HOW MANY HOURS DO I WORK AS A FULL TIME FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR? OR…
IS MY BUSINESS PUSHING ME TOO HARD?
I’ll answer that question, because many people ask…. but first, the HUGE, MUCH BIGGER question behind it:
IS WORKING ALL THE TIME A PRE-REQUISITE FOR SUCCESS?
Recently, I had a new WomenWhoWOW.com member say something to me regarding long hours. I forget the actual language, but it was sort of a presumed agreement of “I work non-stop, you know how it is.”
I almost let it go, but it felt so disingenuous to let it go.
It felt dishonest.
It felt sacrilegious in some way.
Because one of the limiting beliefs I held onto for so long — and must STILL be very cognizant of, if I were to be honest, to this day — was that of having to give up my LIFE for SUCCESS. That dreadful thought that creating WILD success would come at a too high of a cost.
No more lazy nights with my Mister.
No more Sundays like I had today.
No more life on my own terms.
All of the stuff I love,
REPLACED
by the harried, rushed, always behind, always busy, always scheduled life that I absolutely detest.
None of this is true, by the way. But it was a thought that was HARD for me to shake… hard for me to walk away from.
So, let’s get back to that comment…. “I work non-stop, you know how it is.”
No… I don’t actually.
Not really.
I show up every day with a TRIPLE-focused goal: To encourage, empower and equip my members and my clients.
I show up AS I AM, not some glossed up version of me. (Although I RARELY show up without makeup… it’s just who I am, lol…. )
I show up excited about what’s possible in this amazing world of commerce and self-employment. NOTHING (save my Mister) has truly ever captured my imagination like the possibilities inherent in being a self-bosser. Seriously. There’s nothing like it.
So, yeah… I show up every day.
I share my message.
I preach. (Some even call me “the profit preacher.”)
I get in your junk drawer.
I uncover what you may have been hiding.
I remind you of what’s possible.
I point out the shortest path for where you’re going.
I help you slow down so you’re not TRIPPING over cash as you “get your name out there.”
And I sell stuff. (Mainly membership: bmichellepippin.com/ womenwhowow)
and I LOVE IT.
But, how much am I REALLY working?
I really don’t know. VERY LITTLE of my “work” feels like work at all. Right now, I’m writing this after a glorious day on the river with my son and his friend. I’ve got a bottle of water and a glass of my favorite red wine. And I’m on my back deck with the “white noise” of the birds who make me smile — always — with their incessant chatter.
I’ve looked at my upcoming week and have only 8 appointments all week, totally only 9.5 hours of my week that is “spoken for.”
That ain’t bad.
I’ll also, though, take time to message. (To be the profit preacher, lol…) I’ll take time to encourage, to respond to emails, to do some client work.
I’ll take some time to be inspired by others.
I’ll start each day with my morning routine (Coffee, Bible, Journal, Message) and I’ll love it.
I’ll work out, and take time to talk with my daughter before she leaves for work.
I’ll check out my garden, every day, with my Mister…. because it’s just what we do. lol…
I’ll watch my other daughter play softball… and my son run track.
And, to a certain extent, all of this is part of my “work.” It’s part of who I am. It’s part of the example I bring to the entrepreneurial world.
DO I SHY AWAY FROM WORK? FROM THE HUSTLE? FROM THE DAILY GRIND?
NO WAY!!
TRUTH BE TOLD, I AM ALWAYS “WORKING” TO ALIGN MY LIFE, MY INCOME, MY LIFESTYLE AND MY SCHEDULE WITH MY HIGHEST POSSIBLE IMPACT AND PURPOSE.
I think it’s my responsibility, really.
To whom much is given… much is expected.
And I have a huge call on my life.
So, I’m willing to work for it, of course.
But, by “working all the time,”
to the exclusion of these OTHER things that make me, ME…
and that make MY LIFE ideal (for me)…
Well, no….
that’s not going to happen.
Quick secret: Your business grows FASTER and attracts HIGHER QUALITY CLIENTS when you are integrating your LIFE (your IDEAL life) into your own “daily grind.” Being FULLY YOU, and building your business around YOUR message and YOUR preferences is what allows you to operate in a competitive vacuum. But only every single time.
If this is YOU… if you want to build a wildly successful (mid-six figures and beyond) ON YOUR OWN TERMS, join us at WomenWhoWOW.com.
