Have you ever wanted to do something but were waiting for that perfect moment to start?  Waiting until all of the pieces were in place?

How’d that go for you?!?

Did you actually ever start?

Really when you think about it when is something ever perfect?  A lot of times you just have to go for it.  Whether it’s starting  a new business, taking a class, signing up for a program, or trying something new in your business – just START.

I have plenty of things on my list that I want to do but one thing that kept popping up for me was to start my own facebook group.  I had all of these doubts and worries – (one of them being that no one would join) and it kept me from creating it.

Last night I bit the bullet – stayed up waaaay too late and clicked on that Create Group button and finally did it.

I’m happy to say as I’m writing this, my biggest fear has disappeared – I currently have FOUR members!! 🙂  Hey – you’ve gotta start somewhere, right?!?

My intention is to bring together a collection of unstoppable women that will support and inspire each other in their new creative business ventures in a positive, high vibe atmosphere.  NO NEGATIVITY ALLOWED!!!  We all have different and unique strengths to offer and could all use our own personal cheerleader from time to time.

If this resonates with you, here’s the link to request to join:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1207775535960692/

What is it that you’ve been wanting to start but haven’t made that leap to do yet?

 

I heard 2 things this week that really helped me change my perspective on the ideas of problems and failure.

Failure

Do you know Sara Blakely?  The creator of Spanx?  Love this woman!  She’s so inspiring so when a video of her was making it’s way around Facebook this week, I had to click and see what she had to say.  She was talking about how  when she was a kid her father encouraged her to have failures each week because that at least meant she was trying.  She reframed the definition of failure to mean not trying something, versus focusing on what the outcome would be.  How great is that?  If you look at it that way wouldn’t it be much easier to go after what you want?

Here’s the link to the video in case you want to watch.

Problems

Another person I really love is Tony Robbins.  I went to one of his live events back when I was in my 20’s and couldn’t really appreciate it.  I remember being a little cynical and weirded out about all the hype and having to hug strangers around me.   Fast forward to today and I would LOVE to go to one of his events!  He had a movie come out this week called I Am Not Your Guru.  It’s a behind the scene documentary of his live event called Date With Destiny.  I started watching yesterday and only got halfway through and already took so many notes!  One thing that stuck out was that he said “our problems are what make us grow“.  Again, it’s just a reframing thing but it really has an impact.  If you take  a problem as something you can learn from, overcome and then help others going through the same thing, isn’t that so much more powerful than just focusing on it as just being a problem that you have to deal with?  It’s definitely put me in a different frame of mind!

You can catch that movie on Netflix but I must warn you it can be really powerful and emotional.  Be ready!

If you watch either of these, let me know what insights you took from them.

When you have your own business, you know you need to take action to make things happen.  You can’t just sit there and hope things are magically going to get done on their own.  But there’s a difference between trying to force yourself to do something and being inspired to get it done.  You can definitely feel the difference.

When you’re trying to force something, it feels hard, like a chore, you may feel stuck and the ideas just aren’t flowing.  No matter how hard you try, it’s just not working.

Inspired action on the other hand feels like bliss – ideas magically flow out of you, tasks seem effortless and fun.

Have you experienced this before?

Recently I had a situation in my business where I wanted to create something new but what I started just didn’t feel right.  Each time I attempted to work on it I had that dread feeling and I kept avoiding it and making excuses – but I knew it had to be done.  Yesterday I magically had a breakthrough so after analyzing what happened, I want to take you through the steps so you can apply it to whatever it is you want to accomplish to trigger inspired action.

1 – Step Away

Yesterday  I had a brunch date with 2 long time friends.  We hadn’t seen each other in a while so it was great catching up.  One of my favorite things to do is to spend time with friends.  It feels like home to me – there’s a comfort, familiarity and history together.  It feels easy being with them.

Tip:  Take a break and do something you love to do

2 – Try To Help Someone Else

Toward the end of our brunch, I told them about a success story of one of my recent coaching clients.   One of my friends mentioned something that she’s been secretly wanting to do – coach people on how to eat healthier.  I was so excited for her!  She’s perfect for it because she lives and breathes the stuff!  I had so many ideas for her on how to get it going!

Tip: Take the focus off of yourself.  Reach out and help someone else – Give of yourself – it feels very rewarding.

3 – Stay In High Vibe

When I got back home I was still super excited and sent her an email with all of my ideas and encouragement for her to go for it!

Tip:  Find ways to stay in a great mood

4 – Set A Deadline – Sense of Urgency

It was 2:41pm and I knew I had a call with my own coach at 3pm.  There was NO WAY I was going to get on that call and tell her I still hadn’t made progress on my project.

Tip: – Set a hard deadline – nothing wishy washy

5 – Let it Flow

With a sense of urgency and expecting last minute miracles, I let myself start thinking about my project again, and then as if by magic, the ideas came to me!!  I frantically started writing everything out – I literally couldn’t write fast enough and was worried I’d miss a thought.  It was so exciting and by the time the call started I had a whole action plan mapped out that I was truly excited about and ready to discuss with her.  I was able to come up with the ideas because I was in the perfect frame of mind to do so.

Tip:  Let you mind be open to new idea and be ready for the floodgates to open!

Do you have something you know you need to do but you’re feeling stuck?

Try this 5 step process and see if you’ll be triggered to take inspired action!

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