The Secret Sauce That Makes Work Fun – Part 3

Thanks for joining me for part 3! We have now identified what the secret sauce is to make work fun and I have shared my journey to find my own secret sauce. Now comes the fun part, putting it into action to make a real difference in your work and in your life!

I feel very passionately about our own ability to make big changes in our lives by starting with small steps in the fundamentals like mindset, goal setting and self-care. While working with my 1 to 1 clients, I discovered that a lot of women were facing similar challenges and an idea started forming in my mind of a system that could help them get their POWER back. As it turned out, my clients were all women in business. As a businesswoman myself, I realised that my clients couldn’t move forward in their careers until they took care of themselves on a personal level first.  I am shortly going to talk to you about productivity, my favourite subject, but before I do, I want to share this with you:

Before getting organised in your career, you need to first get organised in your head and in your life, identify your priorities and establish a support network, both personally and professionally, to then enable you to move towards your professional aspirations.

Armed with this truth, the insights I gained from my personal transformation, and my early work with business women in similar situations, I created PowerSystem, a 5-step process specifically designed to help entrepreneurial women set the foundations for time and financial freedom.  The word POWER will help you remember each of these critical steps. 

You see, P stands for priority: You need to make yourself a priority in your own life. As women we are used to putting ourselves at the bottom of the list. We first think of our children, our partners, our work colleagues, our friends, our pets - anyone but us! If you look after yourself first, you will have the confidence, strength and energy to be there for the people you care about. It’s like putting your oxygen mask on first in an airplane. 

Next is O for Order. This step is about creating the time freedom that you became an entrepreneur to achieve in the first place. That means having more time in the day to work ON your business, or, to take care of yourself with exercise, meditation or creative pursuits like writing and painting. If you are organised and in control of your schedule, you can rule your world instead of letting it rule you. You can achieve your big goals with time to spare.

Now for W, connecting to the World around you. Communication is so important. If you work on expressing yourself, building your support network and learning to set boundaries, you will be able to share what’s really important to you with the world around you, and feel supported in return.

Then comes E which stands for Energy. By focusing on eating healthy foods, fitting movement into your weekly routine and getting enough sleep you will be able to unlock the energy you need to take on the world.

Finally R is for Roadmap. You’ve fuelled your body and life for success but where are you going? You have to figure out what’s next. What’s your why? What’s YOUR secret sauce?

By taking these action steps towards getting your POWER back, you can overcome obstacles and achieve your dreams. 

I want to share this message with you because I want you to know that getting your POWER back is totally achievable. By investing the time up front to discover what you are passionate about and then taking action on it, you will give yourself the enthusiasm, drive and motivation to create a life that is happy, satisfied and fulfilled.

Let’s take a moment now to drill down into how you can take this passion and use it in your business today.  Because a secret sauce sitting in a bottle doesn’t do anything on its own, right? You need to pour it on to your business to make a dish you want to go back to over and over again!

We’re going to drill down into the O in PowerSystem and focus on productivity because after you find your why, this is where the magic happens!  The first thing you need to do is take a step back and look at the big picture. Specifically, ask yourself the big questions about how things have changed for you and your business in the last 6 months. None of us are the same person we were at the beginning of the year because too much has happened globally since then!

Do you want to pursue the same goals you set in January? It’s ok if the answer is no. Look deep inside and see if your goals are still aligned with who you are. With your why.  If there are things that no longer fit, it’s time to let them go. You have an opportunity right now to generate amazing results in your business by getting laser focused on what you really want to do and how you will get it done. 

I know that this is where a lot of my clients get stuck, and if you are in the same boat, then I have your back! In order to remove all the mystery of how to set the perfect goals AND how to turn them into a timeline with targets that you can track, I will be running a workshop called Goals to Results: Set, Plan, Action! on September 8th.

In the meantime, after asking yourself these big questions and establishing your goals, it’s time to quantify them and I want to go over that with you in a bit more detail.

The objective here is to set stretching goals. What do I mean by that?  Firstly, you need to set a goal that is not so attainable that you achieve it too easily, or so out of your depth that you can never achieve it all.  The first way doesn’t really give you those big results and makes you feel flat and like you haven’t really moved things forward. The second way makes you feel frustrated and dejected because you don’t succeed. The balance between the two is where the stretching goal lies.

One way to find that golden point is to use the SMART Goal methodology.  Have you heard of this?  SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-Based.  These are all the aspects you need to consider when setting your stretching goal.

For example, instead of saying, “My goal is to find a new job,” using the SMART system, you can change it to “I plan to change careers and become a digital coach by December 31st.”  Does that make sense?

There is so much to be said on the subject of setting goals and I am so excited to cover this topic in my Masterclass on September 8th, but, what I would like you to take away now, is to remember to push yourself out of your comfort zone while staying realistic!

Now that your goals are realigned, and you have clarified your big vision – what do you do next? You need to take your goals and break them down into monthly actions. Next, each month, you look at what you need to accomplish this month and then see what you need to do this week to make that happen.  You then look at your day and see what tasks you need to get done today to achieve your weekly goals. In this way, your daily actions are directly tied into your big overall goals in a straight line. Make sense?

There are two really big benefits to using this system:

• The first is that since your daily tasks are tied into your goals, they are tied into your why. You don’t ever have to have that moment of coming to your desk, sitting down to do your work and just not feeling like doing it. Do you know what I’m talking about?   When your daily tasks are tied into your big goals and your why, you will be able to tap into the motivation to get your work done with excitement and pleasure!

• The second big benefit is that you will know exactly what you need to do every day because you have broken it all down by month and by week already.

How does that sound? Does that sound like a system you would like to have? To always know exactly what you need to do to move your business forward and to be excited to do it?

I will take you through this whole process in my workshop on September 8th, so please make sure to click the link and sign up your interest today for:

Goals to Results: Set, Plan, Action!

I would like to leave you with this:

Transformation is possible. Progress is possible. I’ve implemented these steps in my own life and coached my clients through the process as well. 

Maybe now really is your time to make a change? Maybe this is that moment for you. If you’re ready to put the confusion of the pandemic behind you and look forward to making a difference in your business and to the people you serve.  If you are done feeling overwhelmed by all the things you have to get done in a day, getting distracted by all the paths to succeed in business and not knowing what to work on next, just click on the link to sign up today for my Goals to Results: Plan Set Action Masterclass and I will not only help you find your why, but will also help you find the clarity, confidence and energy to identify and act on the right goals for you so that you can create a life that is happy, satisfied and fulfilled.

Goals to Results: Set, Plan, Action!

I know you can do this, and I hope to work with you soon!