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Okay…I know that we all want to see a quick turnaround and desire fast solutions but it's a climb to build a business. We can't focus on the silver bullet, the quick fix, or the easy bucks. You have to put in the work, there's no way other way around it. There are some people who seemingly blew up overnight but if you dig a little deeper you will find that they actually blew up over many nights. If you're going to build a sustainable business or career that you will appreciate, you must let go of your desire for that silver bullet.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 Sometimes you must let go of the amazing to make room for the unimaginable.

🔑 You must be willing to do the work and the reward from doing the work is better than anything you could have imagined.

🔑 Every conversation is an opportunity to serve, and your services are an investment!

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

Determine what work it is that needs to be done. Sit that silver bullet aside just for a little bit and decide that you are ready, willing, and able to do the work!

Let me know how that turned around for you!

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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Let's talk about managing expectations. Whether you are building a business or a career, you need to be very clear about the expectations you set with others. More importantly, you need to have clear expectations for yourself. This clarity and understanding are important because they allow you to focus on the outcome and objectively evaluate detours that will ultimately arise. Managing expectations is about saying, here's what I'm doing, here's how I'm preparing, here's what I've committed to do, here's the history of how I deliver, and I'm going to do that all the time, consistently.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 You have to get aligned with who you are, understand where you are, get really clear on what you want, and then focus on what it's going to take and what you're willing to do to make it happen!

🔑 If you're building a team, the only result you can guarantee is if you're setting clear expectations and then holding people to those expectations.

🔑 Preparation trumps raw intellect every single time.

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

There are four things that you need to know if you're going to properly manage expectations. Those four things are:

Who you are.

Where you are.

What you want.

What it's going to take to get there.

Do you have clarity in these four areas?

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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Let's grab our hard hats, lace up our boots, and put on our PPE because we're about to do some construction on this week's episode of the Rutledge Perspective. When I say construction, I'm not talking about buildings or homes, but more so the idea of building ourselves. Being under construction means breaking things down and breaking down barriers so you can move through and be in that space where you're meant to be. Whether you are building a career or business, it's about strategy and people. It's about learning, growing, and confronting those things that are holding you back. Listen now for tips that will guide you through that construction zone right into greatness.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 We are all under construction. We're all in the process of being built. Even when you think you've made it, there's still something else to be worked on. There's still something else to be built.

🔑 If you are well prepared to be in the construction zone, you are even better prepared for the outcome of the work that goes into that construction zone.

🔑 We're not always ready for the messages that are meant for us and sometimes we are not looking for the message that is there for us, we're looking for the message we want to hear.

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

I want you to think hard about the construction zone that is put around you. What is being broken down? What is being busted up so that it can be moved out of the way? What needs to be paved over and smoothed out so you can skate right over it and get to the next frontier? That place where you are shining, glowing, delivering messages, and using skills to build people up and make an impact.

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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Previously on the Rutledge Perspective Podcast, we talked about being nonnegotiable and how this is the year of truly being committed to our goals and our peace. While that's true, and it's very important to protect your peace, I don't want you to become a pushover in the process. A part of protecting your peace is being nonnegotiable about how people treat you. It's time to show up in our power and be nonnegotiable about what we want and what we mean without being ugly or nasty but in a way in which we will be heard.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 Being non-negotiable about my peace means that I'm going to be non-negotiable, about how I let people treat me.

🔑 Words have power. You don't have to use nasty words because you mean what you say, and you're willing to walk away.

🔑 Don't let your emotions make you think that you can't speak up for yourself!

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

This week, I want you to think about how you run your businesses, how you run your career, how you run your life. Are you being nonnegotiable? Are you showing up in all your power and as your authentic self? If not, it's time to make some adjustments.

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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We've reached 200 Episodes!!! Thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to listen, share, comment, or leave a review on the podcast. There is no podcast without your contributions and I'm truly thankful for each one of you.

For this special 200th episode, we're going to be talking about rejection and how what we often deem as rejection is actually an opportunity for redirection. That rejection is not a rejection of you and your character or a demonstration of your worth, you're actually being put in a position to get the thing that was really meant for you, which is probably better than the thing you thought you wanted.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 We can reject the things that are meant for us by wanting the things that are meant for everyone else.

🔑 The lesson that you've had through that hardship is actually giving you those battle scars that make you ready for the next thing.

🔑 Mindset is the foundation of everything we think we can do or think we cannot do.

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

Ask yourself four simple questions:

Who are you? Where are you? What do you want and what is it going to take to get there?

Having the answers to these four questions allows lots of movement for flexibility and adaptability to situations that will ultimately come your way.

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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Alright y'all, this is the year that we are going to be nonnegotiable! No more plan B's. We have gotten to a point where our nest egg has turned into a safety net. Be clear, I'm not asking you to crash out or do anything crazy. I'm not even asking you to avoid thinking this thing through. However, I am asking you to be committed, and if you're spending a significant amount of time crafting your backup plan then it's time to reevaluate your level of commitment to the thing that you say you want. Let's talk through how we can be nonnegotiable in the pursuit of our goals as leaders in 2024.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 Just because the results didn't happen overnight doesn't mean they're not coming.

🔑 Being nonnegotiable means that you figure out a way to work it out when things get hard.

🔑 If you're not willing to be nonnegotiable, then is that really the thing you want?

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

One very important question this week:

What are you going to be nonnegotiable about going into 2024?

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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Happy New Year! It's officially 2024 y'all, we made it. I'm here to tell you that if we set ourselves up properly, we will leave no space for this year to be anything less than incredible! This year, you have to make an assertive effort to sit in possibility and not toxic positivity. You have to truly believe that you have the skills and the aptitude and the drive and the energy to make things happen. Listen now to learn how you can set yourself up in a way that everything you do in 2024 is moving you towards a better year.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 Just because you are redirected doesn't mean the ultimate goal is the wrong one. It may mean your way to get there is just a little bit different.

🔑 This is your year. 2024 is going to be incredible!

🔑 Say out loud what's going to happen this year and it won't be a lack of trying that causes it not to occur.

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

As you go into 2024, I want you to answer these simple questions:

What are the things that are indicative of how you're going to show up this year?

What are you going to go ahead and do to ensure that you set this year on the right track?

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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This is your time if you choose it to be. It's your time if you are willing to take the step to do something different and if you are willing to choose the things that are going to move you toward the thing you say you want as opposed to away from it. You must be able to challenge yourself to be uncomfortable, to get the thing you say you want. We are in the last few days of the year, and I know that 2023 was a hot mess for most of us but I'm claiming that 2024 is going to be different. This is undoubtedly your time, but it starts with a choice.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 Every time you're choosing to do what is moving you closer to the thing you say you want; something will show up.

🔑 Your comfort and your conviction do not live on the same street.

🔑 Whether you're building a business or a career, it's important to think about four key questions, who you are, where you are, what you want, and what it's going to take you to get there.

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

Sit with this:

What are you doing? Why are you doing it? What are you willing to change to get the thing that you say you want?

You can lie to a lot of people, but you can't lie to yourself if you're willing to be honest with yourself and ask those questions deeply, the information you're going to get will enable you to change your trajectory.

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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It's that time of year when we as business owners start looking over things and begin to worry about what's coming next. Do I have enough clients? Am I going to be able to pay my bills? Am I going to be able to pay off my business debt and personal debt? All the things! It's very easy to go into desperation mode and beat yourself up. Instead of making decisions out of desperation, leaders allow themselves to gather data, interpret the data, and translate the data into new actions toward their goals. Let's talk about how you can move from being desperate to deliberate as you begin to do your year-end evaluation and start prepping for 2024.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 Worry is hoping for things you don't really want.

🔑 Live in a world of deliberation. Be deliberate about your actions, your time, and the words you use, because what you put out comes back.

🔑 Desperation is debilitating. It excludes evidence and tells you that everything that you're thinking, seeing, and feeling is true.

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

Think about how you're going to take these last few days of the year and move with deliberation, and expectation. You have to claim exactly everything that you desire and that you want over your family, life, business, and company. What are you calling in so that there is no room for the stuff that you want to push away?

Make a list and then call in all of those things for yourself and others in 2024.

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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Let's talk about desires. Specifically, the desires that we have for our business, career, and teams. We tend to convince ourselves that we don't deserve the desires of our heart and as a result we negate them. I'm here to tell you that those desires in your heart were divinely given to you and you are not wrong. The key, however, is that you must be open to believing that you deserve that thing, as well as being open to however the fulfillment of that desire shows up. Let's dig into that big vision that you have and how to make it a reality so that you can stand your purpose.

𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 📝

🔑 If you break down the word desire, de means of or from, and sire means father. These desires that we have were given to us. They are within us.

🔑 By fulfilling that desire that is tied to your purpose, you are going to be able to make an impact on this world and fulfill your purpose by utilizing the gifts that are innately yours.

🔑 Building a brand requires that people know who you are, what you do, and what's important to you.

ℍ𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕜 📚

Ask yourself these questions:

What are the desires of your heart? How can you get those really clear?

How can you start doing the work and be ready for the amazing things to show up and start claiming them?

𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 🎧 𝓪𝓷𝓭 📹 𝓪𝓽 🔗 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓲𝓸

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