doll hall - market
welcome to the market!
Your task right now is to focus on the following themes:
collaboration, teams, ties, exchange
collaboration
building something with others
teams
gathering collective strength
ties
forming meaningful connections
exchange
creating mutual value
the market
One visits a market to experience a lively community and share in the exchange of ideas or items.
You can benefit from visiting the market if you are:
- looking to connect with collaborators or like-minded people
- wanting a sense of belonging
- looking to build connections where everyone grows together
- wanting to share your work or ideas with others
- curious and wanting to learn through interaction or exchange
- searching for fresh ideas by learning from different perspectives
Keywords: collaboration, teams, ties, exchange, network, gathering, diversity, synergy, community
The Connection Hall focuses on empathy, collaboration, and shared meaning. This hall encourages community and invites you to build relationships that feel supportive.
collaboration - building something with others
Your job is to turn shared effort into success.
✨ Current Obstacles:
- "I feel like my contributions aren't understood, valued, valuable enough."
- "I struggle to experience compatible collaborators or collaboration."
How can you more deeply value what you bring to the table?
It can be helpful to take time for ourselves to build up on our self-confidence before we take our collaborations to a deeper level. Without truly understanding the importance of what we bring to the table, we are subject to misunderstandings, imposter syndrome, or a lack of direction.
The more we understand our own strengths and values, the easier it is to spot differences and similarities in other people. The easier it is to feel confident enough to leave stagnant situations. And the easier it is to find partnerships that work well with us and contribute in equal measures.
Most importantly, knowing our own value helps us set proper boundaries and protect them at all costs. Collaborations can only succeed when all members can maintain strong boundaries.
teams - gathering collective strength
Your job is to harness the energy and skills of a group to achieve more than you could alone.
✨ Current Obstacles:
- "The group lacks unified focus, efforts, or direction."
What are the authentic similarities between each individual part?
True teamwork is cultivated through mutual respect and a shared sense of purpose or function.
One of our greatest hopes is to see everyone so engaged in their work, working from authentic alignment - that their authentic purpose is clear. When this purpose is clear in each person, we can form teams more intentionally.
We see the skills that are genuinely complementary, differences that can be given more attention to, and shared goals. This helps us move with a shared sense of purpose.
ties - forming meaningful connections
Your job is to find a sense of belonging and mutual understanding.
✨ Current Obstacles:
- "I struggle to find meaningful alignment with others.
- "I struggle to find a sense of belonging."
How can you more authentically communicate your deeper self?
Our deeper self can be thought of as our emotional expressions, inner world, vulnerabilities, sense of identity, etc.
Expressing our authentic self requires us to feel so comfortable in our own skin and committed to our values that we can fully be our most loving selves without fear of judgment or rejection. Feeling connected to our deepest self also gives us a sense of peace that brings comfort, even in solitude.
When we express our authentic self, we give other people permission to reveal their authenticity as well. This creates space for genuine connection, bonded deeply by the trust that authenticity brings. On this foundation of trust, we can share our truths and discover shared purpose.
exchange - creating mutual value
Your job is to give and receive in a balanced way.
✨ Current Obstacles:
- "I need to create a more balanced or mutually beneficial exchange."
- "I struggle to recognize what I can offer or truly need."
How can you cultivate independence without relying on another to meet your core needs?
The art of balanced give-and-take encourages us to act from a place of wholeness when engaging with others. Imbalance is naturally built into dynamics where we rely on someone / something else for our sense of happiness, safety, or identity.
When we take responsibility for our own foundational building blocks, we can feel how much we want to give or receive, from a place of genuine desire rather than necessity. Showing up in a balanced way creates a dynamic that encourages the others to also balance out.
We can apply this principle to building a business as well. Are there ways that your brand can operate more independently and autonomously? How independent are each building block from each other? The more independent your foundation is, the more you can give and receive from others!
brainstorming business ideas
You can think about your brand as both your personality and the impact you leave on others.
Your authentic self is your authentic impact.
- You can embody the themes of the market in your personality.
- You can embody the themes of the market as a foundation to build any area of your work (or life).
- You can make your audience aware of the themes of the market.
- You can inspire others to also embody the themes of the market.
Ask yourself these questions:
- Check the keywords above to see if they naturally align with you.
- Think of activities you love / might love to do - could you pursue them from the value set that the market represents?
- Close your eyes and imagine how it would feel to bring people to your market.
- Does it feel fulfilling for you? If so, why? If not, why not?
- How are others affected by your market?
- Can you see yourself growing both more comfortable and more curious in this role?
You can use any / all spaces as a foundation for your business and life. A space can represent:
- the foundation that your business is built upon
- a guide for you to make decisions
- a temporary or permanent foundation
- a framework you use for certain processes only
- how you want to show up in the world
- how you want to impact others
- the values that you want to integrate
Why are doll halls so important?
The more clear we are on the role we want to embody & play in the lives of others, the easier it is to give our business a sense of direction and purpose. This is the purpose that grounds us on our path and helps us overcome the challenges that come our way.
As we evolve, we may want to explore other spaces or just remind ourselves what our center is made of. We can lean into these archetypes at any point, whether we commit to just one, are drawn to several, or shift into all of them.
Here are the other tools you can use to start building your business:
- free information profile
- find a career doll
- book a doll call - 1:1 call with Valerie
- toolkit - small business resources
- doll diaries - journal prompts
- the dollhouse - community