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Stop Feeling Overwhelmed TODAY
In this conversation, Sam Varner provides guidance on how to overcome being overwhelmed and achieve success in your business. Trust me, you don't want to miss this one!
Takeaways
- Become a scientist in your business and evaluate what will truly move the needle.
- Avoid having too many directions and focus on simplicity and clarity.
- Stop comparing yourself to others and start taking action.
- Accountability is key to achieving your goals.
- Seek help and support when needed to overcome overwhelm.
Transcript
So now we know we're going to stop
comparing ourselves and we're gonna stop
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:living in either the past or envisioning
the future in a way that's not productive.
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:Okay, I want you to become a scientist.
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:I want you to deep dive into what is
actually gonna move the needle in your
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:business.
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:This is the part that's hard.
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:Most of us have no problem doing the work,
right?
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:serving your clients, providing your
service, that sort of thing, right?
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:We're all good at that part.
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:But it's taking the time to evaluate,
where's my business right now?
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:What does it need today?
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:What can I shift in my actions that are
gonna create that result for me?
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:If you think of yourself as a scientist,
as an explorer, that is gonna go through
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:and explore,
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:and evaluate and think.
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:The number one reason why an entrepreneur
is feeling overwhelmed is that they don't
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:have time to think.
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:They're not carving out time to evaluate
the business from a higher perspective,
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:not just working towards each and every
day like, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, I
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:have to get this stuff done.
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:So if you find yourself in that place,
again, I want to reassure you.
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:All of this podcast is meant to reassure
you first and foremost that as lonely as
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:entrepreneurship can feel, you're not
alone and you're not experiencing things
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:that are different than anybody else.
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:You're not doing anything wrong.
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:You're just learning and you're building
something from scratch and it's hard.
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:And if you take the time to know and
intentionally be doing things, it feels a
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:bit easier.
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:And I want you to remember this episode
exists so that you can come back to it
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:time and time again.
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:Because although I wish that this meant
you would never be overwhelmed in business
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:again, I would be lying to you.
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:You will get here again.
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:You will feel these feelings again.
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:And if you remember, I can go back to
these tips, go back to these reminders, go
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:back to Sam's voice in my head telling me
I'm not alone.
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:It is OK.
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:It's not gone wrong.
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:And I can change it.
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:So, how many directions are too many?
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:If you're nodding, you know exactly what
I'm talking about.
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:If you are flittering from one thing to
the next, to the next, to the next, with
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:no actual intention of how you're spending
your time, no plan about what things you
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:need to accomplish each day, no review at
the end of a week or the end of a month or
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:the end of a quarter to see if you even
came close to hitting your goals.
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:And if you didn't, why not?
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:This contributes to you feeling
overwhelmed.
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:you have to take the time to reflect.
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:It will change your business.
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:It will change your life.
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:Okay.
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:The other piece that I want you to do is
this, simplicity.
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:I want you to consider right now, this is
going to, this episode will air March
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:26th, 2024.
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:So right before the beginning of the next
month, I want you to consider what
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:outcome, just one, do you want to
accomplish between right now and 30 days
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:from now?
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:So no matter when you listen to this
episode, this is still relevant, okay?
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:Give yourself a 30 day window.
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:What do you want to accomplish?
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:One thing.
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:One thing only.
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:What are three tasks or strategies or
tactics you need to implement for the next
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:30 days to make that one outcome reality?
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:Real simple guys, don't get complicated.
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:If your page is full of notes, you've gone
too far, back it up, right?
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:What are the three things you need to do
to create that outcome?
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:Just one.
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:every single day for the next 30 days at
the top of a piece of paper in a notebook.
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:Doesn't have to be fancy, do it on a post
-it, I don't care.
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:Do it on your phone, doesn't matter.
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:Track daily.
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:What's your outcome?
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:What are you aiming for in the next 30
days?
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:Write it down every single day.
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:We're gonna keep it top of mind, we're
gonna focus on it, and we're going to put
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:the blinders on for all the other pieces.
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:Write down how you feel every day.
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:The wins.
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:the losses, the frustrations, what's not
working.
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:Dump the crap in your head onto that
paper.
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:There are no rules.
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:It is literally dump the crap out.
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:Like pretend you're a bucket and you're
tipping it upside down and shaking it out.
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:Whatever's in there comes out.
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:Once it's out, it's amazing, it kind of
goes away.
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:One month, one outcome, write down every
day for 30 days straight your goal and how
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:you're doing in accomplishing that with
your three tactics and three tactics only.
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:Stop comparing yourself to everybody else.
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:Whether it's people in your networking
group, whether it's people in your life,
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:whether it's people on social media, just
stop.
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:And if that's not easy, then unfollow
them.
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:Stop looking, you're peeking in their
windows.
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:It's not adding value in any way.
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:stop worrying about what you did wrong
yesterday and start making better choices
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:today.
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:If you have one thing in your business you
know you need to work on that is the gap
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:between where you want to be and where you
are right now, then stop procrastinating
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:and actually do the thing.
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:And if that in and of itself is not enough
to get you to do it, and for a lot of us
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:it isn't, then you need to find somebody
to help you.
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:This is what I do for a living.
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:I help business owners first off identify
what the hell is in the way of them
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:accomplishing what they want to
accomplish.
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:Number two, I help them strategize and
come up with what is that one thing?
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:What are the three ways we're gonna do it?
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:And then I hold them accountable because
holding yourself accountable is incredibly
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:difficult and it comes and goes.
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:But if you have to show up and you have to
talk to me every week and you have to tell
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:me whether you're on track or not on
track, I guarantee you it's easier.
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:There's a reason we hire coaches.
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:There's a reason I have a coach.
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:I cannot be expected to drag my lazy ass
out of bed and do the things I need to do
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:every single day.
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:Lots of days I do.
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:Lots of days it's hard.
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:And if I've got a support staff around me
that helps, right?
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:If I've got a coach and I've got a
supportive partner and I've got my friends
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:and my business colleagues that are out in
the world that support me, I can do better
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:than I can do alone.
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:And yes, do you have to pay for this?
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:You absolutely do.
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:But I guarantee you it's worth it.
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:I've never regretted hiring any of the
coaches that I've ever had.
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:And the reason I haven't is because I've
gotten something out of it every single
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:time.
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:And you will too.
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:So I hope you're leaving here today
feeling like I can do this.
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:It's not too hard to get out of overwhelm.
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:I'm not alone feeling overwhelmed, but I
also don't need to marinate in it and stay
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:here forever.
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:Because otherwise you're going to end up
with a whole quarter of business where you
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:do nothing.
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:Mm -hmm.
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:I've been there too.
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:That's how I know what's going on in your
brain.
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:So with all of my love, all of it, I want
you to know I am here for you.
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:If you are ready to take that plunge and
at least find out what it would be like to
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:work with me, then would you please reach
out?
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:I'm ready to help you and I want to.
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:Are you ready?
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:Until next week, stay profitable.
