A love letter from me to you! Settle in. It’s a long one!
Hello my friend,
It’s been a hot minute, hasn’t it? I didn’t realise QUITE how long that hot minute was until I logged into my emailing program this morning and noted the most recent email I sent you was from a good 90-odd days ago. Eek.
I thought I’d fill you in firstly on what’s been happening and what’s going to be happening
Firstly, though, I wanted to let you know that I have been talking about you all as a collective group a lot over the last 3 months. My bestie Jo and I chat back and forth on video chat most days with the things that are happening in our worlds’, and I think she’d confirm that I have spoken about you a LOT!
I have felt guilty for not emailing you…yet, at the same time I didn’t want to clog up your inbox with fluffy drivel or something insincere. I know you, too, appreciate this!
I’ve had a fair bit going on yet at the same time, I’ve also created space.
The last 2 years have had a huge impact on me and my business…. I’ve realised just how much I love running LIVE in-person events… and how damn freaking hard it has been to not be in the room.
Don’t you think it’s interesting that you don’t realise how much you need something and want something… until you can’t have it? Yep. That’s how I’ve felt.
I’ve booked in person events that I had to cancel or postpone or shift to online.
I’ve booked flights that I had to cancel.
I’ve booked conference rooms and hotels that I’ve had to cancel.
It broke my heart every time and honestly…. I couldn’t take another cancellation or postponement or zoom facilitation!
And so…. I gave myself time and permission this year to do not much, to be honest. You see….. if I can’t do things in person (as well as online) I’m not really interested in having a business.
If I can’t travel and put on events, then I don’t want my business.
If I can’t get in the room with people and CONNECT as well as facilitate connections, I don’t want it.
I have still been working with 1:1 clients and small group calls (like in the mornings for the Implement Like A Boss calls I do) but I didn’t want to promote anything else.
I didn’t want to do anything half assed….. and I sure as heck didn’t want to subject you or myself to another postponement.
I also didn’t want to be someone who would be forced into the position of saying to someone that they were not able to attend due to their vaccination status.
There, yes, I said it.
Venues and airlines for example had a lot of rules that they implemented in an effort to stay aligned with the ever-changing state government mandates.
I did not want to have to ask someone about their personal information and so I made the best, most aligned decision for me and that was to stop. Just stop. And not put on in person events.
So what’s changed?
Glad you asked!
Australia, thank goodness, has opened up. The states in which most people come from and most people travel to (and where I run events) have reverted to pre 2020 ‘rules’ if you like, and it means that everyone and anyone who wants to come, can.
I took the leap this week and have booked flights and venues for the 5 & 6th of July, 2022 on the Gold Coast to host a 2 day event.
Am I nervous? Yes. And anxious. And I am wondering if there is a bit of PTS going on if I’m honest…. I’m scared things will get cancelled again…
But one cannot live one’s life worrying about that.
Which is why I took the leap and I just did the things necessary despite the feelings of anxiousness and nervousness about what might happen.
VULNERABILITY ALERT…..
If I am completely honest….. (which you know I always am) I am also a little worried that you (and everyone else out there in the internet world) has forgotten who I am! I am a little worried that nobody will come.
I am worried that after such a long a time (feels to me, anyway) that it just won’t work and it just won’t happen.
So I stared that in face and asked myself what is the choice I’m going to make?
And, of course, it’s to just do the thing and if nobody comes, then so be it!
Vomit. But there it is.
We humans all have the same fears, right? On differing levels, of course.
To illustrate this point. My 15-almost-16 year old and I are watching The Voice at the moment. And I can GUARANTEE that every person who showed up for the Blind Auditions had the fear that nobody would turn their chair for them.
They all share the same worry and fear, right?
PEOPLE TRYING TO STAND OUT ONLINE….PEOPLE TRYING TO MARKET THEMESELVES ONLINE…. PEOPLE TRYING TO BUILD BUSINESSES USING THE INTERNET…..
We all have the same fears:
- What if nobody responds?
- What if my peers think I look ridiculous and uneducated and unprofessional?
- What if I put all this effort in and my ideal-clients-who-I-want-to-atrract aren’t out there?
- What if NOBODY buys?
- What if I blend in?
- What if I stand out?
- What if someone thinks I’m copying them?
- What if I try it and it doesn’t work?
- How much effort do I have to put in… and will it pay off?
- What if I look silly?
- What if I waste a ton of money? I can’t afford that?
- How much freaking time is it going to take?
- How do I even make it work?
- How do I uplevel myself and my stuff?
- How do I juggle to fit it all in?
- And the doozy….. What if I fail?
ARGHHHH. It’s a LOT!!!!!
ALLLLL of the doubts and the fears are common … and they’re all doubts and fears that we share to a degree.
I am the same.
But it doesn’t get you the entrepreneurial Get Out Of Jail Free Card. You are simply not allowed to NOT TRY!!!!!
You must.
There are so many clients out there waiting for you and what you do.
There are so many people out there who need what you are offering.
There are so many people out there who are inspired by you.
There are so many people out there that need what you have.
There are so many people out there that are HUNGRY to be helped by someone with your skills, your knowledge, your humour, your wit, your stories, your modalities…. YOUR WAY OF DOING THINGS. .
It would be a disservice to them if you did nothing.
#TRUTHBOMB right there.
Read it again: You would be doing THEM (being those who don’t know you yet or who haven’t used your services yet) a grave disservice if you did not show up …. FOR THEM.
This is what I am all about.
Helping you to show up for THEM.
Helping you with a structure and a process that alleviates a lot of those worries and fears that you have about yourself, your abilities and your (unfounded) worry that you are not unique.
You’re amazing.
And the world needs that.
Of course, all of the above is said with love – along with a swift kick in the ass. (As much for ME this morning as it is for you!!!!).
In light of that, I need to let you know what’s happening in July, on the Gold Coast (Australia).
I have booked a 2 day event in on the 5 & 6th of July. Yes, it’s in the school holidays so you don’t have to find someone to do the school drop and school pick up. Bribe your friends, loved ones, baby sitters, child care, WHOMEVER you need to, to get your butt to the Gold Coast for this event.
IT IS THE FIRST IN PERSON EVENT IN OVER A YEAR!!!! It’s the first VISIBLE | LIVE in-person event in 2.5 years. (The last one was Nov 2019 if you can believe it! I can barely…..)
✅ Day 1 is all about pulling the goodness out of your brain that you can use to differentiate yourself online.
✅ Day 2 is more an implementation-hot-seat blend.
✅ Then we have 5 weeks of support following the event.
This is not a ‘come to the room for 2 days then fly solo forever while trying to maintain motivation event! We are hanging out for a further 5 weeks.
Yippers. Those 5 following weeks are online and recorded. More education and training so you can capitilise on what you learn… more accountability so you implement and get results.
INTIMATE
PERSONALISED
FABULOUS
Spaces limited.
Phew.
Alrighty. I feel like I had 3 months of words come out all at once! Sorry not sorry about that.
If you have questions, please let me know.
If you want to get yourself booked in, you can do so HERE for VISIBLE | LIVE: The Immersive Experience: (www.join.nicolamoras.com.au/visible-live)
I can’t wait!
Nicola x
