Today's show is a good one! It is time to talk about overcoming fear and taking risks and business as a mama!
We will touch on:
Why taking risks is critical, but not overnight.
About weighing the pros and cons of saying yes and saying no.
Why you need to get your brand, website and messaging needs to be in line with your success.
The importance of trusting yourself
Today's episode is sponsored by Melissa Mackey Creative!
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All ready, it is time to talk about overcoming fear and taking risks and business as a mama. So what always helps me? I'll start with this and then I want to give a shout out to our sponsor for the day. There's always going to be a kid and something isn't there. So what did you do? Um, so this is what always supports me with taking risks in business as a mama is, I have grown to humans, birth to humans. And up till today, knock on wood. Everyone's still alive. Everyone's still breathing, everyone is healthy. And even if you haven't birth to your babies, there's still so much that you've endured as a mother, no matter how old the kids have gotten here, whether you've adopted or anything else. So I just want you to first hear that because that shit ain't easy. Oh my gosh, the amount of anxiety I had at the hospital both rounds was just like, there's nothing like it. And so that just helps kind of bring me back to center of just like, okay, there are so many harder scarier things that I've done in personal life. That, yes, it can be so scary to take risks and business. To Be quiet. I turn down my iPad. Okay, thank you. I appreciate you. She wants to be included so badly, which makes my heart so you love your mom, you don't? What do you love about mommy? I'm fishing for compliments. What do you know? Yeah, okay. Okay, okay. Let me finish your podcasts. Okay. Thank you. Um, so I first want you to hear that. So before we go on, let's give a shout out to our sponsor of the day. Melissa Mackay creative. Oh my gosh, just wait till you hear all about her. She is a web designer and brand strategist for ADHD service providers and coaches. She helps her clients make sure that their website branding and messaging are caught up, which is hard for people that have ADHD are reflecting their the success that they have had in their business. So they can be confident in their brand, website and message stand out with a professional, incredible image, which I love with her unique process. So she has a trademarked process, brand heart method, she helps you take the vision that you have from your brand, from just an idea to your head and transform it into something strategically beautiful and converting with the strong foundation, a clear and effective message and a drool worthy strategic message and brand, you will be able to confidently show up, step into your next level of success. And you can book a free consultation with her. So I'll make sure we drop that link in the show notes. I just love all of these women that have stepped up and like sponsored different days, it truly means more than you know. So let's go back to talking about taking risks. So when you're making different decisions in your business, we really know when you're making different decisions in your business. We want to weigh the pros and the cons of saying yes and saying no, right? Everyone has a different risk tolerance. I've end the day as business owners or we're, we're gambling every single day. We literally live in Vegas every single day as business owners, because nothing is guaranteed. Like even if you've had successful launch after successful launch after successful launch, even if you have the biggest following. Even if you have the biggest email list, the biggest budget for ads, everything is unknown until it's known right? Now we can use data we can use market research, we can use past launches and lessons to stack the odds for success in our favor. Absolutely. But still, there's just that there's, you know, there's some risk involved. So you get to decide like what is your risk tolerance? And there's a lots of different factors into your risk tolerance, right? And so we want to take all of those into consideration because taking risks getting out of your comfort zone is absolutely critical. However, I don't want you to like 20 Exit overnight, and then your whole nervous system is completely shot, right? And it's like oh my gosh, I just bet a million dollars right in Vegas and you're like there's no way like I can do that, right? So we want to make sure that we're being intentional and strategic. And we're thoughtful with like, how much risk can you take for so many reasons, right? And then we can build that risk risk tolerance up. So like, a lot of times people talk to me about ads, they're like, Well, when I can throw ad money at this, then I'll become a millionaire. And I just love educating people on paid traffic versus organic traffic. Because ads are not the Holy Grail, they absolutely can help get get you in front of people. But until something is converting organically, ads are not the magic pill, nothing is the magic pill, right? And so I want you to take risks, but I want you to take calculated risks, I want you to take full body Yes, risk, meaning like you feel so good about it, it still may be a little nerve wracking, but you're excited about it. And as long as we have that feeling, as long as we have the passion, as long as we have the tenacity, the good will always outweigh any type of quote unquote bad or you know, risk. So we want to do that pros and cons list. Okay, so this could be investing in a program, this could be spending money in, in ads, this could be launching a new product, working with somebody, right? Like, there's always going to be payoffs. And I do believe the more you are willing to get uncomfortable over a long period of time, you will have a huge payoff, because you are putting yourself out there, right? I love the saying like a ship and safest in the harbor. But that's not where a ship is meant to be. Right? A ship is meant to be out to sea. So yes, you're safest in the in the harbor, if you will. But that's not where you're meant to be. And especially when you're signing up as an entrepreneur, you're already one, you're already a part of the 1% Crazy, which means you are already took a risk by being an entrepreneur, whether that's full time or part time. It's still a risk, right? You're still putting yourself out there. And so first, celebrate that. And second, ask yourself like what is the next big risks that you're willing to take? And let's play with that. Let's do a pros and cons list. Hold on a second. And let's see how this plays out. And just trust yourself. The biggest most important thing is trusting your self. Okay, so lots to think about. I love you so much. I'll see you back on the next episode.