In the past week, 3 different 1:1 clients have brought up the word ACCOUNTABILITY. Specifically around:

I ended 2021 with a list of several programs I wanted to join - for continued learning, certifications, and accountability. I was accepted into one of my dream programs for January 2022, and if that hadn’t happened, I had a list of business owners that I know, who are in similar places as me, that I was going to reach out to see if they would be interested in a peer mastermind for the year as a way to keep us all accountable to our goals and getting shit done.

I may STILL do this - such is the importance of accountability!

3 Accountability Systems You Can Use This Year

One of my fave Big 2022 Energy hacks: Universal To-do List + Weekly List

I’m a manic list maker - in fact, I usually have 4 different ways to manage all my tasks. For 2022, I’m embracing more flow, and using this Universal To Do List idea I read from Kate Northrup.

When you go to write your weekly to-do list (extra hack: I call it my get to do list), start with writing out what you want the UNIVERSE to do for you. Write it and forget it! THis is such a great reminder that the universe has my back, and I can let go and trust.

Next up, instead of a super detailed, every day/every hour list, write a weekly to do list of what needs to get done in a given week. That’s it! I’ve been experimenting with this for a few weeks now and the sense of relief I get is SO big. I have freedom to (mostly) choose what day I want to do what on, and this weekly list seems SO much shorter than the lists I use to write.

My clients don’t pay me to water things down, accept excuses, or not care whether you turn in your program homework.

My clients pay me for tough love. Which includes saying it as it is, calling you out, challenging your excuses, and caring very much whether you turn things in.

(This isn’t school though, I don’t grade you. You ARE accountable to your own self - I just help you get there #justsaying)

Motivation vs. Discipline

And it’s not about having the motivation to do these things. It’s about having the discipline to do it.

In this week’s episode, I’m breaking down the difference between motivation and discipline and the only, incredibly easy thing you have to do in order to get discipline.

Side Stories

Also - you’ll learn about an under the desk walking treadmill AND my favorite second hand site that you probably haven’t heard of (if you have - props! You’re a true second hand lover).

Big 2022 Energy

Are you ready to set the tone for 2022? I have some BIG 2022 Energy that I’m bringing into this year and this month’s podcasts are going to give you 4 areas that you can also take with you into YOUR 2022.

Words Have Power!

If you do one thing this year, I want you to remove these 3 words from your vocab and replace them with THESE:

Can’t →  Can’t… YET

But → And

Should → Choose

Words of the Year

My two words of the year are Creativity and Rebellion. These are *radically* different than what I would have expected myself to pick and yet they are just what I need. I’m not sure exactly where they will take me - they serve as my reminder to live in these two realms.

I’m consciously channeling these words by:

Remember Lara Croft and Tomb Raider? I used to play this game for HOURS. Learning different key combos to do sweet moves, finding the cheat codes, and playing levels over until I passed them.

Your styling biz is like a video game.

Every level brings a new challenge - the cool part is, all those previous levels gave you the necessary skills to get past this one.

In this last episode in our Personal Stylist Mantra series, I’m sharing the mantra of a THRIVING stylist.

This is the Lara Croft once she’s completed all 20 levels and is back in her mansion, swinging that braid around and kicking up her dusty but very cool combat boots.

It’s the knowledge that even though you’re “done” - there’s another adventure around the corner and you’re ready for it.

This is what we’re aiming for when you start to shift your stylist identity - and once you’ve HIT the protiabsle stylist identity, you’re still aiming for higher. That’s what this week’s episode is about.

🙋 I’m currently inviting 3 ready to work, committed stylists to apply to work with me in my 1:1 Create Your High Dollar SIgnature Service coaching program. 1 space for Jan-March is reserved, 2 are left. Is this you? Apply here.

💃 In February, the next group program is kicking off! This is limited to 10 stylists, application based. Get on the waitlist to be notified of everything first.

🎉 I will be hosting a FREE 3 part workshop called Start Your SIgnature Service in January. Registration opens Jan. 3 - stay tuned for those links.

Prospective clients not buying? You’re giving too much away FOR FREE.

In this week’s episode, I’m sharing how 2 specific shifts in your content will have your clients WANTING to pay you.

There’s also a pie analogy that illustrates this so well!

Happy listening.

Important links:

🙋 I’m currently inviting 3 ready to work, committed stylists to apply to work with me in my 1:1 Create Your High Dollar SIgnature Service coaching program. 1 space for Jan-March is reserved, 2 are left. Is this you? Apply here.

💃 In February, the next group program is kicking off! This is limited to 10 stylists, application based. Get on the waitlist to be notified of everything first.

🎉 I will be hosting a FREE 3 part workshop called Start Your SIgnature Service in January. Registration opens Jan. 3 - stay tuned for those links.

Hustle has a time and place in your business, but a permanent mantra is NOT one of them.

In this week’s episode, I’m sharing a really personal story about how I used my hustle to hide. I’m breaking down when it’s okay to hustle, what it really means if you’re hustling, and how to get out of the long term hustle mindset.

This week’s episode opens with me sharing about my new SHACKET - rescued from my husband’s consignment pile.

In actual news, we’re carrying on our series of Personal Stylist Mantras.

This episode is all about: Just booking the damn job!!!!

Have you been there? I have. It’s when you’re a little desperate for money so you create custom packages based on the client’s budget

Or you go against your own signature service process to do just one part for a client because a little money is better than no money right?

This can be a hard identity to break out of, especially if you’re relying on styling gigs to pay the bills.

In this episode I talk about the:

I’m F.I.N.E. How are you?

Oh, you’re Fucked Up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Egotistical too? Welcome!

“I’m F.I.N.E.” is the fictional invention of one of my favorite mystery authors, Louise Penny. In her books, one of the characters, Ruth, is an old poet who wrote the poem “I’m F.I.N.E.”

We all know that when we say “I’m fine”, we truthfully mean we’re anything but. Saying “I’m fine”, is probably a lot closer to saying I’m fucked up, insecure, neurotic and egotistical than we’d like to admit.

In this week’s podcast episode,

I’m also sharing:

Alternative title is: I tried to change out my electrical outlets.

In this week’s podcast episode, I’m sharing how a DIY electrical outlet project is like your business.

Here’s a snippet:

Last week I wanted to be a better DIY-er and help my husband on home renovation projects. I decided I would help in our guest room and switch out some 2-prong electrical outlets in our home for 3-prong ones. I read a whole blog post on it, and felt pretty confident that I could do it.

Turns out… sometimes, even with directions or guidance - you don’t know what you don’t know.

Listen to today’s podcast episode to find out exactly what happened with my DIY project, but let’s say it feels a lot like business.

Sometimes you just don’t know what you need to know and that’s when winging it is no longer good enough.

In my next series, I’m going to be sharing 7 different mantras of personal stylist identities that I see. And this week’s is personal stylists whose mantra is I’M WINGING IT.

So if this sounds like you, give this podcast episode a listen and then DM me to let me know how you’ve been winging it.