I remember as a teenager talking about this person or that person “getting played” by someone else. The people changed, but the story was always the same:

The person “doing the playing” pretended the relationship was far more serious than it really was. The person “being played” believed the charade.

I am seeing some women playing THEMSELVES right now, pretending their business is much more serious, much more important… than it really is. They say ALL the right things, you know…

✅ I’m all in!
✅ YASSSS!!!!! Let’s do this!
✅ Ain’t no stopping me NOW!

They post the memes hinting at “all the things” they’re getting ready to reveal. =) They refer to themselves as BADASSES and QUEENS and GAME CHANGERS.
And if fact, they are…
or,
they could be — if their actions actually match their words.

They may even invest at high levels,
they get the “works” done to their site…

But when it comes to laying THEMSELVES fully on the line, when it comes to following those nudges that push the envelope, when it comes to backing themselves, their message, going NAKED to the market, when it comes to STAYING the course when things get tough…

well, it just ain’t that serious to them.

LOOK, we spend a LOT of time making a living.
We think about it a lot,
do the vision boards,
journal the affirmations,
ponder the possibilities,

so woman…
when it’s time to do the hard stuff,
when you feel like time is running out
and the goals you set at the beginning of 2020 seem further away today than they were on January 1st….
take on each day like you mean it!

Take on each day like you have a purpose,
a call on your life!
Take on EACH day like you have a difference to make in the world!
Take on each day like it matters.

Because it does.
So, friend…
DON’T PLAY YOURSELF!

Your art, message, modality, influence MATTERS.
Your EXAMPLE matters.
You are here
on this earth
at this time
for such a time as this.

So, don’t give me lip service about how ALL IN you are,
and then act like a player when it’s time to commit.

To whom much is given,
MUCH is expected.
Your skills, your expertise, your experience, your wisdom,
came at a high price.

Let’s do them justice.
No time for players.

P.S. Have you been dancing around Women Who WOW? Have you been delaying reaching out to me? Thinking, “later,” or maybe wondering if I’m disappointed you left us however many years ago? Let’s have that conversation. I think you’ll find you’re RIGHT BACK at home here.

I see you.
I bear witness to your hustle.
And I can’t wait to see you go ALL IN.

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When you feel you are SO FAR from your biggest goal.. when you look back at EVERYTHING that you did that “didn’t work,” or not the way you imagined…
When you see what’s possible because you see OTHERS achieve it but you waver when you REALLY consider if it’s possible for you…
and you feel like you’re JUST MISSING something critical,
read this.

The first thing you need to know is that all of that hustle you’ve been doing… the launches that flopped, the blogging you’ve unleashed that seemed to go unnoticed, the day in day out effort…. were not wasted.

Each HOUR of hustle,
I ASSURE you,
leaves behind a certain residue,
much like the sweat you leave on the floor when working out,
and this residue,
builds up,
In a very tangible, practical way.

This is why entrepreneurs are encouraged to FAIL FAST. Because the RUBBLE of each failure, piles up. My advice: Pile it up, woman… and then stand on it and keep building.

Hint: This is the foundation that those overnight successes you’re watching… are standing on. THIS is how we broke through and are standing so tall. It’s no house of cards or some ladder you don’t have access to… We’re all standing on the MASS of residue left behind due to our own hustle. Some mountains are taller than others.

While “overnight” successes are akin to the garden that FINALLY blooms or the boobs that FINALLY appear, seemingly overnight… a lot has been going on under the surface for a long time.

If this discourages you,
as it used to discourage me,
thinking, “NO don’t tell me I have to KEEP waiting!!!”
I need you to remember:

You are MUCH farther into your journey than you think. You’ve been building this, piling up rubble for longer than you want to remember. YOUR breakthrough, overnight success story is WAY closer
could be WAY closer
than you can imagine.

Here are 5 things you can do to SPEED IT UP substantially, listed in no particular order:

🧠 DECIDE the level of success you WILL create,
NO
MATTER
WHAT. 🧠

After all, why her… and not you?

Decide that it’s possible,
that it’s possible for YOU
and — simply — that you WILL.

I have grown to roll my eyes at “you can do it!” comments. Like, I KNOW I can do it, fool. It’s only a matter of WILL I do it?

Truth be told, sometimes I frustrate myself regarding what I’m not WILLING to do. I’m a woefully stubborn woman. I insist on my own way, my own preferences. In some cases this SPEEDS my success and in some, it makes me walk longer miles up hill… but I get to walk the entire way on my own terms so I’ll take it.

Just decide what you want,
and if you are WiLLING to do what it takes to have or experience it.
And then…
decide, commit, make a pinky promise to your soul…
that you WILL.

🏔 TRUST in your Foundation. 🏔

As I started out saying in this article, if YOUR foundation, that pile of rubble you’re standing atop right now was built with hustle, heart and habits… It’s a SURE foundation.

It’s solid.
And you can trust it to hold you,
to provide you with new perspective,
and propel you into new levels of success.

Do NOT doubt the foundation EVERY moment up until now has afforded you. Don’t dishonor your own hustle. TRUST it to support you.

💪🏼 KEEP HUSTLING, but UP YOUR EXPECTATIONS. 💪🏼

So, keep it up.
Of course.
Because you’re not done yet.
You didn’t come this far just to come this far.
Keep hustling.

Hustle with HEART,
as is your habit.

But UP your expectations. Increase what you EXPECT from your business. After all, it’s not a baby business any more. It can handle more responsibility today than it did yesterday. It can handle GROWN WOMAN stuff. It can handle REAL goals. It can take BIG GIRL steps. No more crawling.

What if we always celebrated our babies CRAWLING but never expected them to walk confidently???? Can you imagine how that would stunt their growth? If every time they stumbled, we brought them back to their knees… you know, where they are safe and won’t be disappointed?

THIS is what we do to our business when we don’t continually trust it for MORE.

✅ ANCHOR IN EACH NEW LEVEL OF SUCCESS. ✅

Sticking with the baby learning to walk analogy, SURE we celebrate them taking one step and then three steps and then five.

We applaud loudly,
flagrantly,
clapping and oohing and aching over what a BIG girl she is.

But then we anchor it in.
Because we know she can walk five steps we make that our customary, normal expectation of her.

In fact, if a child who COULD walk 5 steps or 10 steps on Tuesday…. “forgot” and went backwards, never doing it again…. even for a FEW DAYS, we’d take them to the pediatrician. It doesn’t make sense.

But we have a hard time with business because when we have a HUGE month, we anchor it in as SUCH an anomaly, such a “aberrant” thing… that — honestly — we’d be SURPRISED to reach it again.

What if we celebrated it
and then ETCHED it into our expectations as a new normal, a new baseline?

I do this in two ways.

1) I use the journal prompt: It is normal for me to ____________________ OR I am the kind of woman who ______________________.

2) I change my thinking to lock in my accomplishment, training myself to remember: Because I did _________________, I know I can…. IMMEDIATELY locking in another bigger goal.

Hint: Sometimes that’s the key. QUICKLY setting your sights on something that DEMANDS you stand on your latest “personal best.”

🤝 HOLD GRATITUDE AND PRIDE IN TANDEM WITH WANT AND DESIRE.🤝

Lastly, you must CHOOSE to embrace a gratitude for your new level of success… at the same time for a desire for MORE.

For the former, it helps if you can remember that there are people out there dreaming of reading the success you have RIGHT NOW.

I see a lot of women right now aiming for $5K per month in their business. I remember IN LIVING COLOR pining after that same first milestone in my own business. Today, I can’t imagine what would have to go SO WRONG for me to only make $5K –or even way more, exponentially — in my business.

So, let’s hold that — gratitude for where you are RIGHT NOW — in tandem with:

DESIRE for NEW LEVELS OF SUCCESS, NEW PERSPECTIVE ON YOUR OWN POSSIBILITIES.

I make NO apologies for wanting EVERYTHING God has for me on this Earth. I want my FULL destiny, I want to EXHAUST, STRETCH my own possibilities. I want to live fully… holding nothing back, NEVER accepting LESS than God has in store for me.

So, while I hold absolute gratitude in one hand I ALSO make myself AWARE that there are other people who can not imagine what would have to go wrong in their business in order to ONLY make $40K a month in business, or even $100K per month in their business.

GRATITUDE and DESIRE are two sides of an extremely valuable coin.

P.S. If you are NOT a woman who wows… YET,
but are getting that feeling that maybe you should be,
message me.

But be forewarned:
I’m here to invite you to do more,
to be more,
so you can reap the rewards
and have the life,
the business,
the pride,
the SWAGGER…
that you’ve been dreaming of.

Accept NOTHING less.

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As you read this mini-training on creating (and sustaining) new levels of income and success in your business, consider whatever monthly monetary or number goal (# of new clients, # of sales, etc.) you’re currently pursuing. Keep that goal in mind.

How long have you been chasing it? How long have you been after it? How long have you wanted it?

AND

What “reasons” (excuses) have you accepted as why you’re not there yet? What happens when you get close? How does it feel?

Because here’s the thing. New numbers in business — specifically new levels of financial success in business — can feel the SAME WAY new numbers feel on the bike or on the trail.

Stay with me.

When I’m taking a Peloton class,
or jogging outside,
I always push myself for a bit.
I mean, I’m already in my workout gear,
I came to sweat,
and By God, I’m going to get all I came for.

So, I’ll turn the wheel harder to the right,
making my legs HEAVY…
too heavy to spin, I think.

Or — alternatively — I’ll run faster (or longer) than before.

And each time, I feel breathless, different.
I’ve never DONE this before, not this fast, not this hard.
My lungs or legs (or both) are screaming,
and I wonder — as I KEEP PUSHING–
how long I could possibly stay here,
unsure if I’ll “make it,” lol.. .
wondering if I can POSSIBLY go another 7 seconds longer,
and sometimes thinking, NO POSSIBLE WAY.

And yet, somehow, someway,
I do.
I keep going,
I stay the course.
Through sheer will and want and desire,
I keep going.

And I CELEBRATE.
I note my numbers. Speed. Exertion. Minutes.

I vow to do it again tomorrow.

Soon enough, the PUSH numbers I celebrated
become easier,
they burn less,
they feel “normal.”
Finally.

And the same is true with income levels in business. At first, you feel breathless. Celebratory, but breathless in a way. You’ve never been HERE before, yet here you are. You’ve never soared past THAT milestone in income before.

And it’s unfamiliar,
so you wonder…
if you can sustain it and for how long…
if you’ll EVER get used to this abundance…
wondering if you’re really cut out for this,
if it will ever feel normal.

But I am here to tell you…
if you keep coming back to it every day,
if you WEAVE this new level into your OWN normal,
if you celebrate it — sure — but then FULLY embrace it as something You WORKED FOR,
and of COURSE can sustain because you did it once and can — of course — do it again, on repeat….
This new level will become baseline for you.

Unfortunately, too many of us stop when we get too close. We stop when it burns, when it feels too unfamiliar, too fast, too far. That’s when we TASTE new levels of success,
and then retreat.
We stop when it feels HARD
and never build the NEW MUSCLES to make it normal.

Woman, OUR BRAKES are solid.
It’s our GAS that needs more work. =)

Let’s do this together. If you are NOT a member of Women Who WOW, we have a lot going on right now. And you don’t want to miss out. Many people ask what Women Who WOW is….

And let me assure you… it is FAR more than a business. Or a “mastermind” or a “membership.” Women Who WOW is:

❤️ A tribe
❤️ A gym
❤️ A ritual
❤️ A mindset
❤️ A sisterhood
❤️ A meeting place where you meet your own soul…
❤️a return desk, where — depending on the day — you can exchange pain and problems or passion and purpose into power and profit, baby.

By the way, if you want to break through to your news level on income, be sure to check out the let it ride poker with 3 card bonus. Sure, Let It Ride poker is an exciting casino game where players have the option to withdraw part of their bet or “let it ride” as they receive three cards. The main aim is a winning poker hand and the chance to earn a bonus payout based on the strength of those cards. It combines the thrill of traditional poker with the added excitement of bonus rewards for those lucky enough to hit a high-ranking hand. So, don’t hesitate to try it out!

THIS is women who wow. Message me for details.

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I’m pretty open about my absolute commitment to my own self-care. Early mornings. Bible. Journal. Meditation. Prayer. Writing. Exercise. But also… Massages. Chiropractic care. Hair blowouts. Facials. Nails. Naps. Downtime. Solitude. Hiking. Luxurious Baths.

These things NOURISH MY SOUL, and I recommend them.

But I also
deliberately
regularly
nourish my POWER.

This work,
the doing of hard things,
the attempting of tough stuff,
the staying the course,
the hustle and push and strain….
is AS critical as the rest,
MORE SO for entrepreneurs
and it is the OTHER SIDE of self-care.

We need to nourish ALL parts of ourselves. We need to soothe our souls AND build our GRIT. We need to be focused AND strong, relaxed AND ready, flexible AND ruthlessly determined.

The truth is I go to the gym
Or to my bike
or to the trails
to move my body,
to build muscle, physical strength – the same way an athlete approaches their sport, with intention and consistency.

Business,
— the ART of slinging my soul at the internet
and transforming pain into power and profit–
is what I do to grow and build ME.

Business builds GRIT, determination, resolve, confidence, pluckiness, certainty, strength, intuition, respect, tenacity and power… but — much like the gym — ONLY if you go there ready to work, ready to let the SWEAT from your brow stain the pages of your planner.

This is how I approach my business every day.
Not just WILLING to work,
but anxious to grow,
to stretch,
to develop new muscles,
deeper levels of grit,
further reaches of authenticity.

The entrepreneurial journey is a workout for all parts of me. It’s not a soothing as a massage, but it is STILL self care, and if I ever have to choose,
I’ll forego the massage,
and go to the gym of business.

So, if you are NOT seeing the results you want from your business,
consider THIS side of self-care.

What are you doing DAILY to nourish your POWER, friend? What are you doing to DAILY grow your own tenacity,
your own RESOLVE?
How easily do you acquiesce to outside circumstances and allow them to change YOUR mind… versus requiring circumstances to bend to YOUR will?

These things matter.
There are TWO sides to self care.
Soulful and relaxed and pampered is only ONE side of it.

The other — though — determines how far you go, how fast you go, and how you make the trip. Uphill both ways and bemoaning all you “have” to do to be successful… or entirely on your own terms, navigating according to your own preferences and staying the course until the rest of hte world catches up.

What can YOU do to nourish your POWER today? What “heavy weight” is waiting for you in the gym of business? What part of your entrepreneurial body will YOU focus on strengthening today?

If you need help with this,
a training partner,
an accountability partner,
a spotter…
I’ve got you.

Message me. I want to show up for you for 30 days as your training partner.

xoxo

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