- I'm gonna say something a little controversial here.
Doing business is easy.
When it comes to owning a company, being creative,
putting together offers, selling,
seeing what works and what doesn't,
analyzing data and then pivoting
and adjusting and making money and paying employees.
That's the easy part.
What's not so easy in my mind, in my opinion,
is the mental and emotional battle
that comes with being an entrepreneur.
Getting over imposter syndrome and being scared
but showing up anyway.
So this video is all about
the life lessons that I've learned
from starting my own business,
which actually becomes part of my story
that a lotta my audience and my ideal clients can relate to.
If you wanna join me on that journey,
I've included a link below to my Instagram account
where I share my day-to-day entrepreneurial journey
on my stories and my posts.
And I've also included a link
to my Infinite video Impact Challenge
where I teach students how to use their journey
to create their stories
that becomes their impactful content that converts.
All right, where do I begin?
I started my business in 2016.
and since then, a lot has happened.
I actually feel like I've lived an entire lifetime
within these years of owning a business
because so much growth has happened within them.
Life lesson number one.
Not everyone is for you.
You'll lose friends and people
who you thought would be in your life forever,
but you'll also gain the right ones.
Life lesson number two.
You won't have all the answers,
you don't have to, and you shouldn't.
This opens up opportunities to keep learning and growing.
Life lesson number three.
Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey,
and not everyone will understand you.
It'll reveal a lot about the circle that you keep.
But the circle that you do have will be really quality,
quality over quantity.
Life lesson number four.
Your business will only grow to the level that you do.
It is impossible to be successful without a success mindset,
without a growth mindset.
So the victim mentality has no place in entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurship will reveal the deepest parts of yourself
and force you to do some intense healing and self-awareness.
Life lesson number five.
It's not all about you and your ideas.
It's really about how you can serve others.
Like lesson number six.
You can be kind and still set boundaries.
In fact, Brené Brown said it best, clear is kind.
Be clear and firm about your boundaries and stick to them.
Life lesson number seven.
Celebrate small wins.
Oftentimes, we think it's the big wins
that are worth celebrating,
but owing a successful business
is really all about the small meaningful wins along the way.
Life lesson number eight.
Clap for your big wins and then move forward.
Sometimes we can get caught up
in celebrating our biggest wins,
and really let them get to our heads.
But they're there to remind you
that the work still needs to be done.
It's not a finish line and then it's over.
Life lesson number nine.
Surround yourself with people who give you energy.
This is a must.
It's dangerous to consistently be around people
who don't understand the life that you live.
And life lesson number 10.
Schedule time for you.
I learned this the hard way.
One of my mentors
and one of my most favorite people in the world,
Alex Charfen, talks about how self-care
is the gateway to success.
And he talks about how we as entrepreneurs,
we are million dollar racehorses
and we have to treat ourselves that way.
If you had a million dollar racehorse,
wouldn't you make sure that it got enough sleep,
you would feed it the best quality food,
you would give it the best self-care
and grooming and pampering
because you know the result that that will get it.
One last thought
that I wanted to leave you guys with is this,
success is not reserved for those who are special.
In fact, one of my mentors that I mentioned, Alex Charfen,
told me that I'm not that special.
And it was one of the most valuable things
that I needed to hear.
He said this at a time where I had this belief,
thinking that if I want something done right,
I have to do it myself.
And he said to me, Marley, you're not that special.
You are not a unicorn.
There's a team of people around you
who are willing to support you on your journey,
and you don't have to do it alone.
And that is what allowed me to grow in my mindset
and grow in my company, grow in my team,
and people to share the success.
No one who is successful is where they're at
because of special attributes.
It's earned through hard work, commitment, and consistency.
This is also exactly what I see in my 21-day challenge
all the time.
It works for people who are committed and who show up,
not for me, but for themselves.
So if you're ready to show up for you
and come out of it as a business owner
who is impactful and profitable,
then click that link below, access that challenge,
I hope to see you there.
Thanks so much for watching.
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