Have you every looked your greatest fear in the face and said, "I'm going to overcome you"? While, when I looked at my business and thought of the area where I had the most discomfort, hesitation, least experience, least desire to focus on, it was social media. I knew it would be instrumental in growing my business, in expanding my reach, in helping me accomplish my biggest vision of changing the birth narrative in our world but the thought of doing it felt crippling.
I dabbled in it here and there, even hired a social media manager for a while -- but there were no results or relevant impact to my business. The biggest hurdle was my own sentiments towards social media, I just don't like it on so many levels. But behind that is perhaps an even more potent truth that I don't want to be seen and I am not good enough to create.
So when I saw the Social Media Mastery I thought, well, that's the thing I least want to face, I better dive fully in. And I did. I started the mastery feeling intimidated, reluctant, and somewhat skeptical.
But I showed up week after week anyway. And with each speaker, with each lesson, with each story shared from my peers the fear started to slowly peel away, the self-doubt started to melt and I started seeing myself as a content creator. I change the narrative from "I can't do this," "I don't want to do this," "this isn't for me" to "I'm an excellent content creator with an important and transformative message to share -- one I can't not share."
And if this was the only think I walk away from this mastery with -- it would have all be worth it. To feel excited about social media, to feel inspired and motivated to show up to it, to feel confident that I can make an impact with it, that it has the potential to help me grow my business in profound ways -- that is an incredible mindset shift that I was longing for and I got.
The mindset shift was just the tip of the iceberg, I was given specific, actionable methods to get me to my goals. I was exposed to so many AI tools that would make the work achievable and efficient. There was a clear road map to the process of tackling social media.
Beyond the content of the mastery, the enthusiasm and support of the community was incredible. These established relationships will be the part of the mastery I take with me into the work ahead. The people ever willing to lend a hand, an encouragement, a suggestion to help me get better and better. The generosity and kindness of the community is the part that carries you through to success.