UGH – Is it possible my mom is right?
I have a secret to share with you…I’ve been procrastinating a lot lately. I mean so badly that I’ve taken to watching movies in bed in the middle of the day. (This is not something I normally do) but I can’t seem to get out of my own way.
Here’s a part of what is going on…
Last week my mother called to speak with me about my business, saying she had advice that she really needed me to listen to. (Well if you know the relationship I have with my mother you’d know I didn’t listen to her when it came to putting on rain boots when I was little, you can only imagine how I feel when I get her call offering business advice).
“Kim, I’ve been thinking about your business and all this get it done “stuff” you do and I think you need to make a shift.”
(My stomach gets queasy, I feel my defensive juices rising but I breathe and say to myself, listen and give her space to share).
“It seems to me you’re going after a market of people who are very advanced in their businesses but I think you’re missing a whole other market of people that could use your help.”
(My stomach’s still spinning and my face is getting flushed but I continue breathing, listening and taking it in.)
“I think there’s a market of people like me that could benefit from your work. People who really don’t know the internet or all the lingo you use or possibly much about how business things get done BUT they’ve got something that they really want to do and they’d be thrilled to have the simple steps on HOW to do it.”
“I think you’ve got an opportunity in the “newbie” market.
Now, here’s where my procrastination comes in…
I know she’s right.
(BUT I hate that she’s right).
I’ve thought of this idea of providing different levels of get it done programs – for the newbie and the more advanced.
I’ve thought that I could take specific projects that people want to get done like creating a blog, or developing a product, or creating a coaching program and provide them with a really simple roadmap for how to do it.
Fact is I’ve thought about these things and haven’t done them. I’ve done other stuff but not that stuff.
Why?
I’m sure there’s some limiting belief getting in my way (that I haven’t nailed down yet) because I know this procrastination is not about me being lazy.
One thing I do know is that I’m not going to “spite” my mom (as I might have done when I was younger) and not do what she says just because she says it – when I know it’s the right thing to do.
I just need to figure out how to do it my way, in a way that’s fun for me.
I need to get clear exactly what that newer person in business is struggling with and figure out how I can best teach them what they need to know.
I know I can do it.
I just have to figure out HOW to do it.
I have to think like them and think about what they need. I then have to package my information in a way they can digest it.
I keep imagining I’ve got to create checklists, templates and a PowerPoint.
Maybe that’s true, maybe it’s not.
What is true is that once I know WHO I want to help and WHAT it is they need the most, then I can figure out HOW to do it.
I’ve just got to sit my butt down (and stop watching movies in the middle of the day) and just do it.
Tags: listen to your mother, procrastination
