BONUS: Are You Exhausted and Stuck in the Messy Middle? (Part 5 of 5)

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Well, hello. My friend today is the final episode of our five part series called five common barriers to building a successful online business. Now today's barrier is all about not having enough time. To do the things that, you know, you need to be doing in your business to really get ahead.
[00:00:24] It's when we get very stuck in the messy middle and feel like there's just not enough time to do all the things that we have to do now, there's a couple of different ways we can overcome this. But the way that I recommend is actually pretty counter-cultural. So are counterintuitive. I think counterintuitive is a better word than counter-cultural has nothing to do with the culture.
[00:00:46] Although kind of anyways, you'll see what I mean in today's episode So I've been sharing a lot of the lessons that I've learned from running a 52 mile trail race a couple of weekends ago. And today's lesson was definitely the hardest one for me to implement and learn because I'm a quick start and I'm a go getter.
[00:01:39] that's my general tendency.
[00:01:41] I. Tend to default into work mode and go mode, as opposed to rest mode resting is a discipline for me. So when I was setting up my training schedule for my 52 mile race, I knew that it was really important that I have this time that's called tapering. So for the last three weeks or so instead of. Adding more mileage into my training.
[00:02:11] I was actually cutting back pretty significantly until I was doing very little, that last week before the race. In order that I could be completely fresh and ready to go on the day of the race. Now I'm going to be honest. This was really hard for me because I was running a lot. , I was often running a half marathon on Saturday. And a full marathon or more on Sunday. I know it's it is what it is. Just, you can judge, if you want to. It's fair seems incredible to me as well, but I did that for several weekends in a row.
[00:02:46] And so to all of a sudden start cutting back significantly. Especially over a three week period, which felt like for ever really made me worried that I was somehow losing the fitness space that I had created and that it was actually going to make me less fit for the race itself. Now, logically.
[00:03:10] I know that it was good for me to do this taper, but it was still really, really hard to have that discipline to not be out in the woods because you have to love being in the woods. If you're going to do a long trail race.
[00:03:24] And I do, I come alive in the woods. So I loved all of the training time that I got to spend out in the woods and it was many, many hours. And so it was hard. Number one, just not to be doing something that I really loved doing because I enjoyed it so much. But to in the back of my head, I'm like, Oh, I really should be doing more like that compulsion in me.
[00:03:48]To constantly be doing and to be working harder and going further and, you know, just continuing to push, push, push made it really difficult for me to actually step back and to rest. Now I didn't cut back completely.
[00:04:05] I still did running, but I knew where I needed to cut back. And when I needed to cut back onto the intensity and all this stuff.
[00:04:11] Okay. So I had a plan. I had a plan. That's really the main part. If I hadn't had this plan, if I hadn't tapered, there's no way that I would have performed nearly as well as I had in the race, because my body would not have had time came to heal itself would not have had time to rebuild them muscles so that I could really go as far and as fast as I did.
[00:04:38] And so this is what I think happens to. So, so many entrepreneurs who are building businesses, they start to have success. And they continue moving forward. They're launching their marketing, you know, they're creating evergreen funnels, whatever it is, and they're going, going, going, they may be even taking courses and joining memberships and doing personal growth and all of the things, .
[00:05:02] But at some point, If you do not slow down and take a step back and look at the big picture and really get clarity about what's the most important thing and what you need to kind of let go of for a while so that you can really.
[00:05:19] Reevaluate what you need to be doing. You're either going to injure yourself or you're never going to heal. you're actually going to hinder your progress because you're not taking that time that you need to rest. To get focus, to get clarity and to make, make sure that you're not overdoing it overdoing.
[00:05:40] It can actually hurt your business. Now over the last few days, as I have been talking with a number of entrepreneurs who have been thinking about joining the bright future method workshop, I have heard many of them say, gosh, I would love to do it, but right now I've got this and that. And this. And that, and I just don't have any time.
[00:06:01] And I'm in this course and I'm in this membership and I'm doing all these things and I, I really want to do this, but I just don't have the time. I just don't know if I can take that time in the middle of all this craziness to really. Focus on the materials that you teach in the bright future method and implemented in my business.
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[00:06:23] Now I have been stuck in that messy middle, and I've actually seen my business decrease because I didn't step back and slow down. And I just kept pushing, pushing, pushing, and I got so busy that I lost sight of the things that were really important. I lost sight of the essentials. And I wasn't watching what was happening with my clients, what was happening in my marketplace.
[00:06:53] And I failed to shift when I needed to, because I was so busy. I didn't even know, notice that everything around me was changing or that I will isn't doing, and focusing on the things that are really going to move me ahead. I was kind of doing the things that I had to do because , I just assumed that that's how I always had to do it.
[00:07:12] And it just got really, really. Exhausting. And so if you're exhausted right now, if you are stuck in this messy middle, there's something that I want you to understand. Well, one, you need to slow down if you really want to get out of the messy, middle and speed up and go far, it didn't take me that long in my tapering to really heal.
[00:07:36] And really prepare myself to go long, fast, and hard. And that was amazing. I tell you what, the day of the race. I felt like a total totally new human being. I felt invincible now. I was pretty tired by the end, not going to lie, but I got so much further into that race. And into that run before I even started feeling tired, it was incredible.
[00:08:03] Like, I think I was around mile 35 to 39 ish when I started to actually feel pretty fatigued, like, okay, this is starting to be a little bit of work, which is crazy because my longest run before then was like 29 miles. And I was. Dead at mile like 18 or 20, I was just like, how am I going to go on? And I couldn't believe how much more I was able to push and how much easier it was when I took that time to rest and heal, even though it's really, really hard.
[00:08:34] And so if you are really stuck in the messy middle, If you're so busy and you just don't even have a moment to take a breath, you're not doing the self care you need to do. You've got demands in your life from every which direction. And you just feel like it's absolutely impossible. one of the best things that you can do to get out of that messy middle. Is to slow down. Just really sit there, take a moment and say, what could I put on hold for a few weeks while I reevaluate, what's really important. And what's really gonna move me forward in my business. And so I can take a breath.
[00:09:15] And breathe and it feels scary because it feels like you're losing momentum and momentum is really key building an online business, but sometimes we need to slow down so that we can come back and re I really pushed hard. And that's when we start to grow. That's when we go far, because we have our focus, we are rested, we are strong.
[00:09:34] We know exactly what we need to do and we can move forward fast. So it could be that if you're stuck in the messy middle right now, Even though you may not have time for it, even though your attention may be scattered amongst a dozen different learning platforms and whatever else, if you don't know why you're not growing more, if you feel like you should be further along than you should be the bright future method workshop might be exactly what you need right now to help you move forward faster.
[00:10:05] Making the time to work through the course and go through all of the workshop. Materials might be the absolute best thing you can do to really see your business scale. I truly believe that. I mean, with all of my heart and I know it might feel really hard to make the time to do this, and it's not that it's tons and tons of time in lessons.
[00:10:28] There's a weekly accountability group that is like 45 minutes to an hour. And then the lessons each week, my goal is to have them at an hour or less might be as much as two hours for some of the weeks, but the real time comes in the thought that you're going to put behind in implementing this for some of you, it'll be really quick for others of you.
[00:10:47] It may take more time. And so. I don't know. I can't tell you exactly how much time it's going to take you to go through this process and really get clear. It might take longer if your business is especially messy and you need to really look at everything that's there and kind of weed through, but it will absolutely give you clarity.
[00:11:08] It will make your messaging stronger so that when you're putting it out there, you're attracting the right people. And it's. Building desire for your products and it's building more momentum in your business. It's reengaging your audience. So when you email them, they actually respond. Do they click the email links?
[00:11:28] They, you know, do what you're asking them to do when you post in your communities. People are gonna comment on it, like on it. And they're going to engage with each other. It helps you take your business from really busy feeling like you might be putting things out there, but not getting the results you should.
[00:11:44] I really tired business, right. To being. Revitalized to being empowered, to being truly engaged and effective, it will actually help your momentum grow. Now I know this is hard and you know, what's best for you, but I just, I just. Don't hear enough people talking about this level of exhaustion that comes in the middle, and I really don't want to see you hurt your business longterm because you didn't slow down it take the time you need needed to really focus.
[00:12:17] Okay. So. I would love to have you in the bright future method workshop. We start on Monday. You don't have to be there live on Monday. You can watch the videos at whatever time works for you, but I will, we'll be going live on Mondays 11:00 AM. So you can actually be there on the videos with me as I'm teaching them to you, but we're going to.
[00:12:35] Go deep into your business. We're going to reconnect with why you started your business. We're going to reconnect with that transformation that you want to help your clients. I have. We're going to look at what you're doing, doing, and see how you can most effectively help them get that transformation.
[00:12:55] And maybe some, you know, find some of the things that you can let go of in your business and not do, because they're really not building momentum. Maybe they're not aligned with who you are and you just hate doing them, but you feel like you have to do it because you always have like, maybe you've had, you know, some course that you've been selling and you just hate the way that it's structured or maybe you've been doing coaching and you really want to go all in with an online course or membership instead.
[00:13:22] The bright future method workshop is going to help you create a business. That's so much easier to run, to really clean up what you're doing. You're not so exhausted and give you extreme clarity about what your message is. Jane should be how you should be marketing it and how you can move forward fast, and then keep.
[00:13:43] The buyers that you are getting engaged in your business longterm, it's going to help you create those crazy loyal customers who want to stay longterm, who want to tell their friends all about your business? It's really going to help you build a movement around your business.
[00:13:58] I mean, it's whether or not you want a movement it's going to happen because you're going to have this community of people who love everything you're doing, they're going to feel so grateful for how you've helped change their lives. And they're going to want to bring that transformation to more people as well.
[00:14:14] So if you're tired, If you are in this messy middle, if you especially cannot imagine how you could ever slow down for anything, let alone take, you know, two months to do this course, which you don't have to take it off, away from your business. You can still absolutely keep doing stuff in your business.
[00:14:32] You just got to find a little bit of time each week to come and to focus on your business and invest. In looking at the big picture and really getting clear on intention and purpose and getting that clarity that I know you need. So if this is you, I would love to invite you to be part of the bright future method workshop.
[00:14:52] Now, today is the last day that you can enroll. So if you're hesitating, uh, you can send me a message. It comes directly to my phone by going to Jamie graham.com. Send me a Jamie Graham. I know super cheesy, but I love it. It's kind of cute too. J a M I E G R a m.com. It's using the super cool little app. So you can send me either a video, which is my preferred method, but you could also send an audio or a text message if you want to.
[00:15:23] It comes directly to me. So you bypass my customer service team. I will answer as soon as I get it, there's a slight delay, but I will answer as soon as I'm able. And I would be happy to answer any questions that you have about it, but you can get all of the details about the bright future method workshop, and join [email protected].
[00:15:44] Now all of these links are in the show notes as usual, but here's, here's where I want to leave you today. I know how hard this can be. I've been there and I know how hard it can be to take time, to slow down and to really focus, especially if you're a doer, it's going to feel really off. I mean, it could feel really hard if you really take the time to think about your business and work on your business instead of working in your business.
[00:16:16] But if you really want to grow, if you really want to scale, if you want to have the income and the impact that you know, you can make in the world with your product, then you've got to slow down. You've got to get intentional. It's a beautiful thing. and then once you set it up and you start implementing it. Things get so much easier. Things start to work the way that you want them to. So I want to share this story with you.
[00:16:42] This is from Stephanie. She went through the beta version of the bright future method workshop, and she's an experienced coach. She had been doing this for a year. She's been in the online space for ages. I think she might've even started before me. I know I've known her for ever. I feel like I've known her forever.
[00:16:56] Anyway. She's super sweet. And she sent me the story and I wanted to share it with you because I think it will. Help you see a little bit more clearly how the bright future method might work for you. So listen to the story from Stephanie now,
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[00:18:24] all right, my friend, isn't that beautiful. So even if you've been in this online business thing for a long time, even if you've got a very successful business, if you find yourself stuck kind of at a plateau feeling busier than ever, and you know, that. Yeah, there's something holding you back from reaching your full potential and having that clarity.
[00:18:48] I want to help. I'd love to have you as part of the bright entrepreneur movement that I'm creating. Your first step is to join the bright future method [email protected]. Which is only open for enrollment through Thursday night, September 24th. So if you're listening to this in the future, you can still go there and sign up for the waitlist.
[00:19:11] if you are listening, On the day that this podcast goes live, I'm going to be doing a Q and a call tonight . And I'll have the link in the show notes here. It's going to [email protected] slash zoom. It's just going to be a zoom call.
[00:19:25] You can hop on with me and ask your questions. I'll probably be on there for a half hour to an hour. So. Try and be there as close to eight o'clock central time. I should probably be specific about that as you can, but otherwise just want to let you know that I really appreciate you, , would love to have you as part of this movement and would love to see you in the bright future method workshop.
[00:19:48] So if you have any questions, I definitely use the links below in the show notes to ask me, , there's also a little widget on [email protected] where you can click and ask me any questions there too. , but with that, my friend, I hope to see you on the inside. We're going to start class on Monday and otherwise.
[00:20:07] Thanks for joining me for this five part series. if you haven't subscribed to the podcast yet now would be a great time to do it. , and there's a link in the show notes as well. If you'd like to get email reminders when we put out new podcast episodes. alright.
[00:20:20] My friends just remember we are brighter together and the world needs us, so let's go out and make it brighter.

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