Goals Are Reached In the Daily Doing

Years ago the Vice President of Sales asked the sales team at a retreat, “How do we reach our quota?”. He paused and listened to our responses, and went on to say, the same way you eat an elephant. Bite by Bite. Whether it is launching a new product, staying consistent with marketing, reaching a financial goal, or whatever else you’re trying to achieve it will be reached in the daily doing.

Miss Task

I love the name that I gave my business when I started out in 2016. When I was naming my business I wanted something short and sweet, easy to remember, and simple to Google.

But, what it means to me is something more, I see it as do not miss a task. If we are going to reach the goal we need to not skip over or miss the necessary tasks that need to be done. This is the daily doing. The daily doing doesn’t need to be done by the online entrepreneur, but it needs to be done by someone on the team.

In fact, I would encourage you to hire that part-time VA for just a few hours a week, it is a mindset shift that feels very empowering.

Easy Road

How do we stop ourselves from taking the easy road? While my mantra this year is “Business is easy when I take messy imperfect action” to me that doesn’t mean taking the easy road and skipping the daily doing.

It means that I will do the job to the best of my abilities for who I am right now. How you do one thing is how you do everything.

As online entrepreneurs, if we are so busy that we feel we need to cut corners to get everything done, is the corner-cutting setting your business up for future success?

I’m going to tell you, it will not. You’ll get to a point that you’ll regret that corner-cutting because something will break. And it will be a time monster to find and fix the issue.

Leadership

As an Online Business Manager, a key piece of my role in an online business is managing the team. My areas of expertise that I bring to my clients are leadership, metrics, planning, and organization. These are skills that I commit to cultivating.

Skill development is a daily doing that is a non-negotiable in my schedule. It is part of my morning routine. Gathering knowledge.

Recently, during my morning knowledge-gathering, I came upon this article on self-leadership by Jenni Carton, here is the link if you’re interested in reading it: Lead Yourself Well to Lead Others Better by Jenni Catron.

This is one key piece that stuck out to me in the article. “Self-leadership is the hard work behind the scenes that prepares you for great leadership. Understanding who you are, cultivating your character, committing to lifelong learning, and developing discipline provide the framework for fostering the leadership of self.”

This little nugget landed a spot in my Words + Wisdom gallery inside of Notion.

It is the hard work behind the scenes, our daily doing that makes us great.

Focus on the daily doing

Friend, I love to look towards the future what I’m going to do. But, thinking about your goals and what you want to do will not make them happen.

It takes action. It takes daily doing to get to your goals. Without taking action we stay stuck and stagnant.

It is the daily doing that forms the habits and gives us confidence that we can reach our goals.

Little Side Note

If you have no idea what to do. A fantastic way to figure it out is mind mapping. I’ve talked about this before in a post. Check it out.

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points, you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

Whether it is launching a new product, staying consistent with marketing, reaching a financial goal, or whatever else you’re trying to achieve it will be reached in the daily doing.
If we are going to reach the goal we need to not skip over or miss the necessary tasks that need to be done.
Doing the job to the best of your abilities for who you are right now, is not taking the easy road.
Skill development is a daily doing that is a non-negotiable in my schedule. Is skill development part of your daily doing?
It takes daily doing to get to your goals.
What goal are you working towards and do you know the daily doing that needs to happen to accomplish your goal?

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Imposter Syndrome, that feeling of who am I to…

by Michele | Online Business

Imposter Syndrome, oh the irony of it all. This was the plan topic for the week. Oh boy, writing this blog post I’ve experienced first hand, imposter syndrome. The feeling of who am I to talk about it. The little voice that chatters away in your head, that sparks the self-doubt. I’m guessing you know what I’m talking about.

Recognize that I’m doing it

This is the biggest thing for me. I need to recognize that I’m doing it. On the days that I film the YouTube video that goes along with my blog post, I like to be with my own thoughts in the morning when I’m getting ready.

But today, I started listening to a podcast on the subject of imposter syndrome. Oh, and I found a wonderful podcast, As a Woman Podcast with Dr. Natalie Crawford. She covered Imposter Syndrome. Here is the link if you’d like to listen yourself. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imposter-syndrome/id1449553339?i=1000452501510

It’s good, so listen to it. After I finished with this podcast I found myself looking for another one. But, I was heading out on my morning walk with the dogs and after reading the book Get Your Life Back by John Eldredge. https://www.amazon.com/Get-Your-Life-Back-Practices/dp/1400208661

While reading this book, I made the commitment to myself that is my morning pause. This is the time to simply let it go, along with the prayer. “Jesus – I give everyone and everything to you.” Mr. Eldredge recommends that you repeat this until it feels like you’re actually releasing and detaching.

Guess What?

Well, I’m not really going to make you guess but if you did tell me in the comments below or send me a DM on Instagram. That little voice the chatter in my head that I quieted on my super quick as fast as I could walk because it 7 degrees outside pause.

Stopped me in my tracks. It said Michele you’re doing it right now. You’re doubting that you can talk about imposter syndrome. Girl, you can talk about it. You can talk about your own experience and it will be enough for someONE.

Thank you

It was at that moment that, I reframed my thoughts. Thanked me for bringing this to the surface and gave me grace.

That’s not true

Then I began the process of that’s not true. All the limiting beliefs began to string into my head. And as quickly as they popped into my head, I combatted them with “That’s not true. Thanks for keeping me safe through.”

It was in the moment that I had the choice to not hold myself back.

Why can I speak on mindset blocks and entrepreneurship, because Friend, I’ve tried them all and I have the P&L statements to show for it.

Cause when things get going really well in my business. Some limiting beliefs trying to keep me small.

It tries to make me feel like a fraud, that I’m not good enough, that I’m not the right person for the role, or causes me to feel unsure of my own abilities.

That’s not true I am good enough. Somewhere out there is someONE that needs to hear that too.

That’s not true, I am the right person for the role.

That’s not true, I have more than enough knowledge and experience to figure out a solution. And if I get stuck I ask my community of Online Business Managers. Someone will have an idea for me.

This is what I have to say about imposter syndrome.

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Here is just a snippet of the important points, you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

The feeling of who am I to talk about it. The little voice that chatters away in your head, that sparks the self-doubt
I need to recognize that I’m doing it.
It said Michele you’re doing it right now. You’re doubting that you can talk about imposter syndrome
It was in the moment that I had the choice to not hold myself back.
When that chatter starts to creep in, talkback to yourself.
We have to be our own best cheerleader.
You can do it for yourself.

Quarterly Planning For Your Online Business post by Miss Task

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Are you letting judgment get in the way of your entrepreneurial dream?

by Michele | Online Business

Are you letting judgment get in the way of your entrepreneurial dream?

I speak from my own personal experiences with letting judgment get in the way of my entrepreneurial dreams.

It was crippling to the growth of my business when I put more focus on the fear of what others would think, instead of focusing on the impact I could make.

What’s a midwest girl know about running a business anyway? Yep, this is a true thought that my inner voice would throw up at me when I’d get out of my comfort zone.

Embarrassment, Awkward, Worrying

The fear of judgment can make us feel embarrassed, awkward, worried and a number of other feelings that surface for us. All of these emotions get in the way of our happiness and making a true impact.

It can be difficult to overcome that little inner voice in our heads that doesn’t have the same hopes and dreams for our future. It’s okay, that voice is just worried about keeping us safe.

Stop caring what others think

Why do we care what others think so much anyway? Really, do people notice as much as we notice? Hmm, the answer is no.

Let’s face it. That same little inner voice is also always on the lookout for “What’s in it for me”

Really in our small business do we want to work with people that feel the need to judge what we do?

Shouldn’t we care more about the person that feels drawn to us? As, much as I feel the need to be loved by everyone. I know that I’m not everybody’s cup of tea. I continue to do the mindset work to be okay with that. What it all comes down to is, I want to make an impact and provide value to someone. I’ve said it before, the keyword for me is ONE.

I’m pretty sure I’ll never get over caring what other think, I’ve given myself the mindset tools to overcome the fear quicker.

I choose to no longer allow judgment to get in the way of my success. Because business is easy when I take messy imperfect action. That means that I need to emotionally release the judgers. That mindset is what empowers me to stop caring what others think.

Stop judging yourself

Ohh, this is a big one, Friend. Get clear on the items that you’re letting judgment get in the way. Okay, now how are YOU judging yourself regarding this judgment?

We are our own worst enemy. Take a look at yourself and figure out what you’re judging yourself about. Stop it.

That thing, that is getting in the way of our business success. That thing that we feel others judge us on. That’s a mirror into our own self-doubt. Think I’m off my rocker about this?

Get out your journal and I guess we’ll see how off I am. Circle back to me, Friend, tell me what did you discover.

I’ve set the goal to record a YouTube video to go along with my blog post every week. Does this feel easy yet? Heck no. But I know in time and practice, I will not feel so embarrassed, awkward, and worried about what others think.

All those feels that I listed above, are the same things that I think I’m getting judged on. Friends, I’m not foolish enough to believe that I’m not getting judge, but I’m not letting judgment get in the way of creating an impact on one person.

Your own judgments will be mirrored back to you by others. Because it is what you’re looking for, someone to prove you right.

Here is what else I have to say on the judgment.

Be confident

Live your life for yourself. Is it simple to let go of caring what others think? Heck No! Do I still have times when I let silly things keep me up at night worrying what others think? Yes, I do. Anything can seem bigger than it really is if I let my mind spiral.

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Little Side Note

If You’re Feeling Like A Failure, You’re Not Video from Reese at Yes Supply.

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points, you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

Embarrassment, Awkward, Worrying emotions get in the way of our happiness and making a true impact.
I know that I’m not everybody’s cup of tea and that’s okay.
We are our own worst enemy. Take a look at yourself and figure out what you’re judging yourself about. Stop it.
Live your life for yourself, it’s your path enjoy it.

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