Feel like giving up on your goal?

Feel like giving up on your goal?

by | Online Business, Planning-Organization-Productivity

Do you feel like giving up on your goal? What do we do in those times when feeling like giving up is a better solution than actually trying to push through and reach your goal?

Friend, you are not alone we all have times like those. We all have days like that, heck I just had a week like that.

Embrace how your feeling

Everything your doing feels hard and not easy. If you’re feeling that way right now, it's okay to embrace the feeling. It's not gonna last forever, you’ll come out better on the other side.

The next time those feelings start to creep in on your momentum, here are a few ideas on how you can resist that feeling of wanting to give up and not continue to move forward towards your goal.

Look for the easy

When your days or weeks feel hard and you’re uncertain of the next best action or move take a step back and look at it from a different angle.

Right now at this moment, reaching my goal feels hard. So the opposite of hard, obviously, is easy.

What are you working on the feels hard? Or are you not working on anything at all, are you just looking at your goal as unattainable?

The question to ask is how can I move it from feeling hard to over to feeling easy.

Do I need to break it down a bit more into a few simpler action steps?

Let me give you an example. You’re creating an online course. You have record module one as your first task.

Ugh. Of course, that feels hard, that one action has a LOT of little actions that need to take place before you can record module one.

For example here are some of the small actions you can break this action item down into.

  • Draft an outline of the main points
  • Add sub-points to the main points on the outline
  • Pick a slide template – Canva has a ton by the way
  • Create three slides
Feel like giving up on your goal?

Break it down

Breaking the big lofty goals into smaller action steps and breaking them down again is a fantastic way to make it feel easier and prevents you from throwing in the towel on your goal.

What’s the story?

Friends, lean in for this one. Does it feel really hard or is that just the story that you’re telling yourself, in your own mind?

Is your mind, telling you it has to be done this way or that way, or stop doing it that way. Or maybe it worse. Maybe your mind is telling you a negative enough story. They are the worst, You’re not smart enough, know enough. Blah, blah, blah.

Stop that storytelling, it’s only hard because that is the story your telling yourself. And that, Friend, is what makes it feel hard.

Sometimes we just need to step back, and really identify that it’s our own self that is causing us to get in our own way to self-sabotage.

You know what, sometimes things feel, quick and easy and other times the struggle is real.

To get out of that mindset, it's just a matter of how to shift that struggle into something that's, well not a struggle anymore.

How do you get out of the struggle mindset?

One of the best ways, if you’ve followed me for any amount of time I'm sure this is gonna be a shocker 😂, take pen to paper and write it out. Mind sweep all the particular points that feel like a struggle, next write down specifically what feels hard.

Now, ask what is the next thing. One small action to move forward.

Today, if this one little thing was done, it would give momentum towards the goal.

Friend, do you know what?

Sometimes, that one thing is just making the decision to make a decision. 🤯mind-blowing I know.

Step into the action with a decision, this one decision may be what is need to get into the flow and excitement to figure out the next small action. Causing a snowball effect to get that progressive movement towards your goal.

Give yourself grace

Make sure to give yourself grace, when things feel hard when you’re not wanting to do something, and your stuck feeling that struggle.

It's truly taking the time to evaluate why you feel that way. Why you’re thinking this way.

Step back and get out of your own mind. Because the problem is, and I speak from experience, we get so much into our own minds.

It becomes really difficult for us to step away and see that there is a different route.

If you're struggling on your own to gain a different perspective, chat with somebody, find a business bestie or accountability partner.

Find somebody to talk through your roadblocks when it becomes hard, someone that has your back when it becomes hard.

I think I've mentioned before that I do have a group called the Clarity Muse Mentorship, and if you need a cheerleader, or you need help working through these or you need help with setting up your goals or moving past all of these mindset things. Join. We'd love to have you in there. And as always, if you have any questions, go ahead and leave me a comment. I appreciate you and have a wonderful day.

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Little Side Note

If you are constantly getting in your own way. Check out this article from Yes Supply on Self-Sabotaging.

✁ Just a Snippet

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

  • When giving up feels like a better solution than trying to push through and achieve your goals.
  • Everything your doing feels hard and not easy.
  • The question to ask is how can I move it from feeling hard to over to feeling easy.
  • Do I need to break it down a bit more into a few simpler action steps?
  • Is your mind, telling you it has to be done this way or that way, or stop doing it that way.
  • Step back and get out of your own mind.

Check out these other posts for inspiration if you feel like giving up on your goal?

Mind Mapping To Plan Your Goals
Simple Action to Mapping Your Next Project
Quarterly Planning May Not Be Sexy
Work Smarter Not Harder with Canned Responses

Work Smarter Not Harder with Canned Responses

by | Planning-Organization-Productivity

Work Smarter Not Harder by creating canned responses in Gmail to efficiently manage your inbox.

Work Smarter not harder by creating canned responses in Gmail to effectively manage your inbox and to easily delegate to a virtual executive assistant.

You know those questions that you receive repeatedly from prospects, clients and general inquires. It’s time to start working smarter my Friend by using a response you’ve already drafted and saving that in your canned responses in Gmail.

To get you started

Ideas on responses that you can write once and use again and again.

  • A list of your favorite books
  • A list of your favorite podcasts
  • A waiting list response for your group or program
  • A no to opportunities that you do not have time for or are not in alignment with your business
  • Your best advice
  • Affiliate or Joint Venture Information

Here is another pro-tip, create forms in Google Forms or Typeform for your waitlist, joint ventures, guest posting, podcast interviews. Anything that you’d want to gather information create the Google Form so that information can be added directly into a Google Sheet. By asking the same questions you’ll be able to compare data. 

Canned Responses in Gmail

Create in a Google Document First

Copy and paste emails you’ve already written into a Canned Responses Google Document. Once you have your responses they can be saved inside of Google. The reason I suggest that you create it in a google document is that you can easily see what you’ve already done. It’s easy to share if you’d like to send them to a team member.

Walk Through

Watch the video below as I walk you through how to set up your very own canned responses in Gmail.

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Little Side Note

Quick Recap

  • Create canned responses to quickly and efficiently respond to repeat emails
  • Write them and update them in a Google Document
  • Watch the video for a walkthrough on how to set up your own canned responses

Ready to get Clear?

I wanted to personally invite you to join the Clarity Muse Mentorship. You know how it’s can be a struggle to read the label from inside the bottle? 

When you’re in the day-to-day of your business you can face the struggle to get a clear vision of where you want our business and personal life to be in 90-Days, One Year, and Three Years. You.

The Clarity Muse Mentorship will transform the way that you approach clarifying your vision and empower you to take messy imperfection action every step of the way. 

By joining this mentorship, you will:

  •  The mentorship will allow you to get clear on your vision and how you want to FEEL as the CEO of your business
  • The mentorship will have weekly goal setting, accountability, and Q&A sessions
  • Plus, you’ll be connected with a community of like-minded businesswomen on a new and upcoming platform. 

This mentorship is hosted on Marco Polo Channels! This is an awesome video chat platform. It is super new and so very cool. I’ve been using Marco Polo with my clients now for over three years. This is such a great way to connect. 

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Planning for the year ahead as an online entrepreneur

Planning for the year ahead as an online entrepreneur

by | Goals, Planning-Organization-Productivity

Planning for the year ahead as an online entrepreneur

Wow, another new year is upon us, are you planning for the year ahead as an online entrepreneur? 

You may resist planning in your business because the thought of it feels difficult. Friend, with even an outline of where you’d like to go and what you’d like to accomplish it, will keep you from feeling insanely busy EVERY single day. 

I’m sure you’ve heard if you don’t know where you’re going how will you know when you get there. This holds true in business as well. 

You’ll always have people and things that will pull you around in your business. 

But, you put together a plan it will create the focus you need to move ahead. Cause I know you do not want to be in this same place next year. 

Reflection

Reflecting on the things that worked, areas of improvement and dropping what you need to walk away from. 

What was really successful this past year? What did you achieve?

What didn’t go as smoothly as you hoped this past year? What challenges did you face and overcome or not overcome?

What pulled your attention away from your goal?

What were the numbers?

Gather all the status of your business. How many followers you have on your social media accounts. 

What was your profit, expense, income, clients? 

You’ll want to make sure that you’re measuring your progress.  

What is the vision for the next year?

What’s the vision for your business? 

Do you have an idea of where you want to be in three years? Come on, it’s time to write down the vision you have for business, where are you going?

From your three-year vision, what can you do in the upcoming year to move in that direction?

Planning for the year ahead as an online entrepreneur

Let Me Guide You Through An Annual Plan

Firstly, pull out the calendar and figure out the actual number of working days you’ll have in the quarter. What days do you plan to take time off for vacation, rest or leisure? 

Block those days off in your calendar now. 

Secondly, grab your notebook it’s time to create an exhausting list of all the projects that you want to accomplish in the next year. When I say exhausted, I mean get it all out even those crazy ideas. No project is too small or simple for the list. Write down everything that pops into your head, without any judgment.

What projects are in aligned with your vision

With your exhausted list of ideas, which projects do you feel is the most aligned with the vision and mission of your online business. Next, go on and cross off anything on your list that is unaligned or doesn’t bring a sense of joy. 

Then, circle all the ideas that you feel are aligned with the vision of your online business and rank each of the tasks by importance to you and your ideal clients. This will aid in where you need to start. 

Each quarter will be assigned three projects to achieve! Basically, one per month. Start with the projects that have the most impact on the growth of your online business or is the quickest path to cash. Either highlight the three tasks for Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 with a different color or note the Q in front of the task.

Mindmap the Quarters

My favorite way to create a plan is, to begin with, a mindmap. I’ve talked about mindmap previously in the post if you’d like to read it. 

In the center of a new sheet of paper pick one of the ideas from your list. This is how you start your mindmap.

Circle your idea in the center of your page and begin to create lines off of this idea with all the items that need to take place in order to bring it to completion.  Then create small accomplishable tasks off of items that need to be completed. 

For example, if one project in the next quarter is to create a new opt-in. You’ll need a landing page for one of the items. What are the small accomplishable daily tasks to create a landing page? Here are a few ideas. 

  • Find images 
  • Write Copy
  • Create Wireframe

What else do you need to do? 

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Little Side Note

If you’re planning to create a new offering this should be your single focus for the one whole quarter.

Get it scheduled

If you have a project management system you can set this all up inside, so that you know what to do when. If not, a paper calendar or Bullet Journal will work just fine. 

At the top, write out your online business mission, vision, and goals for the first quarter. Under this breaks it into three columns. One for each project. 

Looking at your list if you had to pick just one project what would it be? 

Start with that one. 

Under the Project Header

Now we are going to put in all the tasks that need to be completed by who and when. Will you need any resources, such as a new software application, to complete the task? 

Not all the tasks must be completed by you. It’s very important that you stay in your lane and delegate out the tasks that can be done by someone else.

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Stop believing that old story that you're not someone that likes to plan.

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It creates a clear plan, vision, and goals for your business. No more second-guessing yourself. 

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