365 Days of Blogging

Here’s an image of what my blog looks like today, 21st of July, 2020.

Today is my birthday, and officially my 365th day of blogging! It seems kind of fitting that as I complete my 24th year around the sun, my blog completes it’s first.

My writing voice is clearer now than it was before. I’m more succinct. I know how to enjoy my own writing and not cringe when I read my posts the next day. And I’ve still got a long way to go with my writing.

I’m so grateful I committed to this journey because although I value the habit of creating a post every day, I value the habit of persistence and endurance even more.

Here’s what will change in the next 365 days:

• More video content – I’m ready to commit to video with the same tenacity and grit as I have with my written content. I know video will take me to the next level. It’s non-negotiable. All I have to do now is press go.

• Better images – I’ve said this before, and this is something I’ve wanted to address properly for a while. It won’t be immediate, and I plan to wait to work on this. But I want my content to be visually appealing to me as the words.

• More distribution – one of the reasons I decided to blog daily for two years in a row is because I knew that blogging occasionally would never bring a readership. Even now – hang on a minute, let me check the stats – I’m seeing about 40 people visit my blog per day (wow, that number is higher than I was expecting – when I first started, that number was about 2). Of course, 40 visitors a day isn’t groundbreaking, and that’s exactly why I committed to two years of blogging. This next year of blogging, I will be sharing my blog in many more places.

This is a time for celebration! But it’s not a victory yet. I committed to blogging every single day for 730 days and I’m not stopping now.

My Best Thoughts

It doesn't matter to me whether my thoughts are negative or positive – I just want to know if a thought is helpful or unhelpful.

And the helpful thoughts, I want on hand at all times.

So for the past 3 months, I’ve kept a note on my phone of “My Best Thoughts”.

Thoughts that I want to think as often as possible. Thoughts I want to turn into unwavering beliefs.

Some of these I’ve heard from other people. Some of them I created.

As long as they serve me – and others – I think them. As often as I can.

I am certain I can do this.

I already have everything I need to be successful and happy right now.

I can handle anything.

Everything always works out.

If not this, there’s something better coming.

It gets to be easy.

My security is in my brain, not my bank account.

I’m in it for the long haul.

I am in the middle of creating success.

Failure is just building my success story.

What are your best thoughts?

The Club

I don't just want to achieve all my goals.

I want to be THE KIND OF PERSON who achieves all their goals.

In my mind, there's a club.

And Michael Jordan is in it. And Steve Jobs. And Anna Wintour. And Lady Gaga.

It's the "I'm so damn good at what I do it's a whole other level you can't even explain" club.

And I want into that club.

Not for fame or accolades – I mean, no one else will even know I'm in it.

I want in because I want to know at the end of my life that I pushed myself to my full potential, and then some.

Who's coming?

Embrace The Hot Mess

My success philosophy is not about a perfectly executed plan, but about embracing being a total hot mess.

For example, one of my goals in July is to hit 600 subscribers (and I started on 487 at the beginning of the month).

Yesterday I had 92 left to go, with 13 days left of July. That means I need just over 7 people per day.

I could have thought about SEO, and click-through rate, and hashtags, and other technical jargon.

But I realized that since I don’t have any of those skills right now (and I don’t have a clue how I’ve got any of my previous subscribers), I would have to get creative.

I made an epipahny list (a game where I keep coming up with solutions until I have an epiphany).

1. Go knocking door to door in my neighborhood and just ask people to subscribe

2. Post on my private Facebook profile asking for subscribers

3. Message all of my friends individually and ask them to subscribe

4. Go out in public, like to the mall, and straight-up ask people to subscribe

5. Offer a promotion exchange (you share my channel, I’ll share yours)

6. Pay for ads

7. Make my own YouTube support group on Facebook

8. Ask my sister to share with her Snapchat following

9. Reach out to our local newspaper and get a story printed

10. Go to a networking event and connect with lots of new people

I decided to start with number 3, then number 5 and now number 8.

So far, in the last 24 hours, I’m up by 8 subscribers. Not bad, considering my goal was to hit 7 per day.

These solutions aren’t long term solutions to growing my YouTube channel. But what they are, is a creative way for me to solve my problem right now. As my channel grows, I will likely use more traditional, effective methods of growth. But I’m not there yet. So for now, just doing something is good enough.

That’s got to be one of the biggest mental shifts that I’ve made when it comes to achieving my goals: that in the beginning, you just have to fly by the seat of your pants and be a total hot mess.

You can do all the fancy techniques later.

Right now, you just have to get out there and DO SOMETHING.

(P.S. help me be the hot mess & subscribe to my channel here!)

Books I Want To Read

I thought about doing a book review today, but I realised I’m not feeling especially inspired by one particular book at the moment – what I really want is to read more amazing books.

So here’s a list of all the books I’m SO keen to read (and WILL read) in the future:

1. Grant Cardone – The 10X Rule

2. Derek Sivers – Your Music & People

3. Stacey Boehman – The Consultation Code

4. Russell Brunson – Traffic Secrets

5. Gretchen Rubin – Happier at Home

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How to Get the Most Out of Coaching

One of the questions I’ve been asking myself is how I can get the most out of working with my coach.

And recently I’ve realized the key is to go beyond doing what they say.

Yes, do what they say – but also, do what they do.

They won’t tell you this part. They won’t mention the things that are just so obvious to them. What time they get up, what beliefs they hold, what mindset they’re working on.

I’ve been working on actually reading the books my coach recommends.
Following her coaches.
Asking myself, “what would my coach do in this situation?”

My coach/mentor Stacey Boehman is phenomenal. And I will do anything she says.

She personally told me to stop focusing on my membership site until I have fully booked out my one-on-one coaching.

So in May, I stopped offering my Impossible Incubator membership (maybe one day it will come back – but not yet).

I will do whatever she says. I will read whatever she reads. I will do whatever she does.

I’m working on squeezing every last drop of goodness out of working with my coach. Because I know that is the way to uplevel like crazy.

Sacrifice

Yesterday I got invited to do something impossible: canoe across Canada.

• 7000 Kilometres.

• 5 months.

• 4 people.

• 2 canoes.

• Filming a documentary.

How epic would that actually be?! Can you imagine how hard I would have to push myself? The feeling of completing something that far out of my comfort zone would be amazing.

I almost said yes. I mean, come on. Canoeing across Canada would be epic, and definitely give me some street cred. The FOMO is real.

But you know what the real fear of missing out is?

The fear of missing out on the goals I have already set for myself.

I would have to put my own impossible goals on the back burner.

And I committed to my goals no matter what.

✅ Climb Kilimanjaro

✅ Meditate daily for 365 days

✅ Become my own boss

➡️ 100 push ups (50 currently)

➡️ 100k on YouTube (500 currently)

➡️ TED talk

➡️ Run a tropical retreat

➡️ Blog for 730 days in a row

➡️ Do a breakdancing Windmill (I can do half)

➡️ Build a million dollar business

➡️ Start a video interview series

So while the canoeing team meet today to plan their adventure, I took tiny action towards my impossible list.

Because my goals are non-negotiable.

I hit 500 YouTube Subscribers!

One of my Impossible Goals is to hit 100k on Youtube, and I just hit 500 today, woohoo! 

Only 200x that and I'm at my goal. I can do that, right?

What result do I want?

• 100k on YouTube

Who do I need to BE to get that result?

• The most valuable content creator ever

Now that I am the most valuable content creator ever, what do I do?

• I constantly ask myself, "How could I add more value?" and "How can I add more value than anyone else?"

• I spend time understanding the YouTube algorithm

• I join YouTube courses to improve my content

• I listen to the feedback I get from viewers & really listen

• I think outside the box and come up with creative ways to get more viewers & subscribers

• I post videos CONSISTENTLY every week, sometimes twice or three times a week

Who do you need to be to get the result you want? ️

P.S. Subscribe to my channel here!

Facebook Friends IRL

This is Nicole.

She’s one of my most favourite people in the entire world.

I found her in a Facebook Group two years ago.

Not my own Facebook Group.

Just a totally random one.

Now we talk on the phone or by text almost every day.

Today, we met for the third time in person.

She’s a soul coach.

She’s amazing.

Connect with her here.

We Hit 1000!

Woohoo! After 3.5 months, we hit 1000 members in my Impossible Girls Facebook Group! I’m so excited and incredibly grateful for the community that we girls have built together.

Every single day, I connect with like-minded, motivated women, going after their goals and dreams with massive strength. Some of the conversations that happen in this group are WILDLY motivating. We’re solving each other’s challenges, sharing our wins, and standing strong together when things are tough.

I couldn’t be prouder of this amazing community.

10,000, we’re coming for you.