A Different Kind of Doom Scroll
Kristin N. Spencer
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oblitre, verb
uh?blit?ree 1: abbreviation for obliterate to remake: TRANSFORM 2: the act of taking something apart to combine the working pieces with new ones to create something that encourages growth: REBUILD
A Different Kind of?Doom Scroll
If you’re anything like me, you have different voices all around you giving you really good, sound, and valid advice.
The problem arises when the advice you’re getting seems to be at odds with each other.
In the last few weeks I’ve heard, “You need to be on LinkedIn less.” along with, “If you don’t maintain consistency on the platform, the algorithm will hide your posts.” Both are true.
LinkedIn can lead to a different kind of doom scroll for me these days. You see, a lot of the people I started out with in the entrepreneur world are having way more success than I am.
They’ve done all the things and seen them work. The same things that didn’t work for me. Because there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to business. And that leads us to this newsletter’s oblitre.
The idea we’re obliterating today:
That if you do what someone else did, you’ll get the same results they got.
The remake:
There are all sorts of “business overnight” programs out there. Some of them are quite costly (and by that I mean that they usually start around $30,000 and can require a time investment between six weeks and twelve months).
They promise that “if you just do this, that, and the other” in accordance with the experiences they have personally had, that “you too could be raking in over 1 million dollars a month.”
It’s not that simple.
Because you’re more than just a number.
You’re a person.
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People are complex.
It is my humble opinion that if you are going to pay over 30K for something, it ought to be extremely customized. When you can take the operating system behind the success someone else is getting and customize it to who you are and what you do well (while avoiding the things that terrify you), you will see results.
But for some reason, I have been trying to plug myself into program after program that hasn’t really addressed my main issue.
It’s time to take my own advice.
No new programs for me until I feel like myself again and can act on that.
What programs have you been through that didn’t deliver because they weren’t customizable?
One Lit Moment:
“Sometimes we're loyal to more than one thing. When there's a conflict, we have to choose which loyalty to honor."
–Claudia Gray, Star Wars: Lost Stars (my favorite book)
What Kristin is Writing/Thinking About:
In a moment of transparency, I have to admit that I’m not sure what I’m moving toward.
I’ve been trying to do too much and I’m going to take a break from trying to create new things. At the same time, I’m on the lookout for my next area of focus based on what I discover about my current professional circumstances in the following months.
The season has come back around for time in the thinking chair and fewer minutes spent in front of a screen doing a different kind of doom scrolling. What season are you in?
You are amazing, I believe in you, and you can absolutely obliterate to remake.
Talk soon,
Kristin N. Spencer
Helping owners create their next adventures: beyond the eventual (100% guaranteed) transfer of their businesses.
9 个月Oh my, yes. Constraint. One thing (marketing/sales strategy) till I’ve given it it’s just-do. Yes, customizing a little, but nowhere near exhausted the potential. Thank you for affirming this!