Janine: Hello.
Welcome to another episode
of Unleashing Brilliance.
Today I wanna talk
about something that
everyone struggles with.
Yes.
Even those high performing
visionary powerhouse
women out there.
I see you.
Why is discipline
so damn difficult?
Why is it that even when we
know exactly what we need to
do, we still end up scrolling,
binge watching alphabet sizing
our spice racks color coding
our bookshelf, or reaching
for just one more tip, Tam.
No judgment here.
'cause I love chocolate
biscuits and malteses.
They're practically
self-care in my land.
But let's get into it.
Why do we find discipline
so damn difficult?
I think there's a delicious
allure of distraction
that's going on.
Some will tell you that
the problem is willpower
or brain chemistry or
resistance, but I reckon the
real reason is distraction
actually feels amazing.
You know, it's
instant gratification.
It's finest, isn't it?
It whispers, you know, just
five more minutes when
your alarm goes off, it
lures you into saying,
I'll follow up tomorrow
instead of hitting on that.
Pitch, email hitting,
send on that pitch email.
Now it's sexy, it's
sparkly, it's seductive,
and guess what?
It's also a big fat liar
because here's the truth bomb.
If distraction is all
about short-term pleasure,
then discipline is all
about long-term purpose.
It's not about suffering,
it's about stacking
those little wins that
create the big dreams.
You know, we're talking
and writing a book.
lending and TEDx Talk.
Launching your empire, getting
high quality leads on repeat.
It's not exactly things
you achieve by winging
it with your phone in one
hand, and lovers blind
on in the background.
It's not the sort of thing
you can achieve by actually
not doing the boring work.
This stuff, getting
those TED Talks, writing
that book, building your
business requires work,
it requires discipline,
it requires consistency.
And that, my friends, is often
the boring part of business.
But I think it's time
to flip the script.
Let's talk strategies because
discipline doesn't have
to feel like a bootcamp
hosted by Sadistics personal
trainer that, let me tell
you, I'm retraining for a
high rocks right now, and
that's how it's feeling.
We've gotta flip the script.
So here's a couple
of strategies I want
you to think about.
The first one is to lock
down your goals and your why.
Because without clarity,
distractions actually
win every single time.
You wanna grow your
business, great.
But what does that mean?
What does it mean?
What is the motivation?
What is the reason
for doing this stuff?
My clients, especially
those in Elevate, we sit
down every single quarter
and we create a game plan.
And this is not just lofty
goals, but it's actually
the micro actions over
these next 90 days that will
actually get them there.
And by the way, we set these
90 day plans, not just from
a business and professional
perspective, but also.
Personal perspective
because we're not just
single-minded human beings.
Many of us have other
things going on.
We've got life dreams, we've
got relationship goals and
all those sorts of things.
And it's really important that
we get clear on these micro
actions that are going to
get you there because a great
idea without a plan, well,
that's just wishful thinking
with a hashtag, so work out.
What is it that you
are wanting and why?
Most importantly, why
does it actually matter?
And I want you to
think really, why?
Really, really, really why?
The second thing is you
gotta ditch the temptation.
Willpower's cute, but
it's, you know, unreliable.
It's like a bad ex. We've
actually gotta put systems
in place, not stress.
So if it's about turning
off your phone, it may
be about shutting down
your email, it may be
about hiding the remote.
Whatever it is, you've got to
get serious about removing.
Those distractions.
One of the things that I've
shared this before that we
do in my Elevate community is
we do a weekly hour of power.
This is where we meet
online, the cameras are on,
but microphones are off.
Every single person is muted,
and we spend that hour in
business development mode,
like our goals depend on it
because they actually do.
And let me tell you, knowing
someone's watching you
on Zoom, well magically
it makes you productive.
Funny that right?
So remove the distraction.
Number three making sure
that you're celebrating
those small wins.
I used to think that
discipline meant suffering,
you know, like nose to
the grindstone, gray
tracksuit, eye twitching
kind of suffering.
And you know,
honestly, I think it's.
There's a lot of that
childhood conditioning
about you work hard, you
keep working hard, and
someone will notice you
and remember my North of
England dad saying, but it
doesn't have to be like that.
Now what I do is I
celebrate the glimmer
moments every single month.
I look at what I've actually
achieved in that month,
what are those small steps
that I've achieved, and
I give myself the reward.
It might be a massage,
it might be a glass of
bubbly at the beach.
It might even be
a guilt Free nap.
It doesn't matter
because success isn't
just about the doing.
It's about the being,
and you deserve to feel
good along the way.
Next strategy number
four is about being
kinder to yourself.
I used to be really bad
at this, you know, like
world champion at beating
myself up, kind of bad.
But now I pause, I
reflect, I laugh.
Sometimes I swear loudly
and start again, but
I never stay stuck.
I tell my clients
the same thing.
If you've fallen off
track, don't spiral.
It's just about acknowledging
what happened, what got
in the way, what stopped
you, and then taking
ownership and pressing
reset because there is never
failure, only feedback,
or sometimes a slight.
Back.
And one of the final
things I do is I track
my progress like a hoard.
I am only retentive about
tracking absolutely anything.
This is like my
superpower to my business.
It's one of my
biggest secrets.
I track everything.
I track daily sales
and cash flow.
I track word camp when
I'm writing a book.
I track social media reach,
I track my email list.
These are my habits because
I know that if I don't
track it, it doesn't happen.
And inside my Elevate and
Inner Circle community,
every single one of
us has a dashboard.
Actual dashboards, not
just metaphorical ones.
Those dashboards are built to
measure the very thing that my
clients are measuring at that
moment in time to ensure that
they're making a step forward.
We look at the North
Star metrics, which could
be sales and profit.
We look at the attention
metrics, those metrics that we
need to be following to ensure
that the right amount of
eyeballs are seeing our stuff.
we track our
attraction metrics.
How many people are
coming into our world?
What is our lead
gen looking like?
and then we Track the
activation, metrics, what's
actually being converted
because every single one of
those numbers shows us both
the impact of our activity.
And it gives us clues.
It shows us the breadcrumbs of
where the opportunity is, of,
where we need to take action.
What you focus on grows.
What you neglect well,
that gathers dust.
It fuels self-doubt.
It adds the cobwebs
into your business.
So the big question is,
are you going to let
distractions keep you in the
loop of, I'll do it later.
Are I gonna commit to
a kind of discipline
that builds freedom?
It builds flow.
It builds long-term
brilliance.
I know which camp I'm in
and I know which camp you
belong to too, and it's not
the one with empty promises
and half eaten biscuits.
So what's one thing you're
gonna take away from today?
Maybe it's shutting down your
inbox during deep work time.
Maybe it's scheduling
your own hour of power.
Maybe it's finally getting
clear on your goals
and why they matter.
Whatever it is.
Please make a commitment and
make that commitment today.
And once again, if you've
loved this episode or you've
got someone that you think
needs to listen to this
episode, please share it with
one of your besties, with one
of your business buddies, with
one of the incredible other
people in your network who has
got big dreams, but just keeps
getting pulled off course.
And of course, tag Me,
act Janine, wherever
you're sharing it.
And tell me what
are you focusing on?
Discipline isn't punishment,
discipline is a declaration of
what matters, of who you are
and of who you are becoming.
Now, off you go.
Go and unleash some more
brilliance this week and I'll
catch up with you next week.