Work smarter
I wanted to share with you the 7 ways that I’ve cleared some of my clutter and started manifesting and creating my dream life.
When I started my business just over 6 years ago I was charging £15 an hour and was reliant on benefits to top up my income and put food on the table for me and Robin. If I can do it, so can you.
Life couldn’t be more different for me than it was in 2009. This time 10 years ago I had just finished chemotherapy and had no hair (anywhere!). Robin was 1 we lived in a small 2 up 2 down, with my friend Kim who lived on a sofa bed in the living room. We were living on income support and various pots of money from cancer charities and I watered down milk to save money (which my friend Kim really hated!)
Let’s talk about fear..
I wanted to say thank you. I had so many responses to my post about my experience with cancer and I had so many private messages, so many emails.Now, one in two of us is going to have cancer, which means it's either you or somebody that you love, and I'm acutely aware of how beautiful and short life could be, and how we really need to grab it with both hands.
Grab the bull by the horns. Life is short. All those kinds of cliches. They're actually real.
I wanted to talk about creating your own boundaries, and protecting your mental health, because as business owners we can literally work every single day that we are awake. Do you have the feeling that there's always a massive to do list, there's always more things that you could be doing? There are always more emails to answer, more clients to find? The work never stops because when you run your own business you're constantly looking to create more work, to expand your business, to try out new things, to learn new skills. It's a constant thing.
I'm talking to you about feeling stuck - in your business mostly - and the feeling that you're not able to take any action. I've been talking about this with a number of clients that I've been working with and there's a common thread, a common mistake that many of us entrepreneurs are making; I have made it and I'm sure that you will have as well.
Does it sometimes feel that you’re not getting anywhere? That you can take 2 steps forward and 3 back? That when you check out your bank balance it’s not really where you want it to be?
Could it be that no matter how hard you try, how many experts you listen to, how many webinars you sign up to, you’re still left in the same place?
If you provide a service to people, one of the things you’ll be spending most of your time focusing on is how to get more clients. Especially when you’re at the start of your journey and haven’t yet built up your reputation.
Not having enough clients and feeling like you’re constantly hustling to get them is the main thing that gives my clients anxiety. After all if you’re not bringing in money, your business isn’t really working and anxiety about where next months money is coming in breaks even the best of us.
As seen in:
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
