How to overcome shiny object syndrome in business : 4 ways

I was listening to a course from an intuition coach and she interviewed a business owner who was experiencing ‘shiny object syndrome’.

You may have a friend who is killin’ it in real estate.

Or another friend who is in an enviable safe and secure job.

Or you may know another coach who charges $400 for one hour of ‘chatting’ with her (true story!) and you may feel a bit of FOMO and be tempted to… try these endeavours.

Hold on for a sec because there are 4 things we can take note of before diving head first into a new direction.

In the above vid, I shared 4 ways for you to overcome shiny object syndrome so you don’t end up distracted and losing focus and achieving nothing at the end of the day or month.

Here is what I talked about:

✔️ How to identify if something is a true gut feeling or just empty excitement 

✔️ A little extreme way of handling this situation which may work for you

✔️ When to take action on an idea (all parts of you have to be on 100% on board)

You can watch the vid or listen to the podcast ep above.

Or read a gist of it below:

Method 1: Know your values like they are at the back of your hand

If your top value is ‘freedom’, you may want to think hard before starting a new endeavour or creating a new offer which needs you to be at a specific place at a specific time. Or an endeavour which needs you to stick to strict deadlines.

What to discover what your values are? You can download this coaching tool and use it on yourself. Or use it with your clients or park it in your blog as a lead magnet

Method 2: Live out that dream!

This is an extreme method but it works for some of us. If you have this exciting feeling about pursuing a side line as a real estate agent, for example, go all out.

Create an Instagram account for this imaginary sideline. Create a free website for it.

Research on the exams and papers you will have to take. Buy the books and read them. Literally live out that dream. If it’s not meant for you, you may lose interest in a few days.

Method 3: Know where that excitable feeling comes from

Does it come from your gut or do you feel this giddy excitement feel mostly in your head area?

If this excitement mostly centres around your head area, there is a high chance that this idea satisfies your ego and not your higher self. Which means, be careful with any idea that gives you empty, giddy excitement Wait it out and see if it fizzes out after a few days.

Method 4: Only jump into an endeavour if you are 100% on board with it

Even if a small part of you is unsure, sort it out until all parts of you are on board with this idea. If not, this small part of you will drag you down, slow down your progress, make you second guess yourself and give you emotional stress.

If you want to run a masterclass about setting aligned goals, you may like this done-for-you masterclass which is ready for you to launch.

I hope this blog post, video and podcast ep will be helpful for you.

See you in my next blog post ;)

Shikah

How to be Productive and Self-loving at the same time : 5 productivity tips for coaches

I felt drawn to create this episode after seeing too many of us glorify productivity whilst chucking our mental and emotional health aside.

I'm sharing 5 productivity tips for coaches and entrepreneurs which allow you to achieve your business goals with minimal burnout.

Across this episode, I offer tips and strategies to help you maintain your productivity without compromising your well-being.

Below is a summary of the strategies I shared in the podcast episode and Youtube video.

#Self-loving Productivity Tip 1 : Know your ‘Peak Work Time’:

Understanding your peak work time is crucial for optimizing productivity without burning out. It starts with recognising the period of the day when you are most creative and motivated. This can stretch between 3 to 4 hours and varies from person to person. When you identify this peak time, you can schedule intense, mental-draining tasks during this period. Leveraging your most productive hours for demanding activities such as strategizing, writing, or creating content can boost your productivity alot.

#Self-loving Productivity Tip 2 : Leverage on Your Strengths and Interests

Another tip that I can share with you to be productive without burning out is to leverage on your strengths and your interests. If you see a vlogger or a business or a coach or another business person vlogging twice a week or releasing podcast episodes every day or, I don't know, creating reels every day, there's a very high chance that they enjoy doing these things.

They may enjoy being on video. They enjoy speaking in a speaking into a mic. They enjoy writing, and they leverage on their interests and their strengths to be productive. So naturally, if you are someone who is good with writing, you're going to take maybe 15 minutes to craft a script for your podcast episode. Whereas someone who is not a natural at writing or who does not enjoy writing, may take about 3 hours to craft a single podcast episode. Be aware of your strengths and your interest and and, outsource the rest.

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#Self-loving Productivity Tip 3: Plan Your Days in 24 hours in advance:

Another tip I want to share with you is to plan your days at least 24 hours beforehand. You may realize that planning and strategising take much of your mental energy.

So if you plan your days at least 24 hours beforehand, all you need to do today is just execute. And that makes you incredibly productive. You're not wasting hours and your mental energy and mental capacity planning what to do. You're just executing today. You've done all the planning and all that mental work yesterday.

So that is one way for you to be incredibly productive. And when you plan, you need to be really specific. For example, if you want to batch-write 3 emails to your subscribers today, yesterday, you should be writing in very specific detail what you're going to write in each and every email so that today you are just executing. Merely writing and scheduling them out. So that is how we can be productive, which is to be is to plan ahead with as much specific details as possible.

#Self-loving Productivity Tip 4: Follow Your Natural Rhythm and Intuition:

This concept introduces the idea of following your natural rhythm and intuition for the day. It involves tuning into your inner guidance to determine your daily priorities and tasks. This method requires a deep sense of trust and self-awareness. I have elaborated on this a little more in the video version of this blog post.

#Self-loving Productivity Tip 5: Let go of perfectionism

The next step that I want to share with you is to let go of your perfectionism because perfectionism slows us down, and it definitely affects our productivity.

If you're a perfectionist, there's a very high chance that you prefer to do all sorts of research before you start doing something new. But the thing is we are always learning, and we are always works in progress.

The thing about letting go of perfectionism is to be okay that you're doing your best with what you have at this point of time and to trust that the work you produce is going to be very helpful to your clients and customers at this point of time. And it's good to bear in mind that making mistakes is how we learn. There is no way for us to create the perfect book or the perfect course or the perfect offer or the perfect program.

Over time, we will always be tweaking our products and services. We will always be tweaking and making them better. So as we make mistakes, it's how we learn, and it's also good for us to remember that the most successful people in this world make more mistakes than we do.

If you want a done-for-you productivity master class which you can release to your clients, audience and customers, you can head here.

You can edit the slides, edit the workbook, and also edit the transcript to suit your audience, or you can use the done-for-you masterclass as it is. It's ready to go - you can immediately launch that master class right now and sell the replays, or you can add your own voice to it to it.

You can add your own slides, add a few slides of your own and add an extra lesson or add an extra worksheet if you want. It's editable with Canva.

Take care and may you have a productive and meaningful day today.

Shikah

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The 3 thought patterns that can crush your clients' creativity

It all started with a post on Facebook.

"I don't want to spend $30/month to have my own website because I can't guarantee a new website will work for my new business," I saw someone post in a business-y Facebook group.

"But...but..." my mind wanted to retort her.

Her business, her rules of course.

My counselling-trained mind instantly noticed this thought pattern : the need to be certain before taking a small risk.

This pattern can destroy creativity and excitement in one shot.

In fact, almost nothing in life and in business is absolutely certain.

It is actually healthy to take calculated risks in business because we may discover a new strategy or two that can help us grow.

Doing the same things will yield the same results for us.

✨Let's unpack the 3 common thought patterns which can destroy your clients' creativity (and ours as well).

1. The need to be certain before taking a healthy risk

2. "I can't fail because it will hurt my ego and my image."

3. "I must always stick to the tried-and-tested way of doing things."

For thought pattern #1, you can help your clients shift it to : "Nothing is 100% certain in life and business. If I don't try a new strategy, my business is not going to grow."

For thought pattern #2, you can help your clients shift it to : "My self-worth does not depend on my business or career success. My 'failure' can be a learning lesson or a story I tell others."

For thought pattern #3, you can suggest your clients this approach : "I can try a new method and see how my clients or customers receive it. What if this new method works even better than my current method?"

Being creative can build resilience.

Taking chances and thinking out-of-the-box means that we have to be ready to welcome unexpected successes and 'failures'.

Most people think they need to be mentally and emotionally strong to be resilient. Well, taking creative actions can also help you build that resilience and strength.

If you have other ideas on how to build resilience in yourself or in your clients, you can share them with me in the Comments section.

Thank you for being in my world.

Till next time,

Shikah

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How to run a vision board workshop for coaches (with free vision board coaching tool)

“Creating vision boards is such an ‘airy-fairy’ topic,” my brain whispered.

I was scouring the Internet for topics to create my next done-for-you workshop. 

Well, sometimes our thoughts are not facts. 

Because I came across 3 successful coaches who have conducted vision board workshops before. So clearly, vision boards are not airy-fairy after all.

Successful Coach #1 started her 6-figure coaching business holding in-person vision board workshops

Successful Coach #2 has a 7-figure business and launched her own vision board training called Vision Board Alchemy months ago. (just Google for it!)

Successful Coach #3 also started her business with vision board classes (I can’t remember the exact details though)

Well, if these superstar coaches are holding vision board workshops, that means there is a HUGE demand for it.

If you want a shortcut to grow your mailing list, you can download my mini-ebook called “Start creating a vision board today : 4 Must-Have Categories for a vision board which works” and use it as a lead magnet for your coaching website.

Step #1. Have a clear outline for your vision board workshop to organise your thoughts

Creating masterclasses and courses starts with sketching out the outlines and then filling in the details and information.

• How many ‘lessons’ do you wish to have in your vision board workshop?

• Roughly, how many slides do you want to dedicate per lesson?

• Are you going to have a group activity per lesson?

If you are not sure what to include in your vision board workshop, you can use my suggested workshop outline as a reference.

The workshop outline below is from my done-for-you vision board workshop which you can sell to your audience. It has 80 value-packed slides, an accompanying workbook and a script all done for you using my research and counselling experience :)

Suggested Vision Board Workshop outline for you :

1. Introducing yourself as a coach and your background or life experience to build credibility amongst your participants

2. Explaining why we need vision boards and how it helps us to achieve our goals faster

3. Summarising the concepts that you will be teaching in the workshop

4. Lesson 1 : How does a vision board help us create our dream life?

5. Lesson 2 : How to overcome low self-worth and an undeserving mindset so as to set authentic goals

6. Lesson 3 : Inviting and activating an abundance mindset

7. Lesson 4 : Your authentic goals, dreams and desires - 4 essential must-have categories for your vision board

8. Lesson 5 : Creating your own vision board using my 5-Step process

9. Lesson 6 : How to use powerful inspired action to make your vision board goals a reality

10. Recap the concepts you have taught

11. Gracefully promote another program or higher-ticket offer to your audience.

12. End the presentation with asking your participants to leave a review, asking participants to email you with suggestions to improve the workshop, asking them to follow you on your social media or getting them to share their favourite sections of the workshop.

Step #2 : Decide on the 4 (or 5) must-have essential categories for an effective vision board

Every coach has a different opinion on the categories which are needed to create a vision board which works.

Having well-defined categories is very helpful because your clients get to focus on ‘succeeding’ in only the most important aspects of life.

Instead of trying to chase 50 goals on their vision board, having well-defined categories helps them narrow their focus + energy down to working on, say, only 20 of their top most essential goals.

If you want my suggested 4 must-have categories to create an authentic vision board for success, you can download my Canva-editable mini-ebook “Start creating a vision board today : 4 Must-Have Categories for a vision board which works”

As a coach, you can use this mini-ebook as a lead magnet to get more people to sign up for your mailing list.

Just key in your name and I will send this editable mini-ebook to your email address.

Step #3. Address mindset blocks which may prevent your participants from setting exciting goals

Some participants may have low self-worth or a scarcity mindset which hinders them from setting exciting vision board goals.

Setting exciting goals is important. Excitement is a natural motivator which pulls us to work on our goals and visions.

In the done-for-you vision board workshop, I included slides addressing low self-worth issues and mindset issues regarding abundance.

Helping your participants slowly chip away at their low self-worth and lack mindset will excite them to design a life which works for them.

I know it takes months of research, writing and designing to create a high-quality workshop.

That is why I have created a done-for-you Vision Board workshop which you can launch and sell ASAP :)

You will get

• 80 Canva slides full of information which are editable to suit your audience’s needs

• An accompanying workbook which you can brand with your business name and edit in Canva to make it uniquely yours

• A fully-done script to ensure that your vision board workshop runs smoothly

If you have questions for me, you can send me an email at shikah@shikahanuar.com

I hope this blog post has helped you in a small way.

Sincerely and thank you,

Shikah

Overcoming Procrastination as a Business Owner and Coach

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If you catch yourself procrastinating yet again on a business task, I get you.

I am currently procrastinating but instead of letting the day go to ‘waste’, I’ve decided to record this podcast episode.

Hi, I’m Shikah, I used to be a counsellor and now I create done-for-you life coaching workshops and workbooks which you can use with your coaching clients.

Today, as you can guess, I’m going to share some strategies which help you to overcome procrastination and be more productive as a business owner. 

One sure-fire way to overcome procrastination is to do - what I call - The ‘10 Minute Rule’.

You basically tell yourself that you are going to work on a particular task for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, you are going to check in with yourself and find out if you still want to continue or stop.

There is a very high chance that you will want to continue with this task after 10 minutes. That is because your mind and body are already in ‘work’ mode. Hence, continuing with this task feels easier and more manageable.

And psychologically, once you’ve started something and ‘in the groove’ of it all, you will want to continue because it feels good to be productive and moving towards your goals.

Another way to handle procrastination as a business owner is to go with the flow.

If you have planned to write one chapter of your book today but you feel a mental block about it, it’s alright to change plans quickly.

If you feel the inspiration to record a podcast episode today, instead of writing your book like you planned, do it.

It is better to be productive in one area of your business instead of forcing yourself to stick to your plans when your heart and mind are not in it.

You may not finish writing a chapter today as planned, but at least, you have published a podcast episode. As business owners, it can be very rewarding to work with the flow. When you are working with the flow, your projects get done very fast and you feel very energised.

I like to be practical and suggest that you don’t procrastinate or put off important projects for too long. If you notice that you have been procrastinating for weeks to write a chapter of your book, you may need to do an honest reflection with yourself.

This honest reflection exercise helps tackle procrastination by pinpointing exactly what is causing it.

When we procrastinate, we are usually avoiding something. It can be a negative emotion such as stress, overwhelm or fear.

The first thing we can do is to be honest with yourself and ask why you are procrastinating on a particular task.

As an example, right now, I am supposed to create a new done-for-you vision board masterclass which coaches can conduct with clients. I was planning to write 10 slides today, but I didn’t do it.

As I was reflecting, I know that I procrastinate to avoid feelings of extreme stress. For me, personally, creating done-for-you masterclasses is very stressful. I need to do in depth research, I need to apply my knowledge, I need to write a lot, I need to make sure that the content I create is high quality and I want to give my best. So, the whole process can be very stressful.

For you, you can do the same reflecting exercise to find out why you are avoiding a certain task. Once you find out the reason you are procrastinating something, you can strategise a way to do that task with less stress.

Maybe you can outsource that task to someone else. Maybe you can change your work environment or work in a cafe to make the task less unpleasant.

You can also choose to let go of perfectionism if perfectionism is causing you to procrastinate on something. Being aware of the reasons for our procrastination as a business owner can be a powerful thing.

One habit I’ve been doing to reduce procrastination is to ‘design’ my dream week, every single week.

Every Sunday, I will sit down and type down the things I want to do the following week which will make the week as pleasant and as productive as possible.

I literally designed my dream week in words. You can choose to write or type the activities out. I use Google Docs to ‘design’ my dream week every Sunday.

For work-life balance,  I will usually type 5 work-related tasks I want to accomplish the following week and also 3 leisure and fun self care activities I want to do in the week too. Work-life balance is important for us business owners, so let’s remember to plan our fun self care activities every week too.

If you are a coach and you want to launch an overcome procrastination masterclass for your clients, but you are too busy to create a masterclass from scratch, you can get my done-for-you procrastination masterclass.

You will get 80 Canva slides, all ready done for you, an accompanying workbook and also a script so that your masterclass goes smoothly. Thank you for joining me here today. See you in my next episode. Bye!

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