I’m working way too hard and making little progress… what gives?! Does this sound like you and your business???
Hey there, it’s Melinda here. And we have just been sailing around the islands of Croatia. Right behind me, you
see the island of these and we’ve been hanging out here. We’re getting ready to head into town go to dinner, visit some
wineries, and, do some wine tasting. I just wanted to pop in here because I’ve had him here with a group of friends, and, a lot of them have been asking me about my business. And you’re gonna hear some of the crew and folks in the background there cuz we’re getting ready to take off and head into land. But a lot of it have been asking me about my
business, and, how we can work remotely, still have a business, still get everything done, still get everything accomplished, and, have this balanced life. And, I just wanted to give you some tips with that, because a lot of people that I work with, especially when they’re getting started, they work way too hard, and, make very little progress. And a lot
of times, it’s because they don’t stay focused. They’re scattered. They get distracted by the bright, shiny objects, and, they don’t follow through on what they start implementing. It’s so important to have a guide that can take you into new territory when you’re setting up your business. And just getting started, it’s so important to have that guide that knows what’s going on, knows the pitfalls, know when something might trip you up, know the shortcuts, know how to make things easier and effortless for you. And when you have that guide, then you also have the accountability to see everything through, to follow through to completion. It’s as simple as that. I know it sounds overly simplistic, but the people that I often consult with, and, coach with, and, work with one on one, the reason they see very little progress
is because they’re scattered. They’re trying to focus only on marketing. They’re scattered, not seeing things through to completion, and then they’re not getting those results. So, find a guide have that accountability and follow through with those results.
We’re getting ready to see some of the crew back there. We’re getting ready to take off site. I don’t have much more time, but, it as simple as that. A little bit of focus, a little bit of concentration, a little bit of discipline, and, you’ll work smarter, not harder in your business.
Do you have that guide? Do you have that mentor? Do you have that accountability built in? And here’s a little tip about
accountability – a lot of people have an accountability partner; which is good, but also the type of accountability partner
is what really matters. Because there’s nothing worse than having an accountability partner that doesn’t know anything either, and, then it’s like the blind leading the blind. And you feel like you’re making a lot of headway because you’re working on a lot, and, you’re working on a lot of different activities, and, you’re doing a lot of work. But when you have the wrong kind of accountability partner, you don’t know if your efforts are gonna turn into results. So not only have the right guide, but make sure you have the right type of accountability partner. Having a buddy coach is great; having a colleague that goes through it with you is brilliant. But make sure your accountability partner has been on the journey before you, and, has experienced the kind of success that you want to create in your business.
All right, if there’s somebody that you know of, a colleague, a friend that is working way too hard, and, seeing very little results tag, them below. One of these little tips might just be what makes the difference.
All right, I got to go. We’re heading into that island right there, oh, and by the way this is where Mamma Mia 2 was filmed. So we’re gonna go play around in that town. Who knows, maybe we will sing and dance on the on the port and on the boardwalk. But think about how you’re working smarter in your business, not harder. Definitely leverage that and then you can have the business beyond your wildest dreams. So, you can live the lifestyle beyond your wildest
dreams!
Invaluable Advice From A Successful Coach Entrepreneur….
Hey there, and good morning from Split Croatia!
We’ve just arrived i’m actually on the rooftop terrace of our hotel. Overlooking, there’s the old walled city of Split, and, there’s the Adriatic sea. And we’re actually getting ready to get on our yacht for the next five days to go explore all the islands. I’m so excited! But, before we go, I had somebody recently asked me, “How do you have the business that you have, and, the lifestyle you have – like you travel everywhere you go to these amazing places?” And, we’re here in Croatia for the next 10 days and when I thought about it, it really came down to three things. I want to share these tips with you quickly. And I want to give you some a little bit of insight into each of them, to make sure you’re leveraging them for your business and your life.
The first is be creative. You know, early on when I was first getting started in my business over 15 years ago, I had to be creative with my time and my money. And then I had more time, but, not as much money when I was first getting started. And so I had to take advantage of opportunities when I necessarily couldn’t afford it. But I had to ask the magic question: “How can I afford this?” Because the secret to remember is that, one desire never causes harm to another. So, for example, when I was first getting started, I loved to travel. And you know me, I love to ski as well. And so, when I first got started, I would take these ski trips, but I couldn’t stop working. Because I had to keep working, so my clients would keep paying me. So, I keep making the money. So, I had to organize my travel in a way that I could travel and work at the same time. Now, I don’t have to do that as much. So, when I travel, I’m unplugged. But in the early days, it wasn’t the case. Another example that I wanted to share with you, my husband and I, we loved going to concerts in the early days of my business; when I didn’t have as much money. I invested my time. I would volunteer for the symphony for local venues so that we could hear great concerts without necessarily buying the tickets. Now, I spend my time doing other things. And we actually invest in season tickets. And early it does not only allowed me to have a free ticket to the show because I volunteered my time, but it also allowed me to give back. So it was really a
win-win-win. So, be creative early on how you spend your time and always ask yourself – “How can I even?” When you think
you can’t afford something, how can I do whatever it is that you want to do by asking that one magical question. It sparks the creativity. It gets your intuition in flow. It gets you out of your brain and invites more resources so that you can get creative. And how you answer that question? So your work and your life can still balance each other even in the early days.
And then, the second thing is leverage opportunities. And what I mean by that is this, when you are first getting started, actually – I
think this is smart whenever you’re in business, especially when you’re first getting started. Again, I didn’t have the money that I needed just to invest in absolutely everything. So, rather than buying things at face value I would always invest when there was an
opportunity to leverage multiple resources within one purchase. Whether it was bonuses that were added in or special deals that people made, and, that they offered. So, I would always leverage my opportunities and leverage the resources so I could make my money an investment. Go as far as possible.
And then, the third thing is that hole. It’s one of my favorite cliches. Work smarter not harder. Kate and I have this funny math that we do 1+1 equals 11. You see, in the early days of my business, I had to leverage technology so that I integrated technology to automate streamline, simplify and organize as much of my business as possible because my time needed to be spent on finding
clients, creating content, finding referral partners so that I could quickly build my business. I don’t want to spend my time in the backend, right. So, I leveraged technology in the early days to allow me to travel, to allow me to have my lifestyle, and, my
business, and, both of those to be true. At the same time, now over the years, as my business is evolved, I leveraged my team,
and, still technology. But I leveraged my team so that they’re like, while I’m here in Croatia, they’re still at home; they’re working, doing what they love doing. So that we can get ready for our upcoming promotion and our launch that we’ve got our next round of bootcamp – that’s about to start up a little bit later this fall. And I’m leveraging technology and my team so that I can work smarter, not harder. So, that one plus one equals eleven eleven, and I can really leverage that opportunity. So, the essence is be creative. You can have work you, can have life. They can both exist in equal degrees of Awesomeness! At the same time, don’t sacrifice one for the other. Just be super smart, all right?
That’s my signal! I think the universe agrees with me. We’re about to go wander through the the streets of the old palace you can
see through there; and then we’re gonna hop on our boat. But, I just wanted to share that with you so that you can create the business beyond your wildest dreams, and, live the lifestyle beyond your wildest dreams. If you know somebody – a coach. or an entrepreneur that’s just getting started, or maybe they’re struggling in their business, tag them below make sure they know these three things. So, they’re not unnecessarily wasting time on tasks, or the wrong things. So they can love what they’re doing, and, help others create great transformation.
All right, I’ll see you soon! I gotta go, bye!
Are you wasting time on irrelevant decisions in your business?
How the Subconscious Negatively Impacts Your Business Success…
Regarding your business, or your the early stages of your business, maybe you’re doing so many different things; and it doesn’t matter what you’re doing, you can’t seem to create the success that you dream of, that you know is possible, that you see happening for other people, but it’s not happening for you. And a lot of times, our subconscious is playing a part in this. And I just want to bring this out into the spotlight, so you know what’s going on the inside. Because when you know that, then you can change things on the outside. And here’s kind of how this progression happens when you first get started, and, setting up your business or in the early stages. A lot of times, you don’t know what you don’t know, right? Like my guess is you’ve never started a business before. And so, this is brand new territory. You’re good at what you do, right? Being a great coach is one thing having, a thriving coaching business, it’s altogether different. So, you don’t know what you don’t know – and then that leads to flying by the seat of our pants. There’s like this path, that this choice that you have, right? And most of the time, it’s this our passion, and, our enthusiasm about starting this new venture gets the best of us, and, all of a sudden, we’re just flying by the seat of our pants; figuring it out as we go along. And that leads to “oh crap! now what?” and all of a sudden you’re in reactionary mode. When it comes to your business, you learn, “oh my gosh I need to do that,” “oh I didn’t know that okay I got to do that.” All these people are telling you things, and, you’re in this oh-crap reactionary mode. That’s stressful, really depleting on the energy. It has a lot of other consequence as well. And when we’re in that mode, all we can be is uncertain. Like uncertainty is ruling things. Lack of confidence is what shows up. This react “oh my gosh. should I forget something is?” “Something slipping through the cracks?” “Do I know about this?” “What don’t I know?” “What else is going to show?” And all of a sudden, this doubt takes over – and when that happens, these villains start rushing forward. You feel like a fraud; you’re not good enough; things aren’t good enough; your business isn’t good enough; you’re comparing yourself to other people, and, I could go on and on with the villains that are showing up. And that’s what’s ruling your thoughts, your energy, your behaviors, your actions. You’re trying to have sessions with prospects, are trying to find them, and, all of this is clouding your judgment. And subconsciously, when these, when these villains kick in, and, this uncertainty, and, this lack of confidence in this doubt is prevailing. This is it permeates everything, right? It’s like this – these enter, this energy that’s mixed in and permeating through everything. And so when you’re, you know, your mouth is saying “I need clients, I want clients, I want to make money,” but subconsciously, you’re digging your heels. And you’re like no, because if I if I put myself out there, they’re gonna discover the fraud that I am. They’re gonna realize I don’t have my stuff together. When really, what you want to be as professional. And you want to be of profound service but you feel like anything but that in that moment right so you’re cutting your subconscious is screaming no; while your mouth is saying yes. And you’re in this tug-of-war with yourself, right? So, does this sound familiar? And it’s so common with so many entrepreneurs, because they don’t know. What they don’t know they’ve never done this before, right? And there’s a way to turn this around. The first is just to realize this – to realize that there’s this disconnect, and, then to make a commitment to learn what you need, to know about setting up a business. Because there are some important things that you have to know, and, what I find is that a lot of people, they just put their attention on “let me try to get more clients, okay?” That marketing strategy didn’t work. Let me go try another marketing strategy, and, they just keep trying different marketing strategies; hoping the next one will work. Meanwhile, they’re not taking care of things behind the scenes in their business, and, behind the scenes, and, their energy. So, their subconscious keeps them at this tug-of-war.
You hit a plateau. You feel it doesn’t matter. What you do, you can’t grow beyond the few pro bono clients you have, or the revenue ceiling that you’ve hit. And it’s what happens behind the scenes, both in your business, and, in you energetically where you can make a big difference. So, I just want to put that out there because sometimes you’re a tug-of-war with yourself; and you don’t even know it. So just drop that rope. Make the commitment to learn what you need to learn; about the business of coaching.
Share this below if there is some else – colleagues of yours, or other peer coaches that are out there, that are struggling with getting clients, and, making money. Most of the time, it’s not because of marketing, and it’s no because they’re not a good coach. Usually, it’s because they don’t know. What they don’t know, and the business side of things. So share this with the people that you know are tag some folks below. Because in the coming weeks, we have got some resources to help you know what you need to know. All the pieces, the steps, the sequence, so that you can confidently move through your business and get yourself into alignment; so that you can feel confident. Putting yourself out there, being seen because the world is ready and waiting for your work. We are in a great time of transformation. And I believe that coaches and entrepreneurs are going to change the culture across the globe. So, we’ve got to get you out of your own way so that you can get into agreement with yourself and get your business up and running and thriving. You can share this with those you know, and, tag some people who could really stand to learn these resources because I can’t wait to get my hands on you and their business
What I love about Nan’s story of how she started (and continues to grow her coaching business)…
Have you met Nan? You can actually click below, and, read her story – about how she started her business; but I wanted to hop
in here and just share with you what I love about Nan’s story, and, what has inspired me about her story.
You see, well she’s a woman. After my own heart, she knew to get organized upfront to get her business the kind of set up behind the scenes before she got going. So, you know I’m gonna geek out on that. And that’s exactly what man did, but it allowed her to do something else. And this is what I really admire about Nan. And what I’ve loved watching her, on her journey because she was organized behind the scenes right from the very beginning, she had everything in place, as she could attract clients, get them, convert them. All that has worked out for him. What she wasn’t clear on was her niche. She knew she wanted to serve people. She knew she wanted to help people, and, make a big impact; but she wasn’t clear on exactly who they were, and, where to find them, or
how to articulate it. Most of all, because she was organized behind the scenes, she wasn’t distracted or stressed. She could put all of her attention and energy, and, getting really clear on the people she’s meant to serve. How to articulate that out in public, how to put
herself out there, and, as a result, she began to acquire prospects and clients pretty quickly. And what it’s really allowed her to do is to think bigger, and, dream a bigger business.
Now, I’ve known Nan for years now. She’s been on this journey through her coaching business. And I’ve had the honour to support her in that. And she continues to scale to the next level, and, then scale to the next level, and, then continues to keep growing in exactly the way she wants her business to grow – defined by her. You know, I might want my business to look a certain way, maybe you want your business to look a different way. And Nan, maybe she wants her business to look different again. But what I love about nNan is, she’s crystal clear on what she wants her business to look like, and, her lifestyle, to look like, to match, and, be able to support her family, and, she does it! Because she’s organized behind the scenes, and, she’s clear on her niche.
Those two powerful combinations has allowed her to think bigger, and, dream bigger. See, if you are inspired by her story, you can click on the link below. You’ll read about Nan’s story, and, then you’ll also see that we have – a collection of 11 other successful entrepreneurs, and, their story may just inspire you.
You are here to do great things in this world. You have these gifts, and, these talents you were born to do this. Now, we just got to
get some of the details in place. To make sure you can do this, and, make that big impact. I love what you do. See what you’re inspired by Nan’s story. I can’t wait to hear. Comment below let me know how it affects your journey.