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The Amy Porterfield Show

#404: Why We Avoid Things In Our Business (& What To Do About It)

The Amy Porterfield Show

Amy Porterfield

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.95K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Kick Procrastination To The Curb And Make Peace With Your To-Do List  You know those tasks in your business that feel like a reward? For me, it’s meeting with my leadership team or creatively strategizing for opportunities and projects we have coming down the line. Mmm-mmm. Pack my calendar with those tasks any day! But then there are some tasks that I see in Asana...and I would rather file taxes than tackle those during my day. So what ends up happening? I push those tasks off and off...and they linger and linger.   You too?  Well in this episode, we’re examining the things we don’t want to do in our business and why we don’t want to do them.  While the beauty of being an entrepreneur is that you don’t have to do stuff you don’t want to do, it benefits you (and your business!) to examine WHY you avoid things or feel resistance around them.  So in this episode, I’ll be covering: How to examine whether your procrastination has to do with your insecurities. *gulp* Things you can do to help get clear on whether that feeling of dread is something that’s truly serving you (which can be the case!) or if it’s getting in the way.  A simple challenge you can try out this week to assess resistance you’re feeling in your business and begin to grow the entrepreneurial muscles necessary to overcome them.  Plus, I’ll give you examples of dread that I experience in my own business and how I overcome them without white-knuckling and wearing myself out.  So grab your headphones, set your task list aside for the moment, and let’s tackle this together.  Here’s a glance at this episode... [02:08] Is the outcome of this task going to outweigh the feeling of uncertainty of doing it? [05:20] Are you dreading something because you feel insecure or is it genuinely not your thing?  [07:33] Check in with yourself after you've done the thing. Pay attention to how you feel afterwards. Pay attention to your audience. Did they love it? [11:14] Change the sentence from “I have to record a podcast” to “I get to record a podcast.” Pay attention to what's coming up for you and learn where the resistance is coming from. [12:37] Take the next step to notice where your dread or resistance is coming from and then ask why it's coming up for you. Rate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts "I love Amy and Online Marketing Made Easy." <-- If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more people -- just like you -- move toward the online life and business that they desire. Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’m adding a bunch of bonus episodes to the feed and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!

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0:00.0

In October this year, Instagram glitched and many of us woke up to tons of lost followers.

0:07.7

Facebook and Instagram faux pas like these have become a semi-annual event.

0:12.3

Remember in 2021 when Facebook and Instagram went down for two old days?

0:17.8

Imagine being mid-promotion and your only means of communication with your audience went

0:23.2

to put.

0:24.2

Now, while I love connecting with my followers on social media, relying on social media

0:29.5

alone can create a revenue gamble I don't want you to experience in 2023.

0:36.4

That's why I want you to join my free masterclass.

0:39.2

It's called the Relaxed Business Owners Guide to Building a Profitable Email List.

0:43.8

How I add a thousand new email subscribers every week.

0:47.8

And I'm going to spell out exactly how to start and grow your email list even if you're

0:51.7

starting from zero to make sure your 2023 promotions are disruption free and as profitable

0:58.5

as possible.

0:59.5

What if this was the last year you ever said, but I don't have an email list?

1:05.0

Let's make 2023 your year of thriving with a growing email list.

1:10.5

So go to emyporterfield.com forward slash email list, just one word.

1:14.7

Amy Porterfield.com forward slash email list right now to save your seat.

1:20.5

I'll see you there.

1:27.0

I'm Amy Porterfield and this is online marketing made easy.

1:34.0

Well, hello there.

1:44.8

Welcome to my first Tuesday shorty episode.

1:48.2

So you're going to start seeing two episodes every single week and I'm really excited

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