What's it Like to Be in the Room
Reaching the million dollar mark in your business opens a lot of doors and conversations. However, only 4.2% of women owned business hit a million dollars. Imagine if we start having conversations earlier. Ryann is changing the game.
Ryann Dowdy is the founder of Be in the Room, a leadership collective of high achieving women. She's a community builder, a best selling author and a business consultant. Listen up as we dive right in to what happens when you surround yourself with women who inspire you. Some of the highlights from this episode are:
What do I want? You've built the business everyone else was building. You've built the business your coach told you to build. But go inside and do the soul searching and ask yourself, what do I want?
Is this Groundhog Day? Running from one thing to the next, day after day on repeat can give you the sense of Groundhog Day. When you notice that you have little to no quality time for yourself, you can recognize this as an opportunity to make some changes in your life.
Start with what you know and take the messy action. When you're first getting started you don't have to have everything figured out. Talk about your expertise, how you can help and take money from anyone that'll pay you. Things will start to become clear with who you want to work with and how. Just let it be messy.
Respect the hustle. Listen, I know that hustle has gotten a bad wrap because it's very much linked to burnout. HOWEVER, if you're starting your business alongside your full time job, you have to put in the hours to make it work. You will be busy, you will work a lot, but it does not have to be forever.
Try and try again. When you go to launch a new product, course, program, service or whatever your thing is - just plan on doing it over and over again until you start to see success. Launch, observe, tweak and repeat.
Align your values. If you're considering having a business partner, make sure there's an alignment of values...How hard do you want to work, for how long, who's doing what, what are the costs, the size of team, the amount of hours...Get alignment (and a written agreement) on all the things you each value or find a better fit or at the very least, an exit plan.
Ditch the guru status. When people are looking to you as the expert or you're in a community with potential clients, finding a space to be vulnerable and talk about problems you're facing in your business can be challenging. Create or join communities where you can talk about these things with experts in different areas so you can all learn and grow together.
Fill the need. If you're looking to start or expand a business, take a look at what you've overcome, your expertise and what you wish was available to you. Create what you wish you had.
Share your vision. Whether your vision is to replace your corporate salary or build an empire, start having conversations with your partner so it's not a surprise. Ease them in and share your what you're working on, share your goals and create that comfort level with your partner so they can support you.
The best way to connect with Ryann is through her free Facebook community, Be in the Room or on LinkedIn. Join her there and say hello!
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