Chlöe Swarbrick is a Boss

Can we talk Chlöe Swarbrick for a second?

Here's what you need to know:

She's 26.

She's openly bisexual.

She's a woman.

She's a politician from a minority party.

And she just did something impossible:

She won the vote to be the MP of Auckland Central, one of the biggest electorates (aka: areas) in New Zealand.

She is leading the legalise cannabis movement, and is a climate activist.

Plus, in 2016, when she was 22 years old, she ran for Mayor of Auckland.

What a boss.

Feeling inspired, thanks Chlöe!

Starting my Team

Today I made the decision to hire an assistant.

I’ve hired team members before, but only for short term projects. Now I’m ready to go all in and hand over the reigns on the behind-the-scenes so I can focus on the most important thing I do as a coach – coaching.

I’ve been holding onto every little detail in my business as I built it up, but now as a fully booked coach I realise that I just can’t do everything on my own anymore. (Seriously cool after two years of doing it all on my own to be able to say that!).

Watch this space.

The Ultimate Impossible Goal

What is the most impossible goal of our time?

Climate Change.

But only for sure.

We need climate action, and we need it now.

There’s nothing more important. Without it, we can’t solve any of the other problems this world faces.

Things I’m doing in my small corner:

• Eating vegan (for 4 years now)

• Buying local

• Offsetting my carbon emissions when I fly

• Using public transport as much as possible (I don’t own a car)

• Being minimalist with my purchases

It’s not enough. But it’s a start. I’m ready to take on more as a collective. Stay tuned.

Setting The Right Goals

Harder.

Better.

Faster.

Stronger.

in the words of Daft Punk, that’s what I’m working on as an entrepreneur.

How do we take our impossible goals and go harder, better, faster, and stronger?

How do we create harder, better, faster, stronger goals in the first place?

Are we even setting the right goals?

Am I even setting the right goals?

Time for some realignment.

Books I'm Reading Right Now

• Originals by Adam Grant
  Best lesson so far: take risks – but only in one area of your life at a time.

• How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  Best lesson so far: Make people feel special and important. It’s what they want the most.

• The Defining Decade by Meg Jay
  Best lesson so far: Opportunities don’t tend to come from those you know well and have strong ties with. They come from people who you barely know, who have a totally different network – people you have weak ties with. Search out those people.

What are you reading at the moment? Leave me a comment by clicking the title of this post!

#NoMatterWhat

Pushing to get my to-do list done sucks.

But I committed to it.

So here I am. Showing up for my blog even when I really, really, really don’t feel like it.

I don’t even have anything to share with you guys today.

But I’m here because I said I would be.

#nomatterwhat

I Got In!

Ahh you guys I officially hit my biggest impossible goal yet!

I got into the 200k Mastermind.

Two months ago I was working on this goal – but I was trying to get accepted next year.

The requirements seemed so daunting.

And then at some point, I suddenly thought, why wait?

If it's impossible in one year, and it's impossible now, what's the difference?

I could just do it now.

And it has tested me on a whole new level.

I've never had to show up with this much conviction and certainty that I could do something I had ZERO evidence I could do.

But I didn't want to have to tell you that I didn't make it.

I wanted to walk my talk: to show up every day even when it sucked, to commit the result and to never ever give up.

(Do you know how excruciatingly motivating it is to run a Facebook group based purely on achieving impossible goals? It's the best kick in the booty you'll ever get I HAD to do it. I'd told you all I was going to).

So not a day went by in the last two months where I didn't do something to move closer to the goal. Even if that was visualizing, journaling or planning.

And I cried. And I stressed. And I took messy, imperfect actions. I make several big mistakes.

But I also had SO much support. Incredible people in my offline life, my coaches, my Facebook group, and my own clients rooting for me. Thank you all SO much. I wouldn't be here without you.

The most important lesson I learned in the last two months:

When things don't work, it's not a sign to stop – it's a test to see if you want it bad enough to keep going. It's a chance for you to show up as the person you've always wanted to be.

Other thoughts that helped me:

1. It's already DONE.

2. What creative solutions have I not thought of yet?

3. If I had 24 hours left, what would I do?

4. There is always another way.

If there's one thing I believe now more than ever: we are all capable of doing impossible things.

Just Because It's True For Them, Doesn't Make It True for You

I’ve been listening to some business podcasts recently about niches. And according to them, it’s a bad idea to have a broad niche. You shouldn’t just help anyone. You should only help people get one specific result.

That might be true for some people.

But I don’t subscribe.

I help people achieve impossible goals. Any impossible goal.

It doesn’t have to be a certain kind. It just has to be huge, and out of reach, and beyond what your current beliefs tell you that you can do.

Then I can help you.

And maybe one day I’ll decide to only help moms with allergies who want to train newborn kittens, but for now, I’m sticking to my broad niche.

But for now, I’m fully booked. So if you want to work with me, jump on my waitlist by filling out the application to work together here.

But just because something works for other people, doesn’t mean it will work for you.

You don’t have to niche down if you don’t want to.

You could niche up.

You could niche across.

You could just forget about having a niche at all.

Figure out what actually works for you. Then go and do it, 10x harder.

Waiting

Waiting.

Just waiting.

Patience. Tension. Hope.

The world is waiting to see what will happen with the US Elections.

Every goal has a point of painstaking waiting.

But the time will come.

For now, we wait.

Would You Rather?

Would you rather set a tiny goal and surpass it? Or set a huge goal and not quite hit it?

There’s no right answer.

Here are my thoughts:

It’s better to shoot for the moon and land among the stars is better than shoot for a bush and land in a tree.

What do you think?