I remember many year ago now when I was a business-baby, learning about a strategy that would activate me, inspire me and motivate me.

The mentor that taught me it, was a badass!! He was kind but would kick my ass. Not buy into my shit – THANK GOD!!! And would call me out on stuff.

 

I remember having perhaps a 20cm high pile of paper on my desk which was my pile of leads to call. People who had opted in to have a call with me where I’d help with their programs / packages / talk to them about their niche and ultimately give them a way forward – either by working with me or by giving them some steps to undertake.

 

But….

 

This pile was daunting!!!

 

I’d procrastinate.

 

I’d starting dialling – eventually.

 

Get through to some people.

 

Leave a ton of voicemails.

Have conversations with 25% of them.

 

And some would buy.

 

It was hard facing that mountain of leads. Yes, I know it’s a first world problem, but I knew that there’d be a bunch of people who’d say no and that maybe 1 would say yes

 

My job every day was to find that one person who would say yes.

 

I used to feel the same about creating content… it felt insurmountable some days. So much to do, to create and put out… and it would go often into the procrastination pile and I’d not put out as much as I knew I perhaps ‘should’.

 

I’d often get stuck in my own head, overthinking all of the things and end up being really stressed, working long hours as a result of all of the wasted time not doing the things that I knew were needed.

 

My mentor taught us how to write our own creed. A poem, a call to arms, a piece of pose, that we could put up and recite regularly, daily, hourly in need to help us do what we needed to do.

 

 

It’s not a lack of knowledge that holds us backl

 

You’re smart.

 

To do a livestream, all you need to do is go to create a post and select ‘go live’!

 

To put up a post, you do the same but you’ll put text in there.

 

To write a blog, you need a word document and something to talk about. You have LOADS you can talk about.

 

From things that you’re notcing around you, things in your area of expertise, issues that have come up for clients that you can talk about in broad strokes, your opinions on the floral arrangement at the restaurant you went to.

 

Share your opinions. Share your knowledge. Share your experience. Most of all, be you!

 

Convinced?

 

GOOD!!!

 

It’s clearly NOT lack of knowledge that is fuelling these excuses.

 

It’s most likely not even lack of TIME that holds you back

 

We can ALL find 5 minutes to put something up a few times per day.. while sitting on the toilet if you’re really stretched for time!!!!

 

In the line up  / pick up zone at school pick up time.

 

Five minutes before you go to bed or when you get into bed.

 

YOU CAN FIND THE TIME.

 

Don’t tell me you can’t, cause I’ll find so many gaps in your day that it’s not even funny! Excuses be gone!!!

 

More likely it’s because you’re spending your time OVERTHINKING it.

 

Procrastination then steps in to rule the day.

 

Overwhelm kicks in as it’s sidekick..

 

Quickly followed by guilt.

 

And then self-flagellation..

 

And then we numb.

 

We numb by scrolling through a newsfeed. Maybe going to grab a snack or 20. Oh. There’s Facebook again! Followed by more self-flagellation.

 

This can be stopped really quickly when we nip it in the bud.

 

What’s holding you back is that you’re believing the excuses that you’re feeding yourself and it’s stopping you from getting yourself out there as much as you could.

 

It’s classic self sabotage…

 

Often, it’s because we’re worried about what other people will think…

 

We worry about what we’ll think about ourselves.

 

We worry about what our peers will say.

 

Potential criticism.

 

Potential feedback

 

Looking and sounding silly.

 

Looking and sounding too serious.

 

Worrying about everything including why each day ends in ‘y’…

 

It’s not sustainable energetically and it’s not going to help you make money.

 

YOU NEED TO STOP IT.

 

 

 

One thing you can do right now, is to take a piece of advice that is as old as the hills and write our own creed. Use this every day to remind you of who you are, what you’re to do and essentially to remind you of your mission of awesomeness.

 

So that you can get on with the job at hand.

 

Here’s what mine was circa 2012/2013:

 

I will not let fear reside in me.

It will pass over me and through me.

I will succeed.

You will succeed.

You hold the power.

You are the master of YOUR universe.

I will stand up for you.

I will fight for you.

As I would for myself.

This changes lives.

(The tools I teach you are your weapons).

I have walked through the fire so you don’t have to.

I will fall down….but I will ALWAYS get back up stronger.

I will stand by you.

Because I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT.

Be You.

I am the chick who throws herself down mountains.

Rides quadbikes and buggies.

Looks for that thrill in business….

The Extreme Business Makeover Chick.

Sent to revolutionise your business…

I am courage. Bravery. Trailblazing.

I do the things that others don’t.

Get the results that others can’t.

I am Nicola. Nicola Moras. Business Extraordinarire. Leading the way for women in business everywhere.

 

 

Now you get to write yours.

 

Something I can also tell you though, is that this isn’t the only tool in the tool box that’s needed.

 

I’ve always valued being in a community of people who are a little like me.

 

Driven like me.

 

Motivated like me.

 

Fuelled by being the best version of me that I can be.

 

Ambitious to grow.

 

Motivated by being in service.

 

Grateful to make a lot of money by doing and being these things

 

As well as having a soft place to land when things get tough.

 

Somewhere that I could go when the creed fails to activate me, that I could go and be real, raw, vulnerable, angry, cross and ME without being judged for and by it.

 

A safe place…with a leader who is compassionate, kind and who gets it

 

Who offers a place for a hug and then the thing I need to get back in the game.

 

I’ve created what I’ve loved being a part of in various masterminds, groups and communities since 2010.

 

Welcome home.

 

And the red hot bonus today is that you can jump into this at 50% off as a founder and I’ll keep you at that rate every month for as long as you choose to say. Why would we not want to reward those that jump in first?

 

Prices double and the Million Dollar Success audio course: Meditations, Visualisations and Journal Hacks so you can become Queen of the mofing internet also stops at midnight.

 

Get on it now!

 

And remember to share your creed with me. I’d love to see it.

 

Nic