WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 Welcome back to the Mib Speaks podcast, the podcast 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.740 for mums and women in business who are done waiting 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.779 to feel like it and they're ready to build something 00:00:08.779 --> 00:00:11.199 sustainable. Not something that depends upon 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:14.599 your mood, your energy or a perfect morning but 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:17.920 something that works in real life. I'm Leona 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:20.000 and today I'm going to say something that might 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:22.420 sound a little bit and feel a little bit uncomfortable 00:00:22.420 --> 00:00:25.899 at first. Motivation is a lie. Not because motivation 00:00:25.899 --> 00:00:28.890 isn't real, because it's unreliable. And if your 00:00:28.890 --> 00:00:31.989 business depends upon motivation, it will stall 00:00:31.989 --> 00:00:35.170 the moment life gets busy, loud or hard. Motivation 00:00:35.170 --> 00:00:38.770 is a spark, but sparks burn out quickly. Have 00:00:38.770 --> 00:00:40.850 you ever told yourself, I'll do it when I feel 00:00:40.850 --> 00:00:43.030 motivated. I'll get to it when I get back in 00:00:43.030 --> 00:00:45.990 the zone. I'm waiting for the spark to come back. 00:00:46.090 --> 00:00:48.710 Then this episode is for you. Because here's 00:00:48.710 --> 00:00:50.429 the truth that most people don't want to hear. 00:00:50.729 --> 00:00:53.409 Highly successful people are not more motivated 00:00:53.409 --> 00:00:55.810 than you. They're more disciplined. They're more 00:00:55.810 --> 00:00:58.659 committed. They don't wait to feel inspired. 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:02.179 They build systems that work even when they don't 00:01:02.179 --> 00:01:04.579 feel like showing up. Motivation feels good, 00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:07.680 but discipline builds results, habits build income, 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:10.859 consistency builds confidence, and none of those 00:01:10.859 --> 00:01:13.760 require for you to feel motivated. If motivation 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:16.060 were the key, every January life would change. 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:19.900 But we know how that works. Right? Motivation 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:22.719 fades the moment you're tired, your kids are 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:25.200 sick, somebody doesn't get back to you, you don't 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:27.140 get the response you hoped for on one of your 00:01:27.140 --> 00:01:29.840 posts. You try something new and it doesn't work 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:33.099 first time. Most people stop. Not because they 00:01:33.099 --> 00:01:35.980 can't do it, but because they tried an action 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:38.819 and they tied an action to an emotion. If I had 00:01:38.819 --> 00:01:40.379 to tell you one thing that changed everything 00:01:40.379 --> 00:01:43.200 for me is this. I stopped asking myself, do I 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.700 feel motivated? I started asking myself, what 00:01:45.700 --> 00:01:49.000 does the committed version of me do today? Because 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:51.319 commitment doesn't care about mood. Commitment 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:55.239 shows up tired. Commitment shows up messy. Commitment 00:01:55.239 --> 00:01:58.980 shows up anyway, regardless. Now let's make this 00:01:58.980 --> 00:02:01.439 very real. Think about the last time you felt 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:03.980 highly motivated. Maybe you planned everything. 00:02:04.060 --> 00:02:05.939 You wrote the list. You felt the energy. You 00:02:05.939 --> 00:02:08.580 felt amazing. Then life happened. Motivation 00:02:08.580 --> 00:02:12.300 didn't disappear because you failed. It disappeared 00:02:12.300 --> 00:02:15.840 because motivation was never meant to carry the 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:18.740 weight. So here's the reframe that I want you 00:02:18.740 --> 00:02:23.080 to adopt. Motivation starts things. Systems sustain 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.699 them. And if your business relies upon motivation, 00:02:25.939 --> 00:02:29.110 it will always feel heavy. If your business relies 00:02:29.110 --> 00:02:32.530 upon habits it becomes lighter over time. So 00:02:32.530 --> 00:02:34.550 let's talk about actions, not hypotheticals. 00:02:34.550 --> 00:02:36.870 Here's the first shift that I want you to make. 00:02:37.150 --> 00:02:39.889 Stop setting goals that require you to feel like 00:02:39.889 --> 00:02:42.949 it. Instead, set standards. Standards sound like 00:02:42.949 --> 00:02:45.469 I post three times a day regardless. I follow 00:02:45.469 --> 00:02:48.469 up on every lead within 48 hours. I spend 20 00:02:48.469 --> 00:02:50.870 minutes a day working on my visibility. I do 00:02:50.870 --> 00:02:53.449 the boring basics even when I'm not in the mood. 00:02:53.949 --> 00:02:57.069 Standards remove negotiation. They remove emotion. 00:02:57.389 --> 00:03:01.050 They remove excuses. And that's freeing. So here's 00:03:01.050 --> 00:03:03.210 your first action. Write down three non -negotiables 00:03:03.210 --> 00:03:05.990 in your business, not goals, standards. Things 00:03:05.990 --> 00:03:08.650 you do, whether you're motivated or not, whether 00:03:08.650 --> 00:03:10.830 your motivation is high or low. Now let's talk 00:03:10.830 --> 00:03:13.930 about energy because this matters. Lack of motivation 00:03:13.930 --> 00:03:17.270 is often a signal, not a problem. Sometimes it's 00:03:17.270 --> 00:03:19.270 telling you you're doing too much, you're over 00:03:19.270 --> 00:03:21.310 -complicating things, you're chasing things that 00:03:21.310 --> 00:03:25.069 don't matter to you. You're working without direction. 00:03:25.389 --> 00:03:28.909 So here's your second action. Ask yourself, what 00:03:28.909 --> 00:03:31.650 can I simplify? What is the one thing that you 00:03:31.650 --> 00:03:33.770 could strip back that could make consistency 00:03:33.770 --> 00:03:37.210 easier? What's one task that you could make smaller 00:03:37.210 --> 00:03:40.310 instead of abandoning it altogether? Because 00:03:40.310 --> 00:03:43.030 consistency doesn't mean doing more. It means 00:03:43.030 --> 00:03:46.270 doing less, but doing it better repeatedly. Now 00:03:46.270 --> 00:03:48.650 let's talk about identity because this is the 00:03:48.650 --> 00:03:51.879 part most people skip. You don't act consistently 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:56.120 because of motivation. You act consistently because 00:03:56.120 --> 00:03:58.659 of who you are, who you believe you are. When 00:03:58.659 --> 00:04:01.939 you identify somebody who shows up, you show 00:04:01.939 --> 00:04:04.199 up. If you identify somebody you follow through, 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:07.120 you follow through. Do you keep promises to yourself? 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:09.780 Do your actions change? So here's your third 00:04:09.780 --> 00:04:12.780 action. Finish the sentence. I'm the kind of 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:15.419 business owner and I choose an identity that 00:04:15.419 --> 00:04:18.180 requires action and not emotion. Now I want you 00:04:18.180 --> 00:04:20.600 to address something honestly. especially for 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:23.259 moms and women in business. You don't need to 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:25.100 be perfect. You don't need to be on all the time. 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.259 That is impossible. You don't need to hustle 00:04:27.259 --> 00:04:29.379 all of the time. You don't need to burn out to 00:04:29.379 --> 00:04:32.170 be committed. Commitment can look calm. It can 00:04:32.170 --> 00:04:34.970 look quiet. It can look like showing up in your 00:04:34.970 --> 00:04:38.509 PJs. It just needs to be consistent and fit into 00:04:38.509 --> 00:04:40.410 your life. But it does require responsibility 00:04:40.410 --> 00:04:43.269 and responsibility sounds like this. Even when 00:04:43.269 --> 00:04:46.550 I don't feel like it, I do the basics. Even when 00:04:46.550 --> 00:04:49.230 it's uncomfortable, I follow through. Even when 00:04:49.230 --> 00:04:51.829 nobody is clapping for me, I keep going because 00:04:51.829 --> 00:04:54.490 results don't come from big bursts of motivation. 00:04:54.689 --> 00:04:58.029 They come from boring, repeatable actions done 00:04:58.029 --> 00:05:00.629 time and time again. So let me leave you with 00:05:00.629 --> 00:05:03.829 this. Stop waiting to feel motivated. Stop waiting 00:05:03.829 --> 00:05:06.689 for your success to determine, be determined 00:05:06.689 --> 00:05:08.930 by your mood. Stop believing that everybody has 00:05:08.930 --> 00:05:11.250 something that you don't. They don't. They just 00:05:11.250 --> 00:05:13.449 decided that motivation doesn't get to be in 00:05:13.449 --> 00:05:16.009 charge. So here's your final question and sit 00:05:16.009 --> 00:05:19.069 with this. If motivation disappeared tomorrow, 00:05:19.290 --> 00:05:22.529 what would you still commit to? Because that's 00:05:22.529 --> 00:05:25.610 where your real success lives. If this episode 00:05:25.610 --> 00:05:27.810 has hit home, share it with somebody that needs 00:05:27.810 --> 00:05:31.779 a reminder. And remember, You don't need motivation. 00:05:31.819 --> 00:05:34.660 You need to be committed. You need good habits. 00:05:34.939 --> 00:05:37.439 I will see you next time on Mibspeak.