So Worth It! - Paperback

by Kaelyn Query Caldwell (Author)

So Worth It! isn't your typical glossy, sugarcoated business book. (Though it does have a nice cover and design.) It's one woman's raw, unfiltered story of what it really takes to start and grow a business-complete with hard lessons, missteps, and even some wins!

Kaelyn Query, founder of Kentucky Event Company, holds nothing back. Entrepreneurship is hard. It will drain your bank account, test your sanity, and keep you awake at night wondering if you're cut out for it. But it's so worth it-because nothing compares to the grit, pride, and freedom that come from building something of your own. Nothing is as strong as the courage and foresight you develop from being knocked down, and getting back up again.

Through honest storytelling, practical tools and strategies, a healthy dose of humor (and the occasional profanity), Kaelyn walks you through the gauntlet of starting, growing, and scaling your business. You'll learn:

• How to take risks without losing your mind
• Why failure is inevitable-and essential (up to and including bankruptcy and lawsuits)
• The importance of finding your people: champions, supporters, resistors, and bystanders
• What no one tells you about burnout, boundaries, and balance
• How to keep going when quitting feels easier

Whether you dream of starting a business or you're eyeballs-deep in the trenches, So Worth It! is your no-BS companion for the journey. It's here to remind you that yes, it will be hard. Yes, you'll screw up. And yes-it will absolutely be worth it.