.

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So how about you?

Are you in a place in your life where you feel you need to reinvent yourself?

Would reinviting yourself to a place of self-acceptance and welcoming be a healthier route?

Or perhaps like me, there is enough room to hold space for both questions.