WHAT SUSTAINABLE SUCCESS ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IN A SOUL-LED FEMININE BUSINESS
Welcome to the SOUL-LED & SUCCESSFUL SERIES.
This is letter five, so if you’d like to start from the beginning you can find letter one by clicking here.
LETTER FIVE:
Let me paint you two pictures…
Picture one: You wake up smiling because you love your work and you feel completely confident and equipped to do what needs to be done today. You give your full attention to getting the kids ready for school, going for your walk, doing the shopping and the washing, meditating - because nothing in your business is urgent. You're not scrambling to meet deadlines or spending hours problem solving. Your business is a well-oiled machine built around your unique personality, energy, soul gifts, time availability, boundaries and vision. You get to live your purpose and experience joy and freedom every single day.
Picture two: You drag yourself out of bed and check your emails while you make breakfast for the kids. You lose patience with them as they take their time putting on their shoes because you're already feeling stressed by everything you need to get done today. You open your laptop and jump from task to task because they're all weighing on your mind. You forget to eat lunch because you think if you just get one more thing done you'll feel better later. You close your computer at the end of the day having only gotten through half your to-do list, knowing you have to do it all again tomorrow.
If picture one sounds like a dream and picture two (or some variation thereof) sounds much closer to reality, I want you to know that it’s a surprisingly simple fix. It’s not luck, or a bigger team, or more hours, it’s simply alignment. But how do you actually achieve alignment? What does it actually look like in a tangible, actionable way?
Alignment is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot in business without anyone really explaining what it means in practice. So let’s go there…
Alignment is something you build very, very intentionally. It starts with looking at what’s not working and asking yourself why. Not from the perspective that you're not good enough or don't have the same skill, personality, time as everyone else, but from the perspective that if it's not working, there must be a better way. Acknowledging what isn't working is the first step, but before you can figure out what will work better, you need to lean into who you truly are and stop functioning as who you think you should be. When you know yourself and let yourself be uniquely you, then you can easily figure out how to improve, and bring alignment, into the running of your business. This is where sustainable success that actually feels like freedom is hiding.
So here are two questions to help you see yourself more clearly:
when you see content from someone you follow and find yourself thinking 'I wish I was more like her,' what is it exactly that you think is different / better about her?
If your business was wildly successful and you were the happiest, calmest version of you, what do you see yourself doing each day?
Here's what I know to be true: when you know yourself and let yourself be fully, unapologetically you, figuring out how to improve and refine your business becomes surprisingly simple. The right strategies become obvious. The things that need to go become obvious. And the life you actually want starts to feel within reach. Alignment goes from being this abstract ideal to being something that you actively prioritise and build daily. If you want to really dive into the process of bringing alignment into your own business, come join us in You Are The Magic. It’s totally free and this is the exact stuff we’re working through.
So what would your version of picture one look like?
What would a business that is in deep alignment with your unique personality, energy, soul gifts, time availability, boundaries and vision look like?
Perhaps something like this? You’re sipping your tea in the sunshine, feeling excited to get to work, but not rushed. You have your lunch already batched and ready to go so you can take a proper break. You feel so at ease with who you are that you’re able to give your full attention to your clients without feeling exhausted afterwards. You know exactly what you need to do each day and you always get it done. You shut your computer at the end of the day feeling calm because you got everything done. Your to-do list doesn't nag at the back of your mind because you know tomorrow will take care of itself.
Sometimes this work can make you want to scream “easier said than done!” I really get it.
When you're feeling stuck and questioning everything about yourself and your business it can feel like things will never get better. You’re not alone in that feeling. I just want you to know that it's actually a lot simpler than you think. One of my favourite things about online business is that there's so much potential and flexibility. There are a million ways to run a business and a million new ways are being created all the time (well, maybe not a million exactly, but you know what I mean).
So I want you to know that there is absolutely a way for you to run your business that feels fully supportive and allows you to experience the ease and freedom that I know you're craving AND earn life-changing money.
Just know that you can do this. If you'd like support to make this process simpler and faster, I invite you to check out Uplevel To Freedom - a beautiful little course that walks you step by step through exactly this process. It's simple, it's practical and it will change the way you see yourself and your business forever. Click below to learn more if you’re curious :)
Cheering you on,
Michelle xxx
P.S. Click below for letter six :)