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Ignite Your Market Challenge: Finish

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THIS WEEK’S IGNITE YOUR MARKET CHALLENGE: FINISH!

We all know that to truly move our businesses forward or in a new direction we need to take action. We need to start.

However, once we start we need to finish!

We need to break down the goal/activity into smaller manageable tasks and we need to commit and finish them. Many entrepreneurs, myself included, are motivated by ideas and the excitement of creating and not by finishing.  We get started on an idea, we research it, we start implementing it and then we either get distracted or we get stuck and we don’t follow through and finish it. 

Does that happen to you? It does to me.

Another big obstacle to finishing that I see with clients is the need for something to be perfect. Here is the truth your potential client is looking for a solution now, they are not going to wait around for you get it perfect. They don’t care if it is “perfect”, they only care about whether what you are sharing/offering is going to help them.

“Yesterday you said tomorrow – JUST DO IT” – Nike’s

The challenge this week is to pick one task that is important to your business’s growth that you’re are close to finishing and finish it! Break it down to manageable sub-tasks, schedule them and commit to finishing it. Get excited about completing it and seeing the results.

What will you finish this week?

The Ignite Your Market Weekly Challenge’s goal is to create simple but powerful actions that you can do each week that will help you:

  • Identify your market and opportunities.
  • Connect with your client and prospects.
  • Ignite your markets and your businesses.

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You Can Change Your Story

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I had a big “ah-ha” about a month ago. You can change your story, simply by changing how you’re using your imagination. It seems obvious and yet we just don’t think about it.

It started with “Why am I stuck?”, “Why am I not doing what I know I want to do and need to do to grow my business?”

Then, I realized something…

Fear and Imagination = Inaction

You know those tricky mindsets, the voices in our head that hold us back.

“I can’t go Live because someone’s going to think I’m a fraud.”

“ I’m going to stumble and lose my train of thought. It’s going to come across so unprofessional, no one is going to listen.”  

“I can’t send 3 emails a week. No one is interested in what I have to say. If I do people are going to start unsubscribing or even worst mark it a SPAM!”

Guess what? None of that happened. None of it is true. It’s our tricky imagination going down the fear path.

What if we flip it to where possibility, curiosity, and imagination work together?

Where…

Possibility, Curiosity and Imagination = ACTION

Let’s rewrite those stories.

“If I go Live today, I could connect with someone new. I could show up just at the right time when they need to hear what I have to share. They aren’t going to care if I stumble a bit, after all, I’m only human. If I go Live today maybe I’ll be able to help one person. I’ll get better at it each time I do.”

“If I send emails this week, I’m not intruding, people can choose to read them or not. I wonder who will connect with my message/offer. It will be awesome when I hear back from people like I did last week. I wonder how many people will check out my new offer. I’m excited to see what happens!”

Which stories are more powerful? Which stories have you leaning in and ready to act?

Fear is a normal emotion!

Fear is a normal reaction, it’s one of our basic emotions. However, it’s what we do with it that will make the difference.

When fear is holding you back, challenge the story that your imagination is creating. Turn to curiosity and possibility and let that be the fuel that launches you into action and your awesomeness!

You can change your story today by leading with curiosity and possibility, instead of fear.

What stories do you need to change? How could these changes affect your business?

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Rewrite Your Stories with Julia Jones – RFM006

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Listen in as Heather and Julia chat about challenging and managing the stories that we tell ourselves. The stories about who we are are often the biggest obstacles to our success. And perhaps most importantly, we can be change them. We can rewrite our notions of who we are in ways that are healthier, happier and completely truthful.

“Develop trust with yourself, that I can trust myself to do what is right for me. That I can trust myself to take action when that is what is required.  That I can trust myself to pursue the things that really matter.” – Julia Jones

Who is Julia Jones:

Julia Jones is a life coach and author who works with (mostly) women to rewrite their stories about who they are and what is possible for them so that they can live their best and most authentic lives. Her company, Whole Life Coaching, focuses on meeting clients where they are and helping them grow into their unlimited possibilities.

She lives in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US with her seminarian husband, twin tweens, and a pony-sized dog. She has taught adults and children about everything from the history of the world to how to eat and think in ways that optimize wellness and wholeness.

Highlights:

  • 1:35 Julia’s business in her own words
  • 4:52 “The Box” we put ourselves in
  • 7:07 Changing focus – the evolution path for a business
  • 9:42 Getting over feeling overwhelmed –> “What do I need to do next?”
  • 12:06 The surprise of being an entrepreneur
  • 14:15 How we learn anything new
  • 15:57 No one teaches us to be entrepreneurs
  • 16:27 You are your own CEO and your own employee
  • 19:47 If you are ready, take a step and trust yourself
  • 21:06 The stories women tell themselves
  • 23:52 Deep listening requires practice
  • 24:52 Use your “Thought Ladder”
  • 27:17 Practise intentional thought
  • 29:52 Change “Shoulds” into “Wants”
  • 35:20 Women Stepping up
  • 39:52 Failure is not a bad thing
  • 47:30 Julia’s favourite quote: “I dwell in possibilities” – Emily Dickinson
  • 48:00 Julia’s parting message: “I think that finding a way to tell yourself and believe that you can do this, is some of the most worthwhile work that you will do in building your business.”

Connect with Julia:

Website: http://juliajones.com

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Let Go of Perfection – RFM005

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Is perfection getting in your way of delivering your products or services to someone who needs it now? It is amazing how many of us are striving to be perfect. We are delaying providing our expertise to the people who need it. In other words, that need to be perfect is getting in our way of serving our community.

It is time to change the way we think from worrying about being perfect and start to ask ourselves “is it good enough”. Listen to the week’s Ready for More! Podcast weekly tip about letting go of perfection.

Highlights:

  • 0:40 Let go of perfection
  • 1:30 Is perfection getting in your way of helping someone?
  • 2:15 Let’s dump the word perfect
  • 4:11 Your clients are not waiting for you to be perfect
  • 5:15 Perfect is a “should”
  • 5:22 Your ShouldBuster
  • 5:48 Ask yourself “Is what I’ve done good enough?”

Links:

Your Free ShouldBuster: https://www.igniteyourmarket.com/shouldbuster/

Learn more about Heather: https://www.igniteyourmarket.com/heathercameron/

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What You Call Yourself Matters – RFM003

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What do you call yourself? A woman business owner, self-employed, working from home or an entrepreneur? What we call ourselves matters.

Think about what terminology you are using to define yourself. Are you playing small? You are an entrepreneur if you are not already calling yourself one, why not?  Listen to the Ready for More! weekly tip.

Highlights:

  • 0:40 The titles we give yourselves
  • 1:20 Do you call yourself…
  • 2:00 Are you comfortable with using the title Entrepreneur?
  • 3:00 Are you playing small?
  • 3:51 I challenge you to think about how you describe what you do
  • 4:44 Don’t think small

Links:

Your Free ShouldBuster: https://www.igniteyourmarket.com/shouldbuster/

Learn more about Heather: https://www.igniteyourmarket.com/heathercameron/

Let’s connect:

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronheather/

3 Ways To Get Unstuck

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“It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else.” – Stephen Hawking

How often do you get stuck working “on” your business?

I hear it often from my clients, they are stuck. They don’t know how to _____. You can fill in the blank with many different things: create content, find more sales, follow up with a lead, etc.

Let’s face it, we all get stuck. It is part of life and it is part of being in business. You can let it spin in your heads and get frustrated or you can refocus your energy.

I know when I get really stuck I’ve learned to do one of the following:

1) Talk it out – Sometimes being stuck requires someone else’s perspective. Talking it out with a close associate or business coach can help you see beyond your “stuck” and your own blinders to your situation. It can help you determine what is the next step you need to take.

2) Get away – If I’m really stuck and frustrated the best thing for me is to get away from it for a while. Get up from the computer and get moving, go for a walk, run a business errand, do something that takes you away from sitting and thinking. I find the best breakthroughs happen for me when I’m out walking my dog and my mind is able to relax and be constructive.

3) Focus on another activity – As Stephen Hawking says, “keep thinking about the problem but work on something else”. A personal example is when I’m stuck generating content for a program or a blog post. If I refocus and work on something else then ideas start to crystallize and the creative juices start to flow.

What do you do to get unstuck? Please share below!