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Okay, so topics. We talked a little bit about that.

A simple way to begin to create topics.

And it's really shifting away from the idea of topics or content buckets

to simple questions to keep it highly relevant to your people so that you're able

to grab their attention in the sea of content that's out there today.

The other side of this though,

the internal side or the mind management side

is recognizing bottlenecks

in the operation of your business.

So when Fly by the Seat of My Pants in North Carolina asked the question,

she's recognizing a bottleneck in her

business operation, meaning she knows that she needs to create content

and she's attempting to do that.

However, there are probably big gaps and holes

in that flow because she's struggling to come up with topics and she doesn't have

a system in place or a strategy or an approach or a method to make that part

of it easier for her.

For some people that part might be super easy.

Everybody's different. So what I want you to pay attention

to is where are those bottlenecks in your business?

What are the things that are hardest for you to create?

You know, one of mine is videos.

Now it's not creating the video,

like recording is not the issue.

I don't mind. I actually really enjoy doing videos.

And I have the content.

I can hit record and do that part.

The part that becomes the bottleneck for me is the editing.

Now I have all the tools, so that's not the issue either.

It's just sitting down to do it.

I don't want to. I don't want to sit there.

And even I have you know, I even have a ~

a text to ~ just like chat GPT,

right? Like I can just type in what I want done and the the

~ platform uses AI to to do that for me.

It's still a process though. I mean it's way faster,

but it's still a process. And I still find for whatever reason that's my bottleneck,

one of mine, you know? So it's always on my radar,

like

you know, there's aspects of this process that I have ~ solved,

meaning it's no longer a bottleneck,

but I still have some. And so I'm always that's always on my radar as to

how am I going to remove that bottleneck so that that piece of what

I want to create is as simple as it can be and flows.

So I want you to be aware of where are the bottlenecks for you and

Those show up as it's not just a logistical thing,

meaning it's not just a I don't un I don't know how to do it,

or I don't have the technology to do it,

or I don't have the time to do it.

Sometimes it's there's there is a part

of it that is triggering me emotionally,

and I can't do it.

We'll use video as an example because this is a big one for a lot of people.

There's this aspect of visibility that is incredibly vulnerable.

And ~ you know, what whatever those reasons are,

and you know, for whatever for some people it's a matter of if I can't

get on video and and come across as completely polished,

~ then I don't want to do it. Well,

for others, it's just like that's just opening,

like letting

People see me in a way that I am not ready for.

So be aware of the bottlenecks

and if you can, by just simply asking yourself a few questions,

understand what the bottleneck really is.

Is it logistical? And if it is,

is it a timing thing? Is it a ~ technology thing?

Is it a knowledge thing? Is it

Emotional. Is something being triggered?

Is there a belief getting in the way?

Is there something about it that you dread,

that you fear? What is it? And just become aware of that.

You don't have to do anything with it right now,

but just become aware of that.

And you know,

that can take you a really long way in towards getting

to the kind of business that you want to have.

being able to build the kind of business that you wanna have because my goodness,

does business like that is just a can of worms that people don't I have

so many women that I've spoken to about this where I bet you didn't know when

you decided you were gonna do this coaching thing or this consulting thing

or this whatever business thing that it was going to open all of these cans

of worms and they're always in total agreement,

like, ~ my goodness, no, I did not know.

So I do know. I've not only have

I've been there myself and I go there myself quite often because don't think that

just because I have all of these years of experience that I don't that I don't

or no longer experience even emotional triggers because I do.

I really, really do. ~ I do have more tools in place now though

to handle it and to manage my own mind so that I can continue moving forward rather

than getting derailed. All right.

So I am going to stop my rambling there.

And I hope that this has been helpful for you.

You know, remember, like you can hit reply on that email,

that dear solo coach letter, even if you're not a coach,

but you have some kind of adjacent business.

Hit reply and ask a simple question.

You I will not I will not grill you about it.

I won't even respond unless you need me to.

~ but I will answer, more than likely,

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All right. Much love.