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Figuring Things Out

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I'm big for saying, "Oh- leaders have to be life-long learners." And I am one- but I usually chose to learn things I WANT to learn or ENJOY learning, not the things I'm not very interested in, or don't WANT to learn. So in a way, I'm not practicing what I'm preaching. Not very smart, but then I've never claimed to be the most perfect person in the room. I'm self-aware enough to know I'm stubborn as a mule sometimes and don't want to do what I don't want to do. But that doesn't change anything when there is something you have to learn.


I've been toying with this idea of how do I lead my life for a few years now. It's taken a lot of work and practice, and I am still working and practicing, and there is a lot to learn. Most of that I've embraced. I've loved learning these new skills, and even figuring out the sticky parts of myself have been mostly fun. There is a sense of relief when you allow yourself to acknowledge not everything is alright.


But I don't like sales, and despite training in sales in the past, I don't like it and I don't want to do it. And guess what? This week I am learning sales and online marketing.


It's more interesting than I expected it would be, honestly. And it's more fun. I have a lot of insight now that I didn't have, and I've learned a lot in just a couple of days. The biggest thing I've learned is I'm terrified because I don't know what to do. Learning sales will help that, of course, but then the terror turns into "what will happen if this doesn't work?" It becomes this vicious cycle, and if I'm not careful I spiral down into panic that I don't know what I'm doing and it's all going to blow up in my face.


I'm better at controlling the spiral now, but letting the fear control my actions is a work in progress. It's getting there, though. One lesson in sales at a time. My next webinar is this evening at 4PM, and I can't wait.


But that isn't my main take-away today. My main take away is I become scared because I don't know what to do. When I'm scared the fear controls my actions...and I can absolutely control that, now that I know I just need to figure out what to do. And that means I get to learn something new.


So exciting!


Our next seminar is on Tuesday- and we are discussing stereotypes in leadership!! This is a huge component of leadership because we think in stereotypes, especially when we are dealing with big concepts. Want to learn more? Come next week! You can sign up here.


Hope you are leading your life today, and learning something new!


Sarah

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