AND THEREFORE CAN’T JOIN US IN BEING IN THE TOP 5% OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS.
It’s REALLY not that I don’t care,
I promise.
it’s just that these stories…. are keeping you STUCK.
So, so, so incredibly, unbelievably STUCK.
ANCHORED to your past.
ANKLE CHAINED to your bullshit excuses.
WEIGHED DOWN by made up reasons “why not.”
And I’ve certainly been there myself.
In a prison of my own making,
telling myself made up stories about why LATER would be better for me… about why NOT playing full out was “wiser” for me… about what I stood to LOSE by being FULLY me… about what I needed to do to GET (more) READY.
I can hardly STOMACH the regret…
regret — frankly — I thought I’d LONG AGO released…
as I remember the days of:
Pushing pause,
swimming in the shallow end, so I wouldn’t be overwhelmed in the deep,
pacing myself…
and mainly just playing small.
I told myself / CONVINCED myself that I didn’t want more.
I told myself that my “pacing” would prevent “burn out” or overwhelm.
I told myself that the people I was looking up to had something I didn’t… Maybe they came from money or maybe their husband was funding their growth…or maybe they weren’t actively parenting their kids… or maybe their marriage was falling apart…. or maybe this success they had was actually pretty miserable.
And, hey… in some ways these things were TRUE.
I DO love and cherish my simple life.
My life, my mornings, my coffee, my journal, my Bible, my quiet mornings on the deck listening to the birds… are all LUXURIES for me. I wouldn’t trade them for anything.
STILL, in my heart of hearts, I wanted more.
I want MORE.
I wanted all of those luxuries PLUS, PLUS, PLUS.
I wanted to be known,
to be influential,
to have an impact… beyond my little piece of the world.
And, you know what?
Maybe “pacing myself” DID prevent overwhelm or burn out. But when you do what you LOVE… in a way you lOVE to do it, you’ll never burn out. When you DELIBERATELY design your business to be a PERFECT fit… burn out isn’t an issue. And as far as the overwhelm? Well, yes… that happens.
And it reminds me that I AM swimming in the deep waters. #FINALLY. But this overwhelm does NOT EVER have me frantically swimming for shore.
Because I know,
as do YOU,
that
IN the DEEP,
is where we belong.
And also, maybe all of those things ARE / WERE true for the people I was looking up to. Maybe someone else WAS funding their success… maybe their marriages WERE falling apart, maybe a nanny WAS raising their kids.
WHO CARES?????
What does that have to do with me?
I’m CURATING this business…
MOLDING it around my preferences,
saying NO (a lot)
saying YES to things that are IDEAL and PERFECT,
So, forget ALL of your stories.
Today is YOUR day.
The PURSUIT of WILD success…
UNREASONABLE success…
will GROW you, STRETCH you, EMBOLDEN you,
like nothing else ever will.
And success will NEVER make you choose.
You can build it your own way.
Your success,
and mine,
is a CUSTOM build.
Built to suit.
Or it should be.
Because it absolutely CAN be.
P.S. If YOU are (really) done playing small…
if you are READY to play full out…
jump into the deep end with me.
Come with me to New York City.
Hob nob,
pitch to ,
discuss your business with…
national media outlets LOOKING for your story.
We’ve curated an impressive group of Who’s WHO among media decision makers. The Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur magazine, the producers for Dr. Oz and Rachael Ray, key producers from Fox News and Fox Business, the editor for Business Insider… and MORE.
Don’t let ANY B.S. excuse keep you from getting into this room. Message me for details.
