So last week I celebrated my 1st full year in business, and YES I totally had cake 🎂 I poured my heart out in my story and yeaaaa I know it was a little long BUT so many of you snagged the super offer —> ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL <— and are READY to build your own dreams starting NOW.
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Well, I told you all about my journey over the past year but what I realized is, I never told you about the LESSONS I’ve learned in the last year. Sure, I’ve been in the entrepreneurial world for a good long while but I’ve always had the safety net of a company backing me until I decided to go off on my own. I’ll be honest, it was a totally different world once I marched out on my own. I learned some AMAZING lessons throughout the last year and I just felt like I needed to share them with you.
- My FIRST and BIGGEST lesson from the past year is “DON’T GIVE A SHIT”. Seriously, don’t care what others think about what you’re doing, don’t listen to the naysayers, don’t listen to the negative Nancy’s who are pee green with jealousy over the fact you grew a pair and decided to better your future. When you spend time listening to the negative Nancy’s you start to believe them and that sets you back in your progress. They make you second guess yourself and they hold you back from reaching your potential. STOP GIVING A SHIT WHAT OTHERS THINK!
- Stay In Your Own Lane- This one is so important. Sometimes when were traveling along our journey we see someone else in a similar situation we are in and then we see them shoot forward. It’s tempting to try and “copy” or “mimick” or “adapt” what they are doing to fit what you are doing. But what happens when you try to be like someone else is you lose who you are, you also lose interest from those clients who like you for you. Be you, be unapologetically you, be authentically you ALL the time!
- Unfollow Those Who You Are Jealous Of- If you find yourself stalking people on IG or FB or Twitter, etc. that you can’t seem to get past unfollow them so they don’t show up in front of your face all the time. I realized this early on because there were other coaches who I followed on FB who were promising BIG things for a LARGE dollar amount. The glitz and glimmer sometimes catches my eye and I invest. Well the sad thing was those coaches were promising poop and I spent a lot of money to find out. The worst thing is, every time they shared something going forward I rolled my eyes or stalked their pages for more details and sat with a glass of wine trying to figure out why my stuff wasn’t as wildly successful when I was giving a TON more info that was actually helping people. Don’t do that! Unfollow them and move on with your day. You’ll thank me for that 😉
- Make Real Connections- Seriously, this one is HUGE if you want to move your business forward. In order to attract the right people into your network you must talk to people. I’ll be the first to admit, as a HUGE introvert, this one is really hard some days but it is so crucial. Don’t just go into groups promo your stuff and ditch. Go in, say hi, intro yourself, and try to meet actual people!
- You Don’t Need It All To Make It- Will you need the website, and the logo, and the fancy photo shoots, and the lead pages, and the funnels, and the …. You fill in the blank. Sure, in time. Right now you need a way to get your info out there and a way to accept payments, the end. Everything else will come in time but if you’re just starting out take your time and grow as your income grows!
- You NEED A Coach, But You Don’t Have To Go Broke Hiring One- For REALLLLLLLL you DO need a coach to help keep you accountable, help you grow, help move your business forward towards the goals that you have envisioned. BUT you do NOT need to take out a second mortgage on your house to do it, you do NOT need to max out a credit card to do it, you do NOT need to dip into the kids college fun to do it, you do NOT have to decided if you’re paying your rent/mortgage or hiring a coach. Come on now! All the coaches out there today telling you that you won’t be successful unless you shell out 10K right now should be put into a ring and only allowed to pitch to one another. Are there coaches worth 10K ABSOLUTELY!!!! Do you need to hire one of those 10K when you’re just starting out in order to be successful? F*&K NO! Be smart, invest as you can, make it a goal to hire that “dream coach” when you hit XYZ goal. But NEVER feel like the only way you’re going to be successful is if you go broke or into further debt in order to work with one!
Take from this what you will, but these weren’t the easiest of lessons to learn and I’m ALL about teaching from my mistakes to help you avoid them 😉
xoxo
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Thanks so much for sharing these tips with us! It’s been a year since I left my last full-time job and started building the foundations for my business! It’s been a hell of a ride so far and I’m still learning all I can, as well as implementing those strategies asap. I decided to invest in my first business course a while back and am still working through it. Though it was hard to make that decision, it’s been super helpful to know that I can ask questions whenever I need to and there’s also a community of people going through my same struggles!
Having a great community to support you is so important! Congrats on taking the leap into the Entrepreneurial world!
AWESOME tips & lessons here. I’m starting my second blog/website and it is SO hard to start small again. I’m in that in-between time where it’d be so easy to give up because of little growth. This is a great reminder 🙂
NEVER give up on what you really want in life. It’s never easy, but the journey is always worth it! Keep on going my dear.
Learning not to give a shit can be difficult – but so helpful!
AMAZINGLY helpful!!
Love! Love! Love! I am new blogger and I see that it’s hard to make real connections. I love engaging and interacting with bloggers but often times I see that it’s not reciprocated. Your post is very inspiring and I was able to take away a few items that I feel will help me in the long run.
Welcome to the blog world!! It’s a great part of the world to be 😉. Making real connections can be hard if we let it be hard. Making real connections is about how we share our value with our audience. When they feel connected to your value, your stories, etc they are far more inclined to engage. You have a really nice set up on your blog, bright and cheery!
Thank you for your kind words!!!!! 🙂
Thank you for sharing the awesome tips. I really enjoyed the part where you talked about being yourself and quit trying to be like others. It is a extremely important point.
Being like someone else won’t help your clients get to know who YOU really are. They want to work with you, not someone else in your shoes! Best of luck in your ventures.
LOVE! Thank you for sharing 🙂 These are great lessons to learn and some I am still trying to conquer, like realizing I don’t need it all right now!
I’m so glad you found value here. Letting go of the “need to be perfect” is one of the harder lessons, but one thats invaluable for your business 😉
Thanks for sharing! Def found the first few tips to be things that resonated with me.
I’m glad that you found some points that called to you!
Great tips, I do have issues following bloggers I envy, but I have to remember to “stay in my lane” and that success is relative.
Staying in your own lane can be challenging from time to time, especially when you see others “pulling ahead” of you. But so long as you keep moving forward you will make it where you want to go every time.
Nnnniiiiccceeeeeeeee….I’m very glad to know you learned all these, in a space of a year! That’s quite a lot, if you think about it closely, huh!
Thanks sweetie, for sharing.
These tips are amazing! Super simple when you think about it but also very easy to find yourself doing. Coming from someone in the process of quitting her full time job to pursue her dreams I truly appreciate these honest and very realistic lessons!!
Congrats on quitting your full time job! Thats SUPER exciting!!!
Great advice, especially about not worrying about what other people think! Congrats on making it through your first year!
Never care what others think, they aren’t paying your bills 😉
Thank you for your frankness. We need to consider all the points that you mention when working in an environment that sometimes is not as personal and rewarding. Good luck in your future endeavors.
Actually it takes time. You make mistakes and learn from them. Thanks for sharing these insightful tips.
Really great advice – thanks
you’re welcome!
I own a business and have recently started blogging on a totally unrelated topic. It’s interesting how many things are similar. These are all great things to know!!
Business is business, these lessons are universal for those of us running a biz/blog 😉
And I saw myself nodding as I read your article. Your points are spot on. I am very new in blogging ad trying to read as much as I can and thinking of hiring a coach too later I feel like I am headed nowhere. I am also an introvert but I will try harder and meet real people who are in the same lane. It was a pleasure reading your article today. =)
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Like the don’t listen to Negative Nancy bit. Great post. Do you make enough to live on?
yes, and then some! Never listen to the negative Nancies!
Great lessons! Being financially independent as an entrepreneur is my dream. Hope these lessons will help me to come a little closer to it. 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
It is 100% possible, what actions are you taking to make your dream come true?
This was such a great read! Thanks so much. It is funny how people react when you start to progress towards something that isn’t just your average 9-5. I love your tip about staying in your own lane 🙂 thanks so much to sharing.
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It’s always important to stay strong and stay in your lane. Dreams can come true! Thanks for reading.
I love this xD thank you so much! I especially need “don’t give a shit,” and I always wanted a mentor in life. A coach would be useful for blogging but man would I love a mentor in life and career.
Coaches can be mentors for businesses of all kinds. I work with a number of women who are full time bloggers! But YESSSS “don’t give a shit” is wonderful way to keep moving forward in your business.
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