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“Simmer & Scale”
The slow burn of boiling beans—and building something that feeds more than just you.
MV c0nsulting.com
June 08, 2025
There’s a time for silence, for study, for refining your mind in solitude. But that time, for now, has passed. You’ve built enough to take a step - not a perfect one, not even a confident one - but a step nonetheless. What follows isn’t the absence of fear but the dominance of movement over it.
Where inner preparation must meet outer action. No more waiting, No more thinking it through. The wall between reflection and execution is thin - and it’s time to break through.
The threshold Moment.
Every journey has a moment where the comfort of planning must give way to the risk of acting. This is that moment.
The fear you didn’t see.
You don’t need a plan. You need a funeral for who you were programmed to be.
 | Don’t get inspired. That’s for people who still need to be moved by others. Instead, sit still. Watch your fear breathe. Then do the opposite.” This isn’t about motivation. This is about waking up. About staring at the system inside you - not society - and deciding to burn the manual it gave you. This is what so many people avoid but secretly crave. We create space for transformation, not performance. “You’ve already outsourced your permission to live - now reclaim it. |
They’ll never say it to your face - but deep down, most people don’t really believe you’ll make it. Not because you’re not good but because they know what it takes and they don’t think you’ll go that far.
Let me tell you something.
You think frustration means you should quit?… Frustration is a test - it’s the part where 99% of people stop. Where they say,
“No one’s subscribing”
“No one’s watching”
“What’s the point?”
 | That’s the exact moment you double down. No crowd. No applause. Just the gym, just the hours. Just you - versus who you said you wanted to become. They don’t see the vision? Good. Prove it until they can’t look away. Don’t wait for the world to believe in you. Make them regret not doing it sooner. You want to be great?… then act like it - especially when no one’s watching. That’s what separates the ones who talk from the ones who leave a legacy. “It’s time to throw yourself out there.” |
“The beans are on the stove, but the water’s evaporating - and they’re still raw.”
How to Cook Beans (And what it taught me about building a business) I used to rush everything. I believed that urgency was momentum. That “doing something” was always better than “doing nothing.” So when I started my first attempts at independence - creating services, offering help, building a brand - I wanted results fast. Immediate heat. Just like when you throw beans into boiling water without soaking them first. You can crank up the fire all you want… but they’ll never cook right. Building a business is a lot like cooking beans. Let me explain… |  |
1 - If you don’t soak, you waste fire.
In business, “soaking” is preparation. Not perfection - preparation. Understanding your audience, pricing your service well, testing your offer, learning the basics of money flow. But many of us skip that. We launch because we’re tired of our job or because we think we have a good idea and we burn time, energy and money trying to force something that wasn’t ready.
Ask yourself: have I truly soaked this idea? Or am I throwing it into boiling water hoping for the best?
2 - Cooking takes time. But unattended, it burns.
Every project demands consistent, low fire - your presence, your learning, your adjustments. But most people go two ways: they either abandon it completely (“It didn’t work”) or obsess and overcomplicate it with stress, pressure and fear.
Entrepreneurship isn’t a microwave.
It’s slow food.
It’s checking in.
It’s patience mixed with intention.
3 - Cheap ingredients make expensive regrets.
When you start a project without clear contracts, without understanding your numbers, without setting aside for taxes - it may seem cheap at first but you’ll pay for it later.
A client disappears, a deadline crushes you, the tax office knocks and your confidence get shaken.
That’s when people quit. Not because the idea was bad but because they didn’t cook it well.
 | (Cashflow cooking for new entrepreneurs) In every idea. Always ask yourself… How much will it cost me monthly to keep this going? What is the minimum income goal for this to be worth it? How many clients do I need - at what price - to reach that? How long can I last without making income from this? Soak the answers. Sit with them for 24 hrs. Let them soften your assumptions and Adjust. |
A Final Thought
The first time I tried cooking beans, they were hard, bland and half-burnt. I didn’t read instructions, I didn’t ask my mother and I didn’t wait.
Years later, I understand:
To cook well is to know your process.
To build well is to respect the fire.
And to live well is to not rush what needs time.
If this hit home, let me know. If you’re somewhere between the soaking and the fire, maybe I can help - not to sell you something but to walk with you.
Let’s make something that feeds us.
In every age, the most powerful are those who master two domains: the inner world and the outer battlefield. One without the other creates imbalance - spiritual awareness without strategy is daydreaming; enterprise without reflection is recklessness. What you hold in your hands is not a mere collection of ideas but a calculated unfolding - a double helix of inner transformation and outer conquest.
We begin with the self. For most, the enemy hides in plain sight: in distraction, in impulse, in the fear of departure from comfort.
This newsletter unravels those veils, sharpens perception and confronts what is unseen yet dominant within.
Then we build. The business world is not for the soft-hearted. It rewards those who approach it with cold clarity and adaptive precision. Each edition will provide tactics - on entrepreneurship, finance and the art of building something that endures. Not just businesses but empires of one’s own design. This is the path for those who refuse mediocrity. Those ready to play both games - the internal and the external - with elegance and intensity.
Look, in this newsletter, we are doing both: mastering the internal game and stacking real, tangible wins in business. Self awareness isn’t fluff - it’s your competitive edge. And business?… It’s the greatest freedom engine there is.
We are here to talk about both sides: what’s going on in your head and what’s happening on your balance sheet.
Because if you’re not building you and the business at the same time, you’re probably building the wrong thing.
Welcome to your edge…
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