It's Friday which can only mean 2 things: 1. It's the end of the week. 2. It's time for your Friday ritual. ☕️ I do this every single week as a way to reflect on and close out my previous work week and prepare for the one ahead in 3 easy steps: ✍️ 1. Write down weekly wins. Aim to recognize 3 personal or professional wins. ✍️ 2. Note any lessons learned. This will help you establish a mindset of progress, not perfection, on your goal achievement journey. ✍️ 3. Identify 3-4 priorities for the next week. Setting a plan in advance helps you to silence your mind over the weekend. At least one of these priorities should align with your most meaningful goal for the year. Recognizing your weekly accomplishments will reduce the amount of work you need to focus on over the weekend and set you up for success on Monday. Plus, consistently doing this ritual allows you to track your progress and look back on what you've accomplished - win-win! 
School's out for summer! I remember loving summer vacation as a kid. BBQs, swimming in the pool, riding my bike for hours and catching lighting bugs. But as a business owner, it's tempting to work long hours through the summer and miss out on making memories with my family. Lately, I've been thinking about my own summer schedule and helping clients plan their summer schedules to: - Take Fridays off - End work days earlier - Schedule golf dates (I can relate!) I'm curious do you adjust your schedule in the summer? ☀️ 
I know as a business owner, that sometimes it can be difficult taking time off. You start to worry about what will happen to this whole 'thing' you've built up if you step away for a couple of days. But it's June. It's summer. And sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself and your business is just that - turn on the OOO message and take a step back. So this month we're unpacking this topic of taking time off as a business owner, starting with limiting beliefs. I run a group coaching session with 4 incredible women who own businesses and when it comes to taking time off, I see several limiting beliefs get in the way: - Guilt around taking time off. - Feeling like you haven't earned or don't deserve it. - Fear that you won't make money. - Fear that everything will fall apart while you are away. I totally get it. I've had to work through all of these limiting beliefs myself when taking time off, and sometimes I still do. I'll close my laptop for the last time before a trip and all these thoughts come flooding in. But I'm here to tell you that these beliefs might not be real. - What makes you think you haven't EARNED this time off? - What makes you think you don't DESERVE this time off? - What makes you think everything will fall apart while you are away? It's important to examine your beliefs and then consider if your beliefs are serving you. One great way to ease some of this vacation anxiety is to ensure that you have a trustworthy team looking after things while you're away. A big part of this is delegation, which I'll be talking about a little more next week so stay tuned! 🌴 
What does it mean to honor your ambition? In a recent podcast episode, I shared how I asked myself what I want my day to look like. I realized that - "I don't want to get up at 5 am anymore. I'm going to be really successful, but not get up at 5 am and be the first one in the office. And there are going to be some days, I'm going to be in yoga pants, and I'm going to build a huge business wearing my yoga pants." Honoring your ambition means figuring out what works for you and taking action in the direction of your vision. Speaking of vision…thank you @marissaelisephotography for capturing my photography ideas. I can’t wait to see the headstand photo. Click the link in my bio to listen to the latest episode of Elite Achievement.