Key Takeaways

Shifting your perspective can transform your life and business by allowing you to see abundance instead of lack.
Gratitude creates capacity, enabling you to build better systems and respond positively to challenges.
Every situation can yield different outcomes based on whether you choose gratitude or resentment.
Your perspective on constraints directly impacts your capacity to take action and create solutions.
Investing in a mindset of abundance through consistent gratitude can lead to significant transformations.

Perspective Is a Choice

Here’s what I know after going from homelessness to building a mortgage-free life on 10 acres, raising two kids, getting to work full-time in tech, and building Seed & Society™: gratitude is one of the most powerful forces on earth.

Gratitude gives you the ability to change your perspective, which gives you the ability to change everything about your life.

When you come from a place of abundance and gratitude rather than lack, almost everything becomes possible.

And I mean that literally.

Let me show you what I mean.

The Winter Garden Lesson

[Photo: Snow-covered garden beds, dormant plants visible beneath the white]

This is my garden right now. Covered in snow and ice.

Winter has made its home in my Middle Tennessee homestead.

The kale is buried. The frost-hardy greens are dormant. Everything I planted in the fall is waiting under a blanket of white.

I could choose frustration:

“I can’t harvest anything”
“I’m losing growing time”
“This sets me back”
“I should have done more in the fall”

Or I could choose gratitude:

The garden gets to rest
I get time to plan spring systems
The ice is breaking up compacted soil
Water and nutrients are getting deep into the roots
This dormancy makes the spring growth stronger

Same garden. Different perspective. Completely different outcome.

Because when I choose gratitude, I see opportunity instead of obstacles. I see what’s possible instead of what’s lacking. I see systems building instead of time lost. I get to create abundance.

That perspective shift creates capacity to actually plan better systems, research better varieties, prepare better infrastructure for spring.

Gratitude doesn’t just make me feel better. It makes me build better.

The Living Room Lesson

[Photo: Living room covered in toys, with children swinging in a hammock in front of windows]

This is my living room most days.

Toys everywhere. Art supplies scattered. Blocks covering the floor. Projects half-finished on every surface.

I remember when this living room was our porch. When we didn’t have walls or heat or a place that felt like ours.

I could choose frustration:

“This house is always a mess”
“I can never keep up”
“Why can’t they just clean up”
“I don’t have time for this”

Or I could choose gratitude:

I have healthy children full of energy
They feel safe enough to create freely
They have a home where joy is welcome
They’re learning and growing and building
I know what it feels like not to have this

I know what it feels like to not have a home. To not feel welcome to have joy. To wonder if you’re allowed to take up space.

So when I see this beautiful chaos, I choose gratitude.

Same living room. Different perspective. Completely different capacity.

Because when I’m grateful instead of resentful, I have the mental and emotional bandwidth to build AI systems through Seed & Society after bedtime. I have the clarity to work on keynote material. I have the energy to show up fully in my corporate role.

Gratitude creates capacity. Resentment consumes it.

Why This Matters for Business Builders

If you’re a consultant, coach, speaker, or corporate professional building something, you know what capacity feels like when it’s gone.

You’re trying to:

Build your personal brand
Create consistent content
Serve clients excellently
Show up for your family
Take care of yourself
Actually enjoy your life

And most days you feel like you’re drowning.

Here’s what I’ve learned: your perspective about your constraints determines your capacity to build within them.

When I look at my schedule and see lack:

“I don’t have enough time”
“I can’t build a business working full-time”
“Other people have more resources”
“I’m too far behind”

I have zero capacity to build anything.

But when I shift to abundance:

“I have these exact hours available”
“I can build systems that multiply my time”
“I have experience others would pay for”
“I’m building the exact foundation I need”

Suddenly I have capacity to take action.

This is why gratitude isn’t soft. It’s strategic.

The Connector Method™ and Gratitude

In The Connector Method™, I teach that action reveals truth, evidence guides pivots, confidence accelerates results, and results create transformation.

But here’s what I don’t always say explicitly: gratitude is the action that reveals abundance.

When you choose gratitude:

You collect different evidence (what’s working instead of what’s broken)
You build different confidence (resourcefulness instead of limitation)
You create different results (solutions instead of complaints)

Perspective is a choice. And choosing is an action.

The consultants, coaches, and speakers I work with through Seed & Society often come to me feeling behind. Not enough time. Not enough systems. Not enough capacity.

And the first shift we make isn’t technical.

It’s perspective.

From: “I don’t have time to build AI systems” To: “I can build one system this Saturday that saves me 10 hours next week”

From: “I’m not tech-savvy enough”
To: “I’m a business professional who can learn tools that serve my goals”

From: “Everyone else is ahead of me” To: “I have unique experience and a specific audience who needs exactly what I know”

Same situation. Different perspective. Different capacity. Different results.

What Abundance Actually Looks Like

Abundance isn’t about having everything.

It’s about seeing what you have as enough to start.

When I was homeless, I didn’t have abundance of resources. But I had abundance of determination. That was enough to start.

When I pivoted from teaching to tech sales, I didn’t have abundance of SaaS knowledge. But I had abundance of willingness to learn. That was enough to start.

When I started Seed & Society, I didn’t have abundance of time. But I had abundance of tested systems and real constraints that made me find better solutions. That was enough to start.

Abundance is recognizing that what you have right now is enough to take the next action.

And gratitude is what lets you see it.

The Practice

I’m not saying ignore real problems or pretend everything is perfect.

I’m saying: when you have the choice between two perspectives, choose the one that creates capacity.

In your business:

Frustrated you don’t have a big email list? Or grateful for the engaged people you do have?
Resentful of your full-time job? Or grateful it funds the ability to take care of your family?
Annoyed by client questions? Or grateful people trust you enough to ask?

In your life:

Frustrated by the mess? Or grateful for the life that creates it?
Resentful of constraints? Or grateful for the clarity they provide?
Overwhelmed by what’s not done? Or grateful for what is?

Every single time, one perspective creates capacity. The other consumes it.

What Gratitude Makes Possible

When I choose gratitude for my snow-covered garden, I gain capacity to plan better spring systems.

When I choose gratitude for my toy-covered living room, I gain capacity to build business systems after bedtime.

When I choose gratitude for my full-time Govtech job, I gain capacity to take care of my family and be a part of something bigger than me.

When I choose gratitude for my constraints, I gain capacity to create solutions others need.

Gratitude doesn’t make the challenges disappear.

It makes them workable.

And workable is all you need to start building.

Building Your Most Valuable Asset

Here’s what most people miss when they talk about building assets: the greatest asset you can ever invest in is your mindset.

You can buy land. Build systems. Create courses. Launch products. Grow email lists.

But if your perspective is rooted in lack, every asset you build will feel insufficient. Every win will feel temporary. Every achievement will come with the fear of losing it.

When your mindset is rooted in abundance and gratitude, you build differently. You build from overflow instead of desperation. You build from clarity instead of chaos. You build assets that compound because you can see opportunities others miss.

Your mindset determines:

Which actions you take
Which evidence you collect
Which pivots you make
Which results you create

It’s the foundation under everything else you’re building.

And like any asset, you invest in it through consistent practice. Through choosing gratitude when frustration would be easier. Through seeing abundance when lack would be more obvious. Through recognizing capacity when constraint feels overwhelming.

That choice, repeated daily, becomes the asset that makes every other asset possible.

The Truth About Abundance

You don’t need more time to build what you want. You need a different perspective on the time you have.

You don’t need more resources to start. You need gratitude for the resources you already have.

You don’t need everything to be perfect. You need to see what’s possible with what’s present.

Because the ability to change your perspective gives you the ability to change everything about your life.

That’s not motivational talk.

That’s how I went from homeless to building wealth. From teacher to enterprise sales. From drowning in manual work to building AI systems that create capacity.

Every transformation started with a perspective shift.

From lack to abundance. From frustration to gratitude. From “I can’t” to “what if I could?”

Start Here

Look at one thing in your business or life that frustrates you right now.

Ask yourself: Is there another way to see this?

Not to ignore the problem, but to find capacity to solve it.

Then take one action from that new perspective.

That’s abundance. That’s gratitude. That’s how everything changes.

And that’s how you build the one asset that multiplies every other asset you’ll ever create.

About Makeda Boehm

Makeda Boehm is the creator of The Connector Method™ and founder of Seed & Society, where she teaches consultants, coaches, speakers, and corporate professionals how to use AI systems to build businesses that create capacity instead of consuming it. From homelessness to closing nearly $10M in tech sales, buying 10 acres mortgage-free, and raising two kids while working full-time in Greater Chattanooga, Tennessee, she’s proof that perspective shifts create real transformation. Learn more at seedandsociety.com.