30-Day Blogging Challenge

by Marcia Hoeck on April 11, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot these past few weeks.
About what I want. About what you want. About
life and work in general. About stripping everything
down to the basics, and skipping all the BS.
I’m so tired of all the hype and sales tactics and
the “next best thing” that I want to tear my hair out.
But I still have the same basic thoughts about you.
I believe that YOU, like most entrepreneurs and
small business owners, are different from “normal”
people:
- You started your business because you have a
specialized knowledge or skill or you’re very good
at something; or you’re passionate about something
and you want to do it as your life’s work.
- You march to your own drummer.
- You have an amazing amount of energy and drive.
- You’re very creative — you can make businesses
out of nothing! — and you constantly have ideas.
- If you fall down, you keep getting back up –
it doesn’t occur to you to quit.
- You get so excited and focused about your business
that you can stay up till all hours working on it, and
often do.
But these same things that can be powerful drivers
of success for you can also be the things that make
you stumble, the things that trip you up, that end
up strangling your business or challenging it in very
big ways. This double-edged sword causes you to
get stuck, lose confidence, and go around in circles,
feeling like you’re constantly pushing boulders up
the hill. And you don’t grow.
Or you grow like wildfire, but it’s out of control –
and you don’t have the infrastructure to support it,
and the balls you’re juggling are making you confused
and dizzy. Or the team you have isn’t equipped for
the growth — no one knows who’s on first, and they
crumble under the weight. There’s posturing,
duplication of effort, a revolving door, and things
falling through the cracks.
Either way, it’s difficult to move forward like that.
Especially if you’re trying to do it on your own.
So here’s what I’ve been thinking –
It may be time to get someone to help you cut
through all this and burst through to the other side.
Someone who can guide you through the maze and
help you get out of the weeds so you can grow your
business more quickly. So you can get back to
focusing on your genius, your gift, and what you
started your business for in the first place. To give
you more clarity, more answers, more growth, and
more free time.
If you know you want this kind of guidance that will
shift your business and your life in amazing ways you
didn’t even know were possible, you’ll want to learn
more about working with me privately.
Does this resonate with you? Do you heave a big sigh
of relief just thinking about it? If you think I’m describing
you, hit the reply button, and I’ll send you more
information.
I have a few slots open now, if you think you’re ready.
Ask for the information, and then we’ll talk to make
sure it’s a good fit.
No hype, no sales tactics, no promise of the “next best
thing” —  just real, honest-to-goodness business guidance.
If you’re not ready, that’s okay too. You may need to
know more about me yet. Or more about yourself.
I’ll be in touch,
Marcia
www.mybreakthroughbusiness.com

I’m participating in Connie Ragan Green’s 30-Day Blogging Challenge, which started yesterday. Already I’m a day off, but the rules don’t require me to post every day, just 30 times in 30 days. Since the whole idea is to get into the habit of posting regularly, I don’t want to start slipping so early — and I don’t want to be posting 10 times a day in the last 3 days, either.

This will be painful for me. I’m such a procrastinator.

Here are Connie’s other rules:

  • Your name must be on your blog so we can see who you are
  • Your blog must not be X rated - this does not suit my readership
  • Each post must contain at least 150 written words
  • You must post at least 30 times during the 30 day period – from April 10 through May 9 – to ONE blog
  • You may post as many times as you like during a 24 hour period, but you must have at least 30 posts published between April 10 and May 9 to qualify for the challenge
  • Leave a comment here with your name and the URL of the blog you will be writing on

I’m hoping this will light a fire under me and and help make writing in this blog part of my routine. Think this sounds like a good thing for you to do, too? It’s not too late to get in on the challenge at Connie’s blog.

Wish me luck!

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Connie Ragen Green April 11, 2010 at 12:14 pm

Marcia,
I’m so glad to see you jumping on board with this. You’ll find that it gets easier after a week or two, and that once you post 30 times in 30 days you can go back to two or three times a week to maintain your momentum.

Connie Ragen Green

Marcia Hoeck April 11, 2010 at 12:32 pm

Thanks for the encouragement, Connie. I’ve posted twice today to catch up — whoo hoo! That’s a record for me.

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