Stand in your power + eliminate competition

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If
there is only one you,
then
there is no one else exactly like you. 

So… 

If
your business is a reflection of you,
then
there is no other business exactly like yours.

Therefore…

If
there is no other business exactly like yours,
then
you have no competition.

How do you make a business and a brand a true reflection of you? 

By truly getting to know yourself.

We go through the majority of our lives being told what to do and how to be.

(I’m not saying this is good nor bad, just stay with me for a minute.) Our parents and family raise us with rules and manners and expectations. School systems encourage us to always ask permission, and they reward “right” answers. We’re pushed to go to college to learn more, achieve more, work harder. We enter the workforce and prove our worth with output, results, and competency. “Right” is rewarded, “wrong” is punished.

All of that is well and good, but it doesn’t necessarily create a culture of fostering a true sense of unique self. If anything it makes us want to follow the crowd, do what we’re told, act this way, don’t act that way. Think the right way, not the wrong way.

So how, then, do we come to have confidence in who we are at a core level? Without comparing. Without expectation. And without permission?

I believe that comes by giving OURSELVES permission to get to know ourselves, learn to love ourselves and appreciate the individual gifts we’ve been given… so that we can give that gift to others and receive their individual gifts in return.

I believe that making an investment in learning more about yourself is never a waste… it is only a gift that keeps on giving.

I have invested a lot of time, energy, and money in getting to know myself over the past 10 years. And I continue to do so. I keep uncovering layers of myself that I know are unique to me. And if nothing else it has given me so much more confidence than I’ve ever had before.

It helps me in business:

• delegate tasks that I know I struggle with
• work on projects when I’m feeling inspired do to them instead of fighting when I’m not in flow
• get clarity by talking things out because I know that’s how I problem-solve the best

It helps me in relationships:

• be more patient
• be more understanding
• be more present

It helps me as a parent:

• set boundaries
• create safe space for them to be themselves
• show them how to love themselves

It helps me heal myself:

• give myself grace
• forgive myself
• fill my own cup

There was a time in my life when I felt like I didn’t have an identity at all.

I was taking one of those magazine quizzes in my late 20s and realized I couldn’t answer any of the questions. I didn’t know my favorite color, song, or food. If you asked me at the time what I wanted for dinner I’d say “what do you want?”

It’s helping me show up right now. 

Investing in myself, in coaching, helped me find a HUGE block that was getting in the way of my goals. I was terrified to show up. I wanted to stay in the dark. I wanted to keep building my business in the shadows. I was afraid I’d hurt people’s feelings. I was afraid that if people heard what I had to say I’d be left with no one. I didn’t think I had anything worth saying. I thought it would be best for me to just stay behind the scenes.

But how could I truly help people that way? Is that really a “gift” or a blessing worth sharing? Is that what I would tell my kids? “Girls… stay in the shadows. You don’t have any value to give, so just stay behind the scenes. Don’t show up too much… you’re going to hurt people’s feelings.”

WHAT?!?!?!?!? NO. No. No. No. NO one better talk to my kids that way.

So why did I think it okay to talk to myself that way? 

Turning inward, hiring coaches, learning about myself, giving myself time, love and care have only made my gifts that much greater. Made my confidence stronger. Made me show up in a way that is opening doors to helping more people.

Through this work, I was able to [just last week!] go live in a FB group of nearly 3,000 people… without breaking a sweat!! 

Stand in your power.

Find your gifts.

Give your gifts.

Receive gifts from others.

Be confident.

Double down on yourself.

Help people.

Create a ripple effect.

Change the world.

It all starts with you. 

It’s going to take inner reflection. Figuring out who you really are. 

Because you have something so special that people are out there wishing, and hoping, and praying for. Only you.

Any investment you make in yourself will never go to waste.

I would love to hear from you if you think you're ready to look inside of yourself, stand in your power, and show up with world-changing confidence! Book your Clarity Call here.

The Designer’s Approach was developed as a simple step-by-step way for anyone to intentionally create a life and business they love. There are SO many facets to who we are, and fulfillment comes from integrating all of them. Download your TDA Guide so that you can start seeing the results of new beliefs in every area of your life.