The holidays create a perfect time for restting our plans for the coming year AND for how we want to show up.
For 14 years I’ve had a question posed to me by friends, family, colleagues and clients.
I was asked this question a month ago, and a week ago, and it came up in conversation today as well.
“So, Linda, does you work slow down at this time of year?”
My answer is based on my actual experiences, year after year for the past fourteen years it’s been “Nope. The time of year has nothing to do with how busy I am.”
So many of us live according to how external rhythms show up, like ‘holiday season’ – I did when I was salaried by organizations rather than running my own six-figure business. Now that I’m a solo professional, my business is determined by two specific factors.
- When the client has decided to move into action and get their challenges solved, and
- When I make myself available.
Actually, there is a third factor: My deciding who I will have as a client, and how I make myself available to them.
Since we each have the greatest influence on our own lives by how we make ourselves available, for relationships, for work, for our creativity, I thought I’d spend more time on that in this week’s article.
After all – if you aren’t making specific decisions about how you’ll show up, how you’ll steer your own path in business and life, who is steering? Your distractions? Your obstacles? Your loudest annoyances?
Let’s get that straightened out! Watch for the next article on how to stop tolerating them.
By the way, I’m launching speaking and teaching programs in the next few weeks. I’ll let you know all about them. I hope you’ll join me, and let others know what is available to them!
I look forward to helping you build your success!
