Welcome back to another Quick Tip Thursday episode on The Abundant Christianpreneur Podcast. These quick tip episodes are where you are going to learn a tip or a strategy that will help you transition from that nine to five employee mindset to the Christian CEO, and stepped into the role of the abundant christianpreneur to create and grow that powerful, profitable and impactful digital business.

So you can make that impact you’re craving to make, help more people, and eventually leave that nine to five that is draining you. It’s time to do what you love, and live the life God has designed you to live.

Today’s five-star review comes from the Tiffany Hawk. She writes: “Much needed. If I had this podcast when I left my nine to five. It’s so awesome that Kristin is seeing the gap for those who are in preparation for that transition. And that episode and confidence is one I encourage new entrepreneurs to listen to frequently.” Thank you so much. The Tiffany Hawk I definitely appreciate you.

And for those of you who are wondering what episode is Tiffany talking about? Well, she is talking about another quick tip Thursday episode, Episode Number 14, Four Ways to Increase Your Confidence. So when you’re done with this quick tip Thursday episode, head on over to Episode 14.

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Do you know you have a bigger purpose than that nine to five? Yes, yes, you do. Welcome to The Abundant Christianpreneur Podcast. I am your host Kristin Dronchi. I am a wife and mom who loves Jesus. And I’ve also been known to bust a few moves to some old school rock and roll.

Right now you are joined by other faith-filled women who are using their commute to redefine their life, change their mindset and turn their passions, knowledge, life experiences, or even their hobbies into a powerful online business that allows them to have the freedom to do what they love.

My goal is to inspire you to take a step of faith and transition from that employee mindset to the Christian CEO and create that powerful, profitable, and impactful business that has been on your heart. This is your show to learn from me and other Christianpreneurs, tactical tips that will empower you to bring that dream to life.

If you’re ready to live your life by design, make an impact, and have the financial and time freedom to do what you want, when you want. Then crank up that volume, and let’s do this.

Just do it.

Just do it.

Right?

Like Nike says, just do it, just take the action and do it. Today I’m going to talk about four strategies on how you can motivate yourself and just do it. Just take the action you need to take to create your online business to create the dream life that you desire. If you truly want to change your life, honestly, you really shouldn’t need someone to be pushing you right.

And I say that in the most loving way. Nike created a huge marketing and advertising campaign with those three words, just do it. And honestly, that’s pure genius. I was reminded of the slogan the other day, just do it. And it made me think the phrase doesn’t say, prepare to do it or wait for someone to push me or tell me to do it. It says, Just do it.

And too many times we are preparing to do something, we’re waiting for the right moment to do something, we’re waiting for someone to motivate us or push us to take action. I’m not talking about having someone hold you accountable. Because it’s super important to be involved in a group to be involved in a mastermind. I absolutely love the mastermind I am in and the group coaching program I’m in because it helps hold me accountable.

But too many times we’re waiting for someone to tell us to do something, or we’re waiting for the right moment to do something, we think we need to wait until it feels right or until we have just the right words to say, or we have our website just perfect. Or we have our email list created. We have our nurture email sequence set up whatever it is, we think we need to wait until everything’s just perfect.

And unfortunately, when we wait for everything to be perfect, or someone to push us and motivate us before we do it before we just take action, usually that means we’re probably never going to do it. So I want to give you four strategies you can use to motivate yourself, you don’t need to feel like someone has to push you or constantly motivate you, I want you to understand that it starts with us.

And like I said, the truth is, we probably will never be prepared enough. We just need to take action, we just need to take that step of faith and do it anyway. And I will say this, again, if you truly want to change your life, if you truly want to leave that nine to five that is draining you. If you truly want to make such an impact in this world, that leaves you fulfilled inside.

Knowing that you have changed someone else’s life, you don’t need someone else to push you. There is a difference between needing someone to push you in order to change. And then that knowing in your heart of hearts, and having that super deep conviction, that feeling that you need to take action, in order to get the change you want.

Certainly, that change is going to be different for each and every one of us, maybe you just want to become a better version of you. Maybe you do want to start your own powerful, profitable digital business to make an impact and help others so you can eventually leave that nine to five is draining you. Maybe you want to switch to a different career, something that aligns more with your purpose and your passions and who God created you to be.

On the other hand, it could be just that you want a better relationship with your loved ones. Whatever that quote-unquote change is for you. You need to first push yourself to take the action and start making that change. And self-motivation is not always easy. I get it. And fear stops us from just doing it.

If we’re honest with ourselves. The one reason we’re always preparing or waiting for the right moment, or waiting for someone to push us to take action is that we are afraid we’re afraid we might make a mistake. We’re afraid of what we might say might offend someone or turn someone off. We’re afraid that we might lose out on an opportunity. We’re afraid that we might look silly or get embarrassed if the words don’t come out just right.

Listen ladies, my brain is going a million miles a minute. And I constantly stutter over my words that used to hold me back. That fear of being embarrassed and getting my words all tongue-tied used to hold me back. While we’re waiting for someone or someone to push us or give us permission to move, God is actually waiting for you to take that step of faith, and just do it. So he can show up in your life that has given me goosebumps right now.

While we’re waiting, while you’re waiting for someone to push, you give you permission, God is waiting for you just to take that step of faith. So he can show up in your life. Oh, that is so powerful. What we forget is God is so much bigger than all of our inadequacies and our mistakes.

So, ladies, you have a dream in your heart, and you have a deep conviction to make an impact, to do something bigger and greater than where you are right now. God has already given you all the tools to be successful, you just have to take that step of faith in do it.

Furthermore, even when we get it all wrong, when we mess up, when we get our words, tongue twisted, or lever, leave people scratching their heads at us, that is going to bless it, he is going to use it, okay. And we’re just showing people our journey. We’re being vulnerable. We’re all human. And no matter what, even though we’re messing up, we’re making mistakes. And people see that that is going to give them the courage to take the step of faith and just do it.

All right, strategy number one, to just doing it, to motivate yourself and just start taking action is get around like-minded people. When you get around people who are doing what you want to do or people who are being who you want to be, you will instinctively beer in that direction and pick up their habits.

So for example, let’s say you want to get healthy and lose weight, and you go to lunch with five of your girlfriends with the same health goals. They all order a healthy meal, chicken breast or a salad. Are you going to get the fettuccine? Are you going to order the fettuccine with heavy Alfredo sauce and a cream pie for dessert? When you’re around all of your girlfriends that have the same health goals as you do they want to lose weight and they’re ordering chicken or a salad? Are you going to order the fettuccine?

No, heck no, right? You’re just not going to do that. Because you’re surrounded by like-minded women with the same goal. The same thing as when you surround yourself with people who have the same positive mindset, the same outlook on life, they want to uplevel themselves, they want to make an impact, they want to step into the role of the abundant christianpreneur.

So I want you to take an inventory of who you are surrounding yourself with because you are the sum of the five people you hang out with. If you want to grow and go to your next level. If you want to increase your income, if you want to increase your faith, if you want to increase your motivation and achieve that next level in life, whatever that looks like for you, you need to get around people who are a few steps ahead of where you want to be. Okay, that was strategy number one, get around like-minded people.

Strategy number two, get a deep conviction, you need to get a super deep, deep conviction, that conviction deep, deep deep down in your heart that is going to motivate you is going to convince you to take that step of faith and motivate you. Now I’m not saying convict you in a bad way, but convict you in a way where you know you need to do something, you know, you need to take action in order for you to achieve what you want to achieve.

I’m almost certain that you have people in your life that need you to rise up and move to that next level. Whether that’s your kids looking at you, you we tell our kids you can do and be and achieve anything you want. But when we look at ourselves, we don’t believe that. So look at your kids and get that deep conviction that you have a need inside in order for you to take the action and just do it.

Whether it’s your kid, your husband, or someone else you’re close to. These people need to see you running after your goals and your dreams with everything you have. And I am tearing up right now because that is convicting me, my children and my husband need to see me running after my goals and my dreams with everything I have.

Because we are setting in an amazing example to them. When we do this, even if you fail, which you’re going to, I’ve failed, we all do. But failure is the stepping stone to success. So even if we fail, we need to pick ourselves back up and get that deep conviction inside to push us through those failures. That deep down conviction in your heart of hearts will help motivate you.

Strategy number three, get desperate. If you are needing to be pushed to take action on your dream goals, to eventually leave that nine to five that is draining you, you might not be desperate enough. And that might be a tough pill to swallow.

But when you are finally at a point in your life, when you are sick of who you have become fed up with that mundane life, you’re fed up going to a career every day and giving them the best part of you and your family gets what’s leftover. When you’re finally fed up with that realizing that you don’t deserve to live a mundane, unfulfilled life, you will change.

There’s a quote that I love that which you do not hate, you will begin to tolerate. When did we begin to tolerate living a mediocre life? When did we begin to tolerate just getting by? When did we begin to tolerate not living out our full God-given potential on this side of heaven.

I am convinced that there has to be a point in your life, that what you want, who you want to become is much greater than where you currently are. You are in such discomfort and pain that you need to chase that next version of you.

For example, if you get to a point where you can’t tie your shoes without breathing heavy, or playing with your two year old outside without having to sit down after two minutes, that’s going to get you to a point where you’re going to start thinking Gosh, I need to lose those 40 pounds that I put on, right.

So for example, I was done feeling stuck, lost discontent, and not knowing who I was anymore. I was done feeling lonely. Being in a bedroom by myself watching a movie drinking wine or beer, whatever that flavor was that night and sulking because I was still mad at my husband for something he did or said like three days ago.

I was done with that miserable feeling of going to a job that didn’t align with who God created me to be. I knew I was created for so much more than this mundane lack of purpose life. And that was a neph super deep conviction to motivate myself to change. After all, we can only start changing ourselves, and then ask God to come alongside us to start helping us change.

Strategy number four, ask God for motivation. And the inspiration to change. Ask, the Bible says you have not because you’ve asked not God loves to help us. We just have to ask. Remember though, we can’t just ask God and then not like the way in which he delivers the answer. Because sometimes we don’t get a clear answer. And clarity comes by taking action by just doing it.

During a season of my life. I remember asking for patience and to be slow to speak, quick to listen, and slow to anger and boiboi that I get a lot of opportunities to practice that. But remember, if you want to see true change in your life, you don’t need someone to push or motivate you.

So implement those four strategies. And let’s quickly recap on what those four strategies are to help you to start motivating yourself and just taking action and just do it.

Strategy one, get around like-minded people. Get around people who are doing what you love, and who are being who you want to be in who are a step ahead of you.

Strategy number two, get a deep conviction, a deep, deep, deep conviction that motivates you. Remember, those loved ones and those people around you need to see you running after your goals and dreams with everything you have. Even when you fail. They need to see yourself pick yourself back up and keep going.

Strategy number three, get desperate. If you’re needing to be pushed, if you’re needing someone else to motivate you and tell you to do it, you might not be desperate enough.

And then strategy number four, ask, ask God for help. Ask them for motivation and inspiration.

And I’m going to add something else here to ask someone who is where you want to be. Ask someone for help. reach out and ask me shoot me a message, shoot me a DM or email me. Ask for help.

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