Work smarter
Following my fabulous post last week on ‘How to love your Inner Boss’, I got lots of feedback from people who were overwhelmed with all the things they had to do.
On person wrote ‘Totally nailed how I’m feeling, I need to be kinder to myself. I just want a crystal ball to look through to see if all the blood, sweat and tears will be worth it.’.
My beloved Great nan Ruby once told me that you never stop learning no matter how old you are. To me, she seemed very old, and that idea amazed me.
I thought we went to school, college and maybe university, and then phew stopped. ‘That’s it I’ve stopped learning’, on with the real business of being alive.
I never knew that the real business of being alive was learning and ostensibly growing.
This is a topic that has been bubbling away under the surface for about a year now for me and it’s about time I shared it with you.
It’s something I talk about with my clients, when I mentoring start-ups at Nottingham Trent University and when I’m giving lectures.
The ability to be vulnerable and for you to be able to embrace your vulnerabilities is going to be pivotal to you being able to market yourself on social media and grabbing success with both hands.
Mental health is something we all need to get comfortable talking about. We all have it, all the time, just at some points our mental health is not quite as we’d like.
Add to this being freelance, often working alone, and responsible for every aspect of your business. Mental health can sometimes suffer.
So I asked the fabulous ladies in the Blue Stockings Society to offer their advice for overcoming mental health problems when you’re freelance.
There comes a time when we can all get a little comfortable in our business. Things are OK. Money is coming in, you are selling your products and services, it all seems to be going well. But perhaps you have a nagging feeling that there could be more. Maybe you’re looking towards a future version of yourself, but you’re not quite sure how to get there.
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UK’s Digital Woman of the Year 2020
MarketEd Live Top 30 Marketers that Inspire 2020, 2021 & 2022 | Digital Women’s Top 40 Women to Watch 2020
Top 100 Female Entrepreneur 2019 | Top 100 Influencer for Gender, Equality & Diversity 2019 & 2020
Winner of Ingenuity19 for My Business My Way Toolkit | HSBC’s Top 5 podcast for Women in Business in UK 2019
