Because busy is — for me and other like me — a bit like those spirits that lured sailors in to the rocks. It looks legit. It aligns with how i was raised, on an unapologetic work ethic that has always set me (and most of my family) apart. For whatever reason, every once in a while it lures me in.
I get busy.
Fancy.
I start cleaning up my chaos.
I decide to look / act more “professional.”
And — of course — this means doing all the things I’ve been (very profitably) ignoring all this time. 
The first signal I have when i’m heading into the rocks of “busy” is that I don’t love my business any more. I don’t look forward to the day like a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed youngin. My ZEAL for the every day starts to fade.
But busy IS a seductive beast.
And I AM a defiant and determined woman.
So, it’s not enough to stop me in my tracks.
But when I check in on my profit,
and I see even a tiny dip,
my practical side takes over.
And I remember.
That I am HERE for the soul-shifting, reality-creating, perception-altering CHAOS, and not for the orderly, step-by-step stepfordpreneur march.
And I’m SO grateful that my money dips when I’m heading in this direction.
BECAUSE WHAT IF IT WORKED?
Have you thought of that?
What if BUSY
actually WAS
the WAY?????
What if it worked?
If I had to lose my zeal for the everyday,
If I had to be lost in busy
and do, do, do more…
in order to reach my next money goal….
well, guess what would be required for my next, next money goal???
If BUSY worked,
we’d all — all the driven ones —
work ourselves into an early and frazzled grave,
looking haggard, dry and dreary the entire way.
Because we WON’T stop dreaming…
we WON’T sell ourselves short,
so if BUSY worked,
we’d get busier and busier and busier
until the sweet release of death.
Thankfully, busy and overwhelmed does NOT work.
It is ALWAYS a sign that something is off track in your business or life.
BUSY is never going to be the WAY.
So, what IS the way? I wrote that in my journal this morning while sitting by a moss-covered lake and listening to the birds share their wisdom. What IS the Women Who WOW Way? What are the principles that underpin the ENTIRE foundation of this business turned community turned sisterhood turned success incubator turned way of life?
We take RESPONSIBILITY for the Goals We Know Have Been DIVINELY Planted in our Souls.
There are so many parts to this principle. First, we have goals that we BELIEVE in. We have goals that we believe aren’t just figments of some optimistic journaling session, but GOALS that have been ENTRUSTED TO US to bring to life. While we have many world views in our tribe of driven women, we are UNITED in our belief that we’re here for a reason and here for more. YES, we’re in business for ourselves. BUT it’s more than a business to us. Way more.
But don’t miss the first part of this principle.
We TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for these goals.
We take them on to birth and raise.
We’re all in and do NOT ONLY see goals as having a responsibility to give US something, we see goals as something WE are indeed responsible for. Read that last sentence again.
Do you view your goals as something to motivate you, inspire you, excite you? Fine. All that’s true. The majority of people would agree with you. It’s why so many SET goals. A VERY precious few actually take it farther and wake up every day RESPONSIBLE for giving our goals what they need to become reality. It’s why so FEW achieve goals.
We Have Unshakeable Confidence
In ourselves,
In our message (what we’re here to SHARE with the world)
and in our SAFETY.
Confidence isn’t just “can I take the stage?” THAT level of confidence can be “faked,” with a great speech coach who can train you to stand and speak confidently. The level of confidence I’m talking about is an INNER strength and knowing and TRUST that…
**we are worthy, of being heard, of being seen, of being followed;
and that
**we are SAFE to stand alone.
In other words, we are CONFIDENT enough (in ourselves, our message and dare I say our MISSION) so that we do NOT need to take a public poll to determine how we feel, how we live or how we do business. We do not need you to agree with us or approve of us for us to speak or show up naked with our message.
We Decide.
Mediocre businesses are MARKED
MARRED actually
by indecision.
But the Women Who WOW Way is decisive.
We trust ourselves
and so we make decisions quickly.
But also, we decide what our world will look like. We decide what we will tolerate, what we will expect, what we will commit to, what we will earn, what we will receive.
We DECIDE first.
And then — of course — we follow up our iron-clad decisions
with the following:
Our ACTIONS are Always in Integrity.
In other words, we don’t journal and write our goals “into reality” and then go shopping. lol… (Although, to be REALLY honest, as I sit in one of my happy places in the forest, I am slightly distracted by the fact that I have a new LV bag that is arriving today. I can’t wait to hold it. )
But we don’t JUST decide,
we also DO.
Of course.
Because while we’re all about the inner game, we also know to show up, to be sure our ACTIONS are actually in integrity with what we said we committed this day, this week, this LIFE to create.
When your Daily ACTIONS line up with your Ultimate goals,
a funny thing happens.
You make daily progress towards your ultimate goals.
Every day brings you closer.
That business dream you love, and journal about and create a vision board for will never be based on what you do ONE day. It will ALWAYS be based on what you do EVERY day.
So, our final Women Who WOW Way principle is
Showing Up Daily.
We show daily for our soul’s work.
We show up daily for today’s “assignment.”
We show up daily for the market we aim to serve.
We show up daily for our clients, patients or customers.
We show up daily for our goals…
as if we BELIEVE they’re possible,
for us.
Of course Women Who WOW members are also equipped with tools…
A full Manual of Women Who WOW Way Templates, step-by-step strategies and more.
Weekly LIVE trainings based on right now, relevant strategies.
DAILY content prompts so you’re never without something to say to your people.
DAILY journal prompts so you’re always SURE, CERTAIN and zeroed in on YOUR part in creating this success.
MONTHLY HOT SEAT Q&As so that I answer whatever is top of mind for you.
Private strategy sessions… just you and me.
12 days of e-coaching…. perfect for having my eye on your sales page or email pitch or funnel.
52 Weekly Hustle Challenges to make sure you go into EACH week with the goal of taking NEW ground
260 DAILY servings of Entrepreneurial Espresso… served up hot and fresh each and every morning to (literally) wake you up to your potential.
But it really…
comes down to the principles listed above.
Always tweaking our daily action to be in full integrity with the goals we have DECIDED to take full responsibility for.
What would NEXT WEEK look like if you used THAT one sentence as your guiding principle? What if every morning, you woke up and tweaked your daily action … so that it is in full integrity with the goals you have DECIDED to take full responsibility for?
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