Erin, Naomi and Estelle signed up for PGSD in January 2022. They knew that they wanted to get out of their very own manner of their companies. They usually knew that planning correctly as a perfectionist was step one…

Erin is a copywriter who was spending an embarrassing quantity (these are her phrases!) on programs, coaches and advertising and marketing recommendation solely to self-sabotage when it got here time to pitch herself. 

Naomi is a web site designer and developer who was creating obscure objectives and plans (and limitless to-do lists) to take her enterprise full-time.

Estelle is a dressmaker whose perfectionism handbrake was stopping her from following her launch plan and telling individuals about her designs.

All of them made the Three Month Dedication to Energy Planning, set their Development Objectives and began planning correctly. And what occurred subsequent was somewhat completely different for every of them…

So I invited them on the podcast to speak about what to anticipate in your first 6 weeks of Energy Planning.

This episode goes to normalise what usually occurs while you begin Energy Planning so that you simply by no means mistakenly assume you’re off monitor.

Discover the complete episode transcript and present notes at samlaurabrown.com/episode434.

In This Episode You’ll Be taught:

• The hidden planning errors that Erin, Naomi and Estelle have been making earlier than PGSD
• How they knew it was the best time to join PGSD
• How Energy Planning lets you be a extra current guardian
• What to anticipate in your first six weeks of Energy Planning (what’s regular and what isn’t)
• The distinction between time blocking and Energy Planning
• maintain Energy Planning when an enormous life occasion comes up (like surgical procedure)
• Precisely how Energy Planning helps you determine your needle movers
• Why it’s okay in case your Energy Hour takes greater than 60 minutes

Announcement: PGSD is open for enrollment till 12 December 2023 at 11:59pm New York Time

My 12-month group teaching program Perfectionists Getting Shit Finished (aka PGSD) will train you plan correctly as a perfectionist and get out of your personal manner. The doorways to Perfectionists Getting Shit Finished are actually open. Join right this moment at samlaurabrown.com/pgsd (be aware: the doorways shut at 11:59pm New York time on 12 December 2023).

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Sam Laura Brown
Hello, and welcome to a different episode of The Perfectionism Venture. A podcast stuffed with perfectionism recommendation for entrepreneurs. My identify is Sam Laura Brown, I assist entrepreneurs launch their perfectionism handbrake, to allow them to get out of their very own manner and construct a satisfying and worthwhile enterprise. I’m the founding father of the perfectionist getting shit performed group teaching program, which is in any other case often known as PGSD. And for much more perfectionism recommendation that will help you with your corporation, you may comply with me on Instagram @perfectionismproject.

On this episode, I’m interviewing three of our PGSDers on what occurs while you first begin energy planning. We’re lasering in on these first few weeks of energy planning, so that you simply actually begin to perceive and normalize what it’s wish to be planning correctly as a perfectionist, particularly to start with, when you’re first studying energy plan, you’re first studying how you’re employed finest, you’ll be able to see the place you’ve been getting in your personal manner. And you’re subsequently then in a position to begin getting out of your personal manner.

We focus on all of that and a lot extra on this episode. And I do know it’s actually going that will help you be current to your expertise with energy planning, it doesn’t matter what that’s. We perfectionist are inclined to assume there’s a proper and a improper method to do issues, and consistently query whether or not we’re doing it proper. And I like that after I talked to Erin and Naomi and Estelle. They’ve all had completely different experiences with energy planning, they’ve all targeted on completely different features of energy planning to start with. They usually have all made a lot progress. And that’s such a ravishing factor.

And so simply to introduce them rapidly, although we discuss this within the episode, they introduce themselves as effectively. However Erin is a replica and content material author. Naomi is an internet designer and developer and Estelle is a dressmaker. And every of those PGSDers joined PGSD in January 2022, made the three month dedication to energy planning, set their development objective, after which began utilizing energy planning and clear relaxation to pursue that objective. And we discuss what comes up. When that occurs, the early wins, the struggles and challenges which may come up as effectively.

We discuss buffer time and clear relaxation. And we discuss what to do if you’re energy planning and you’ve got kids and the way which may influence what your weekly plans seem like. We discuss needle movers and self consciousness round that and actually having energy planning as a device that will help you prioritize and work out what really issues as a result of the fact for all of us, regardless of how a lot time we now have within the week, is that our mind goes to be telling us to do greater than we even have time to do.

So we additionally speak in regards to the weekly overview and the Energy Hour themselves and what that course of seems like. And actually simply so most of the classes which have come up within the first six or so weeks of energy planning for these three PGSDers. So I hope you get pleasure from listening to this, it was a lot enjoyable to document. And I wish to be sure to know that the doorways to PGSD are at present open. So we’re open to new college students, you’re welcome to hitch Erin and Naomi and Estelle and a complete host of different PGSDers who’re perfectionist entrepreneurs getting out of their very own manner of their enterprise. So to enroll, you may go to samlaurabrown.com/pgsd. The doorways to PGSD are closing at 11:59pm, New York time on the third of Could 2022.

And I actually hope this episode offers you such a fantastic introduction and jumpstart in order that while you start energy planning, and also you set your development objective and also you do all of these issues, that you’ll be able to go into it feeling excited, sure, but in addition dedicated and ready and that you simply actually perceive that it’s a brand new talent that you simply’re studying and that doesn’t imply you aren’t going to have the ability to instantly improve your productiveness since you are and it doesn’t imply that you will be… I don’t know simply avoiding any sort of new problem or like while you’re studying one thing new. It is advisable permit your self to be a newbie. And so we wish to normalize that you could have so many wins. And you can too be newbie at it, which is such an thrilling factor to consider, that you could be a newbie at planning correctly and make a lot progress, as a result of then after we take into consideration mastering that, it simply will get a lot enjoyable. So, welcome to this interview. I hope you actually get pleasure from it. And yeah, let’s get into it.

Okay. So Erin, we’re going to get began with you. Do you wish to inform us a bit about your corporation? And likewise, what you have been doing earlier than energy planning? What did your planning for your corporation seem like? Was it to do lists? Was it working from a calendar? And why did you determine to begin planning correctly as a perfectionist?

Erin
So earlier than energy planning, I used to be doing precisely what you’re speaking about on a regular basis, I had an enormous operating to do record. I really used the sticky be aware on the aspect of my desktop laptop. So it was so overwhelming to take a look at that on a regular basis. As a result of each time I’d delete one thing, or cross one thing out, one thing else bought added. And it was simply consistently in entrance of me. So I had that. After which I’m a kind of individuals that might additionally purchase like planner after planner after planner and tried to do it on paper.

After which I’d do it for a number of weeks and completely fall off the wagon. And I like to think about myself as an organized individual. So I simply didn’t know why it wasn’t working. So all of these issues that you simply talked about earlier than simply actually resonated with me. After which I really realized, as I heard you discuss planning for my calendar. I used to be an English instructor, I’m now a replica and content material author. That’s what my enterprise is. And after I was instructing, I really did plan for my calendar.

So after I heard you begin speaking about that, I used to be like, Oh my gosh, that makes a lot sense. And I feel that’s how my mind works. After which realized that I used to be additionally a perfectionist. And I used to be like, effectively, that’s additionally how my mind works. So it simply actually clicked with me that I feel that I assumed that this was simply going to be such a strong device, and it actually has grow to be that. So I had additionally been occupied with time blocking for some time and I identical to couldn’t hack it myself. Like I simply didn’t know do it. And I feel it’s as a result of I didn’t know the why behind it.

And PGSD simply does such a very good job of speaking to us about just like the whys behind, like, why we will’t have these issues by ourselves and why we will’t stick with the planning that we so badly wish to do. And so after I began energy planning, prefer it simply actually fell into place, like these additional steps that you simply take, and like, , the movies which are inside, and all of these kinds of issues that simply made it a lot simpler to stay with as a result of I knew why I used to be doing what I used to be doing. And I additionally knew why, , clearly, there’s nonetheless challenges and issues that come up and I however I knew like why these have been occurring and get myself out of them. After which to proceed doing it, which I by no means did earlier than, just like the paper planners would identical to go within the trash. So that’s form of the place I used to be at with all of that earlier than. And there’s simply been like an enormous, enormous shift in a reasonably brief period of time.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, what would you say by way of time blocking and energy planning? What would you say the variations in your personal phrases or your personal expertise, as a result of I feel that, like for my very own expertise, I had tried working from a calendar earlier than. I found out actually do it in a manner that will get our perfectionist mindset on our aspect. And it was so simply overbearing, I had a lot strain on myself, I used to be all the time feeling behind. And energy planning may be very completely different to that. And so I’ve had individuals ask me about, effectively is energy planning simply time blocking? What would you say to that? What do you assume in your expertise a distinction has been?

Erin
I’d say it’s a lot greater than time blocking due to the ten steps that you simply take like due to placing the clear relaxation in first that’s very completely different from simply attempting. I really feel like with time blocking, you’re simply attempting to shove the whole lot out of your to do record into blocks in your calendar. And that’s not what this is considering the remainder first and , the actual needle movers for your corporation and plugging them in earlier than anything.

Like the best way that you concentrate on your to do record is simply so completely different from while you’re not doing it in an influence planning type while you’re simply attempting to dam out the time. As a result of once more, you don’t have the rationale behind why you’re doing the issues that you simply’re doing. So it’s simply completely completely different than conventional time blocking and I feel these additional steps that you simply take afterwards with the contingency plans and ensuring you’re journaling about committing to all of them.

These are the issues that as perfectionist like we’d like so badly just like the steps afterwards like after it’s all fairly and the whole lot prefer it’s so tempting to be like Yep, that appears nice. I’m performed. And it’s these additional steps that actually make it like no like I’ve considered this. I’m dedicated to this for this week. I actually wish to get this performed and having thought by that and thought by among the obstacles which may come up for you. That’s the place it simply may be very, very completely different from a standard time blocking methodology.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, I feel that that has been my expertise with it and quite a lot of PGSDers that it’s not identical to energy planning isn’t simply getting your to do record into your calendar, it’s to start with, refining the to do record in order that we’re not overestimating what we have to do, in order that it’s not stuffed with busy work. After which placing that in our calendar, after which as soon as it’s in our calendar, going by contingency plans, obstacles, committing to it and the ten steps you talked about are the ten steps that we now have within the Energy Hour. Would you thoughts sharing, like for the primary couple of weeks that you simply have been doing energy planning? What that regarded like? How was your Energy Hour? The little tweaks, the weekly overview? What was that like for you, while you first began the facility planning course of?

Erin
It was actually thrilling. But it surely was additionally somewhat bit overwhelming. It undoubtedly took me longer than an hour to do it the primary time and , as perfectionist, we identical to all the time wish to be specialists at one thing instantly, proper. However I needed to remind myself that like, I’m a newbie at this, it is a talent, prefer it’s going to take a very long time. So yeah, it took me somewhat bit longer than I’d have thought. And I used to be like, , overwhelmed by the issues on my to do record. However then as soon as they began falling into the calendar, prefer it simply sort of all got here collectively.

Sam Laura Brown
What was it like for you by way of use of you talked about your Energy Hour? However what about just like the little tweaks and preserving your plans workable, and likewise doing all your weekly overview? Did you discover that in these first couple of weeks that you simply have been getting extra performed than you have been beforehand? Or did it really feel like while you first began energy planning, you have been getting much less performed than earlier than. Like, what was that aspect of issues like for you. Had been there any wins you had?

Erin
Oh, my gosh, I used to be getting a lot much less performed after I was energy planning as a result of I wasn’t pondering by by way of just like the contingency and people little tweaks. I wasn’t pondering by among the obstacles being my very own mindset, like I’d assume like, oh, like my daughter’s house with me or Oh, my husband might need need to work late or, , no matter it could be like these bodily issues that like may get in the best way of you engaged on your corporation, however I by no means considered, like my very own, simply inside my head, like getting caught in these issues.

And now like with the PGSD course of, like you concentrate on like, if you’re getting in your personal manner and doing that self sabotaging, and like, , when you’re identical to, quote unquote, like not within the temper to do one thing, it’s like, okay, effectively, I’ve dedicated to doing it right now. So, , I had I, as a author, I hadn’t even despatched a pitch to love a publication earlier than ever. And now I’ve performed that. And I’m getting an article revealed quickly. So I imply, that’s enormous like that’s I simply bought out of my very own manner about it, as a result of I had sufficient relaxation time for my mind to be like, okay, like, I can do that massive scary factor. Now I had the pitching on my calendar, and I used to be actually dedicated to it. So it was only a full shift of how I used to be occupied with issues earlier than.

Sam Laura Brown
So Erin, along with your needle movers and pitching, my guess is that you simply have been conscious already that pitching was one thing that might show you how to construct your corporation, however you weren’t doing it. So what made you really decide to doing that, as a result of so many people have these duties at the back of our thoughts or on our to do record that retains getting moved and even in our calendar from week to week. And we all know we should always do it. But it surely’s all the time getting moved. It’s all the time not getting performed. We’re all the time doing one thing else as a substitute. So what made the distinction for you, since you’re already conscious that you simply didn’t want to do this.

Erin
I feel it was a mixture of some issues. So I began my enterprise in 2020. However I wasn’t actually absolutely dedicated to the enterprise itself but as a result of I nonetheless had my instructing contract. And I wasn’t positive whether or not I used to be going to return or not. I used to be on an prolonged maternity depart. And it was nonetheless like form of up within the air. After which in August of 2021, I resigned from instructing and like absolutely went all in within the enterprise. And I took a number of extra copywriting programs and simply actually bought my ft on the bottom by way of like my talent units and actually understanding what I used to be doing.

And I simply form of felt like, , now could be the time the place I really feel like I can actually assist individuals of their companies. Prefer it’s time for me to place myself on the market. After which I form of nonetheless wasn’t doing it even after I’d made that mindset shift. After which I discovered you and began listening to the podcast and I used to be like, Oh my gosh, like I feel that I feel I’m getting in my very own manner about all of this. And so I feel it was only a actually massive mindset shift by way of being extra assured in my talent set, however then additionally getting out of my very own manner by way of my perfectionism handbrake simply being like, absolutely pulled up earlier than after which simply having that planning in place.

And the remainder is de facto like, the most important factor that I feel I’ve taken out of this up to now is simply, I used to be doing a lot busy work and a lot procrasti-learning and simply a lot of so many issues that I didn’t actually should be doing. And so I feel when it got here time to the pitching, I used to be like, exhausted, however I hadn’t performed something that was going to maneuver my enterprise ahead. So then, after I noticed all of that, it was like, okay, like, if I take a day, and I ship 5 pitches, and that’s all I try this day, if I land one thing out of that, then that may have moved my enterprise ahead. So it was only a actually massive shift. And all of that sort of coming collectively on the proper time. And energy planning simply performed such an enormous half in that.

Sam Laura Brown
What would you say was among the busy work duties that you simply have been prioritizing over pitching? Was it social media content material? What did that seem like for you?

Erin
Sure, undoubtedly. Social media content material. I used to be spending manner an excessive amount of time on Instagram. And I used to be spending manner an excessive amount of time on Instagram, like, taking a look at different enterprise homeowners and scrolling and doing issues that weren’t additionally weren’t shifting my enterprise ahead. Like I wasn’t really posting and I wasn’t partaking with different individuals, like, individuals don’t know you’re there, when you’re simply scrolling and also you’re not commenting or doing one thing to interact with them.

So I wasn’t doing something. It like I felt like working as a result of I used to be like, oh, like Instagrams a enterprise factor that I do, however I wasn’t really working. And in order that was an enormous one. After which my different one, I’m like, scholar for all times. Like I feel I’ll all the time take programs, however I used to be not differentiating between programs that might transfer my enterprise ahead and procrasti-learning, like I like studying. I feel it’s fascinating. I simply, I completely love being in that surroundings. Like even after I was instructing, I took like tons and tons of lessons. However I used to be simply signing up for like course, after course, after course, after course. And like, in some unspecified time in the future, you must really take motion with the data that you’ve got.

And , you’re all the time going to be rising and your profession, you’re all the time going to be studying new issues. However in some unspecified time in the future, it will get to the purpose the place like, okay, like I will help different individuals, I have to go and do that. And if I don’t know do one thing, I can go after which study that too. So I simply wasn’t doing something with the data that I had gained over the previous 12 months and a half, I simply had this like large pile of programs, like far more than I’d care to confess that I’ve. In order that was only a actually massive shift for me too, by way of like, okay, like, let’s really do one thing with this data that I’ve gained.

Sam Laura Brown
Did you’ve a hesitation with PGSD that that might be extra procrasti-learning? Or how do you know that PGSD and studying plan correctly and the whole lot else that we do inside that that might really show you how to implement the entire programs that you simply had already signed up for and the entire data that you simply already had?

Erin
It was really a number of of the issues that you simply mentioned throughout the launch, like among the emails and a few of your Instagram tales you particularly talked about. And I feel anyone else who was occupied with signing up requested the query of if I’m in one other program proper now, like, is that this extra procrasti-learning? Or is that this going to love, sort of get in the best way of that different program? And, , you talked about the truth that like, while you’re planning correctly, if you’re in one other program or one other course, you’re going to have the ability to match that into your planning, since you’re going to be really scheduling your week out the best way that it is advisable do it.

So listening to you reply that query, actually sort of like flipped a swap for me too, that was like, okay, like, I’ve extra programs once more than ever to confess, however the ones that I really do should be doing like, , the items of people who I nonetheless have to complete up, like, I’m nonetheless going to have time to be doing the issues which are going to maneuver my enterprise ahead and going to essentially serve my purchasers after I , get in contact with these individuals and issues like that, that I’m going to be, , bringing a distinct talent degree to them due to that.

So no, I didn’t really feel prefer it was going to be extra procrasti-learning. And also you additionally talked about the truth that just like the movies are, they’re so impactful, however they’re brief, such as you’re not meant to spend a ton of time on this program. It’s such as you study the factor, you go do the factor, and also you apply all of this to the whole lot else that you simply’re doing in your corporation. It’s a device inside your corporation. So listening to all of that was simply massively useful.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, superior. I like listening to that. And I do know that quite a lot of our PGSDers have the same expertise, and so they love studying. After which when you get onto your self, and also you’re conscious that procrasti-learning is a manner that we sort of procrasti-work and keep away from doing what issues and we will be like, Wait, is that this going to be procrasti-learning? So thanks a lot for chatting with that.

Let’s discuss what’s working for you now for the time being with energy planning, you talked about clear relaxation, and I do know you’ve a daughter and that that’s an enormous a part of the rationale that you simply’re wanting to have the ability to swap off from your corporation and be current along with her and likewise your husband and your dad and mom and that sort of factor. After which when it’s time to get to work, you may belief your self to do what issues in order that it’s okay to have utterly clear relaxation. What has that been like for you?

Erin
It has been superb. As a result of I used to seek out myself as a result of I wasn’t doing the issues that I want wanted to do within the time that I wanted to do them. So I’ve Mondays and Wednesdays to work on my enterprise, that’s my daughter is a childcare throughout that point, these are the instances that I’ve to work on it. And I wished to set it up that manner, a part of the rationale I walked away from instructing was to be right here along with her extra usually. So however as a result of once more, I wasn’t doing the issues that I used to be purported to be doing, I’d discover myself like opening my laptop computer when she was right here and doing issues that quote unquote, like wanted to be performed, as a result of I didn’t do them earlier than.

And, , I once more, such as you mentioned, getting onto your self, like I wasn’t on to myself about why that was occurring. So there’s been simply such an enormous change in my time along with her as effectively, as a result of there aren’t issues like lingering at the back of my head, like, I’ve scheduled out my social media posts in the beginning of the week. So when she’s right here with me on a Thursday, like my Instagram put up continues to be gonna exit. And I don’t need to do something about that, as a result of I did what I used to be purported to do on Monday.

In order that has been an enormous change. And simply, I really feel myself simply being extra relaxed within the time that I’m purported to be stress-free, like, I don’t discover myself, I nonetheless slip off track. However I don’t discover myself like reaching for my laptop computer or getting on Instagram as usually are like all of these issues that I used to be doing earlier than that felt quote unquote, productive, however not at instances that I ought to have been doing them. As a result of I’m simply using my time so a lot better. And that I really feel like I’m additionally a greater mother due to it. So I’m, , absolutely current after I’m along with her as a result of I’m doing the enterprise duties within the enterprise time. After which I’m doing the momming within the mountain time. So it’s simply sort of all and once more, like I mentioned, I nonetheless slip up, there are nonetheless challenges, nevertheless it’s simply it’s rather more in place than it was earlier than I began energy planning.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, I feel on the subject of kids, I’ve a daughter as effectively. And so I do know that it could actually really feel like however how may I presumably work from a calendar when I’ve a baby? And the way may these two issues go collectively, as a result of we don’t know when the kid our child’s going to be asleep or awake or needing us or like all of those various things. And I’m so glad that you simply spoke to that particularly. As a result of after we can belief ourselves to do what issues within the time that we do put apart for our enterprise, it’s a lot simpler to be absolutely current after we are with our youngsters and parenting. And likewise to have time to do issues different than simply being with our little one or engaged on the enterprise, we will really do different issues and actually develop like a wealthy life past that. So I’m so glad that you simply talked about that’s there anything that you simply’re discovering is de facto working effectively for you on the subject of energy planning? Then we will chat about what you’re nonetheless engaged on.

Erin
I simply really feel like I would occupied with my very own pondering has gotten to a totally new degree as effectively. So I had by no means actually journaled earlier than or self coached in any form of manner or something like that. And final week, I used to be in a position to sort of coach myself by I used to be having some actually massive cash mindset points. And I used to be sort of in a position to coach myself by a few of that earlier than I bought on the teaching name. And I really feel like as a result of I had form of talked myself by it earlier than the teaching was on one other degree, as a result of we didn’t have to do this like floor degree first, like we may get to the subsequent degree of the dialog extra rapidly, as a result of I had already performed some occupied with my very own pondering.

And I really feel like as a result of energy planning is working effectively I’ve the time to sit down down with my journal for a few minutes, , within the day and actually take into consideration these issues or, , I simply take the time to do it. And I understand how necessary it’s to consider these issues. Whereas earlier than it might have been like, oh, like journaling is sort of like a fluffy factor to do. Or like possibly I shouldn’t be taking the time to do this. As a result of I have to have you learnt, one other module of a category prefer it felt like quote, unquote, like extra necessary.

So I really feel like as a result of I’m seeing the house within the calendar, it’s like, oh, I’ve quarter-hour there that I can jot one thing down about this factor that I’m pondering or like, , a brand new enterprise concept, or no matter it could be. So I really feel like my consciousness has gone up considerably as effectively since beginning to energy plan. In order that’s been working very well.

Sam Laura Brown
Superb. And what about what you’re at present engaged on, as a result of a part of the rationale I actually wished to do that episode with you all is in order that we will normalize that we make the three month dedication to energy planning and that undoubtedly for positive, we’re going to have quite a lot of early wins and have issues working and be getting extra performed. And likewise there are issues that we’re going to be taking a short while to study and releasing our perfectionism handbrake, and it’s not meant to be this like oh, you learn to do energy planning after which it simply works seamlessly. And that’s all performed that there’s a course of to it and that after we can actually perceive that and be development minded about it. We get the advantages of Energy planning much more rapidly. So for you, what are you at present engaged on bettering or engaged on studying on the subject of energy planning?

Erin
I really feel like I’m nonetheless undoubtedly engaged on these previous few steps. I do know I talked about earlier how useful they’re. However there have been a few weeks the place I haven’t absolutely performed the previous few steps as a result of once more, I completely fell into that entice of like, my calendar seems fairly the whole lot’s the place it’s purported to be like, That is good. After which I didn’t assume a by the obstacles that have been going to come back up in any form of manner, like whether or not that’s one thing happening with my daughter or my very own, I did have a well being challenge within the like, first couple of weeks that I used to be energy planning. And like, I didn’t assume by these issues.

And due to that, I didn’t absolutely commit as a result of I didn’t get to the final step of the facility planning. After which I didn’t do the issues on the calendar, I like continued to maneuver them. So I’m undoubtedly nonetheless engaged on these final couple of sections. As a result of I really feel like as a perfectionist, when your calendar does look fairly, it’s simply so tempting to say you’re performed. As a result of your thoughts simply doesn’t wish to go to these different locations of pondering like I would really feel unmotivated in some unspecified time in the future this week.

And it’s like, effectively, yeah, you may really feel unmotivated in some unspecified time in the future this week, that’s an actual factor. So I really feel like I’m undoubtedly nonetheless, , determining , determine that out. be mild with myself, when I’m pondering by, like there could be a day when , one thing else comes up. So these previous few steps I feel are undoubtedly my the place I should be within the development mindset as potential with it.

Yeah, what do you thoughts chatting with… I do know, you lately had a surgical procedure, and that was inside like the primary few weeks of you beginning energy planning. How did you utilize energy planning? Or like, what was your strategy to it throughout that point? As a result of we will assume like, Okay, effectively, I wish to, , make the three month dedication and do energy planning, or however I do know I’ve this factor arising or that factor that’s going to occur, or who is aware of what may occur. So that you had one thing come up, and the way did you strategy that?

So fortunately, for me, it was scheduled, so I knew what was going to occur. So the week earlier than that I did put extra into my energy planning. So I had some articles due for a blogger that I write for. And since I had been planning correctly, the couple of weeks earlier than, I did have some house in my calendar that that week, , I knew I wanted to place in somewhat bit of additional time within the enterprise and get issues performed and nonetheless hit these deadlines. And I used to be really in a position to get articles to her earlier due to the best way I had been planning earlier than.

So I simply really feel like I used it as a device to set myself up effectively earlier than that occurred, as a result of I didn’t know what the restoration time was going to seem like. And it really was somewhat bit extra intense than I used to be anticipating. I used to be down for like an additional day or two than I assumed it was going to be. However I didn’t need to freak out about it, which was nice. You recognize, I nonetheless simply sat on my sofa and watch Netflix. And that was okay, as a result of I had deliberate correctly and I had turned within the issues that I wanted to show in, I wasn’t gonna let any purchasers down.

I additionally communicated effectively with my purchasers earlier than it occurred. So , I despatched voice DMS on Instagram or emails or no matter saying like, “Hey, I could be down for the rely for a few days”. And I really feel like that reveals development in a few methods. As a result of earlier than I won’t have like, advocated for myself in that manner. But it surely was higher on each ends, as a result of then the shopper knew what was happening. And I additionally felt like, okay, like all people is aware of what’s happening. Like, I’ve my plans located, I can bounce absolutely again into this subsequent week. And it’s all gonna be okay, in order that was massive for me too. So I simply really feel like, once more, prefer it’s simply such a very good device to have the ability to, , determine issues out in a manner that I had not been figuring them out earlier than.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, thanks for sharing that’s that something that you’d say to somebody who’s about to cease energy planning that you simply want you’d identified while you first began or… Yeah, any encouragement that you simply’d give anybody goes to be beginning quickly?

Erin
I’d say simply go all in, simply give it your all. Keep in a development mindset about it, you’re going to have setbacks, identical to with the whole lot else that you simply do, however it’s so so value it. It can remodel not solely your corporation, however different features of your life too. You’ll simply really feel like you’ve a lot of your time again due to planning in that manner. I simply really feel prefer it has simply helped me with my simply general occupied with my enterprise. And truthfully, the remainder of my life too. I simply really feel just like the items are beginning to fall into place with the whole lot which is de facto it’s prefer it’s unimaginable.

It’s actually unimaginable. So , I had quite a lot of packages earlier than that might say issues like , have planning in the beginning of the week and have a overview day and like have a CEO day with your self and all of these like these are issues that I had heard earlier than however they by no means mentioned how or why. And I really feel like with this program, you get the how and the why of do these issues. It’s like these are nice concepts. However what am I doing after I do them? So, yeah, I’m going all in it’s 100% value it. Yeah, it’s 100% value it.

Sam Laura Brown
Superior thanks a lot, Erin, we’re going to transfer on to Naomi, would you thoughts sharing a bit about your corporation, what you do, and likewise what you have been doing earlier than energy planning?

Naomi
Sure. So I’m an internet designer and developer, which in itself comes with its personal challenges. I didn’t wish to go into one or the opposite. In order that in itself can current current challenges. However um, earlier than PGSD, I much like Erin, I had a, like, Notes app on my laptop computer. And it was only a lengthy to do record. And in addition to that I had like, separate venture notes. So I really had like, two or three to do lists happening on the identical time. Yeah, so and I’d undoubtedly additionally simply get up with like two or three important issues to do in my head, and possibly I wouldn’t even take a look at the record. And that sort of would maintain it simply as like, secure and comfy work. I by no means actually like dove like too deep into it, if that is sensible.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, that makes whole sense. And what made you determine to decide to attempting energy planning and utilizing that for your corporation?

Naomi
So I began energy planning round December final 12 months, after I was simply listening to your podcasts and the Planning collection. And that’s sort of what made me assume like, that is undoubtedly the best time to hitch PGSD as a result of I began to make use of the calendar and I used to be already like, wow, it is a sport changer. Why on earth was I doing a to do lists? Like, I simply regarded again on myself, even like every week earlier than. And I used to be like, What the hell. So yeah, simply utilizing the calendar was superb. And I used to be like, I have to know extra. Like, I used to be like, possibly I can like determine this out, as a result of I hadn’t actually checked out my monetary scenario. And I’ve made some earlier investments. And I used to be like, I can do that for myself. After which I used to be like, I simply saved listening to an increasing number of of the Planning collection. And I used to be like, No, I want this. So I began Yeah, it began in January. And ever since I began, I stay up for it each week. I joined so you may see my persistence log. I simply journal the hell out of it on a Sunday. I actually, actually get pleasure from it. Yeah.

Sam Laura Brown
I like listening to that. So that you inform me in regards to the first couple of weeks when you can keep in mind when it got here to energy planning like that first time, clearly, you mentioned you listened to the podcast and began to sort of do issues by your self, and then you definitely join PGSD and went all in on it. So what did these like, what did that first Energy Hour seem like? How did you discover it? You recognize, getting the whole lot into your calendar after which doing all the next steps that Erin’s talked about, just like the contingency plans and obstacles and like, what did that really feel like for you? Was it difficult? Was it simple? What was that like?

Naomi
Yeah, so truthfully, a typical sort of perfectionist, my first couple weeks, I assumed I had it down. I did the facility planning. And I used to be like, that is nice. I’m so good at this like, after which it was sort of just like the third week, issues began to slide. And I used to be like why I used to be like, hey, like issues aren’t actually going so effectively like I’m not. I used to be slipping and I used to be like, okay, like Sam makes a very good level. Such as you actually have to take a look at like, the obstacles and the contingency. So I wasn’t even doing that for the primary couple weeks truthfully, and I used to be simply specializing in like, to me, I had by no means due to my sort of put up it be aware sort planning.

I by no means actually considered needle movers. And that’s additionally why I joined the PGSD and so the primary few weeks of energy panning, I used to be so stoked to simply be doing the needle movers that I sort of didn’t actually contemplate like quite a lot of contingencies or obstacles. So it sort of got here within the subsequent in there like the next. Perhaps like week 4, week 5, week six, I actually bought deeper and was like okay, what actually is working and what’s not working as a result of it’s undoubtedly a course of such as you undoubtedly want three months on it however 100%.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, I so glad that you simply talked about that as a result of we’ve perfectionist can undoubtedly come to energy planning and simply be so motivated and excited to have a brand new planning methodology that we then can sort of get by with out doing these additional steps by way of contingencies, and obstacles, and committing and reviewing workability, as a result of we’re sort of simply writing that motivation. However then after a few weeks, as you mentioned, like issues slip that we don’t have that motivation. After which if we’re not really planning correctly, for this reason we discuss planning correctly as a perfectionist.

If we’re not really doing that course of, then what we are inclined to do is usually like, Okay, I’ll return to to do lists for a bit, after which possibly wait, , one other month till I’m motivated to strive it once more. And we sort of find yourself on this cycle. However after we are energy planning, and once more, that is the rationale we’re doing this episode, so that everybody is aware of that it’s regular for that to occur that the primary couple of weeks, you won’t undergo each step within the Energy Hour, and also you’ll nonetheless get quite a bit performed.

After which, , week three, week 4, it would begin to grow to be apparent what issues it is advisable do in an effort to proceed to do your needle movers week after week after week. So for you, what did you uncover when it got here to needle movers? Since you talked about that you simply weren’t actually conscious of that or occupied with that earlier than. So what’s come up for you?

Naomi
Actually, like needle movers on the whole, like I didn’t actually take… My enterprise may be very new, I didn’t actually take it very significantly. I’ve come from style, tech is completely new to me. I used to be simply sort of plodding alongside getting referrals. And I knew I needed to make a change. And I’ve listened to the podcast for a number of years. And I’ve performed some touring and issues occur, modified careers. And I feel I subconsciously like began listening to podcasts extra as a result of I used to be like one thing wants to alter. I’ve genuinely I knew I wanted to consider gross sales and advertising and marketing and placing myself on the market and promotion.

And I feel I leaned again sort of coming again to the podcasts as I do know, I’ve like sort of knew that this program would sort of actually, actually helped me try this. It wouldn’t like have the solutions or give me like a however I feel for for needle movers, you simply want one thing like a toolkit, simply to love show you how to. And so, yeah, I hadn’t even addressed them in any respect. And so I used to be so prepared within the new 12 months to love, simply even begin to make an inventory of like what a needle mover even could be. And I didn’t attempt to discover like the proper duties, I used to be identical to what’s like a few small issues that I can do.

And while you plan your development objective, that’s the place it actually, actually helped me as a result of it didn’t like throw me into the deep finish immediately. It was simply sort of like a map of a objective. And I undoubtedly bought that new objective excessive, I used to be so motivated. I used to be like, wow, like this out of the blue feels doable. And so yeah, simply with the ability to plan that out. After which I simply picked two needle movers to do every week. So nothing loopy. However even simply sending these first few messages, like I bought such a buzz. After which it additionally made me like personal my enterprise extra.

And like simply training. I ship random messages out to individuals. And I discuss what I do. And half the time I don’t get a reply. However like each time I’m like, hello, like good to attach with you want that is what I do. Like I additionally dwell on this space, or like I work on all these tasks. It’s identical to, I don’t know, it solidifies issues a bit for me, and it makes it simpler the subsequent week. And yeah, so energy planning prefer it broke that down. Even only one or two needle movers could make like all of the distinction.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, I like that you simply talked about so many issues about that. However the development objective, as a result of we haven’t actually talked about that but. And that is step one in planning correctly is that we set our 12 month development objective. After which that turns into the North Star. And we are saying we now have the 12 month development objective, our quarterly milestones after which we’re energy planning every week working in direction of our quarterly milestone. And so quite a lot of instances on the subject of planning, we sort of simply bounce in with out actually having that greater degree take a look at the place we’re attempting to get to and that’s when quite a lot of questions round like how do I do know what to prioritize and all of these issues come up and we haven’t bought a objective that’s guiding our weekly plans. What was your expertise like with setting your development objective and having that grow to be your Northstar for what you’re working in direction of in your corporation?

Naomi
It was so helpful to set a development objective with you guys as a result of I posted what I assumed was nice and Daisy got here again to me your neighborhood assist supervisor and she or he was like it is advisable put some like figures in right here like there’s not sufficient element. I used to be like what? I’ve by no means even thought-about it and simply placing numbers on issues like reaching X quantity, of… It’s not simply the cash, however like, simply setting like how a lot of what you wish to do per week. I used to be like, I’m gonna assume too small, like everybody will clear, like, simply not I suppose, yeah, I used to be being so obscure. So the expansion objective setting proper firstly, it’s not solely like tremendous motivational, nevertheless it simply, it could actually present much more readability for your corporation objectives.

Sam Laura Brown
So one thing that you simply mentioned in your persistence log, which I’ve been loving all your persistence logs, however one thing that I wrote down, that actually stood out to me that you simply had while you have been sharing one thing that was working for you. You mentioned, noticing what excuses come up on the subject of needle movers, however calming my thoughts making the duty as easy damaged down and drama free as potential, then reaping the rewards of feeling achieved afterwards.

Would you thoughts chatting with that, by way of like, we now have the needle movers and also you mentioned, , simply even figuring out one or two and getting them performed makes such an enormous distinction. However one other enormous advantage of energy planning that we’ve already spoken about is that we now have that self consciousness, and the power to see like, clearly after we’re deviating from the plan after we’re laying aside a needle mover or doing different issues like that. So what have you ever seen on the subject of, , you’ve bought the needle mover in your calendar, after which these excuses come up, what have these excuses being for you?

Naomi
So the reasons, I seen actually clearly, as a result of you must sit with these uncomfortable emotions, and that concern. And PGSD actually, helps you to sort of faucet into your greater self and your future self. And so like doing the work while you be a part of PGSD, and doing a little bit of journaling round that actually, actually helped me go into my needle movers, recognizing, okay, what’s my like, internal little one? What’s my mind attempting to maintain me secure from and like, how can I calm that down? So PGSD actually helped me separate these two. So I hear it so clearly, when my mind is attempting to maintain me secure.

It’s not a nasty factor. Like I don’t consider it as a unfavourable in in any respect, I can, like hear these issues, attempting to maintain me secure. And like, that’s nice. However I’m like, nothing’s gonna occur to me. And nothing’s going to, like, I’m sat right here, I’m in my comfortable workplace, like, I’m cool. And I bought really useful by Daisy, once more, like a concern setting train that went together with the facility planning. And in order that was one other actually good journey at websites. So simply PGSD, on the whole, actually helped me differentiate between the internal little one attempting to maintain me secure and the upper self. So I feel simply enjoying each of these, training every week that that actually helped and that entry I had, within the persistence luck was a really like, Aha second that that actually occurred to making sure.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, do you’ve any examples of a selected like needle mover that you simply discovered your self making excuses about?

Naomi
Yeah, it’s so each week, I attempt to message not less than two random individuals or like outdated contacts from my community, simply to even chat or chat about what they’re doing now. And to additionally sort of put myself ahead and sort of say what I’m doing now or introduce myself and my work. And it doesn’t actually sound like a lot, however I fear a lot about what individuals may consider me or like after they click on on my Instagram, or they decide my work. However so it’s so it’d be so snug for me to simply sit and like look ahead to referrals to come back, and so they nonetheless do come. And that’s nonetheless how I get majority of my work. However I managed to get like a few leads like from doing that. And it’s simply so good to develop my community. And I’ve had like extra followers, and never that that actually issues, however simply it permits me to personal the enterprise.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah. And did you discover that so for instance, when that’s in your energy planning, that you’d then prioritize a distinct process as a substitute of sending these messages? Or what did it seem like for you? Or have been you in a position to simply catch your self making the reasons and maintain your self on monitor?

Naomi
A few instances, is taken me a bit longer. And I all the time sort of half like buffer time, or like a brilliant simple process or clear relaxation, like simply after a needle mover. So I do know that like I’ll begin it and I’ll get into it. However generally I’ll wish to go over the message or I’ll sort of wrestle to seek out the precise people who day that I wish to message as a result of I nonetheless need it to really feel pure. I don’t simply wish to really feel like I’m ticking off the record. Like I actually wish to make it possible for who I’m contacting may probably be like genuinely good lead and it’s individuals that might additionally care about my enterprise or that in sort of in my area of interest as such. So generally it takes longer. However I’m undoubtedly all the time for the time being nonetheless attempting to love, calm these, these different ideas. So I sort of keep on monitor, however I do add the buffer time after to permit for it to love go on somewhat bit if it must.

Sam Laura Brown
Is there anything that’s been working very well for you on the subject of energy planning, along with getting a few of these needle movers performed, figuring out them, having the self consciousness round excuses, like what else has been making a distinction for you with energy planning?

Naomi
Um, the weekly overview is superb. So I usually go into my weekly overview, raring to go at myself for like, what didn’t work like in hindsight, like, what ought to I’ve performed in another way? After which the best way that you simply do it’s you must take a look at your accomplishments first. And so I’m like, Okay, I’ll comply with it or do my accomplishments. After which I’m like, Wait, I’ve really had a very good week, like, this has been utterly high quality.

And so it simply sort of like pulls you again. And I’ve been a lot kinder to myself. And it could be like, actually easy to know this. However clearly, being your finest assist will help you launch your perfectionism handbrake 100 instances higher than being your worst critic, and I will be my worst critic so dangerous generally. So just like the weekly overview and energy planning has like, undoubtedly taught me to be form to myself. And I feel that that’s been one of many greatest modifications for me.

Sam Laura Brown
Unbelievable, and we undoubtedly like even after I’m doing my weekly overview, and the very first thing is, , what did you accomplish final week, and I’m like, I simply wish to get to taking a look at what didn’t work. And sometimes we will have this story of like, the week not being productive, and sort of simply all or nothing about it, prefer it was both a productive week or an unproductive week. And after we really are pressured to to start with, take a look at what we achieved within the prior week. After which what’s working?

It’s simply that refined reprogramming, that our mind is like, Oh, really, I’m making progress. And I seen quite a lot of instances too, after I’m studying everybody’s persistence logs and taking a look at what didn’t work like what individuals put beneath that heading, that in addition to quite a lot of what is definitely working, which is added consciousness, realizing patterns of conduct which have been there which have been going unnoticed after they’ve been working from a to do record or time blocking or issues like that, and having consciousness round getting in your personal manner is a win.

And with that consciousness, we will then the subsequent time we’re doing our energy hour take that into consideration when contemplating our mindset obstacles that may come up just like the ideas that may cease us from following by and our contingency plans and all of that. And along with your weekly overview. Is there something that you’d advise somebody who could also be skipped that half? As a result of that may be one thing that comes up that there could be a PGSDer for instance, who’s doing the facility hour? After which possibly, possibly not, they’re doing the little tweaks all through the week and preserving their plans workable. However then they don’t really decide to doing that weekly overview? What would you say to somebody who’s in that scenario?

Naomi
So the the weekly overview, as I mentioned, simply to drag you again to additionally taking a look at what you achieved and like make the world of distinction. And it’s simply doing these small steps to take a look at how one can make like small changes to the week, it doesn’t should be an enormous change. You don’t have to go exhausting on your self. It simply be like a small it could actually even be bullet factors. It doesn’t need to be an extended journal of like each single factor that occurred within the week, it could actually actually be like two or three bullet factors at first, and simply construct it as much as simply show you how to take smaller steps every week.

And to additionally like deal with the optimistic and never, as we are saying be too essential of ourselves.I feel it’s a very, actually useful device. I feel that energy planning or weak overview, go hand in hand and even generally like, yeah, for me, the weekly overview leads so effectively into the subsequent energy planning. So it could actually even enhance the facility planning. And that’s yeah, that’s what it’s purported to do. So I’d actually say like even simply to do two or three bullet factors for every immediate, and I feel there’s solely 4 prompts. So yeah, simply small steps.

Sam Laura Brown
Superb. And on the subject of energy planning, what are you at present engaged on for the time being?

Naomi
Clear relaxation. The clear relaxation is, I had like a assume two weeks in the past the place I used to be working evenings and it was simply it actually highlighted for me how this can not occur anymore. And, yeah, so it’s undoubtedly like not consuming into these chunks of unpolluted reps that I put in and sort of following by with the group as actions as a result of I actually get pleasure from them. And I really haven’t any downside doing it. And it’s sort of why I wished to begin doing the facility planning as a result of I wished to have a stability. And I didn’t wish to like, I didn’t wish to work to dwell. I wished to love, No, I didn’t wish to dwell work, I wish to work to dwell. That stability. So yeah, that’s why I wished to do the facility planning. So the clear relaxation is unquestionably one thing that I’m attempting to get used to and put as a lot in as potential.

Sam Laura Brown
Superb. Properly, we’re going to maneuver on to Estelle to speak to you about energy planning. So Estelle, do you thoughts simply telling us somewhat bit about your corporation, after which what you have been doing earlier than energy planning?

Estelle
Sure, I promote stitching patterns for exact girls. And shortly I might be additionally promoting the garments related to the patterns. So earlier than energy planning, I used to have quite a lot of to do record simply on random sheets of paper. Generally I’d write in a pocket book, I’ve a whiteboard at house. And I’d have this very sophisticated system the place I’d put some record with bullet factors, after which precedence issue. And it was very sophisticated. And it was unimaginable for me to simply comply with by, I’d simply take a number of factor and be completely happy about it, after which simply skip it altogether.

Sam Laura Brown
And what made you determine to begin planning correctly?

Estelle
As a result of I used to be listening to your podcast for possibly two or three years, I feel. And I felt not too long ago I don’t know, I feel this previous 12 months that you simply have been speaking to me each time. And each time you’re saying one thing on the podcast. Or why clear relaxation is necessary? Why you’re not planning correctly? Why do you’ve an issue, you’ve a planning issues, that’s why your corporation shouldn’t be shifting ahead, and so forth, and so forth. After which I assumed, Ah, possibly I have to do one thing about it. So, and likewise, I listened to 1 episode with Kristin. And I feel after that I used to be already prepared to enroll. However then I had somewhat chat with you on Instagram. After which I used to be like, Okay, I’m going to enroll now. That’s the time.

Sam Laura Brown
I like it. So what did energy planning seem like for you in these first couple of weeks? Did you discover that you simply have been getting quite a bit performed and it was working effectively or like how Erin mentioned about not getting as a lot performed since you weren’t contemplating the opposite issues that want to enter your calendar and committing and contingency plans? Like what was that like for you?

Estelle
So in the beginning, it’s somewhat bit like Erin mentioned, I assumed that my planning regarded very good. And I used to be very organized. However then I didn’t put within the time for consuming, or do the groceries, commuting from work, , these sort of issues. Like I dropped off work at 4pm. After which I began a brand new textual content at 4pm. So it’s unimaginable as a result of I’ve one hour of transport, . So quite a lot of issues like this. And in some unspecified time in the future I noticed additionally that I used to be not placing needle movers into my calendar, I used to be placing quite a lot of busy work, like work on web site, posts on social media, or begin to sew garment. However stitching I’ve many steps generally simply need to get the material. After which I want to stitch the primary a part of. It was very obscure. And that’s why I needed to transfer duties to the subsequent week to the subsequent week, and so forth. So it was a multitude in the beginning.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, after which what’s been working for you at present on the subject of energy planning?

Estelle
So what works is placing within the clear relaxation for me, it’s I don’t I received’t say that I’m nailing it now. However I feel I’m fairly good now at having clear relaxation. And likewise little tweaks. Like if one process is taking longer than anticipated. I don’t have a difficulty simply to make it longer or to alter one textual content to a different day as an example. I’ve somewhat little bit of issue of for the needle movers nonetheless. No, I don’t have difficulties. I do know what my needle movers are, I’m simply scared to do them that’s completely different. I’m simply extra conscious now.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, it’s so necessary to essentially underline that, that there’s a distinction between not understanding your needle movers and understanding your needle movers and being scared to do them. And it’s simple to sort of be on this confusion round effectively, I don’t actually know what I have to do, or actually inserting additional significance on issues that aren’t actually necessary simply so we can’t need to face that concern. However after we’re doing Energy planning in our Energy Hour, and we’re going by and figuring out needle movers, it turns into apparent that we do, oftentimes, particularly when we now have our development objective.

We do know what we have to do to get nearer to that objective, and we’re simply scared to do it. And after we’re in a position to separate that out, then we will get teaching on the fears that come up, we will coach ourselves on the fears that come up, and be capable to even when we don’t coach ourselves on it, to do the scary factor like to remain scared and do it anyway. Is there something explicit for you that you’ve got been actually scared to do as a result of I seen in your persistence log, one thing that I had a very good chuckle at is that you simply I feel it was your most up-to-date entry, and had bolded and underlined on the prime, I’ve formally entered the realm of pure procrastination. Inform me about that.

Estelle
As a result of in some unspecified time in the future, , I used to be placing quite a lot of busy work into my calendar. And I simply completed doing the busy work now. So the one factor I have to do now could be simply the needle movers. And the very best week, I simply realized that I used to be simply going through my calendar with the needle mover process on the day. And I used to be… I simply couldn’t do something. As a result of I used to be like, ah, is it the best process? Perhaps I ought to have performed one thing else. After which I’m going to the discussion board, I learn individuals persistence, log, and I begin to procrastinate and procrastinate.

So yeah, now, I’ve reached the purpose the place I have to do the job now. And what I like about energy planning is that it simply allow you to see. It’s not mendacity. You recognize, you can’t lie with energy planning. Simply you’ve the whole lot in entrance of your eyes. And, , you may overview the previous week, , what you’ve been doing and what you haven’t been doing. And that’s what occurred to me this week. You recognize, I had an epiphany about that.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah. And it’s so necessary to acknowledge that noticing your self having that concern round doing all your needle mover. And however I feel for you is posting one thing explicit on Instagram, that feels a bit extra susceptible to share that. Even simply noticing that we’re procrastinating on that may be a win. Like we’re not aiming for zero procrastination and to by no means have that have. However to have the ability to have the attention round it. And to have the ability to be compassionate with ourselves. In fact, you don’t wish to put up that put up.

Like, why would you wish to naked your soul and share that, like, it’s so regular to really feel that manner. But when we simply work from these to do lists, or we’re time blocking, and we don’t have a device to assist us, and really with the ability to join with ourselves and see what’s actually happening. And to essentially assist us in like, it’s okay, that there are occasions the place we put busy work into our calendar, into our energy planning. And it’s okay that there are occasions that we now have the needle mover, after which we discover that we maintain pushing it off. Like that’s all a part of it.

And if we actually rejoice like having that self consciousness as a win in and of itself, we’re a lot extra simply in a position to even have ourselves do the factor that we have to do, as a result of we’re not in denial about it. And we don’t even have this expectation that, effectively now I’m energy planning, I must be excellent at following by with issues like that simply isn’t the objective. It’s not vital for that to be the objective. And I like that you simply shared that and that you simply had the attention round it. And I wished to say one thing else that you simply’d mentioned. Which was that your it says one thing alongside the traces of like, can we simply discuss how my Energy Hour and weekly overview are above an hour and a half each time and that’s your weekly journaling behavior. Would you thoughts chatting with that somewhat bit?

Estelle
Truly, I noticed that I don’t journal a lot. Properly I do journal, nevertheless it’s all the time random sheets of paper that I by no means discover in my house, they’re all over the place. And simply the weekly overview is only a devoted time to do exactly that. It’s like my permission slip. And really, that’s the one process the place I’ve quite a lot of buffer time round. As a result of I do know that it’s going to take longer than anticipated. And it’s like a sport. For me, it’s very fascinating to see what I’ve been doing, the progress I’ve made. In the beginning, I used to be a bit scared as a result of I assumed, oh, everybody goes to learn what I put up. I can’t be actually susceptible. And however now I simply, I don’t care a lot. I’m simply completely happy to replicate on the progress that I’m making, and see how I can transfer ahead.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, and it’s so clear that you’re making a lot progress. As a result of when you’re going by and your weekly overview entries are epic, and I like them, and it’s simply this actually detailed take a look at your thoughts and your corporation and what’s happening for you. And that it’s actually apparent that you simply’re utilizing that as such a fantastic device to attach with your self and maintain house with your self. And I do know that it could actually really feel like that, like, is everybody else going to learn this? And what are they gonna assume however then the extra you take a look at everybody else’s, you’re like, oh, wait, we’re simply sort of like, we’re all feeling the identical.

We’re all doing the identical issues like and it’s that secure place to share. However I like how you actually approached the facility hour and the weekly overview and the entire energy planning course of and the entire PGSD course of as a method to join with your self. And yeah, simply actually get curious. So I like that. And one thing else that you simply mentioned, this isn’t that this isn’t me attempting to love nitpick or like, get into the weeds of your persistence log, however there was so many gems in there that I actually wished to speak about that you simply mentioned along with your energy planning, you’ve been targeted on the thought obtain, clear relaxation, scheduling commitments, figuring out needle movers and coloring in them. And also you haven’t but been targeted on the clear end result oriented duties, figuring out true needle movers committing to them and doing contingency plans. Would you thoughts speaking to {that a} bit? Like, is there any of these notably that you’re specializing in for the time being?

Estelle
I’m focusing now on creating clear outcomes for the needle movers. And I wish to implement additionally having contingency plan. After I first learn the record for energy planning, it was like 10 steps. And to be trustworthy, it was an excessive amount of for me. So I simply determined to do exactly the simplest one. So yeah, as an example, final week, I wished to jot down a put up about physique picture challenge as a result of that’s one of many important matter. That must be the primary matter really on my enterprise, although I don’t discuss it but.

And I used to be procrastinating quite a bit. And I felt okay. However there may be the contingency plan, possibly I ought to have considered one thing simply in case, I really feel some inside resistance to do one take a look at that is essential. And for me, that’s a brand new mind-set as a result of I’ve by no means considered it earlier than. So that is what I’m attempting to implement, simply to discover a plan B. If I don’t really feel like doing one thing notably brave, possibly I can do one thing somewhat bit simpler, however nonetheless a bit brave. In order that’s what I’m engaged on for the time being.

Sam Laura Brown
That’s a very nice method to strategy it. And I feel it’s so necessary, like we’ve talked about a number of instances in regards to the Energy Hour and in PGSD. In module two, there’s a ten steps for the Energy Hour and that on the subject of that, particularly to start with, like for this reason we made the three month dedication to it. And we all know that it’s going to be a course of as a result of to start with, it could be that we now have a go in any respect 10 steps, however then we sort of not likely understanding what a needle mover is for our enterprise or various things like that.

Or it could be that it simply looks like these are too many issues to think about. So I’m simply going to deal with , the primary 5 steps, ideally each time just like the tenth step is committing to the whole lot on the calendar and just like the ninth one is reviewing walkability. So we wish to make certain we’re doing that however generally particularly as we’re studying prefer it’s to start with, we’re going to be inexperienced persons. Sorry, to start with, we’re going to be inexperienced persons. So we wish to let ourselves be a newbie and know that it’s not about having each step in that performed completely. Or if it takes longer than an hour, that’s completely okay. And that with the weekly overview course of, and likewise the little tweaks all through the week, that’s after we’re actually going to note what we have to do in another way in our subsequent energy hour.

And it’s not about getting it to being excellent. However oh, I seen, for instance, that I didn’t put sufficient buffer time throughout my work hours, in order that I wasn’t really, , a pair issues took longer than I had anticipated, as a result of it was a brand new process. After which now it meant that I needed to, , work into my clear relaxation or I needed to not get one thing performed in any respect, however then the subsequent week and go, Okay, I have to put buffer time in for the contingencies which may come up. And so it’s simply little issues like that, that week after week, if we’re ensuring that we do the Energy Hour, the little tweaks every day, after which the weekly overview, that we’re in a position to, then by in regards to the three month mark, be capable to have that energy hour actually be working like all components of that, in order that our plans we will actually simply comply with by on and naturally, we’re gonna nonetheless have issues that we’re studying and discovering.

And it’s a device for actually connecting with your self and figuring your self out. So there’s all the time going to be new layers to that and all of that. However I like that Estelle while you’ve been doing the facility planning and all of you that it’s actually such as you’ve been so development minded about it, and that you’ve got actually seen it as a device, not only for planning, however to essentially be capable to perceive your self extra to launch your perfectionism handbrake, to construct your corporation, to earn more money, all of these issues. But it surely’s not identical to, cool. This is rather like a to do record like there’s a lot extra that comes from doing Energy planning. So thanks a lot to all of you for sharing right this moment. Do any of you’ve any remaining phrases or something that we haven’t spoken about that you simply assume could be necessary for somebody who’s simply beginning energy planning? Naomi, yeah.

Naomi
I don’t know if it sounds actually apparent. However I take a screenshot, as soon as I’ve performed my energy planning and the calendar is clean. And I don’t have any of my tics in and I haven’t actually began the week. So I’ve that screenshot. After which I’ve the screenshot simply earlier than I do my weekly overview. And I’ve like somewhat folder of every week. And I put my screenshots in there and my weekly overview. And I feel that after I’ve the quarter overview, it can actually be actually useful to love return and see the progress of energy planning, clearly, in addition to with the ability to look firstly of the week in comparison with the top of the week. So I don’t know if that’s like, for anybody beginning out to love overview themselves a bit simpler.

Sam Laura Brown
Yeah, that’s a very nice level to carry up that. As a result of we now have just like the second set of energy planning, these little tweaks all through the week, that oftentimes on the subject of working from a calendar, and when doing one thing like time blocking, that you simply sort of have your calendar, after which it’s simply whether or not you keep on monitor or fall behind and the calendar simply stays the identical. After which when we now have our handbrake on, we fall behind. After which we begin to make that imply one thing about ourselves. And it’s this complete disgrace spiral. And it’s only a horrible expertise.

However after we are making these little tweaks, it signifies that we’re by no means behind as a result of the content material of the calendar is continually being up to date, in order that it’s really reflecting what has been performed. And so meaning then on the finish of the week that our calendar will look completely different to in the beginning of the week. And that’s actually how we create that self consciousness. As a result of we’re in a position to, as you mentioned, the screenshots so highly effective that you could put the screenshots subsequent to one another and say, Okay, I had deliberate to, for instance, write my Instagram posts at 9am. And I can see I really wrote it at 2pm. I ponder what was happening there, or I didn’t write it in any respect, like I had it in my calendar, after which it’s simply not there in any respect.

And that was a needle mover. And that’s after we can actually begin to examine and get interested in Okay, is it that process is definitely higher suited to the afternoon and subsequent week, I’ll simply plan it for the afternoon? Or is it that there’s one thing else happening and we will actually particularly over these three months, after which past that, begin to perceive what time of day we work finest and when it’s finest to place sure duties in sure locations, and actually be capable to have a calendar that actually helps us and a few individuals can assume and this is actually because we’re doing it with our handbrake on and time blocking and that sort of factor, that our calendar goes to be actually strict and inflexible and it’s not going to have the ability to, , be one thing that we will use if we now have kids or if we now have any sort of uncertainty in our life however when you may actually be permitting your self to make the these little tweaks, doing that weekly overview after which giving the facility hour every week your finest shot, it actually can assist you it doesn’t matter what you’ve bought happening in your life.

And that’s why we don’t let you know like, it is advisable put this process in your calendar or begin your day right now and finish your day right now. It’s actually about what works for you and figuring that out for your self by the method of energy planning. Then we now have the teaching calls and the discussion board and all of that. And I really simply wished to wrap up by asking, Erin, you’ve been coached a number of instances now on teaching calls. What was that have? Like for you. Was it the facility planning that helped you determine what you can get coached on? And the way was it useful? I imply, clearly, I hope it was, you bought coach each time with Michelle so I haven’t really coached you, however inform me a bit about that.

Erin
Sure, Michelle has been completely superb. I really feel prefer it’s been so so useful. So the primary time it was really relating to my procrasti-earning as a result of I knew coming in that that was form of my greatest challenge. I knew that was the best way that I used to be largely getting in my very own manner, however I simply didn’t know what to do about it. And the recommendation that she gave me was identical to thoughts blowingly useful. And I really feel like I’ve undoubtedly shifted my pondering by way of after I do the training and , doing it after the needle movers and simply the place it’s getting positioned in my calendar, and all these kinds of issues. And her recommendation was simply so so useful in determining how to do this.

After which the subsequent time was all about cash mindset. And once more, I imply, tremendous, tremendous useful, simply, , I used to be doing quite a lot of all or nothing pondering. And really one thing that Naomi had mentioned earlier made me take into consideration this, too, I really feel like I did quite a lot of all or nothing pondering earlier than I began energy planning to and I’m arising on my development objective. And I don’t assume that I’m going to hit it for q1 and earlier than energy planning, I’d have been like, oh my gosh, like, I can’t consider I didn’t hit a objective that I set for myself, like, I would as effectively identical to not maintain attempting to go for this. And I’m occupied with it in the exact opposite manner now, like I do know that I can nonetheless hit my 12 months objective although I didn’t hit a quarterly objective.

And I’ve nonetheless made a lot progress and a lot development due to the best way that I’m doing issues in another way now, and , I’m not falling into that each one or nothing entice of like, , I’m nonetheless doing greater than I used to be doing earlier than. So and I really feel just like the teaching has gotten me to all of these locations. And likewise, I feel I’ve gotten coached 3 times really. And I feel the opposite one was about like tapping into all my future self and all these kinds of issues. And that actually helped me to begin journaling extra and with the ability to do a few of that self teaching that I discussed earlier. So yeah, simply all of these issues have been massively massively useful by way of , getting out of my very own manner and simply not falling into that each one or nothing pondering loop that was occurring a lot earlier than this.

Sam Laura Brown
Superb thanks a lot for sharing that so we’re gonna wrap up. I may speak to you guys eternally, however we are going to proceed chatting inside PGSD, however would you guys thoughts sharing interview beginning with you, Erin, the place individuals can discover you in the event that they wish to join with you whether or not it’s an Instagram account on a web site, the place’s the very best place for individuals to seek out you? We’ll put all of the hyperlinks within the present notes as effectively.

Erin
Excellent. So yeah, I’m on Instagram @erincryder_copywriting after which my web site is simply erincrydercopywriting.com. And when you do erincrydercopywriting.com/websitecopy, I even have a freebie all about errors that you simply possibly making in your web site copy as effectively.

Sam Laura Brown
Excellent. Naomi, the place can individuals discover you?

Naomi
So my web site is in progress. Doing an replace, which I haven’t bought to but however I’ve a piece Instagram if you wish to take a look at any of my design or improvement work. It’s naomimartinstudio, which is NAOMI MARTIN studio. And I even have my private Instagram, which is naomilouise_1.

Sam Laura Brown
Superior. And Estelle, the place can individuals discover you?

Estelle
So yow will discover me on my web site. It’s audax-stella.com. Or you may go on my instagram @audax_stella.

Sam Laura Brown
Superb. Thanks a lot, guys. I actually admire you being on this name and sharing all your knowledge about energy planning up to now, and I’ll speak to you quickly inside PGSD.

That’s my interview with Erin and Naomi and Estelle about all issues energy planning. I hope you discovered it extremely useful. And I wish to just remember to go and join PGSD at samlaurabrown.com/pgsd to hitch us and to grow to be a perfectionist who’s getting shit performed.