Oops! Caught in the trap of being inauthentic… (again!)
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Kudos to you for saying what we all feel on this issue - it’s easy to pretend that we know everything. Even when we try to cover our tracks, it still shows up. Being honest is *so scary* - even when you’re being honest about the things that make you rock! It all takes guts…and for this ordinarily not-gutsy gal, I’m definitely having to work on it. Thanks for reminding me that it’s worth it!
Hi Yollana. Isn’t it funny how we’re never ashamed of our children being babies in the beginning - it’s just how nature intended it. But when our businesses are babies, we feel scared that other people will notice. So we talk about our little baby businesses as though they’re all grown up already.
53 isn’t a bad number for a list. I don’t even have a list yet. I have an AWeber account, but no eZine, let alone a free giveaway. But I’m figuring it out slowly.
Baby steps, right?
Hey, love from your mum, thanks for the thoughts, always poetically relevant.
Thanks mum
And thanks for your beautiful comment on the phone - that 53 people connected with their hearts is more than 1000 people who aren’t. So true!
Yollana, it is so cool to get to meet you “in your office”! Thank you for bringing up these two posts in the Oasis. So much of what you wrote in this post (and in Be Yourself) is just right where I am! And I love your questions at the end. And thank you for voicing that you have 53 folks on your list! I was feeling pathetic with about my basically non-list, and perhaps 4 real followers on my blog … but the truth is, those readers are amazing women. I am so enjoying getting to know them–from reading their responses to my posts, to reading their blogs (which I can do because I have a small list!). Anyway, your questions remind me that the time has come to just gather my courage and ask them some questions. And to ask myself these questions again (the ones you list) as I’m preparing to ‘plant my flag’. And to be ok with and even curious about the Mystery of my biz. I’m not going to have it all figured out!
Ah, Jane… So lovely of you to comment. Wow. Your story really emphasises my point even more. Four great women, and the opportunity to go deeper with each of them.
It reminds me of a quote I once heard on one of Marianne Williamson’s audios. It was a long time ago, so I’ll have to tell it as best as I remember it. She was talking about your “ministry”, meaning the people who listen to you - whatever it is that you “preach” (ie. it doesn’t have to be religious). And she basically said that god gives you your ministry, to see if you can manage it. First one person, then four. When you tend to that which you have, it grows naturally and organically. If you don’t love an honour and tend to what you have (or fall into thinking it doesn’t count cos it’s too small), then you give the message to the Universe that you can’t even handle four, and is slow to give you more.
I love that you and your “raving fans” are developing a close community by posting on each others blogs. I wonder if you might even explore other ways that you can support beach other in your businesses?
Hey Yollana
I love what you have written here - all your writing is inspiring me and giving me more courage to share what is authentic and what is real to me - thank you so much
Janet, thank you! I’m so happy that this work is supporting you to be more you. I deeply believe that this, more than anything, is what the world wants and needs from you. Love Yollana