22: You're Doing Great (Pep Talk)

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You're doing a great job, no matter how messy or overwhelmed you feel right now. Sometimes, all it takes is one simple compliment to remind us that our efforts matter. Kayla Worthy sheds light on the unspoken power of encouragement especially for event professionals and busy creatives who rarely hear positive words or affirmations. 

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Transcript

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Hello, happy Monday, my Feelworthy Podcast listeners. I am so happy you're here. And over the weekend, I went to a yoga six class. So it was my first class. I think I told you in a previous episode that I won a free week of yoga with them. So if you haven't been to yoga six, definitely try them out. If you like warm or hot yoga classes, I had no idea they were warm classes until I did my first one this weekend. But it was great. I felt amazing, and the teacher was so awesome. It was also a sculpts class, so it had a bit of weights and a bit of a hit workout component, which I love the fast-paced workouts. But all of that being said, not the point of the podcast. Just wanted to share something new I tried and thought you might be interested. The point of this podcast episode from that class at the end of the session, it's about 60 minutes. We're all sweating, we're all like recovering, doing shavasna. I think I butchered that, but I think you guys know what I mean. If you've ever taken a yoga class, well, the teacher walks around with cooling towels for everyone, and he stops by everyone's mat and says, You're doing a great job. Every single person he walks by and observed in my closed eyes and just listening into the room state, him saying, You're doing a great job and giving everyone a towel. There wasn't any custom message or overthinking. It was just a simple compliment and encouragement because we all showed up to the yoga practice. We all did great within our own capacity and limits. We didn't have anything to prove. We just had to show up, and it got me thinking about event professionals. It really just dawned on me. I'm like, how often do we just hear you're doing a great job? So many of us are moving from one deadline to the next and one root block to the next and the event to the next, and just going so fast that there's not a time to breathe in between. And we just think of the things that we do as normal, that everyone could do them, it's no big deal. But no, it's not true. It's not something everyone could do. And while you're planning, while you're in the thick of it, while you're just having a random Tuesday perfecting the agenda for the event, it's nice if someone says you're doing a great job. I remember when I'm planning events and just a random person that I'm working with that has that's not in the trenches with me just stops and says, Hey, Kayla, I think you're doing a really great job. I know there's so much that I have no idea what's going on behind the scenes, but you're doing great. And it stays with me. It gives me the encouragement to keep going and just feel seen in those moments. There's no ulterior motive, there's no strings attached, no reward or like gold sticker with it. It's just a nice comment. And it's just something that we're observing of each other and saying out loud. And it doesn't come from after you saved the general session or answered the Team's chat when all of the information was already shared in an email, or made something happen with half the time and resources. It's just a simple comment. You're doing great. Maybe you're preparing for a major event or trying to lead more strategically or starting a brand new part of the events landscape that you've never tried before. Or life is lifing. So you're focused on learning how to be a mom or grieving someone you love or building a whole new business. Maybe you're training for your next marathon. Or, you know what, let's go to the flip side. Perhaps you don't feel like you're crushing it. You feel tired or behind or wondering if what you're doing even matters. Just know that it all does. And wherever this podcast finds you, I really want you to know that you don't have to be perfect to be worthy of doing a great job. You don't have to have everything figured out. You don't have to be at the finish line to get the congratulations or the good job, or to just be proud of yourself. Sometimes doing a great job is just getting the proposal out, asking for help, taking the walk, or choosing rest instead of squeezing everything into one hour, or just showing up messy and honest and consistent. Look, I know event pros know what it means to just keep going. You are always finding creative solutions. I know that you pivot when the plan changes and smile when things get ridiculous. Because let's be honest, sometimes things are absolutely ridiculous, but you carry it all and so often and you do it without anyone stopping to say, I see you, or that mattered, or you handle that well. Or you're doing a great job. So today, in this moment, take that in. Because I know people have a case of the Mondays, and it's hard to get that momentum to just like ignite the engine to start your day, but you're still here, you're still learning, you're growing, you're trying and moving forward. So you deserve to know it. And if no one has told you this in a while, that's what this episode is for. The encouragement to find momentum, to look at the glass half full, focus on your North Star and try again. I think we need to say this to each other more often to keep spreading light in a world or a time that can feel a bit dim. For God's sakes, the New York Knicks just won after 53 years. And if they weren't just saying good game to each other year after year after year, and just continuing to show up, who knows if they would have ever gotten here? So believe in yourself, believe in someone else. Send the text cheering them on, leave the comment on their Instagram or LinkedIn post and a genuine comment, right? Like actually read their post. Stop and notice the effort of your colleague. Sprinkle positivity like confetti and share this episode with someone who needs to hear it. Or just share it because you never know who needs to hear it. So just keep going. The world needs whatever you have to share. And I hope you have a great week. And as always, I hope you feel worthy today and every day. Talk soon. Bye, guys.