Finding Proof with Dr Tess Crawley

Why Am I A Business Mentor? ... The Number One Woman Who Has Inspired Me. 

I've aspired to be a business owner since I was a little girl. Here's the story of why what I witnessed as a child inspires me to support business owners every day. 

In this week's live show I talk about some of the challenges in business ownership when it comes to sharing news and plans with your team. Whether you're a sole business operator, or the head of a large team, this is for you. 

Even positive change can be stressful. Treading carefully, leaning in, and pacing yourself. 

#FindingProof Live Show.

In this (my 5oth!!) episode of the Finding Proof podcast I meet with the fabulous Peace Mitchell, co-founder of AusMumpreneur and the Women's Business School. Peace and her sister Katy have done more for women in business than any other organisation I can think of, in particular mums in business. If you're a woman, if you're a mum, if you're in business, if you're an entrepreneur, if you're a lover of great stories ... this is a wonderful story and I can't wait to share it with you!

Thank you to the fabulous Robyn McKinnon for this heartfelt and very informative interview about perinatal loss, including her family's experience of losing her first son at 16 weeks gestation. 

Robyn is a mental health social worker and hosts a Facebook group for mental health professionals working with perinatal loss. She is also coordinating a conference for later this year in Melbourne, with perinatal psychologist Bronwyn Leigh. 

*** Trigger warning - this is sad in parts, and may cause some upset especially if you've experienced your own loss. x

Robyn on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/AusPerinatalLossProfessionalsNetwork/

https://www.facebook.com/rmcounselling/

Robyn on the web: 

http://rmcounselling.com.au/

In this session with Evan, we explore how he felt weird as a kid and how this feeds into how he views the world today. We talked about empathy, and the shields he puts up to protect himself emotionally because he is so empathic. We also talked about his deep-seated fear of disappointing others. A great chat. Join us. 

I was invited recently to work alongside the wonderful Evan Carmichael as he embarks on his journey to build his YouTube audience from 1.7 million to 10 million subscribers. 

What's my role? 

I'll help Evan identify any potential psychological barriers that might  tempt him to "play it small" along the way. 

#EvanCarmichael is a successful Canadian #entrepreneur and author. His book "Your One Word" is one I highly recommend. He has almost two million subscribers on YouTube, but still faces many of the same "what if" and "should" challenges we all battle. We had lots of fun exploring these topics, and I'll be speaking with him again each month. The videos of these sessions will be available on Evan's YouTube channel, and my #FindingProof FB page.

In this first session, we talked about Evan's goal to solve one of the modern #business world's great problems - people not meeting their potential. Evan is a generous soul, driven to help entrepreneurs to achieve their goals and to believe in their own mission. His motto? "If you have the ability, you have the responsibility." And he sums it all up in a single word: #believe. 

Join Evan and I as we share his journey towards ten million YouTube subscribers. I think there'll be some deep insights and lots of laughs along the way! 

By trying to be all things to all people, we water down the strength of our own niche. This in turn waters down our core message, which means our ideal audience won't find us. 

This podcast episode, recorded in a noisy cafe, was inspired by a great piece of feedback and advice given to me by Evan Carmichael last week. 

Apologies for the sound quality, but this is a message worth sharing. #ImperfectAction in action! 

Finding Proof Live Show Ep. 19 (10 Jan 2019)  

Let me step you through the Top 3 things I said yes to in 2018 that were crazy on the surface.   

Luckily I played scientist AND listened to my inner wise voice that was yelling at me to take these opportunities by the horns!   

By saying yes to these opportunities, I claimed my seat on the express train for growth and new adventures.    

You can easily overlook great opportunities. You can easily ignore your inner wisdom, or you gut feelings. But I encourage you to trust the instincts that have seen you right so far. 

Consider the risks and the benefits, but sometimes you just need to say yes!

How can I advise you on the one hand to trust your instincts, while on the other hand tell you to be a scientist in your business? Easy. I incorporate both! How? By using a psychological strategy called "wise mind". It's easy, you can do it too.

Be a scientist in your business. Formulate a hypothesis, test it out, incorporate what you’ve learned. Repeat. 

If you can't step back from the emotions sometimes and dispassionately assess what you've learned and how it will inform future directions, how will you grow?