🧠Weekly Mind Sweep #126 | What’s On My Mind | Success
June 2024
*Week 126: Curated Conversation; Success
Week 127: Mind Your Business; Success
Week 128: Manage Your Mind; Success
Week 129: What’s on My Mind; Success
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Keefe Tech Regional High School
Class of 2024
My twin boys recently completed 13 years in an environment not designed for the way their ADHD brains operate. Over the past 18 years, I've been on a journey to ensure they thrive in a world that often doesn't understand their unique needs.
Together, each step of the way, we built resilience, navigated the system with respect, and raised awareness about the diverse ways humans learn and grow.
Every day, we faced challenges and embraced wins, sort-of wins, and numerous failures. Despite the difficulties, we found success in every step. Keeping them alive and thriving for 18 years has been no small feat, and at times, I wasn't sure we'd all make it out alive. [1]
As I reflect now, the everyday trial and error taught us to learn, grow, and achieve personal and now professional success.
Success is a mindset.
Like my boys, I've spent over 25 years working in environments where I didn't love my work or how some businesses operated. I, too, was a square peg trying to navigate the round hole of the business world.
Every day, I showed up to find harmony in what worked while questioning inefficient methods and feeling like I was the only one who could see the forest through the trees.
Since then, I've stepped out of the traditional working system and built something I am proud of. This continuous effort to find balance is crucial in both parenting and entrepreneurship.
We're taught someone else's definition of success from a young age.
Historically, it was "Graduate High School and you will be successful." Now, it's "Graduate College, and you will be successful." This system only works for some of our young adults. I'm not questioning the value of learning or curiosity, but rather the effectiveness of the current system being pushed on minds of all kinds.
This is especially true for neurodivergent individuals who think and operate differently.
We tend to land as entrepreneurs. We've taken a massive leap in facing the challenge of defining success in a business world that often doesn't align with our values.
So what is an entrepreneur to do?
The first step is determining what success means to you.
The next is finding harmony between running a business you're proud of and achieving financial success without compromising your integrity.
When you're driven by passion and purpose, there are no shortcuts or quick riches. Building something you are proud of requires setting small, actionable goals and working toward them each and every day.
Small steps lead to big results.
It takes a success mindset. Only you can define success, free from societal and ancestral expectations.
You determine what is successful in business and in life.
As my twin boys exited the platform after receiving their High School diplomas, I felt a sense of personal success. It's been a long, challenging journey, but seeing them achieve this milestone reminds me that every step, every struggle, and every small victory has been worth it.
Your entrepreneurial journey mirrors this.
You get to decide. You get to choose. You determine what success is to you.
With my personal and professional experience, we can bridge the gap between how business systems work and how you move through the world.
Let's work together to build a successful business you are proud of.
The definition of success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.
How do you define success in life or business?
Reply and share with me!
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What I’m reading
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.
“Through this lens we can build a renewed sense of personal self-worth and ultimately recalibrate our responses to circumstances, situations, and relationships. It is, in other words, the key to reshaping our very lives.”—Oprah Winfrey
This book is going to change the way you see your life.
Have you ever wondered "Why did I do that?" or "Why can't I just control my behavior?" Others may judge our reactions and think, "What's wrong with that person?" When questioning our emotions, it's easy to place the blame on ourselves; holding ourselves and those around us to an impossible standard. It's time we started asking a different question.
Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from asking “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”
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Business Community & Collaboration!
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For 2024, we'd like to make a focused effort to support you and your business. For June, we'll discuss:
Guest Speaker: Jeff Coleman of Four Factor Consulting to discuss Running Google Ads... Profitably
Google makes it easy to set up a new Google Ads account, but that does not mean it will give you a good return on investment (ROI). If you are curious about whether Google Ads could work for your business, or you have started a campaign and want to make it more effective, please join us on June 7th. Jeff Coleman, owner of Factor Four Consulting, will show you:
Why starting with a "bullseye" keyword phrase makes your campaigns more effective
How to work with the algorithms and not against them
Why negative keywords are a positive force for your success
Jeff has been running Google Ads for the past 19 years (16 with his own agency) and managed tens of millions of dollars in ad spend for 75+ clients -- several have been with him for more than a decade. No matter the size of the budget, his primary focus is driving profitable results for clients.
Learn more about Jeff at https://www.factorfour.com/
Agenda:
Join Shannon Dalton Giordano of Serendipity Social Media and me of Chickbook Creative for this two-hour interactive business community experience.
We’ll discuss ways to cultivate business through Sales, Marketing, and Communication methods that support relationship building, showing up authentically, and connecting deeper with colleagues and the people you serve.
9-10 am - Jeff Coleman, Four Factor Consulting
10-10:45 am - Open discussion, community support, brainstorming ideas
10:45 -11 am - Clear and actionable takeaways to start your month in forward momentum
Join us to meet business owners in our community. Leave with new tools in your toolbox to help you make connections and build your business!
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