[Music] what does it mean to get in gear and avoid being overlooked we are going to explore this concept of getting started getting good and getting great and when I look at where we are in this path we are at the point of getting started you took a courageous step by saying yes to yourself betting investing in yourself for the past four weeks this is our week number four and getting started is essential to anything that you want to accomplish when I decided to start my own business almost eight years ago I remember feeling like I didn't know what to do next and I didn't want to take forever to learn what I needed to learn and so I looked around me and I said how can I get started in a way that supports me that allows me to learn as much as I can fast CU I know that I'm a fast learner so I can leverage my strengths my superpowers and how can I roll model someone who's already doing what I want to do and that's where I joined my mentor Fabian at the time and I began to learn from her and to role model and watch everything she was doing in her business because I knew that she was ahead of where I wanted to be and I knew that she would be great mentor for me so what have you learned so far during these four weeks that we've been together about getting started about role modeling about learning from someone like myself who has already been in your shoes in the corporate world for over 26 years and how has that supported you how have you benefited from our Q&A and strategy sessions weekly what has been the outcome of all of that how is your courage today how is your confidence how is the self-doubt and if you are like anyone else that I've worked with who has stayed with the program who actually takes action which I know you have I'm sure that you have already shifted from where you were to where you are now and that that shift has been a positive change so getting in gear is mustering the Courage the confidence to get started like you have and then realizing that this is only the beginning that we need to continue down this road where we can get to a new level you've already up level in so many ways and some of you have already taken on this new mission to join The Fearless leadership Mastermind and you've already decided you were going to B and invest in yourself why because you know that at the stage of your career this is the next right move for you and those of you who have not yet decided to go to The Fearless te Mastermind this is your invitation to get good and get great because here's the thing if I had simply read a book about running my business yes there's many books that I've read look back there I have all of these books that I rely on that I read about about leadership about running your business about systematizing your business Etc and it's one thing to read things and to understand them intellectually and it's a whole different thing to put them into practice and Implement them so while we have been learning how to own your vision and your unique value proposition and how to build relationship and how to create a road map that supports your vision it's a whole different thing to put it into practice and what happens again from history is that you may get started and then you run into a snag and then we stall and then the impostor syndrome the self-doubt kicks in and then we're back to square one back to where we were and back to the old patterns so the key to getting in gear the key to avoid avoid being overlooked is to break the patterns that we have been following and that we've created in the past for whatever reason and breaking those patterns doesn't happen overnight it doesn't happen over four weeks it happens over an extended period of time of immersion where you have the support to break the patterns to notice that they're happening to then ask for support in how do I shift to do something differently and that my friends you can frankly do it on your own and it will take you years to do it on your own versus the way that we do it when we have a toothache we go to the dentist the dentist checks it out and gives us the diagnosis of what we're going to do and based on whatever the outcome is you end up getting the problem resolved you end up getting a crown you end up getting a root canal whatever it is that you need to get rid of that toothache similarly to break the patterns that you've been following in your business as a leader we need to diagnose what's happening what is underneath the hood we need to LIF that hood get under there and figure out what are the stories the beliefs that you currently carry around that are holding you back from that next level leadership so these have been fundamental keys that you need to start implementing with our support as we have the last four weeks and that we can continue to implement and even go deeper into self leadership leading engaging and influencing others and continuing to implement this action plan with support and with self-care which is so needed there's a lot of models out there that are very masculine and it's all about doing doing doing and guess what I'm a resource Focus coach so I am all about doing and I'm also about nurturing self-care ensuring that we don't burn out that we aren't overlooked but not because we are burning ourselves to the ground but because we strategically know how to make ourselves felt and known and leveraging our personal brand what people say about us when we leave the room and building those strategic relationships and nurturing their relationships throughout our weeks months quarters and years with the people in our centers of influence diagram so that's what getting in gear is about what's coming up for you as we explore getting into gear and avoid being overlooked the worst thing that can happen to you is that you work so hard you go in you put in the time you put in the effort and you pray and you hope that so someone notices what you're doing and that they tap you on the shoulder and they say hey Jenny would you be interested in getting promoted to run this particular group and that you then say oh sure absolutely that's exactly what I wanted to do that doesn't sound like a very strategic move does it so we want to continue learning how do I position myself within my organization within my company to move in the direction that I want to move and to do it in a way that aligns with my unique value proposition with my desires and my vision as a leader and do it in a way that aligns with my personality and my character there's many different people doing it their own way and I don't have any judgment against them I just want to say that if you already know that you don't want to do it in a certain way being pushy being aggressive being demanding commanding then guess what you won't do it that way because that's not what you want to do so if that's all you know of people around you in your environment who are doing it this way and you want to do it in a more feminine way and I don't mean that men or women feminine versus masculine I mean in the feminine energy way then we will help you learn the language and the approach to do it in a more feminine energy way and that's all part of the next phase of your success Journey at The Fearless leadership Mastermind so that's what's included in getting in gear it's getting started launching yourself with the belief that you have what it takes so if you're ready for the next one we're going to work on a sustainable strategic plan to claim your next leadership seat I'll see you in the next one [Music]