Admittedly, I’m not often outside of this carefully curated little world of Women Who WOW, an international alliance of SERIOUSLY driven women entrepreneurs. So, I don’t talk to a lot of complainers or excuse makers. I don’t “run into” people who are just plain small minded. My day to day — instead — brings me into the world of other change makers, empire creators, big dreamers and DETERMINED do-ers.
But, every once in a while…
every blue moon…
I stumble upon “the others.”
I hear them bemoaning the work or complaining about clients.
These “others” think sequentially instead of simultaneously. “Let me finish this program, put a nice bow on it, tidy it up and then I’ll look at what’s next.” (Yuck.)
They not only come UP with excuses — for why they’ll be ready NEXT YEAR, but not this one (of course)… or for why they’re NOT selling anything or for why they’re STILL not ready. They not only come up with this nonsense, but they actually BELIEVE it.
Every once in a while I’ll run into a truly VISIONARY leader…
who is delaying her launch,
as she learns social media or podcasting or some other technology.
Or — worse — as she waits for better timing.
O
M
G.
Newsflash, you don’t need to KNOW the ins and outs of a technology or platform to be able to USE it for profit. And there’s NO SUCH THING as perfect timing. The only PERFECT timing is RIGHT NOW.
Uggg…..
Bring on the brave, people.
Bring on the courageous.
Bring on the audacious.
Because anything else bores me to tears,
but also…
mainly,
It drives me FREAKING mad with frustration.
I want to shake them.
I want to wake them up.
I want to show them how SLOW, SEQUENTIAL, SAFE
is a PROVEN, TIME TESTED recipe
for mediocrity and failure.
But, honestly, how can they not already see it?
What could I POSSIBLY say that would allow them to “get it?”
When, they are living it, already.
Mediocre,
Repetitive,
Disappointment…
They’re living it already…
day in and day out…
Nothing much changing from year to year.
Despite learning new skills,
or hiring a new coach,
or launching a new brand.
They are LIVING it…
mediocre increase year to year…
constant derailments, fits and starts…
consistent “feast and famine” cycles.
What could I POSSIBLY say that would be more compelling or clear than the REALITY they endure every single day?
What could I SAY that would allow them to see it is THEM… it is their DESIRE for slow, sequential and safe… it is their unwillingness to get messy, to dive deep, to get in over their head?
All of this — the desire for slow, sequential, safe — seems reasonable. I’ll give them that.
But, industries aren’t disrupted,
Movements aren’t created,
Fortunes aren’t made,
Empires aren’t built,
Lives aren’t changed,
Fame isn’t created…
by the reasonable ones.
So bring me the BRAVE,
The courageous.
Hell, bring me the CRAZY.
So we can DO and DISRUPT and CREATE.
And let the others go celebrate groundhog day someplace else.
The future and the fortune STILL favors the bold, friend. If you’d like to plan 2018 in a way that you’ve NEVER planned before. If you’d like to get some 1:1 accountability — with me — for all of 2018. If you’d like to CUT THROUGH YOUR OWN CHAOS, and CLUTTER and — yes — even excuses… there is time to join me in my proprietary program, “Plan, Promote & PUSH 2018.” You can join here: bmichellepippin.com/PLan2018or you can PM me any questions you may have. We get started on Monday, December 19th.
