Ep132: What does productivity have to do with confidence?

00:51 Welcome to Unfrazzle, a podcast for solo business owners with a big vision who are ready for a kinder more sustainable approach to productivity. I'm Louise Miller and each week i share bite-sized insights to help you step away from the hustle stop faffing and stay focused so you can make your brilliant ideas happen and make a bigger impact in the world Before we dive into today's episode, if you enjoy what I'm sharing here on Unfrazzle and you'd like to support the podcast. You can buy me a cuppa by going to BuyMeACoffee.com slash Louise Miller and making a one-off donation. I'll pop a link to that in the show notes. Okay grab yourself a cuppa and let's get started!

01:30 I've been helping solo business owners be more productive for years. When i ask people what they've got out of working with me you'd think they'd be shouting from the rooftops about all of the amazing things that they've got done wouldn't you? That they'd be jumping up and down to tell me about the websites, they've created their books, published offers launched workshops delivered speaking gigs booked But no, they don't say any of that. Not because those things don't happen – they absolutely do! But because even though they came to me because they wanted more things done it turned out that the thing that shifted most was not that at all… It was how they felt about themselves How were talking to themselves The stories they were telling themselves about what was and wasn't possible for them

02:12 You see, when you've spent years feeling like you're behind surrounded by half-finished projects and ideas that never see the light of day. When you feel disorganized like you're wading through treacle and in a perpetual state of frazzlement that really does mess with your confidence if you spend too long spending all of your time doing busy work which means you're not progressing the things that would move you forward in your business That can gradually erode your belief in yourself and what's possible for you. And when you end every month feeling like you're no further forward than you were last month, and when that keeps on happening it's no wonder that your self-confidence takes a nosedive! That's why it can be so dramatic when you finally find a way of being more productive that's U shaped and actually works

02:56 When you start to notice the progress you're making, instead of eroding your confidence, you will gradually start rebuilding it. With every finished blog post podcast episode email-to-your list conversation with a potential collaborator You'll start to see yourself as someone who can follow through and make things happen And over time all of that compounds until one day... ...you've completely replaced those old stories about how useless you are with new ones that know you have what it takes So there's a moment that happened last year that really stuck with me. I was hosting the final Q&A of Tame Your To-Do List and one of the women who was part of the program shared how profound the experience was for her. On the surface, Tame Your To Do List is a program designed to help you get organized so all your to do's are in one place making it easier for you to do the right things at the right time but although she appreciated the practical side of things my client described it as actually very very deep

03:51 She said that the emphasis on not having to get it right first time, making things work for you and coming at things without judgment was feeding into other parts of her life and was in her words very precious. And she was emotional as she shared that with the group and it made me quite emotional too because in all honesty whilst its great when you find your groove with your productivity you get to finish more of what you start and share more of your fabulousness with the world The thing that excites me most and gives me satisfaction Seeing the change in people on a much deeper level. When I was first starting out, I had no idea that would be the case – in fact I used to wish that people were giving me more tangible examples of the things they'd achieved when I asked for testimonials but the fact that more often than not, people were leaning into emotional changes they experienced

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