The Anna Nelson Show

When you crawl into bed, what makes you feel like you had a good day?

I know I had a good day when I've connected with others. In fact, that's how I structured my business. I connect with strangers every day.

Now, on the backend of my business there are things I absolutely don't like doing, like learning a new accounting tool or planning out social content, but I can't have a business if I don't do the things that are necessary to run a business.

Getting things done, i.e. being productive, requires finding a way to do the things you enjoy and and the things you don't enjoy.

In this week's podcast episode I discuss how our strengths determine how we feel productive. Why? Because it's important to recognize that "productivity" means something different for you and me. We're going to have different businesses based on how we're wired and we're going to get stuck on the backend of our businesses based on how we're wired.

It's not a bad thing, it's just something we need to be aware of and then manage differently.

Ever go on vacation and wonder why you're not having as much fun as you thought you'd be having? Sounds crazy, but when we go on vacation, so do our strengths. And if you've ever wondered if something was wrong with you, it might have been that your strengths didn't know what to do with themselves. This week on the show I discuss how my strengths went awry on a recent family trip and how I'll manage them the next time I go away.

And if you want to connect how *your* strengths may have gone rogue the last time you went on vacation, schedule a free 30-minute conversation to find out more by clicking this link: https://www.annaynelson.com/contact. Can't wait to connect!

We just came out of a season where it's all about giving gifts to others. As we enter a new season of goals and resolutions, what's the gift you're going to give yourself? Sometimes, to make a dream or goal come true, we need to give ourselves a "gift" that's bigger than a material item. Maybe it's therapy, an online class, or a new baking tool.

What can you give yourself as you begin 2021 that'll help you move forward in your hopes and dreams?

Anything worthwhile takes awhile to come to fruition. No matter what it is, remembering, when you're doing the work of showing up but not seeing results, it's helpful to remind yourself that "this is a long-tail game."

We get to choose what we bring forward and leave behind in 2021. Don't leave behind anything you truly want to make happen in the new year. Keep doing the work. It'll pay off.

The thing about personality tests are that they're personal. We forget that when we get our results and we start telling people about them. The thing, most people don't *really* care about your results, but you should! Personality assessments are personal and that means they're for you to dive deep into them and recognize how your results show up in your life.

How many times have you thought you had a mental "block" to overcome? I know I've thought a lot about it before and for the longest time I thought something was wrong with me. But actually, nothing was (or is) wrong with me, it was just that my greatest strengths were getting in the way of me moving forward. They had become my weakness.

In this podcast, I share a few examples of how one's strengths can get in the way and how they show up as weaknesses. I.e. perfectionism. That one I've personally struggled with before. Now I know that I like things to be better, but sometimes things just have to get done. They don't need to get better.

When Bobby Klinck said he'd be willing to come on my show and talk about his experience having me come into his biz to review his strengths and his team member's strengths, I said, "Great, here's a link to schedule a time!"

Bobby's a smart guy. He's self-aware and his business is going really well, but even he learned things about himself that has since changed the course of his business. For the good.

If you're an online business owner growing a team and you want to learn how knowing everyone's strengths will help your biz, schedule a free 30-minute chat to find out more by clicking this link: https://www.annaynelson.com/contact. Can't wait to connect!

Has anyone ever asked you for tips on how to do something and you couldn't believe they were asking you? There's a reason for that. You're extremely good at something that they're not and they recognize it. The key is to understand how you think, feel, and behave differently than others and then build your business and life around that. This episode discusses the four areas you might think, feel and behave. I hope you'll recognize yourself in one of them.

How do you dream again when you had the "thing" you dreamed of, but it's no more? It's a process. You can't dream again until you've processed the loss of your other dream. When the time is right you'll feel a shift, and even though it might feel scary and pointless and stupid, you'll be ready to put yourself out there and start pursuing that new version of your dream.

Everyone talks about pursuing dreams. Hardly anyone talks about how to process the loss of those dreams. This episode may sound like a downer at first, but it's meant to bring awareness to the fact that there's a grieving process associated with loss of any kind. When you're going through a loss, it's important to recognize which part of the grieving process you're in because the more aware you are, the better the outcome will be.