“You could fill a football field with all I don’t know about…”
There have been many times in my life I have uttered the phrase “you could fill a football field with all that I don’t know about…” and this has served as a kind of insulation. A flame-retardant fiberglass, perhaps, that would make sure to, well… insulate me from the flaming spears of… something. But, what?
The flaming spears of my ignorance?
The flaming spears of others’ expectations?
Both?
Could be.
Listen up, friends.
I spend a LOT of time unpacking and addressing the Imposter Complex.
It wants to keep you out of action, doubting your capacity, and alone and isolated.
And I know beyond a shadow of a doubt this truth:
You know more than you think. AND? You’ll never know it all.
So, of course.
Do your due diligence
Fill the gaps.
Invest in your intentions.
To be certain.
And also.
Spend a little more time revelling in all that you HAVE figured out.
As an entrepreneur, you didn’t know SHIT about bookkeeping, copywriting, social media, marketing, but you figured it out.
As a manager, you didn’t know the first thing about HR, leadership, org charts and having tough conversations, but you figured it out.
As a parent, you didn’t know squat about first aid, ECE, diaper choices, attachment parenting (or not), but you figured it out.
YOU FIGURED IT OUT.
Which, if I’m not mistaken, is the most transferable and compelling skills one can possess as a human.
I’m on the precipice of launching, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, an evergreen program of my lauded and celebrate Starring Role Academy. And I am scaaaaaared of the football stadium that represents all that I don’t know.
And yet.
When I break it all down.
It is clearly aligned with who I am as everything has been that I have been proud of.
I have known what is essential with plenty of room for what is desired.
I have held space for hundreds impeccably and imperfectly.
I have created intimacy AND modelled boundaries.
I know this… and what I don’t know, I WILL figure out.
I did it then. I will do it now.
You did it then. You will do it now.
I will, you will be brilliant.
I will, you will figure it out.
Your brilliance is a renewable source of energy.
So IS your resourcefulness.
You are ready enough. And so am I.
And I’m ready for kick-off. Stadium filled, or not.
I am seriously keen on you listening in on my latest Ready Enough podcast.
Staci Jordan Shelton brought her inimitable fire, heart, and soul to the conversation.
She talks about unraveling the lies in ways that are uncommon and yet, feel ancient.
She speaks into spaces being common, but experiences, less so.
She speaks into sovereignty and power and IS grace.
I hope you listen in and heed her wisest counsel. Click here to listen.
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Thank you.
The last couple of weeks of summer are a languishing blink of an eye. It’s that hours are long and the days are fast feeling.
BBQs, docks, ice cream trucks, garden centres, paddle boards, sweet tomatoes and herbaceous basil.
Longer afternoons that seem shorter and dappling light that seems crisper.
Both, and.
I am celebrating holding with both hands and letting some of the juice run through my fingers.
I am honoured and thrilled to be a guest expert in my friend Nicole Lewis-Keeber's upcoming program "Love Your Business School".
Don't you want to love your business? Isn't that the reason you started it in the first place? Sigh. Falling in love is easy. Staying in love takes commitment.
I will be teaching/sharing about the Imposter Complex and Unshakeable Confidence alongside several other stellar experts including Michelle Lewis, Alethea Cheng Fitzpatrick, Christine Gallo, and Mara Clements. I am so excited to be in such exquisite and learned company.
Because...everything is better in community. Including coming back to loving your business.
There are still a couple of spaces in the program, so check it out. You will deeply benefit from Nicole's strong teaching and stronger heart, from the phenomenal community gathering, and I would love love love to get the honour of teaching you. Join here.
Show your intentions you’re serious about them.
Hire the teacher.
Make the time.
Do your due diligence.
I can mantra like it’s my job, but if I don’t follow up with an investment of time, resources or energy? Nah.
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