it's ok to feel like you don't know what you're doing

Katie McManus tells small-business owners that feeling lost is normal because no one teaches you how to actually run a business. She encourages asking for help and shares that formal training rarely covers the real work of entrepreneurship.
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Hello, my friends. I'm Katie McManus, business strategist, Money mindset, coach. I am coming to you from this odd angle with the backlit and all the things because my dog has decided that she just needs to be really snuggled in and I didn't want to disturb her. So I am going live to the Facebook pages, to LinkedIn, to YouTube and to Twitter. And I'm, you know, staying warm. But I love this to be interactive. If you have any questions or you want to add anything, please do comment. And just know that if you comment and I don't respond, it's not you. Just sometimes the technology doesn't show me all the comments that come through. I wanted to come to you really quick tonight and just reassure you if you're having some Sunday scaries, that you're doing great. You are doing great. You are doing so well. It is so easy to watch other people doing what they're doing and compare yourself and worry that you have no idea what it is that you're doing. And I just want to remind you that no one knows what they're doing. Everyone is just out here doing their best, playing this massive guessing game about what they should be doing in their business. And you are not alone. And hi, Lauren, welcome. I don't know if you saw this, but Luna has trapped my arm. And so we're doing this odd angled live, but welcome. But you're doing great. And I want to remind you that you went to school. School, or you got trained. Any very specific thing. Maybe it's law. Maybe you learned to be a copywriter, maybe you spent. Or whatever, you've learned all that and now you started a business and no one taught you how to run a business. Okay? No one taught you that. Unless you've worked with a business coach, unless you've taken a comprehensive course that actually fits in with how you want to build your business. No one taught you that. And so as you're building this, as you're just playing this massive guessing game and trying to figure out how to do this, it's okay to ask for help. And also stop holding yourself to the expectation that you should know this already. Okay, I don't know about you, but I did not come out of the womb already knowing chemistry or advanced algebra or any of that junk. Or French. I had to learn stuff. Tell you all about our weekly panic check ins. Yeah, around Friday afternoon, both Lauren and I have a little existential crisis, respectively in our own businesses. You can text and just let them know I'm having An existential crisis. Text them. Big yawn, Luna. And hey, Alan, good to see you too. This is a very distracted live. She's so cute. How. How did I get a dog that's this cute? I don't understand. I lucked out big time. Are you awake now? What do you think? What do you think? Oh, no. Oh no. Are you awake? All right, she's getting up. Okay, then I can get up. You are doing great. Wherever you are in your business, you're doing amazing. And if you need any help, there are people like me out here who can absolutely help you. But give yourself credit for the things that you do well. Don't just punish yourself for the things that you're not sure you're doing correctly at all. That's not helpful. And some other amazing humans in your corner and you'll be fine. Anyway, happy Sunday, everyone. Just wanted to come to you quick. I'm about to go to sleep. It's 9:30. I don't know if you saw my post. My mom really likes my lives and not my lives, my podcasts. And she calls me at seven o' clock in the morning on Sundays to tell me about it. So I'm a little tired. Lauren, thank you for tuning in. Alan, great to see you and everyone. Have an amazing Sunday and remember, you're doing fine. You don't have to know exactly how you're going to do everything. No one knows that. Okay, you've got this. All right, I'm Katie McManus, business strategist, Money mindset coach, and this is Luna Lovegood, Snooze, Tastic, Sheepadoodle. We will be live with you again tomorrow for something a little more structured and a little more helpful. Anyway, have a great Sunday night, everyone.
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