Small business owners talk about this often: collectively, our voices make a far bigger difference than they do alone.

Getting featured in the media as an individual business is powerful. Free PR, real exposure, and a story told properly can shift the trajectory of a small business. But there is something even more significant that happens when small business owners come together and speak with one voice as an industry.

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If you run a small business, this is a loving slap in the nicest possible way: it is not your fault, but it is your responsibility.

There is a book called The Courage to Be Disliked, based on Adlerian psychology. The core idea is simple. You cannot control what you were given, but you are responsible for what you do with it now. That principle hits differently when you are running a small business.

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