Clutter Is Not Just Physical Stuff

Do you know that closet (or drawer) that you’ve been putting off cleaning out?

What’s even in there?

How much clutter is in that space that is

  • literally junk
  • stuff that should have already been throw away
  • things have no purpose
  • junk that hides the good things
  • crap you will never miss?

Our brains get like that closet too.

There’s stuff in our brains we don’t even know is in there too! Thoughts we think are helping us but are of little value. Old ideas just take up space, keeping us mentally scattered and physically exhausted.

If there was a way to clean out your brain clutter,
  • clear the thoughts that keep you stuck & Afraid
  • remove the lies you think about yourself
  • the bad habits you keep repeating
  • the junk thoughts that make you think you’re not capable

Would you want to hire that person to clean out your brain?
I am that person.

When we don’t have enough time or the success we want, that’s a sign that our brain is cluttered with a bunch of stuff we should throw away, with junk that hides the truth and good stuff.

Once your brain is decluttered, you will have more time to tackle the physical clutter and streamline your home and business processes to help you reach the results you desire in both.

Do you know how good it feels to clean out that closet and see the huge trash bag leave your home??

That’s the same feeling you get when you let a coach help you clear your brain clutter.
It’s liberating.
It’s powerful.
It’s the only way to make room for the good stuff!

A Post About My Dad

Twenty-six years ago, my Dad passed away suddenly.

At 48, my mom became a widow with six children, the youngest was 8.

This month my Dad would have been 81 years old. On his birthday, I was a little sad thinking about all he could have taught me if he were still alive.

My Dad was a businessman that people looked up to.
  • He was honest, hard-working, wise, gentle, and had a trusting smile.
  • He gave me my first “real” job at 14, working in a medical office.
  • He owned his own company as a builder and land developer.
  • He built custom homes and hotels, but on the side, he invested in many different businesses throughout my childhood.

When I was nine, he bought me my first pair of work gloves (they were pink and had flowers), and on Saturdays, he took me and my sister to his construction sites to clean up the wood piles and roof tiles. We got paid in big gulps back then. Looking back, I really got paid by learning the value of working hard (by us) and working smarter (by him).

There are so many things about being an entrepreneur that I wish I could ask him. I sometimes feel sad that this amazing example in my life had created multiple successful businesses, and he’s no longer here to tell me how he did it.

It being his 81st birthday this month, I reflected on what I learned from him about business in the short 18 years I had the opportunity to be influenced by him.
  • Work hard⁠
  • Rest⁠
  • Take risks and trust your gut⁠
  • Be creative and keep an open mind⁠
  • Honestly is the best policy⁠
  • Organization looks different for everyone, do what works for you⁠
  • Say please and thank you, and put people first.⁠
  • Do what you can do yourself until it keeps you from doing what you do best

Those are things courses, and books, have a hard time teaching because they are best taught by observing others lead in that way and then emulating the parts that resonate with you.  

Find yourself a business mentor, friend, coach, someone who grows their business in a way that highlights the values you desire and, through their observable actions, runs a balanced business without sacrificing the things they value most.

As I created the list of what my Dad taught me, a subtle thought came to mind  

“It’s easy to recognize those things in him because those things are important to you too.”

Decide what’s important to you to DO and BE as you create your business, and focus on those things until your actions speak to others what’s most important to you.

Surround yourself with people who care about what you care about to help you spend your time in ways that are most important to you!

Are You Busy Believing This???

I could tell myself I don’t deserve this award because

  • I wasn’t as prepared as I wanted to be for a podcast guest appearance.
  • I didn’t attach a video to the client notes as promised.
  • I took “too long” to answer a client’s Voxer message.
  • I’m behind where I wanted to be for social media posts.
  • I didn’t close all my consults this week.

Or I could tell myself that I deserve it because

  • I enjoyed time with my sister, who was only in town for a few hours, so I wasn’t as prepared as I wanted to be for the podcast.
  • I had three life-changing consults!
  • I showed up for every one of my client sessions, and every client got detailed session notes as promised.
  • I enjoyed playing pickleball with my family, which made it take a little longer than usual to respond to a client’s Voxer message.
  • I didn’t get as many social media posts completed as I wanted because I spent a little more time with a friend at lunch! It was so worth it!

I deserve this award because
I enjoyed my LIFE, my free time, and my business this past month!

Whatever we look for, whatever we believe about us, we will find evidence to prove it true!

Are you busy believing you have it in you to be the employee of the month, or finding reasons you’re not doing a
“good enough” job!

Who’s getting the employee of the month award in your business?

Because sustainably doing things IS WHAT MATTERS, I’ve got a solution for you!

When setting goals, it’s crucial to define your bullseye and target.

BULLSEYE is what you hope/plan to achieve every day. 

It’s what you aim for!

TARGET is the minimum that you will do each day to make progress towards the goals to count it as completed for the day.  

June 1st I began #35hardforyou. I set a strength training goal. ⁠

My Bullseye in weights/strength is a 35-45 minute class inside my Beachbody app. 

This is what I plan to do most days! ⁠

This is what I’m aiming for!  ⁠

However, because life does happen, and sometimes we don’t have the “ideal” day, my TARGET to count towards reaching my daily strength goal will be four different exercises in one area (back, legs, arms, etc.), doing 2 sets of each exercise (which should only take 10-15 minutes if I stay focused) ⁠

So even on the “busiest” of days, while on vacation, with a sick kid, or a sick me, I can still make progress towards my goal. ⁠

If you desire SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS, as you create your goals/commitments, take a minute to determine what your ⁠

  • TARGET is (the least amount you will do to count it)
  • What your BULLSEYE is (this is your aim, the goal that you hope to do daily and what you’re going to strive to get done most of the time) ⁠

I’m Spilling the Beans

I was working with a client last week when she dropped this bombshell!

“I’m not a confident person!”

I knew THAT WAS A LIE!

Let me spill the beans about this client.

She just quit her job to dive into a new opportunity with many unknowns, which is like a fearless adventurer, creating her own path in the way she wants!

She’s in the middle of taking a big step to move into a new home, with her boyfriend. Sharing closet space and compromising on TV control, now that’s confidence!

I know she’s a confident person because, without confidence, we don’t make choices to get a new job, start something different, move into a new home, and commit deeper to a relationship.

Here’s the mistake!

We often mistake feeling confident for being confident.

We envision confident people as these awe-inspiring superheroes, radiating awesomeness and bravery wherever they go.

But guess what?

Feeling confident isn’t always a walk in the park.
Being confident doesn’t always feel amazing!
In reality, feeling confident can be downright terrifying!

Despite all the scary stuff, confident people push through and take action anyway.

So, here’s a little experiment for you.

Take a peek at your past year’s achievements. I bet you’ll uncover someone who takes action and keeps going even when you might feel like a bundle of nerves while doing it.

The Solution Will Shock You

The solution to so many of your time problems is

CONFIDENCE

in what you are doing WILL create the results you want

confidence in your abilities

to trust that people can help you without ruining your business

in your ability to say no

in yourself that you can be a great parent while running a successful business

in knowing your priorities and trusting you can create a schedule that compliments them

in yourself to honor the time you have

The process of creating confidence is simple.

  1. Priority Refinement
  2. Mind management (not time management)

Those two crucial steps are the process to up-level what you do with your time and how to develop the confidence to use your time to create

IMPACT

INFLUENCE

INCOME

The Success Formula

After working with hundreds of entrepreneurs I’ve created what I call the success formula.

Are you ready for it??

It’s simple, but it’s very individualized
for you!!

Confidence +Know How + Networking = RESULTS

CONFIDENCE is created in your business
(and every other part of your life) when you know your W’s!!

  • What you want
  • Why you want it
  • What’s getting in the way

Your KNOW-HOW is created when you know your P’s

  • Your PATH (where you want to go with your business
  • Your PURPOSE (why you want to go there)
  • Your PLAN (what strengths you want to use & develop to get there)
  • AND, of course, when you define your PRIORITIES, your W’s and P’s will highlight your path, purpose, and plan perfectly!

This is why priority work is so stinking VALUABLE!!!

It’s truly the personalized treasure map to your individual success.

I Have A Confession to Make

So many of my clients come to me, defeated because they are…

  • not following their schedule perfectly
  • thinking they aren’t getting “enough” done each day
  • wishing they knew how to get more done
  • thinking they must be doing something wrong in their schedule

I’ve got a confession to make.

SOMETIMES I DON’T FOLLOW MY SCHEDULE PERFECTLY!

The answer to my client’s frustration is not a “better planner, more defined, or more rigorous schedule.

The answer is more TRUST in yourself!

I help entrepreneurs, and business leaders create trust in themselves!

WHY???

When we trust ourselves, we can create schedules that support our goals and level of success.

When we trust ourselves, we create our daily schedules from our priorities.

When we trust ourselves, we trust our focus, actions, and needs.

When we trust ourselves, we can not follow our schedule sometimes, and everything will still be ok!!!

When we trust ourselves, we are leading with our intuition.

When we trust ourselves, we will get it done (if it is needed), and we can trust that what we chose to do instead was needed at that time.

The way you create a schedule you follow is not being more disciplined.

It’s learning to trust yourself more.

Learning to trust your decisions, your follow through, ideas, intuition, actions, choices, EVERYTHING!!!

How do I honor my schedule?

I get asked this A LOT!

How do I honor my schedule?

The first thing I want you to do before I give you any tips or tricks is to take an inventory and notice what things you’re not doing.

What is the thing that you’re not honoring over and over?

Next, I want you to ask yourself two questions. 

  1. What is the result you expect to happen if you do that thing
  2. Do you believe you can get the result you hope for from that action?

For example, if you want to attract more clients and you’ve decided that posting on social media X amount of times a week is your business plan, the question to ask yourself is, do you believe if you post x amount of time, it’s going to draw in the clients that you want?

If you don’t believe that action is how you’re going to get clients, there’s a good chance you won’t post on social media as consistently as you want. 

To take consistent action, you must believe that action will lead you to the desired result. 

If you want to honor your schedule more, schedule the actions you believe will get you the results you want!

If you don’t believe they will get you results, it makes sense why you’re not doing that thing consistently!

When you know this, you stop wasting time on things that don’t matter

When I find myself saying the same thing in multiple different coaching sessions (just this week), I’ve decided it might be something more of us (me included) need to hear.

Client #1 was having a hard time staying motivated in their business plan.

Client #2 was having a hard time believing they have the control to make twice as much in their business as last year.

Client #3 was having a hard time finishing the paperwork that is required for their child to get the extra help they need.

Client #4 was trying to decide if spending money on child care is a good use of their savings while growing their business.

Client #5 was worried that if they raised their prices, clients would not want their services.  

Client #6 was worried that if she wrote an email to her list, people on her list would judge her or, worse, not find her words valuable.

The answer to all of these scenarios in the same.  

Is the result important enough to you?

Is the result of what your business plan will create important enough to you to stick with the plan?

Is the result of making double in your business important enough to you to take action?

Is the result your child might receive from this provider important enough to you to finish the paperwork?  

Is the result of making more in your business important enough to raise prices?

Is the result that’s possible from emailing your list important enough to send that email, even if some people judge it?

If the result doesn’t feel important enough to you, you will lack belief, and you won’t do the actions (long-term or ever), to create the result.

Whatever it is in your business that you’re not doing, worried about, or trying to decide on, 

simplify the process by asking yourself this one question… is the result important enough to you?