{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 245: Coaching Yourself To Stick With It With Original Impulse Founder Cynthia Morris","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2618,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nThe Nitty-Gritty:\n\n\n\n* How coach & author Cynthia Morris has coached herself through 20 years of growth as an entrepreneur* How she battles the “octopus of lots of different offers & ideas” that sneaks up on you when you’ve been in business that long* Why a trip to France helped open a new chapter in her business—and ultimately created its own challenges* How she wound up with the business model she has today\n\n\n\n\n\nI am really willing to do that?\n\n\n\nI pulled myself out of bed this morning at 5:30 and went downstairs, anxiously awaiting my first cup of coffee.\n\n\n\nI put the water in the kettle, fired up the burner, and prepped my Aeropress.\n\n\n\nAt this point, I realized the dishwasher needed to be emptied.\n\n\n\nNow, I am not the kind of woman who does household chores unprovoked. In fact, some serious provoking is usually what it takes for me to do things like fold the laundry, sweep the floor, or return the accumulation of water glasses on my desk to the kitchen.\n\n\n\nI’m not proud of this. It’s just the truth.\n\n\n\nBut I’ve been working on it.\n\n\n\nBecause I value my marriage.\n\n\n\nSo, I told myself I was willing to empty the dishwasher and I did it.\n\n\n\nThank you… thank you… Hold the applause to the end, please.\n\n\n\n“I am willing…” that’s a personal mantra I’ve been working on over the last 6 months or so. I learned it from a book with a questionable title by a coach named Gary John Bishop.\n\n\n\nTruthfully, I haven’t gotten past the first chapter of that book because “I am willing” was enough of a mind-bender to work on for awhile!\n\n\n\nReminding myself that I’m willing has had a dramatic impact on my business, too.\n\n\n\nDuring a sales campaign that I wish was over already, I remind myself that I’m willing to show up, answer questions, and find every last person who is ready to buy.\n\n\n\nDuring a conference that has my social anxiety peaking, I remind myself that I’m willing to meet new people and nurture old relationships.\n\n\n\nWhile emptying out my inbox, I remind myself that...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}