If you’re struggling with... · Content Savage Squad

If you’re struggling with...

Posting content and not knowing where to start
Sending outreach messages because you’re overthinking it
Perfecting every little detail on your website or VBC

Basically, doing busy work instead of just getting out there and having conversations, I want to share something that helped me get fired up about doing the work, I have been avoiding.

August rolled around, and I was in a rut. I’d been stuck in this loop of overthinking, trying to make everything perfect—figuring out who to contact, what to say, making a video business card, all that. I knew I needed to do some outreach, but I didn’t. I kept thinking, “I’ll just make my VBC better first.”

Fast forward to last week, and I finally pushed myself to just send the first five messages. The first one took me forever to send, but by the third, it got so much easier. After sending those five messages, I felt like I could take on the world! Dramatic, I know.

Didn’t matter if anyone responded, I had done something that had taken weeks to get done, but it doesn’t end there…

Later on, I posted a quick “Anyone looking for video” type post on Facebook. I didn’t overthink it, I just did it(in hindsight, maybe the message could’ve been better) But I did it.

So, what happened?

2 out of 5 responded to outreach, 1 booked a call, and I got a lead from Facebook—all just from five messages and a Facebook post. “What if I did this every day? Imagine the possibilities!”

What I learned is…

Take swift action. Those first few actions made it SO much easier to take more inspired actions each day. Even if I hadn’t gotten any responses, just sending those first messages gave me a hit of dopamine, I hadn’t felt in a while. All I could think was, "I have to do this everyday!!"

And I think that’s what

@Ceebz Gerard

and

@Dave Lisowski

mean when they say, “Just do three things.”

So if you’re stuck like I was, just pick three things and do them. You’ll be surprised at how much better you feel once you start taking action.

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