I pressed the call button on my phone with a feeling of apathy. \u00a0I had already worn through the fear of talking to my mentor and having to tell her that I was completely frazzed.<\/p>\n
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At that moment, I would have called it\u00a0depressed<\/em>. \u00a0Never once have I checked in with her without having completed what I said I was going to complete, or with some other new iteration of a long-term project. \u00a0But today was D-Day. \u00a0I had to confess that not only was I two months behind on a major project that was going to completely shift my business, but I was also fried. \u00a0Not feeling great about myself. \u00a0Completely unhinged from what was once a very clear purpose. \u00a0What the hell am I doing?<\/em>\u00a0was a constant record inside my head.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She answered the phone and I submitted to the inevitable. \u00a0Bullet points of minor progress were shared and I was embarrassed by the meager report.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “I sold 43 books in the month of June,” I stated blandly. \u00a0My mind recalled the hundred or so that a friend had sold in his first\u00a0week<\/em> of launching his book. \u00a0[Enter horrible comparison syndrome here], “And I have everything ready to go for launching TShirts.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She must have sensed the zombie in my voice. \u00a0“Katie, that’s great!” she tried to encourage me. \u00a0Which was surprising to me. \u00a0She wasn’t the cheerleader type.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I stopped and confessed. \u00a0“I just feel so out of it,” I began. \u00a0“I don’t feel excited, I feel completely down about myself and my business. \u00a0I just feel lost.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It felt good getting it off my chest, but I immediately prepared myself to be fired as her mentee right then and there. \u00a0What good are you to me if you’re not going to be making progress all the time!?<\/em> I imagined her saying.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Don’t be so hard on yourself,” she began and even though this phrase had been thrown at me from loved ones dozens of times before, I was shocked to hear my mentor say it…a woman who I envisioned as nothing short of a business super power, always moving forward, always progressing, always, always kicking ass.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her words melted something inside of me. \u00a0Something that felt stuck. \u00a0Something that had labeled itself as a “LOSER.” \u00a0Suddenly, there was a way out of frazzed. \u00a0There was a clear path to success!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Of course this wasn’t a new revelation. \u00a0Of course I knew this about myself. \u00a0But the point was that I was given the right message at exactly the right time.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I hung up not only knowing that my mentor would\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>fire me, but actually excited about the business that I had been saying I wanted to build.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I spent the afternoon creating a simple, straight-forward plan for the next 6 months of my business. \u00a0And have accomplished more in the past 4 days than I have in the past 4 weeks. \u00a0Most importantly, however, is the fact that I’m excited about what I’m doing again. \u00a0Whew!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Being in a funk is normal. \u00a0Being frazzed is something that all entrepreneurs experience. \u00a0But spiraling into the abyss of hopelessness is not only\u00a0not<\/em> productive, it kills our creative spirit. \u00a0It bites away at that voice in your head that has told you\u00a0can\u00a0<\/em>kick ass in this world!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are a few simple steps on how to move out of your funk and back into greatness!<\/p>\n“You always do really well when you focus,” she stated matter-of-factly.<\/h3>\n
“The distance between your dreams and reality is called action.” ~ Unknown<\/h3>\n