GETTING YOUR GAME FACE ON + BEING A POWERFUL ENTREPRENEUR THROUGH THESE TIMES

Greetings from the at home quarantine series of my content, where the kids are often in the background screaming, but we will pursue creating anyway! Shoutout to all of you parents out there who are feeling this. There is just a lot more intensity right now.

Even though we've had Teddy full time through building the business whilst he was like in his prime toddler age, we definitely had a lot more outdoor time, a lot more activities and things that we could do like swimming or going to the park or just playing with friends. And obviously, given the current circumstances, that's not something that is in the picture whatsoever. We also have Henry at the moment, and he's homeschooling, So his school's got him doing some virtual classes and whatnot. So it's been madness in the house.

But we actually moved to a bigger home this week thankfully. We were in a teeny tiny apartment in the middle of the city in Melbourne, as most apartments are centrally in the city are quite small.

We hadn't expected this though, because Airbnb (or real estate in general) has a wonderful way of making things look really, really massive in the photos, and then when you arrive, as you walk through the door, you're tripping over the couch.

It's one of those situations, we made do and we were still having fun and, as always are grateful for each other during these times.

And, I hope everyone is doing well and that you're keeping safe.

Most of us are maybe one week, two weeks, three weeks into quarantine at the moment. And, we have kind of have gone through, I believe as a society, that initial shock period. That really sense of, 'Oh my God, what are we going to do? The whole world is going to change. So much is going to be different in our life'.

And I'm definitely not discounting the fact that there are a lot of people out there who are in a very, very difficult and tough situation. However we can all help and assist, whether it's through your business or giving back or donating or sharing some posts like this to help get the word out there ... whatever it is that you're being called to do. Let's do that as a society.

I found out just this week that my parents house got robbed. I mean, how much does that suck? Someone had come into the house (whilst my mum was actually sleeping and my dad was out doing some grocery shopping) and they robbed the house. It just made me feel so sick and, just awful for my parents - how in society at this moment someone could even fathom doing this. I know that a lot of people who are thieves and whatnot, maybe they've just come from a different background and they have different motivations behind this but, during this time of all the times, it is so awful seeing the sheer ugliness in humanity.

But you know what? The world keeps turning and my folks have had an incredible and amazing ability to get their game face on and get what necessary things have to be done. They are definitely shaken but not stirred.

And this got me thinking, Despite what we're facing as a society, I'm seeing how different entrepreneurs are choosing to adapt and pivot and get on with their heart led businesses in however form or which ever form it takes, right? All of us have been put into a level of shock and uncertainty, and it really does come down to a decision around -

How do we move forward from here?

What is the right thing to do?

How is it that you're supposed to adjust when so much has changed in the external world.

And with this change, there's definitely a game face kind of energy that comes with this, you know?

So, going back to my parents ... in their shock period, they went and sprung straight into action. They were looking at what had gone missing, Dad was calling the insurance company, the bank and the police and, Mum was checking in on the locksmith. The thief also took their car keys so they had to get the car reprogrammed. And, of course, being in quarantine locked down, there's not a lot of service providers that were readily available. They may be classified as a non essential service. So a whole day was just spent on sorting this all out.

What did we need to do: Game face, game face, game face!

It's the detail. It's assessing the risk. And it is also taking the damn action and deciding that things will get itself sorted through time.

So let's say you're ordering new bank cards or new (in my parent's case) aged care cards and things like that, it will come in time and there's always an interim solution, and it also comes with movement. They could have sat there panicking and worrying and not really sure what to do and stricken with doubt and what would have happened? The person that came and robbed the house, they took the car keys AND the house keys. So if nothing had been done that day, how scary would that have been knowing that someone actually has the keys to your home and they could come back later on at night? No.

So this is where they took control, and they decided that it had to be done through movement.

And this is where I get to ask you:

What will you be doing today to bring some of that flow and energy back into your business?

What is that you need to do to move out of that state of shock or that sense of helplessness and actually help yourself?

Because ain't nobody is going to come to your rescue (even if you have the most bad ass business coach aka me).

With my mastermind clients, I'm there from an energy point of view and we're speaking in Voxer (my voice messaging app) every single day and the other day, I woke up to 53 separate voxers. There definitely has been such a boom in the business. In my business, there's been so much activity. I'm loving that my clients are not necessarily messaging me with doom and gloom and 'Oh my God, what do we do instead?!'. My clients are messaging me with, 'Great. Okay, I know I'm in a really privileged position and I can get stuff done. I can work from home now, and there's not too much over workload for me right now'.

I have some clients that are teachers, and they've been given time off school. I have other clients in different industries who have contracts ended and they've been made redundant and they're not panicking about it. I mean, obviously, there has been an initial period of 'Oh my God!'. But also at the same time, a lot of them had a sense that it was coming. A lot of them sort of knew that it was something they were calling in anyway so that they could start their businesses. And if you fall into that bracket, what will you be doing today to bring some of that flow and energy back into your dreams?

It's very easy right now in this state of where we are as as a world to lose sight of your big ticket dreams.

I have this manifestation process that I do in the shower and I was talking to my Mastermind about this - How I do so much manifestation in the shower because it's where I can dream really big.

I love myself a hot, hot, hot, hot, hot shower so the shower screen steams up. Like Daenerys' in Game of Thrones where she's in that like boiling hot bathtub in Season One. On my shower screen, I would write things like my 1st $10K month and I would write things like, 'In 2020 I will make a $1,000,000'. I had all of these big manifestations that came to pass and came true from my shower manifestations.

And, in the Mastermind, we were joking about how you can get waterproof pens and a waterproof pad that sticks in your shower screen and how we definitely need one of those. But in saying all of this, I realised the other day when I was taking my hot, hot, hot shower that I haven't dreamt big for at least a couple of weeks.

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We talk about your big ticket dream and linking to whatever you do, whether it's a finicky thing like setting up your Squarespace site (#notsponsored) or it's looking at connecting your payment systems together, writing your first instagram post, going live on Facebook for the first time, etc. FYI we all feel nervous and scared with anything that we do for the first time, like, 'Oh, how is this going to go???'.

You know what? How I crushed through that is by linking it to the big, big, big dream.

When was the last time you let yourself dream big?

And this is a very recent thing where I realised I hadn't been doing it of late. I've been working towards my 1st $100K month and I just have not had that top of mind. It just hasn't been top of mind. Money has not been top of mind for me and, certainly in many ways too - earning money, not looking at my investment portfolio, not looking at my shares and generally not looking at the things that I know would naturally make me feel anxious.

I don't want to be ignorant about it, either but that's just my way of protecting my energy right now. So I will check it in a week or so. In the meantime, I generally know which direction it's going in tho, right? From a money point of view and a business building income generating point of view, there's so much doom and gloom out there with how many people have lost their jobs, this economy, talks of an upcoming recession and all these sorts of things.

So, I started to actually look at what and which companies and industries are doing well.

This is again, switching your frame and looking at how you're being fed certain news that gets you really down in the dumps and thinking, 'Oh, my God, woe to me!' ... and then how other times you're able to actually take the reins, take the control of what is it that you're feeding your subconscious with?

This is what I am really passionate about, where it's not just about what you're reading, and then you think, 'Oh, yeah, I'm releasing that energy and it's gone and we know some of it's fake news, and we know some of it is real and blah, blah, blah ...'.

It's about asking yourself what is sinking into that subconscious part of your mind and is ultimately driving your every action as a result.

That's what is then driving how we're seeing things, including - how we're pricing, whether you feel right to sell and, whether you feel OK to show up on a live stream and talk about how you're actually going at the moment when it's not so positive.

Here are some things I looked at:

• Amazon has hired or are trying to hire 100,000 new staff in the last week. I've also seen that they raised their wages right for current staff to help them with their current situation;
• I've seen online learning platforms obviously go B A N A N A S right? Because people are moving to online learning platforms. Companies like Teachable are like, 'Holy shit, we're in overload right now!';
• Zoom Webinar and all of these big online platforms are recognising and realising that there needs to be more support and,
• Other areas that I'm really seeing thriving right now are Health Goods companies and, industries in general that are on the supply chain and helping get these goods to us and on the shelves are doing well.

So thinking about all of this, there will be many of you right now that really, really, really needed to hear this. And it's got you sitting up that little bit straighter. It's got you going!

I know I have not shown up the way that I wanted to show up 100%. But, guess what - that's okay!

We get to be human and we get to pause and go 'Holy Fuck! This is crazy!'

No one has lived through this before. A global pandemic of this level, where all of us are navigating through this for the first time. No one knows what is actually going to happen. But we're able to rely now on, certain parts of the world that are seeing a positive trend upwards in terms of health and seeing their society sort of waking up and coming back to it and all of this. So I just want to let you guys know that there is a lot of momentum and game face energy that has to be had right now. You know it has to be had because your message and your mission is waiting.

Your purpose is not sitting back just because there's a pandemic happening. There is something that you can do.

So write that down, make a commitment, say it out loud: This is what I could do to help my tribe and my community.

It's time to get that game face on.

Game face to me represented actually pulling my private clients together (my Mastermind clients and my retreat clients) and we did such an awesome gathering. I actually called it the 'Great Gathering' where all of us got to just come together and get real with the situation. I had clients from all over the world - which was so awesome to see the representation of what's been going on in the world through my clients like Switzerland, Canada, the US, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe. It was actually so uplifting to see everybody go, 'You know what? It's awesome that we're here is a community, and it's time to get so real with sharing our voice!'. Come out of the cave, right? Come out of the cave.

You are being called to share your voice and speak up. And maybe it's through writing, maybe it's singing, maybe it's some other form of creative expression.

I've been loving the work from Home Dance Challenge - one of my clients had tagged me in it, and I just had so much fun. I would just jam and go crazy, and it gets my energy and my vibration back up, just like if you were to get your game face on. It's like you're about to do like a big gym routine or something.

Do what is going to get your heart rate up. And put a big smile on your face.

I will grab Teddy and Henry and Mike and we'll just be dancing around like crazy people in the lounge room. It's funny, actually, because we live in this high rise at the moment and I can see every single apartment, about 100 apartments. I'm not even kidding and I'm looking at the window right now. They're probably looking at me and I'm looking at them and I have seen so many interesting things.

I'm not trying to be a complete weirdo or a perv but I've seen people come out of the shower in their towels with their windows wide open (if you want privacy, please, pull your blinds down). But clearly they don't care. I've been seeing kids run around like crazy, and parents just literally (by the looks of it) pulling out their hair and telling them off. I've been seeing grandmothers sweeping their balcony. That's a very grandma thing to do, isn't it? People doing their washing. I'm seeing a lot of TVs on just TVs everywhere. A lot of gamers as well. Oh my God, this is so creepy - explaining what my neighbours are doing.

Anyway, it got me thinking damn ... we will possibly not have another time like this in our near future or beyond where we're all in complete lock down like this for however long. Two months, three months, six months. Who fucking knows? Are we really just going to be sitting there sweeping our balconies, watching TV and gaming all day long?

I mean, don't get me wrong. I went through the entire season of Love is Blind in less than three days. Okay, this was how I dealt with it. But ever since then, I have not turned on Netflix. It's not been something that I've been doing. What I have been doing is showing up live daily on Instagram. What I have been doing is showing up to my inbox. What I have been doing is gathering my clients together on zoom calls.

I had a Membership Q and A the other day. It was great to see the Own Your Hustle: The Membership members in there staying so positive and so upbeat. I was hearing from one of my members, who owns a gym just outside of Philadelphia which is there to help people who suffer from MS or who have a disability. And her gym had to close last week so instead, they've taken their fitness programmes online. And she just said it's so much fun! They just clown around and it's just high vibrational stuff, right?

This is what you can do to give back and serve the world.

Right now, there are so many ways that we can tap into expressing our unique voice, not only to heal ourselves and move ourselves forward and draw in that energy, but also heal the planet at large. So this is my my game face reminder:

Think about ways that you can start to actually create momentum.

I posted on Instagram earlier this week about my parents house getting robbed and, like I said, they are safe. But I'm getting so many messages saying 'I hope your folks are okay!'. And it's shit that this had to happen but it's also inspired this content. So, look after each other, be kind to one another. I know only good things will come from moving and creating and sharing your message with the world.

I love you all so much. Go be awesome. And more than ever, more than ever, remember, you can take the reins and you can absolutely Own Your Hustle.

x

PS.

Don't forget to check out Side Hustle Slingshot. We start next week. It's my 10 day boot camp to really help with that momentum and, I'm so here for you. We're going to be talking about things like how to monetise the profitable habits that you're creating right now. Especially if you are working from home for the first time for this amount of time and you're sharing a household with people in humans that you haven't spent a lot of time with of late. Maybe they're housemates. Maybe it's even your partner. I know a lot of partners usually travel for work. So now you've got a lot of time together and you're trying to work it out.

What are the new habits? What are the new ways in which you can create a fun and exciting place to draw from and also create business? We will be talking about mindset for abundance - like talking about my shower manifestations. How to unleash the value of your social media right now and how to give back to the planet at large at this point in time.

I'm going to be sharing with you my number one secret to creating an incredible sales mindset which has grown my business to almost half a million dollars in less than two years.

I'm going to talk to you about how to draw in and create your first offer. So if you haven't yet or you want to re-scope your first/core offering, this boot camp is going to help you do just that. And then I'm going to share with you secrets to launching and how to actually slingshot (this is why I called my my boot camp Side Hustle Slingshot) - slingshot that idea into reality.

$97 to join for 10 days to work with me. I will be live. You will have group Voxer access to the rest of the Slingshotters. This offer is absolutely incredible and I cannot wait to see you on the inside!

In the meantime, I'm going to leave you with this quote from my Rebecca Campbell Oracle cards: Share your voice. Come out of the cave, share your expression with the world. The world needs you more than ever!

xx

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