A Question of Direction

As you may have guessed from my less than stellar attempt at maintaining this blog, I’ve been busy. In fact, I’ve been trying to figure out WHAT my business really is and what I really want to do with it. I know what you’re thinking: she is supposed to be helping me with my business!?! How can she help others when she’s floundering about herself?

My only answer to that is: now I know why therapists need to go to therapy. It is definitely easier to help others than it is to help ourselves and I’m learning that this is okay. Everyone needs help when trying to take an objective look at things and make them better. I had to start my journey looking within and figuring out who I am and what matters the most to me. At times, I even needed help with this! Alright … so I have myself figured out (as much as I can anyway – I’m very complex haha)!

Next, I needed help with my business direction but I don’t have thousands of dollars to spend on a “Business Coach”. I happened across a business coaching program from Crystal Andrus . Well, I didn’t happen upon it so much as I’m already a fan of hers and the universe alligned at the right moment for her to offer the course just when I needed it. With help from the course, and an extremely supportive group of friends, family and clients … this is what I’m about:

People describe me as: efficient, diligent, honest, approachable, insightful and my personal favorite – AWESOME! Can you believe it was hard for me to believe this feedback? After reflection, it’s all true. I could even bore you with examples of each of these traits but I like to keep my blogs on the short side.

My personal priorities are: take care of myself, take care of my family, do work that I love (make a difference) and continuously learn.

My golden rule is to eliminate stress; there is almost never a good reason to overcomplicate things. You can see that in my home and in the way I work. I know stress will always be around; it sneaks in when you least expect it. My trick is to create ways of coping with it in advance of needing the coping tools. For example, I’ve recently found my way back to taking care of myself by eating smart and exercising regularly. Since then, even when pressure crops up, I know I have it in me to deal with it because I am stronger and more confident than ever before. Pressure? Me? Don’t think that reassessing my business direction was easy but I’ve faced it “head up and heart in”.

My key capability is finding the most direct path to any goal. Stick with me in a crowd; I’ll get you to your destination in the fewest steps possible. That’s no small feat for someone who’s 5’ tall and usually the shortest in the crowd (unless it’s a crowd of 10year olds). I have a knack for finding the tasks that really need to be done, making sure they are done well and in an uncomplicated manner.

How did I never see before that EFFICIENCY was my thing? That really doesn’t matter. What matters is that I’ve found My Thing and since then things seem to be falling in place. I AM efficiency!

The best part of this journey is that now I know exactly what a business owner can go through as they grow and I understand that it's not just about process improvement. Now I’m creating products and tools to help! I’m doing work that I love and making a difference. AHHHHHH THIS IS IT!