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If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last decade of working for myself and coaching women business owners, it’s this: we are just wired differently. I’m sure you’ve felt it.
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the last decade of working for myself and coaching women business owners, it’s this: we are just wired differently. I’m sure you’ve felt it.
In my breakout session at the Making Things Happen conference, I shared a story about how guilt was always a big driver for me. This story, along with the discussion that followed, led me to a big whopper of a realization, one that I want to share with you today!
It’s about working smarter not harder, right? We all know that in theory, but most of us will look up at some point and realize that we’re working harder, not smarter. Even I’m guilty of it. I don’t want that for you!
Think about it this way: Athletes spend 90% of their time training and working out. Building up those muscles. And that 90% lets them show up for the other 10% — game time or competitions.
When you start your business, you’re oftentimes doing the work by yourself. You do the research, you put in late nights, and maybe even work weekends to get things off the ground. You might even be working a day job as you build your empire on the side. Between self care, family, and everything else you have going on, there’s a lot that falls on your shoulders.
As a business owner yourself, you know it can be scary to create something you want to share with the world. It can be intimidating to get started with your first offer (or your 17th!), and it might feel like a leap of faith to put it out into the world.
It’s 2020, and yet we as a country have yet to really understand the full extent of the racism in our world. This has been a shift for all of us, myself included. To understand the difference between systemic racism and individual racism. To hear the stories of Black women and men in ways I’ve never heard them before. To see the pain in our communities as they protest for what white individuals take for granted every day.
I know that, as women business owners, we want our clients, our customers, and even our friends and family to cheer us on as we do what we’re put on this earth to do.
But sometimes… it’s you, your goals, and a to-do list. It’s time to put the rubber to the road, sister.
