When I started my organization, no one told me that half of my energy would be spent actually building and lead-ing it and the other half, or even more, would be spent protecting and defending it against all of the things other people wanted it to be.
It takes a ferocious amount of spinal fortitude to not end up making a crappy mix of your vision and endless bits and scraps from others who didn‘t have the cojones to start something themselves.