Imperfect Courage

Imperfect Courage is the story of how entrepreneur Jessica Honegger learned to step out of her comfort zone and build a million-dollar business helping artists and people in need around the world.

People who come from privileged backgrounds have it pretty easy these days. Sure, many of us work every day, but as soon as work is over, we get to relax in the comfort of our home. We don’t have any worries other than what we’re going to have dinner.

Sounds pretty nice, right? The problem is, this isn’t really living.

When you start to step out of your comfort zone fearlessly, you can experience life to the fullest. By being fearless Jessica doesn’t mean running into a burning building to save a kitten.

To her, it was pursuing adoption without the money to afford it and selling jewelry from her home. These simple actions changed her life profoundly. She not only started her successful dream business but now is inspired by women around the world that she gets to associate with daily.

Once we start moving and take a chance, beautiful life experiences will follow us. Purposely put yourself in situations where you’ll be out of your comfort zone. Talk to people from different backgrounds on the train, or start that side hustle. Doing things like this will add purpose and variety to your life.

And you’ll get more out of life than watching Netflix on the couch.

Part of finding your own courage and pushing yourself is becoming vulnerable. Many people equate vulnerability to frailty or weakness, but the truth us, vulnerability takes courage. Vulnerability means letting your guard down and opening yourself up to possible attacks or criticism.

We try so hard to hide our own weaknesses, yet love seeing other’s vulnerabilities. Many viral posts nowadays are meaningful ones where people get vulnerable. The reason we love posts like this is that they are relatable.

Honegger herself struggled with vulnerability. She was worried people didn’t respect her as a businesswoman or that they wouldn’t think she was the real deal if they learned how she started her business in a spare bedroom.

After inspiration from the many strong women she associated with, she saw vulnerability as one of her greatest assets in creating meaningful business connections.

Now, whenever she speaks in front of large crowds, she is an open book. She tells how she isn’t that great at managing executives; she is just a good side hustler. The more open she became, the more people related to her and her business flourished as a result.