I had an amazing call this week with a woman exploring her own business and desires. In the middle of discussing the Launch Your Biz Intensive, she suddenly exclaimed “it’s like I’m launching my life!”

Yes indeedy.

Starting your own business isn’t just about the business.

It’s an entire transformation of your life.

yesIt’s stepping up and saying I desire that for my life and I’m willing to go out and get it.

It’s ALL about saying yes to yourself and your dreams. And less about the nitty gritty details of the business.

Once you say yes to yourself, the rest will fall into place. 

I don’t just help women put up a website and get some structures in place.

I create the environment that supports the transformation of their entire life.

Sure I’m an expert at getting women from point A to B and implementing the biz nitty gritty.

But what I really do is translate their desires into the online landscape and give them a springboard for stepping into the person they’ve always wanted to be.

And holy shit that can sound pretty scary right?

The realization that you starting a business is really more about launching the entire rest of your life.

Lordy I get it.

It would be much easier to just set up shop and start making money.

But the women I work with and surround myself with are making major life changes because they want to make major change in the world. To transform themselves just as much as they’ll transform their clients, audience, and the world around them.

{Why do I want to say here, “with great power comes great responsibility?!”}

So what’s a girl to do then?

How do we keep on moving forward when launching our life sounds exhilarating but scary as hell?

Here’s how to unpack all that baggage and do it anyway {you got this!} –

  1. Play with the vision you have for your life 
    A year, five years, 10 years, 20 years. How do you see yourself and your life? Play around with it! Then figure out if starting a business truly fits into that vision.And by the way, this same idea is true for deciding to take that job in Vermont, quitting because you hate the cold, living on a friend’s couch with no job and $10,000 in debt, marrying that guy, divorcing that guy, selling your house, and leaving your full time job. {So I may be speaking from experience here.}

    Just a simple yes or no – does starting a business {or doing THAT thing} fit into the vision you have of your life?

  2. Make the choice
    If it’s a yes for you, then be a yes! Simply make the choice to claim your desire and your yes.This will show up time and time again in your life, so you must be clear on what your desire is and stick to that yes.

    Regardless of what comes up.{Take note of short this step is! Choose. Simple.}

  3. Stay out of the how
    Often we know we are a yes, but our brains immediately go into the how and then we become a no. But the no isn’t your truth. The no is your fear.Take it from someone who could start a support group for overwhelm recovery – this is where dreams die.

    I would be ready to make a move on my decision and then my mind would immediately get caught up into how am I going to make all of that happen. I would get overwhelmed. And then I wouldn’t do anything. And the dream would begin to slip from my grasp as I could feel the air deflate from my lungs.It’s a constant practice to understand that we’re not in charge of the how. If you’re clear on your desires and you’re a yes, things will shift and conspire around you to make it happen. If you…

  4. Get started
    Straight up – this is the hardest part. And the scariest.Which is why there are many, many seedlings of ideas out there that will never see the light of day.Much like the idea that a body in motion stays in motion, a business in motion stays in motion.So you MUST get started.DO something. Look at your goal and determine what’s one thing you can do today to start moving towards that goal.

    Hint: Do a brain dump with everything that comes to mind with what you know you need to do to reach that goal. Stay out of overwhelm. Figure out one thing on that list you can do today and go do it. Then take the other items on the list and schedule one a day until the list is completed.

    Remember, you already made the choice to go after it.

  5. Set yourself up for success
    As you get started, you’ll soon realize the things that need to change in your life in order to accomplish your goals.Mindset, time, environment, support system – all of these will begin to shift as you launch towards your goals and your new life.

    Be brave in taking a stand for your choice and transformation. And this means being brave in identifying these areas where you need a shift and how you can create success for yourself.The places in my business where things became hard were when I didn’t do what I needed to ensure I would be successful. I put off working with a coach even though I felt very alone. I worked from my couch even though I know environment has a huge effect on me. I kept trying to talk about business and the things I was doing to people who had no knowledge of any of it and were fearful.

    If you get honest with yourself, you know what these items are. And you know what you need to do to give yourself the best chance of success.

Entrepreneurs are a special breed. They go after their dreams. They aren’t afraid to speak up and demand more. They have passion. And they don’t hit the snooze.

Well let me tell you something – it’s because they realize that it isn’t about the business. It’s about the life.

And that’s what many women don’t understand. I certainly didn’t.

Until you’re staring it the face and on the edge of that cliff – you think it’s about your career and a way to make money.

{Insert here any important life decision – choosing that move, going to college away from home, taking that first job, getting married, getting divorced, having a baby…}

What I now see in my own life, and in the life of the women that choose to work with me, is the realization that it’s about much, much more.

And we’re willing to do it anyway.

And that’s why you aren’t just launching a business. You’re launching your life.

Big decisions are less about the actual thing that’s going on and more about saying yes even when you’re freaking the hell out.

And my guess is those big decisions always worked out for you. Some way, some how. It all came together in the end.

Yeah, life’s funny like that.

To your launch,
Amy

The point of the two day intensive is to get you started in your business with the least amount of distractions, excuses, and fear possible. It gets you in the game. It makes you step up in a way that you haven’t experienced before.

It’s launching your life with momentum and focus so you’re set up for success.

If that sounds exciting to you, read more details here and click on “reserve your spot” to score a free strategy session with me.


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