I should know.
I had a story of my own once.
A story that I BELIEVED… about me being SO precious and SO pure-hearted and so COMMITTED as a wife and mom… SO different from other business owners… that I couldn’t POSSIBLY do all I needed to do to have a thriving business. No, no, no…
I’d choose a story of “honorable” struggle instead of victory.
I’d just stay true to my story,
to my “struggle” of not being able to “do it” the way others did… (Too independent and too special for THAT…) I’d just keep repeating my STORY of being under-funded and over-busy, BUT SUPER COMMITTED TO FAMILY, while earning people’s PITY instead of their RESPECT.
I’d choose a story of VICTIM…
— along for the ride,
one tiny, timid step at a time,
never REACHING my goals,
but still talking about them, of course —
over the story of a VICTOR,
storming the beaches of my dreams, taking over and building my empire!!
#yuck.
My lip is snarling in disgust..
at my OWN former commitment to some STORY,
which took EASY precedence over a commitment to MY purpose and goals and vision.
Stories are powerful.
And the MOST powerful stories,
are the ones we tell ourselves.
Last week, I had someone confess to me that they felt like “the” under-achiever in a specific group of women. My EXACT ANSWER, said with absolute love, “well, they’ve all been doing the work…. and you, haven’t.”
She felt Too precious,
too different,
too special,
too ________________.
Truth is, she was too attached to a STORY.
A story of “honorable” STRUGGLE…
a story of PITY…
a story of “I’m (or My work) is simply TOO unique…”
I hesitated for a moment to be THIS bold,
but bottom line: my stuff works.
It increases INCOME, IMPACT and INFLUENCE.
It also gives you POWER to choose who you work with, when you work, where, and for how much. My stuff, creates FREEDOM.
BUT ONLY WHEN YOU DO THE WORK.
It doesn’t work for the first 99 people and not for the 100th.
It works for ANYONE who does the work.
Period.
End of story.
Now, whether you choose to GO ALL IN,
and actually DO the work,
UNTIL it works..
well, that’s up to you.
It took ME a while — too long — to let go of my own story and just DO the work. So, I get it… but the moment you LAY DOWN any story of why you CAN’T POSSIBLY… you RAMP UP possibility (and profit, if you’re into that sort of thing!) **wink**
DID YOU HEAR?
We’re 1 system IN to a 7 Systems training… We covered THIS yesterday,
👍My Marketing Plan, which is how I continually generate and nurture leads;
And will be covering the following over the next SIX weeks. The ONLY way to get access to this program is to join Women Who WOW, which you can do by messaging me.
👍My Content Plan, which is how I plan, create, curate and syndicate ALL the content I do;
👍My Sales Plan, or how to turn interest and leads into clients and cash.
👍My Media Plan, or how I deliberately insert myself into the national conversation.
👍My Outreach Plan, which is slightly different than marketing and media… but focused on women leaders (or gatekeepers to large groups of women).
👍My Measuring Plan, which is what and how and how often I measure in order to keep my business on track… and — of course —
👍My Access Plan, which guides WHO has access to me, WHEN, HOW and HOW MUCH.
