November 04, 2020

068 – How to Be Your Biggest Fan

17 minutes

“Define your work in a way that serves you”

As entrepreneurs and small business owners we can always be pushing And never satisfied

We think if we just work a little harder and a little longer – all the problems will go away.

You will never master this thing called business

That’s Good news and Bad news

It’s good to have something that will cause you to work hard and Develop

But Bad, if you don’t balance it

This Podcast is Perspective On a BALANCED View

We put a lot on ourselves.

We read books and go to seminars and listen to podcasts – And we become idea junkies

WE Want to do it all

I have to read that book

I have to implement that

Always pushing and never satisfied

AND …We Don’t Celebrate our wins! BC there is always more to do.

WE DON’T LEAVE ANY MARGIN TO THINK – TO THINK!

Let me tell you something Friend…

THAT doesn’t serve you.

You will not be your Biggest FAN – YOU WILL BE YOUR BIGGEST CRITIC

Everyone else is Celebrating You and saying – Wow, Well Done…but you’re not satisfied

THAT DOES NOT SERVE YOU

Here’s the phrase I would ask you to memorize so that you can repeat to yourself

“Define your work in a way that serves you”

Work is not a dreaded 9 to 5 existence

It is an expression of your unique gifts, talents and life experience for the Purpose of Serving other people

Working ON Your Business: Yes you should do that…

If you’re going to work ON your business – There is a lot of Thinking Work and NEW things you have to learn.

It’s a little like learning how to play the piano

It is awkward and clunky and you’re not very good at it.

You have a choice…

You can either celebrate yourself for making the Big Decision to leave your comfort zone – OR you can be impatient with yourself and Condemn yourself.

I got this quote from Jeff Walker – it was a simple idea but very profound

DEFINE YOUR WORK IN A WAY THAT SERVES YOU

“YOUR WORK” – does not have to be just your business building work – it can be anything you are working on to reach your full potential

You have made a choice to Live into the fullness of your potential – AND that means, doing something you are not good at now.

One of those things for me was Podcasting.

I saw it as a big part of the work I wanted to do at MMT

And I knew I was not good at it

I was going to give myself the time to be bad – permission to be Incompetent for a period of time.

But somewhere along the journey – I lost some of that Grace for myself

My podcast was condemning me. OR I was condemning me bc of my podcast work

“Define it in a way that serves you”

Here are some other thoughts on this…

Small beginnings. Lower the bar and create the habit first.

“define it in a way that serves you” – – – Make your work A Fun and Joyful part of your life.

Give yourself Grace to Start Small

Give yourself permission to be an amateur

Celebrate your WINS – we all have a lot on our lists. We get them done and then go right to the next thing. Celebrate and Ring the Cow Bell! YOU HAVE TO BE YOUR BIGGEST CHEERLEADER.

Celebrate More

Celebrate YOU and be Generous and Encouraging when you have a good day or a good win.

Be On Guard against condemning yourself. DALE CARNEGIE – do not CCC. There is this TAPE running in the background – The critical voices…You’re Doing IT Wrong. What ever IT is. Listen…NO you are NOT! You are Doing it. And you are figuring it out.

Saw this title for a John Maxwell Book:

“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn”

I don’t have to read the book – I Just need that reminder

Work from a place of Contribution – not just accumulation and accomplishment. Get your joy from what you GIVE to life, not from what you GET from life.

THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT FOR EVERY PERSON.

How do YOU, give to life!

Do Your Unique work – Your Bradmillerness Work – do not compare your work to others. Comparison is the death spiral into ourselves. You are the Intelligent Designer – do your Unique Work that no one else can do

“Define YOUR WORK in a way that serves you” – CHOOSE TO BE YOUR BIGGEST FAN AND – then you can Celebrate Yourself and Your Big Life

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November 04, 2020

068 – How to Be Your Biggest Fan

17 minutes

“Define your work in a way that serves you”

As entrepreneurs and small business owners we can always be pushing And never satisfied

We think if we just work a little harder and a little longer – all the problems will go away.

You will never master this thing called business

That’s Good news and Bad news

It’s good to have something that will cause you to work hard and Develop

But Bad, if you don’t balance it

This Podcast is Perspective On a BALANCED View

We put a lot on ourselves.

We read books and go to seminars and listen to podcasts – And we become idea junkies

WE Want to do it all

I have to read that book

I have to implement that

Always pushing and never satisfied

AND …We Don’t Celebrate our wins! BC there is always more to do.

WE DON’T LEAVE ANY MARGIN TO THINK – TO THINK!

Let me tell you something Friend…

THAT doesn’t serve you.

You will not be your Biggest FAN – YOU WILL BE YOUR BIGGEST CRITIC

Everyone else is Celebrating You and saying – Wow, Well Done…but you’re not satisfied

THAT DOES NOT SERVE YOU

Here’s the phrase I would ask you to memorize so that you can repeat to yourself

“Define your work in a way that serves you”

Work is not a dreaded 9 to 5 existence

It is an expression of your unique gifts, talents and life experience for the Purpose of Serving other people

Working ON Your Business: Yes you should do that…

If you’re going to work ON your business – There is a lot of Thinking Work and NEW things you have to learn.

It’s a little like learning how to play the piano

It is awkward and clunky and you’re not very good at it.

You have a choice…

You can either celebrate yourself for making the Big Decision to leave your comfort zone – OR you can be impatient with yourself and Condemn yourself.

I got this quote from Jeff Walker – it was a simple idea but very profound

DEFINE YOUR WORK IN A WAY THAT SERVES YOU

“YOUR WORK” – does not have to be just your business building work – it can be anything you are working on to reach your full potential

You have made a choice to Live into the fullness of your potential – AND that means, doing something you are not good at now.

One of those things for me was Podcasting.

I saw it as a big part of the work I wanted to do at MMT

And I knew I was not good at it

I was going to give myself the time to be bad – permission to be Incompetent for a period of time.

But somewhere along the journey – I lost some of that Grace for myself

My podcast was condemning me. OR I was condemning me bc of my podcast work

“Define it in a way that serves you”

Here are some other thoughts on this…

Small beginnings. Lower the bar and create the habit first.

“define it in a way that serves you” – – – Make your work A Fun and Joyful part of your life.

Give yourself Grace to Start Small

Give yourself permission to be an amateur

Celebrate your WINS – we all have a lot on our lists. We get them done and then go right to the next thing. Celebrate and Ring the Cow Bell! YOU HAVE TO BE YOUR BIGGEST CHEERLEADER.

Celebrate More

Celebrate YOU and be Generous and Encouraging when you have a good day or a good win.

Saw this title for a John Maxwell Book:

“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn”

I don’t have to read the book – I Just need that reminder

Work from a place of Contribution – not just accumulation and accomplishment. Get your joy from what you GIVE to life, not from what you GET from life.

THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT FOR EVERY PERSON.

How do YOU, give to life!

“Define YOUR WORK in a way that serves you” – CHOOSE TO BE YOUR BIGGEST FAN AND – then you can Celebrate Yourself and Your Big Life

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