Oh, The Stories You’ll Tell™

A Poem for the Builders, the Dreamers, and the Doers

(By Mea Brown, Author of Disrupt Your Default and Write That Book Already)*

You’ve built, you’ve fought, you’ve pivoted, you’ve grown.
You’ve weathered storms few people have known.
You’ve climbed tall hills, tripped once or twice,
You’ve learned the hard way that freedom has its price.

But here you are, still standing, still rising,
Your story, my friend, is nothing short of surprising.
And that story, yes, yours, is the power you hold,
Not just in your product, but in the truth you’ve told.

You see, business isn’t just numbers and charts,
It’s people and purpose and vulnerable hearts.
The world doesn’t buy what you make or you sell,
They buy what you mean, and your story tells well.

Your late nights, your missteps, your almost-quit days,
Are the compass that guides others through their own maze.
When you speak from that place, the grit and the glow,
Your clients don’t just listen, they feel that you know.

So write it, record it, publish it, share,
Be bold in your knowing, be fully aware
That your lessons, your breakthroughs, your honest rewind,
Are the very things others are longing to find.

You’ll go beyond sales, beyond growing your list,
Beyond “six figures” or marketing twist.
You’ll move into legacy, roots that go deep,
Where your message is something the world wants to keep.

A book, a podcast, a talk from the stage…
They’re all just new chapters, not a different page.
Because you, dear entrepreneur, already began
The moment you said, I think I can.

And you did.
And you do.
And you will again still.
There are stories inside you that only you can distill.

So share where you’ve been and where you’ll go,
Because in telling your story, your business will grow.
Not through loud tactics or clever display,
But through meaning that magnetizes the right ones your way.

Your story is strategy.
Your truth is your brand.
Your voice is the currency that builds what you’ve planned.
And the more you give it, raw, real, and whole,
The more your message becomes its own goal.

So go, dear builder, creator, and sage,
There’s more waiting for you beyond this stage.
You’ve climbed every hill, you’ve walked through the low,
Now tell us your story…we really must know.