What Girl Scout Cookies Are Teaching Me About My Business

Molly is selling Girl Scout Cookies right now for the first time. I was a Girl Scout growing up and remember going door to door and setting up booths and selling cookies. Today is wildly different with digital platforms, shipping, etc. But the core of it is the same. The entrepreneur in me kind of loves it. Well, Molly had a big goal. She really wanted to earn a specific prize for selling so she needed to sell over 170 boxes of cookies. Now listen, if you want to talk about market saturation, we all know Girl Scouts. Most of us have our pick of Girl Scouts to buy our cookies from. I wasn’t sure Molly was going to hit her goal.

But here’s the thing. Molly had ZERO doubt that she would reach her goal. And why would she? She has never ever set a goal that she did not meet.

The first toy drive we hosted, the kids wanted to collect 20 toys, then 50, and they collected like 400. The next time they wanted to collect 500 and they hit around 750. So 170 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies was really no big deal to her.

Molly has spent her entire life surrounded by people committed to making her dreams come true. At least that’s how it feels to her. She knows that if she wants something and is willing to put it out there and ask for help people will show up for her. She trusts that with every ounce of her being. She doesn’t know doubt.

You won’t be surprised to know that Molly hit her goal within 2 weeks of starting to sell cookies. She is going to get her plush axolatl. When I told her she had reached her goal she said, “I know.”

And I can’t stop thinking about it.

How would my life and my business be different if I showed up in that way? How would things shift if I was honest and up front about my goals and actually asked for the help I needed? What would be different if I didn’t let fear or doubt take up so much space? What if I trusted my people to have my back and help me get where I wanted to go? What if I believed that everything I dreamed of reaching was going to come to me if I just gave it enough time? 

Can you imagine? 

I’m trying to. It’s hard for me though. The anxious, perfectionist, people pleaser who likes to control everything has a hard time owning my wants, speaking my needs out loud, and trusting that I am worthy of all the good that comes back to me. But there’s something in my gut telling me that’s what I need to do. This deep-rooted confidence that doesn’t allow for doubt or fear to dictate my goals is what I am missing and what I need and want to work towards.

I have grown a lot personally and within my business. I show up more authentically now than I ever have before. And yet, there are times I still feel myself playing small. I can look back and see times I let fear keep me from going after something I wanted. I can identify times when doubt crept in and held me back.

I need to channel my inner Girl Scout and stop letting fear and doubt decide my next steps. I need to channel my inner Girl Scout and own my big goals. I need to channel my inner Girl Scout and trust that I am capable of going after what I want.

Who is with me?

(And if you’re looking for Girl Scout cookies- I know a girl.)

With so much love and gratitude,

Am