Today, we're talking about the power of introducing new actions to change our negative ‘stories’ or narratives that hold us back as entrepreneurs.
We’ve all been there - struggling to write emails, social media posts - you name it. If we can introduce new actions into our lives, we can change our narratives very quickly.
Listen or watch my video below to see how I applied this ‘rewriting your story’ technique to become more productive :)
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Welcome back to another episode of Mindset with Shikah!
On today's episode, we're diving into the power of introducing new actions to change our negative narratives and stories that hold us back from being more productive.
I had the inspired action to share this with you as I was designing a people-pleasing workbook and got distracted.
If you are wondering what is holding you back from :
1) Just pushing yourself a bit more and creating 3 Instagram posts instead of just 1 post in one sitting.
2) Batch writing emails instead of just writing one email at one sitting (who can relate?)
… you may just need to introduce a new action or a new habit to change your narrative or the not-so-positive story you’ve been telling yourself.
(You can also share this technique to overcome negative narratives with your clients. )
For the longest time, I had the narrative that “I can only write one meaningful email in one sitting.” I know, it’s nothing to be proud of.
But I yearn to be more productive and challenge myself to write at least 2 meaningful intentional emails in one sitting.
So I introduced a new habit : I disciplined myself to write TWO meaningful emails in every sitting.
Was it painful for the first few times? Yes!
But did I continue with it because I truly want to change my narrative? Also yes.
And now writing two juicy emails in one sitting becomes automatic to me.
My new narrative is now “I can write two meaningful emails in one sitting.” 😂
You may ask me: "Shikah, how long did you take to rewrite this narrative?"
For me, it took maybe 3 to 4 sessions of writing two emails in one sitting for it to be a new narrative and new habit for me.
Now I have this new narrative, I want to change other small narratives to make myself a little more productive yet remain largely intentional.
Is there a small narrative that is holding you back from being a bit more productive? Let me know 🙂
Thank you for all that you do, Coaches.
Sincerely,
Shikah