From Zero to Engaged: Building Your Business through Dedication and Growth [378]

Picture this: my first-ever webinar back in 2018, with sign-ups and everything, but nobody showed up. Instead of giving up, I decided to show up for myself, and that moment became a game-changer in my business journey. Fast forward to today, and I'm sharing my insights on the importance of showing up for your audience and yourself, even when there's no instant gratification, and focusing on the longevity of your business.

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Speaker 1 0:00

It's funny how I talk about showing up and showing up for your audience and showing up for yourself and all of those things . I did the activation welcome call yesterday and I told the story of in 2018 , i had my first webinar . I even joke that I don't even think that I don't think I knew what the word master class was . I was trained and had very bro marketing influences . I caught it a webinar . I did this webinar eight times in a less than four week period and I learned a lot . I think I learned more about myself than anything else because on the first one that I did , even though I had signups , no one showed up . No one showed up . I even said in the training I had two options don't show up or show up .

Speaker 1 1:09

I decided to show up because number one , i didn't know what I was doing . Number two , it was great practice . Number three , it was also on webinar software . Somebody could have came on late . They didn't , but they could have .

Speaker 1 1:22

I fumbled , i was in nervous wreck . I remember being so nervous and I was a nervous wreck and I was so scared , but I did it . I did it . Each one of those eight got easier and at the time , i didn't know I was just doing eight . I was like I'm gonna do it twice , full , really confident , and so it ended up being eight . The second time , i think someone showed up late . The third time , maybe two people , but it was like very , very slow , right . But the point is is that I showed up and I believe back then this is just my honest belief I was nowhere near as visible as I am now , so people didn't really know who I was , and I believe that back then , i wasn't showing up for myself like I should have been or I could have been , or as consistently as I could have been . So , therefore , others weren't showing up for me either , and I think that's a really , really good call out , because , when I look back at my business , i think this says a lot about the way I've lived my business . To be honest with you , i show up in my business like it's my job , but also I'm obsessed with it , right , i really really do love what I do .

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Back in 2018 , i needed a lot of validation and I'm thankful that that one time that no one showed , that I still showed , and then I kept going , because I think , you know , allowing the show to still go on is hard sometimes , right , i didn't let it stop me and I did eight , in that you know , less than four week period , which is pretty huge . The other thing is is that I show up for you when you don't show up . Show up for you and let me explain whether anybody shows up for trainings paid , not paid I show up , i am there , i am my word , always , sometimes without instant gratification , and that's okay . I also have realized that one thing that's helped me be really successful is that I don't think about this launch , i don't think about this piece of content , i don't think about this offer . I think about the longevity .

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Everything I do is for the longevity of my business . I , you know , it's probably why I've been in business for seven years now . I know it will work . It just may not always work in my timing right , my preferred timing , and I think when you decide I'm in this for the long haul , one bad day , one bad launch , one bad video , or I , when we say bad video , will say no view . Video is not gonna stop me , and I learned this from one of my mentors and I will never forget this and I will always say this is that I win in every situation . I win in every situation . I won that day that no one showed up , but I did . It showed me that I am my word . I can do hard things and humility truly is a great practice . I've done way too much growth on myself to give up . I've done way too much growth on myself to let one bad thing stop me , or one dissatisfied launch or stop me , or one bad day , one Bad , even weak .

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At this point right , there are so many things that go on in our business .

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We don't have control over a lot of them , but I can show up , i Can say yes to myself and I can not allow little things to hinder me and Make sure that I've always taken the true data over the drama .

Speaker 1 5:25

And I want to encourage you today to show up Like it's your job , but find a way to enjoy it , because when you enjoy it , your audience is going to enjoy it and you're going to magnetize way more people to you . When you enjoy something , then when you don't Pour it into your audience , show them how excited you are for them To see a result , to see a transformation , and whatever it is that you do . I Have never regretted showing up for my audience , even back in the days when I my messaging sucked , it was off , it was quantity over quality , like I can see so many things like when I look back . But I don't regret showing up . Even when I wasn't my best , even when I my messaging wasn't the best , i still showed up . You get better as you go and that , my friend , is a promise I can make .