31 journal prompts to build entrepreneurial trust
Make a list of 20+ things you’re great at or have done well
List 20+ times you’ve been helpful
Give yourself 3 “Thank You’s” or awards that someone forgot to give you.
List 5-10 times you messed up
Return to the list from number 4 and write what you learned from each mess up
Answer the question, “how am I different now?”
Name 3-5 people/characters/animals/plants you admire and then list 3-5 of the characteristics you appreciate of each
What if life is unfair?
What if you luck is real and you are lucky?
Write a letter to yourself
What did you learn about money as a kid?
How do you feel about money now? What are your regular thoughts and beliefs around money?
How do you want to feel about money? What would you like your regular thoughts and beliefs around money to be?
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Rethinking “Playing Small”
“Playing small” can be strategic.
Faster, bigger, more- aren’t always best OR doable. (But “stop playing small” is the messaging most coaches and consultants are selling and advising based off of.)
“Playing small” can be strategic.
Faster, bigger, more- aren’t always best OR doable. (But “stop playing small” is the messaging most coaches and consultants are selling and advising based off of.)
It’s easy to look at a growth strategy, to know what you’re capable of, and to look at where you are and to feel behind or to know that you can do more. But those feelings don’t necessarily mean you’re making a mistake like all the messaging and marketing you see will tell you.
Then we slap the label on of “playing small” on (which for some reason is inherently wrong) it can become a shame point and up pops the story of “I’m messing up” which just makes taking action and growth feel harder.
What many coaches/consultants and entrepreneurs don’t realize is that “playing small” can be a strategic move. But it’s easy to assume it’s the thing that’s wrong and needs changing.
What if “playing small” is good and bad? What if it has positive and negatives? What if it’s right for right now and as time passes it changes?
What if this version of ‘small’ is past you’s version of HUGE?
What if this is is just a phase of the journey and every step you take will feel small looking back when in reality you’ve been climbing a whole damn mountain and the speed at which you climb doesn’t actually matter?
Most of us have more going on than business building.
We have people and relationships we love and that we want to show up for.
We have experiences we want to share now rather than waiting til a time that we’re not promised.
We have dreams that we’re committed to but that we’re not willing to sacrifice our daily lives for on the way.
Maybe we can stop telling ourselves (and our clients and audience) that they’re bad and wrong for not going faster and just commend them for the pace they’re going. Then, when they’re ready to go faster we can share some options about shorter paths and better hiking boots.
Small can be aligned.
Small can be of service.
Small can be life changing.
Small can be a judgement, a projection, or a measurement.
Small can be smart.
And, if you feel the urge to play bigger - maybe it’s not just about business- maybe that will naturally happen when you start taking up more space and expressing your truth in every day life. Play big at home - love big, nurture big, connect big — and then see how the business side feels.