Dear Wonderful Woman,

I hope you're well.

This week I have been on a Boost Camp with my Coach. It's a free 3 days where she shares ways to help women in business to finish 2021 strong! Initially I wasn't going to join, she already is my Coach! Then I realised, there is a lot I can learn from my Coach when I see her and experience her in different ways. Plus I want to finish Q 4 Strong in my business! It was not long ago that I recently undertook my own challenge event. I am keen to learn more about how to create a better experience next time. So why am I telling you this? 

The Boost Camp is 1 day down and we're on the 2nd day. I'm going to share with you THE 2 most powerful things I have learnt from Day 1. Then I will answer the question I posed in the subject title of this email! 

1 The Gap between KNOWING & DOING!  

Ladies, you know when you hear the expression, "You have everything you need within you or within reach to achieve your biggest career goals". It's not that you don't know enough, it's that you know where to find the information, how to access the help, where to go on youtube, Google or name a place or a person you like to source information from. It's that you KNOW a lot. Here is the real gold, but it's the overwhelm, the feelings, and the emotions, that render "the KNOWING" useless until we actually do "the DOING!" I want you to know that I am also guilty of this too! I was reminded that I need to act upon the things, that I know will help me move forwards and STOP, the things that hinder my progress like procrastination!

Ladies, sit with this one and think about 1 thing that you KNOW, will help you progress with your career goal and then make a plan to DO IT as soon as possible! Because when you take positive intentional action you move towards getting what you want! 

2 Facing the Past as a means to powerfully inform your future 

I have to say in the past, this one would have really freaked me out! I see this as a sign of my own progress and personal development. Here's what I want to share with you, when you think about some of the things in your career that have gone wrong, mistakes, or opportunities that you didn't get, it stings! I know! There's something more I want you to consider about those issues, and That is what did you learn? How do those things now shape how you can do things differently in the present and the future? How can you use what went, before as a data point to do it differently? Because the past is not just an albatross around your neck. Whoa girl believe me, that's something I used to feel with intense emotions around, fear, shame, judgement, and feeling like a failure. I now see it with a view to gaining insight about what I need to do differently, so that I can get different results. Looking at the past serves a purpose. You should not shy away from doing so, because when you review your past with purposeful intent to understand how it can shape your future, that there Ladies is sooo super powerful!

So I invite you to consider how 1 thing you did in your career past can help you do it differently in the present tense? The past can lead to a great future when you face it!  

Wow, what can I say next?! That was deep! I'd like to remind you that, The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Purpose Driven Women Webinar is available HERE until 30th Sept Midnight! To win a career coaching session with me, reply back with "The 5th Habit is X". By 30th Sept Midnight. Winner will be contacted on 1st Oct. 

I can think of no better way to sign off this week, but to say, - "Start DOING what you KNOW will move you forwards with your Career Goals". I'm rooting for you all the way! So, let's finish 2021 Strong! 

Warm Regards,

Ekua 💛