How Fear Helps You In Your Business

How has your week been? Mine’s been a mixed bag of fear and excitement. Today’s post is all about how fear helps you in your business.  In my case it’s definitely been all about ‘feeling the fear and doing it anyway’ as Susan Jeffers would say! (If you haven’t read her book then I would highly recommend it – it’s fab)

As you may have seen in my last post I launched my Cappuccino Coaching Club on Friday.  The launch of this club pushed me way out of my comfort zone, for so many reasons.  Let me share my main one…

#1 Problem – I wanted to launch my club with webinars, podcasts and a video

# 1 Real Problem – I hate how I speak

Now trust me when I say I HATE how I speak – I really do, so this has been a big stumbling block in me moving forward with my business.  I know I have a message I want to share with new Coaches, but how could I do it without pushing through my own comfort zones?  I surely need to lead by example?  So it really was a case of ‘feeling the fear and doing it anyway’.  How can I authentically coach others to push through their comfort zones if I’m not prepared to do it myself?  Challenge on!

I won’t lie to you , the past 2/3 months have been really hard work.  I’ve had an enormous techie curve to climb –  I’ve had to learn how to use webinar recording software, record a video, convert mp3′s to mp4′s, sort out widgets and plugins.  Poor old Google has had such a bashing with all of the internet searches I’ve done and videos I’ve watched to learn.  I’m now starting to understand my dmg’s from my html’s and my PayPal coding and goodness knows what else.  The hardest work though was pushing through my fear.

But shall I tell you a secret – I did the video and the webinar and it was ok.  I didn’t die, I haven’t suddenly become the laughing stock of the internet world (or at least not that I’m aware of) and I really enjoyed doing it.  Yes, my ‘voice’ is out there, but do you know what… I want my business to grow more than I care about the way I speak, because actually it’s who I am so I need to just let it go!!

My second secret – When it’s beyond your capabilities outsource it!  It doesn’t make you any less a person if you can’t figure out your WordPress widget thingies. Let someone else do it.  You’ll be amazed at how what would take you 4 days only takes them 1 hour!  Think about what you could be doing instead that would add more value to your business.  (These two wonderful ladies helped me … Chichi Eruchalu of Kanso Creative and Kelly Cairns of The Tech Angel.  I can’t say enough good things about them – they helped reduce my stress levels immensely lol – thanks girls!)

So I want to challenge you now.  What one thing will you do today that scares you?!  Do that and then another one tomorrow and the next day and the next …

Maybe Group Life Coaching would be your ‘fear’ thing – if so that’s something I can help you with.  Read more here.

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