Are you spending your time or are you investing it?
I recently recorded an interview with Heather Javier of Be About It Health and Wellness, and this is a question she poses to her clients that made me go 🤯
When we think about spending time, money, and energy, we focus on what we're "losing." After all, we know that time especially is something you can't get back. Logically, that makes you want to conserve these precious resources as much as possible. In that mindset, success feels like gaming the system so we don't spend "too much." Or, if you're hella Filipino like me, I can see my Tita squeezing her hand and saying, "I will make this penny SCREAM." 😂 And it feels like that! Tight fists and crossed arms to protect what's precious. The problem is this - when we focus so much on protecting what is, we close ourselves off to what could be.
So when we view time as something we're investing instead, it begs the question - How can we spend our time in a way that cultivates growth?🌱
Answering that question involves a lot of self-trust, trust that I didn't always have at the beginning of my business. I constantly looked outside of myself for answers because I didn't trust that I knew what I was doing. And that was true to a certain extent. I had never run a coaching business before, so there was a lot to learn.
But the truth was - I already had everything I needed to be successful. I had a VISION of the world I wanted to build through my business, and a MISSION that spoke to how I wanted to serve my community. It was simply a matter of figuring out the first step and imagining where that would take me next - closer to my vision? In line with my mission? And if the answer to those questions was "YES," I knew that the time, money, and energy was worth investing. And I continue to use those metrics now!
What I've learned in the last year is that entpreneurship isn't about betting on yourself - it's about investing in the future, the world you know is possible ✊🏽
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I’m so honored to work with amazing clients who want to make a difference in the world through their work AND by flipping the status quo of business and turning it into one full of ease and joy. If you’d like to do this work with me, let’s chat! 🤙🏽