Why have I Switched My Focus To Accountability Business Coaching?
Ten years ago I started my first business. It was just after my separation from my now ex-husband and it was a vegetarian cooking Vlog called Gocookveg.com.
I had started the project and joined the NEIS program which is the New Enterprise incentive Scheme and my mentor from the program, Keith Davidson who runs justsmallbusiness.com.au is still a friend.
He asked me last Friday night if I had continued with gocookveg, where would I be today?
This is a painful question for me because I was ahead of the pack at that time. It was 10 years ago before all of the cooking and food shows took off and all the diet fads.
Keith said to me, he thinks I probably would have been an influencer by now and be the owner of a well established and successful cooking brand.
Thankfully I have since discovered Carol Dweck and the power of the word yet and the implications of having a growth mindset, so I am on track and my path has taken many twists and turns.
There are many reasons why I let this project fall away and I still do regret it. I know it is not too late, and one of my goals is to complete a number of my unfinished projects including that one. (So watch this space!)
I have always wanted to be a coach, but did not think I was good enough because I have not achieved the results in my own business life that I would have expected by now, mostly because I never stuck with anything. And over the last decade I have started lots of businesses and brands.
When I review what got in my way, having a coach and being held to account, having someone to help with business strategy and having someone to back me and help me with belief in myself, is one of the major things that was missing.
I lacked:
confidence
skills
money
courage
accountability structures
a growth mindset
an understanding of my sabotage habit patterns and fear of success
In the past decade I have done so much personal development. I have learned who I am, what are my strengths and weaknesses and what I love and gives me fulfilment. Also my hierarchy of values have changed. I am no longer an apology, nor seeking validation from others, nor living someone else’s dreams, nor gripped by the imposter syndrome and shame. Although I am not free from all of the above, I am no longer stopped by them.
If not now then when? That is the question for me. I now choose to live my truth and a big part of that is teaching, coaching and contributing to other entrepreneurs on a similar journey to me and eventually speaking and writing.
I have so many skills and talents in entrepreneurship. I am not a millionaire yet, but I am still in the game, on the court and do not plan to quit, like I have done so many times over the past decade.
As well as being an accountability coach, I never plan to stop working on my own projects. One of the recent ones is launching products on the Amazon platform in the US and getting into products, which was the vision all along when I started gocookveg.com.
I can offer now what I lacked and did not even know I lacked. Accountability is a huge part of that and that is why I have switched my focus from myself to contributing to others, at the same time as working on my own projects and companies.
Progressing goals, testing business ideas, taking massive action, creating strategic plans, planning for growth and scale, not getting stopped by lack of time, lack of money and lack of skills are some of the things we work on if you engage me as your business coach.
There is always a way to move forward and my coaching is about exploring every avenue and leaving no stone unturned in the pursuit of your dreams. There are no guarantees but there are regrets if you don’t take action.
Now as I embark on my new journey which I feel so passionate about, and am doing it for all the right reasons, bringing with me all my experience thus far, I'm excited for the journey ahead. If you would like to learn more about my new life as an Accountability Coach, I would like to give you a free 1:1 30 minute power session to help you workshop one of your goals. If that's something you'd like to explore, contact me on 0414707751.