Taking Myself Seriously

I asked myself what my million-dollar business looks like. From that, I made a list.

A list of all the cool things my million-dollar business has so I can start building those things. They currently live in my mind and on a list in ClickUp.

But when I look at that list, I haven't done a damn thing : /

That's not entirely true, I have accomplished some of those things, but I have a long way to go and I'm not on pace to hit my goal.

So if I want to hit this goal...

I better get serious

I have a vision for what my million-dollar business looks like, but it does no one any good if it only lives in my mind. I'm too busy looking for all the answers when I have the map sitting right in front of me.

I spend too much time thinking, I need to spend more time doing.

I have control over my time, I make my schedule. That means more deep work for the things that need to get built. Focus on one thing at a time.

Right now, there's a burning need to build my business plan.

One of my biggest problems is my ability to easily change my mind. Indecisive, lack of confidence, OCD, perfectionism - all character traits that no longer serve me. They have held me back for so long. I release them and forgive myself for the burden of carrying them.

Every time introduce myself, whether I'm meeting someone new or recording a podcast, I say something different.

Because I don't have it written down somewhere (and more importantly, remember where it's written down!), it's harder to hold myself accountable to representing my myself and my brand consistently.

I noticed this recently with my LinkedIn tagline.

I used to change my LinkedIn tagline all the time. At one point, it got so bad, I was changing it almost weekly. Every time I had a new idea, I went straight to my profile to update it.

I was obsessed with updating my profile, not what it said.

I had to make a tracker to help slow down my ability to change my mind. Every time I had a new idea, instead of heading to LinkedIn, I went to my tracker to add it to a list. If I was still excited about that idea a week later, I'd allow myself to update it on LinkedIn.

I noticed just how many ideas I had and, more importantly, how few of them lasted the test of time.

More importantly, it helped to slow down my mind and create mental space for other more important things. It's better to build something new than to build the same thing over and over.

The business plan is that tracker

It's the stopgap between what I'm thinking and what I'm doing. It's what holds me accountable for doing and saying the things I said I was going to say and do.

Because I can think a LOT faster than I can get those things done. I need to tighten up my business and get serious if I want to make a million this year!

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