Small Wins Build Big Wins - Even When You Can't See Them Yet

There have been moments in my business where I’ve sat back and wondered,

"What’s the fucking point? Is any of this even working?"

and,

"If it IS working, then is it really worth all this bloody effort?"

Ok, so when I get cross and frustrated, I get extra sweary. (In fact, I know it’s a personal red flag that there’s something I need to look at - but maybe that’s another blog for another day!)

So there I am, questioning myself. Because if success meant I had to do all the things I was being told I HAD to do, then was this entrepreneurship thing even worth the effort?

I LOVE what I do. It’s what lights me up and gets me in flow.

But seriously - the marketing I was being told I must do was swiftly leading me to believe that it just wasn’t worth it. Because if I needed to burn myself out doing what I hated just so I could spend time doing what I loved - then I was out.

So I sat in this anger and frustration… and if I’m honest, a smidge of desperation. And I resolved to find a way that worked - that didn’t rely on selling my soul to social media.

You see, over the years, I’d worked with different types of business coaches. Most promised me the answers I was looking for - the way forward, THE method that I’d been missing.

So I worked hard. I did everything they told me to do… even when the act of doing it literally had my body feeling sick.

But hard work has never been my problem. A tenacious drive to achieve was always a driving force (because when your worth is tied to your achievements, working hard is a default!).

It took me far too long to realise that working hard did not equal success - especially when I was pointing in the wrong direction to start with!

Maybe what I was missing was working in a way that worked for me.

Now, I can tell you - there’s a level of cultural conditioning in here that had me REALLY struggle with working to my strengths rather than working HARD. Because we are wired for the no pain, no gain mentality.

I would do the things that my heart knew I should do, but my mind kept overriding me - dragging me back down the paths I was told were the ‘right’ ones. Wasting so much time, effort, and, to be honest, making me a little jaded.

But, as I mentioned before, progress has never come from pushing. It’s come from aligning - and that has been a big revelation and shift for me.

Real momentum has come from first finding and pointing in the right direction. When I had the clarity of what I wanted, working out my ‘easiest’ route to get there became simpler. Then it was taking one step after another towards that goal.

If you’re sitting here wondering if this is even fucking worth it - here’s what I want you to know: