Real Talk: Feeling Unsafe could be hurting your business
Okay guys, gals & pals, I’m about to get real with you.
I wanna talk about feeling unsafe.
There have been a few moments on our travel journey that have left me shaking (in my very cool Raglan leather) boots because I was feeling unsafe. Admittedly most of this was scaries in my head but occasionally we had a few run ins with the real life scaries
(Don’t go to Vegas - It’s scary there)
And while I was strategising with the wonderful Annabel of Third Era about how to get the old nervous system back online it got me thinking about all the times I’d felt unsafe.
Annnnd… (Drum roll please 🥁)
“One of the times I felt the most unsafe has been when I was starting out in business”
There are a lot of times in your business journey that are to say the least “activating”.
Whether it’s sending the biggest quote you’ve ever sent, just before you hand in the resignation letter to go all in, wondering if you’re going to be able to pay rent this month or simply waking up in cold sweats because you had a dream all your clients left you.
Me running from that scary email like my life depends on it
It’s scary out there. Seriously.
And the truth is when you’re feeling unsafe you’re not doing your best work because your body is in survival mode. It can’t tell the difference between running from gunshots and sending a scary email.
And that, unfortunately, doesn’t help solve the problem and makes it all the more likely that your fears will come to life.
So how do you remind your body that you got this and everything’s going to be okay? 😳
Here’s my top tips for feelin’ safe inside your business;
1. Name it.
Name the fear, share it with a friend and get okay that yeah, things may not work out AND you’ll still be okay.
2. Control your environment.
Create the space where you feel your most badass self, it could be simply lighting a candle, it could be a new desk set-up, it could be going to that coworking space or it could be getting amongst a community who GETS IT and is with you on the journey. Let your external world shape your internal world, on your terms.
3. Ask for help
If your balls to the wall firefighting on deadlines it could be time to get that next person on board, or if you’re struggling with something outside your zone book that strategy session or reach out to that expert to take the hard stuff off your plate
4. Keep the rituals
It can be so easy to burn everything down to make it work - you start staying up late and waking up early to get “on top of things”. This never works in the long term. Be absolutely rigid with the rituals you know help you operate at your best, they are a non-negotiable.
5. Never forget this is your life
Nobody and no work load owns you - never forget that this is YOUR one crazy, incredible life and you get to do it on your terms you always have the power to choose and change, if you have to let something go to make it work for you. Do it.
You are still you without your business but your business is nothing without you.
You come first. Always. 😘
Ready to book that strategy session right now?
I gotchu fam. Hollah at me right here & let’s make a plan that works for YOU and has you feeling back in control.
