Katie McManus talks about three things that stop entrepreneurs: self-doubt, life getting in the way, and not knowing what to do. She's promoting the Speak Out Summit, a virtual event the week of March 7 with over 20 trainings for people starting or growing a business.
Good evening. I'm Katie McManus, business strategist and leadership coach. I haven't gone live in a few days and I'm so excited to be back. And the reason I'm doing this particular live is because I want to tell you about this super exciting event that I'm a part of this coming week, Monday through Friday, March 7th through whatever Friday is. I don't know. I can't keep track of my days anyway. It's called the Speak Out Summit. It is put on by my friend, mentor, colleague, general badass Rick Tamlin, one of my favorite humans in the world. And he has put together 20 different trainings for those of us who are in our businesses starting, you know, not having a tough time, getting momentum built up. And it's going to be delivered very simply every single day. They're going to be. I don't know if it's going to be four emails or one big email, but four, four trainings, virtual trainings are going to be delivered to your inbox. And you're going to be able to hear from experts like myself who've built successful businesses and overcome some really big failures, to be honest, all about how they have done it and how you can do this as well. It's not one of those summits where you're going to be sold to the whole time. I hate those. I wouldn't be a part of something like that. But this is an amazing opportunity to hear from thought leaders, coaches, successful business people all over the world about how they did it and get some inspiration for yourself. So if you want to register for that, go into the comments. I'm sorry, the, the link that's in the about section for this live and go to register. This is for you if there's something stopping you and moving forward. And I know that's a super generalized statement. I have a hair stuck to my lip gloss. This is annoying. Anyway. That's a super generalized statement. I know. But here's the thing. There are only ever three things that stop us from doing the work that we are meant to do. Okay? The first one is usually it's you, it's me, it's. I am the number one reason why I haven't reached higher success in my business. And you are the number one reason that you haven't reached higher success in your business. And, and there's nothing wrong with this. We all struggle with this. Unless you're, unless you're a sociopath. You know, sociopaths don't have that voice of doubt like the rest of us. But it's normal to doubt your ability. It's normal to doubt if you're ready. It's normal to come up with a million different reasons why you should hold off and go for one more training before you start your business. And also, and also, you're never going to be ready. You're. You're just never going to be ready to start your business. So you have to actually start before you're ready. The Speak out summit is going. I know it's going to highlight a bunch of different ways in which these successful entrepreneurs have overcome that belief about I need to be ready, I need to be ready, then just taken the leap even though they weren't ready. Okay? So if, if you're in that realm, I urge you to register for this. I think it's going to be critical to your success. You know, here's the thing to remember, is that if, if it's all your fault, it also means that you are 100% the solution. So if you're the one that's getting in your own way of creating this business and having it be successful, I have really good news for you. Okay? If you're, that if you're the reason it's not moving forward, you also get to be the reason that it starts moving forward. Okay. I had to grapple with this big time. I had some really garbage beliefs around money. I, I mean, I came up with every reason, the book, why I couldn't come up with a business, why I couldn't really get it off the ground. And really it just took me getting over myself and getting out of my head and into my business and just saying, you know what, I'm just gonna try it. I'm just gonna get out there and start marketing and, and see what happens. Now that's, that's the number one reason most people don't do their business and. Hi, whoever's watching, welcome. Thank you for joining. I love this to be interactive. So if you have any questions, please. Oh, it's not showing up on LinkedIn. Oh, no wonder. Hello. Okay, anyway, I'm gonna remove LinkedIn because it is gonna start. Keep giving me alerts, but, but welcome. I love this be interactive. So if you have any questions, please put them in the, in the comments. Anyway. Okay, so number one reason why we don't actually go into our businesses is because we get in our own ways, right? So the number two reason, and to be fair, like the world happens, oh God, my dog is playing with her toy. The world gets in the way, there are devastating current events. There are, you know, family circumstances that. Oh gosh, Luna, are you okay? She's knocking stuff over and it's falling on her. I wish you guys could see this. This is ridiculous. You know what? Yeah, she's fine. Anyway, so like family circumstances that get in the way, you know, like unpaid bills that you have to cover and you can't invest in the business right now. Just being distracted by things. Just generally being distracted by the world. The world is very distracting place. You know, case in point, my dog right now. She's very distracting. So. But there are certain ways that you can overcome that. There are really magical ways where you can wield the power of all the chaos that is going on around you and channel that power into making your business happen. And I know in this Speak Out Summit and the link again is in the about section of this post, is you're going to be getting so many different ways that you can overcome those challenges and those, those hurdles that come at us from all sides in the real world. You know, from things at home to our communities to the world. I think we've all experienced this, you know, in the last two years. Absolutely. In the last two weeks. Also the, the last thing the. So the, you know, number one reason we get in our own way, the world gets in our way and finally, like general know how. Okay. Another way people get in their own way and, and don't actually start their business or do it well and have success at it is because they just don't know how. And like, that's a great reason not do it, but it's also a really shitty reason because there are so many humans out there who can guide you and show you how. I'm one of them. Like I said, the Speak out summit features 20 plus speakers who are going to be training on the know how of how they got their business up and running. So for those of you who are, are in this position in your business, there's something holding you up. I urge you to register for the Speak Out Summit. There are going to be just, you know, so many examples and so many different kinds of businesses represented there. Okay, so I'm a business strategist. You may not want to build my kind of business, but I guarantee you there is someone else in this summit who is going to have just a spark of an idea for you. And it's going to be that thing that just lights something up in you and inspires you to go and do that one next big scary thing that's outside your comfort zone. And really, that's what it's all about. That's what it's all about. Like, we wouldn't have this. This desire to go and build a business if we didn't want to be a little bit uncomfortable. Okay? I know. I really do. Like, I mean, I'm here in my living room and I love comfort all around me, but that's not what I'm in. That's not why I'm an entrepreneur. If I wanted a comfortable life, I would just stay with a J O B. I am an entrepreneur because I love the excitement of it. I love the risk. I love testing things and seeing if it works out and seeing the impact of everything. And I know you do, too. So, anyway, I'm going to keep it short tonight because it is Sunday and I know we're all busy getting ready for the week, and I have so, so many cool things coming out this week, so I can't wait to show them to you later. Anyway, I'm Katie McManus, business strategist and leadership coach. Check out the Speak out summit. The link again is in the about section of this post. If you have any questions, shoot me a dm. Okay, love you. I'll talk to you soon. Bye.
