I wanted to share with you a really hard situation I encountered last week as a business owner, one that I know a lot of creatives with online businesses have experienced.
It began when I saw a tweet with a link to an article that had the exact title of a lesson I created inside the Better Branding Course.
Let me tell you something, trying to be the truest, most vibrant version of the REAL you that’s inside is messy, scary work.
The past seven years of my life have been a journey inward, asking myself “Who am I REALLY?” so that I can build a life around that true self.
It didn’t happen all at once; it was more like a slow unveiling.
Every year that I got older, it was like I was able to shed a new layer of myself that wasn’t quite me.
This year the layer that pretended to like the same things as my friends in college.
The next year the layer that convinced myself I wasn’t possibly an artist.
The next year the protective layer that tried to hide how emotional and sensitive I truly am.
It’s like when you’ve painted over multiple nail polish colors and you keep cotton swabbing each one away until you get down to your natural nail and you say “Ohhh… so that’s what they look like under there.” (What’s that? No one else but me does that? Okay, just checking.)
Anyway, I’m always meditating on this idea of revealing our true selves (as you’ve probably noticed by now) so I was ruminating about all of this when I came across a video from Brené Brown talking about “The Anatomy Of Trust.”
It was fascinating, and it got me thinking about who we entrust with our true selves. Who do we allow ourselves to BE TRULY SEEN in front of?
That’s when this important question came to me, which I promptly posed to my Instagram community:
“What's the one thing you love about yourself that you MOST FEAR being rejected for?”
It occurred to me that all the times I’ve felt the most understood, the most truly seen in my life were the times when I revealed something about myself that I feared being rejected for, only to be warmly embraced instead.
For me, that means showing my deep sensitivity, something I used to be so afraid to show people for fear of looking weak or weird or for making people uncomfortable.
Throughout my entire life, this is the one personality trait that has made me feel like a bit of a black sheep. I love the cathartic feeling of a good cry or empathizing with a character in a story so much that their emotions feel real to me. I can sense a stranger’s joy or pain simply by being near them and love pondering life’s biggest questions for hours with a friend over coffee. That kind of depth and emotion is so much a part of who I am, and yet growing up I felt that there was something about it that wasn’t quite “normal.” So I hid that part of myself for a long time.
But in doing that — in hiding the things that make us feel like US — we rob ourselves of the true joy of being accepted and understood.
As Glennon Doyle says in her book Love Warrior:
“I'm not a mess but a deeply feeling person in a messy world. I explain that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, 'For the same reason I laugh so often--because I'm paying attention.' I tell them that we can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved. We must decide.”
How beautiful is that (and how true.) We can pretend we’re something we’re not because we think it will make others like us more (or at least not reject us) but we can’t do that AND be loved as our true selves.
It’s a choice we must make to lean into our authenticity, even if it’s scary.
The irony that emerges in embracing your inner black sheep is that you become a beacon of light for others like you to find you. You end up ringing so true and shining so bright that is allows people to see themselves in your being… which ultimately leads to more belonging, not less.
You may lose the few friends or connections that “don’t get you” but if you shine long enough and bright enough, trust me you will attract many more that in fact DO.
This is why it’s SO important for me to make sure that I weave my deep sensitivity into all the creative work that I do. It’s why I tackle these big, juicy topics in this newsletter. It’s why I share my emotions on Instagram. It’s why I directly declare that this community is for soulful creatives — people like you who aren’t afraid of a little self-reflection.
It’s actually the filter I use when determining what projects to pursue. I simply ask myself: Which of these ideas allows me to share the black sheep parts of me?
Your inner black sheep holds the key to your superpower.
“Your inner black sheep holds the key to your superpower.”
That thing you’re afraid to show the world — that you’re irreverent or idealistic or weird or nerdy or sad or quiet — within that thing not only lies your ability to stand in your uniqueness but your ability to feel understood.
You are CRAZY special and the world wants to know you. Let us see you for who you really are.
When I think about how I want to be remembered at the end of my life, the thing that most comes to mind is that I want people to say “she was fiercely and courageously herself.” What about you?
If you read last week’s newsletter, than you know… Made Vibrant is now a team effort!
Two weeks ago, I hired my first ever assistant, the wonderful and talented Laura. I definitely plan to introduce you properly to Laura in the future, but for now I want to share with you a bit about what the process of hiring was like for me, and how I managed to overcome the big fear I had that the magic and mission of what I’ve built might become diluted with the addition of a new person.
Over the past two years, growing Made Vibrant has been such an enjoyable experience. I’ve had the freedom and flexibility to experiment with different revenue models, and I’ve had the luxury of teaching myself everything on my own time without having to worry about anyone else. For a while it felt like maybe I might always want things to remain this way. Maximum simplicity, minimum responsibility to anyone else but myself.
That is until about two months ago. That’s when I looked up and realized running the day to day of the business was starting to make me feel a bit like one of those circus performers spinning plates on broomsticks.
Slowly I’ve been adding each new spinning plate -- an Instagram challenge here, another new product there, a blog strategy, a creative practice, a Slack community. The list goes on.
And all of those things have been wonderful. They’ve brought me joy, they’ve brought my business profit and they’ve brought you guys value.
But I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t a tad exhausting, what with all the constant running around and trying to keep all the plates from falling.
That’s when I started considering the notion that an assistant might be the right way to go.
Then, two Thursdays ago I was sitting at my computer literally just staring blankly at my calendar, almost on the verge of tears because the minutia of all the spinning plates I had in the air felt virtually paralyzing. I had no energy to even tackle my to-do list because the weight of the whole thing had me in a choke hold.
That’s when I asked myself these two simple questions: 1) Is my business making enough money that I can afford to pay someone part-time and 2) am I willing to let go of some aspects of my business in order to make room for more of what I value in my life (creativity, curiosity, ease).
The answer to both questions was yes.
The first thing I did was ask my close business peers about their experience with virtual assistants/hiring just so I could get a baseline understanding of what I was getting myself into.
I’ll be honest though, while getting outside feedback helped warm me up to the idea that this could be a great and helpful thing, it also actually made the process feel a bit more overwhelming than it needed to be because I realized there is no uniform way that people go about hiring assistants.
As I’ve shared time and time again, every business is different and every business owner is different, so it’s no surprise that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution.
But the more people I talked to, the more I realized I just needed to figure out what worked for me:
Once I realized it was my business and I could run it however I wanted to, the process felt less overwhelming because I realized I was free to just be myself.
One other thing I did find helpful in the “research” phase was downloading Indigo Colton’s short ebook, Your Ultimate VA Crash Course ($14.) It was an awesome and affordable way for me to not only get a basic understanding of what I should be considering as I hire someone, but there are some good worksheets that forced me to sit down and write out exactly what work I would want someone to be taking on. Definitely recommend starting there if you’re curious!
Now, before we move on to the process of actually finding my assistant, let’s wade together through some of the big fears that came up for me once I decided to dive in.
Ahhh yes. That all-terrifying, unpredictable, sneaky little booger called The Unknown. As with all things that I’ve never done before, my assembly of what-ifs received their call to arms and started showing up in record numbers once I decided to finally hire someone.
What if we’re not a good fit and I have to fire someone? What if I decide to shut down my business and move to Fiji? What if he/she steals all of my secrets and starts their own business and then convinces all my customers to leave me for his/her cooler, newer, better, more awesome business? (ps. I have no secrets so that one is especially suspect.)
As in all cases of the great fear of the unknown, I simply had to remind myself to, hello, breathe, but then also to accept that I don’t know what the future holds and that’s okay. I’m a big girl and I can trust myself to know that I’ll figure out whatever gets hurled at me.
Yes, all of those big scary things are what-ifs, but there’s also a great number of what-ifs that could mean wonderful things too:
What if this hire allows me to sleep easier at night while also impacting more people? What if I can go on vacation and actually be on vacation? What if there’s a glorious, more creative future for Made Vibrant that I can’t even imagine because it’s just me by my lonesome. What if?
Basically, my tip for silencing the fear of the unknown is simply to say, “Hey fear, yeah I know we’re flying blind here but I’m a pretty seasoned pilot by this point so just trust me, I got this. Now sit back and enjoy the flight.”
This is probably going to seem like a weird one, but I was literally afraid of being required to talk to another human on a regular basis.
Now, before you internalize how bizarre that sounds, just know that I am in fact an introvert. I enjoy the deep thought that comes with being alone, in my own head, and while I can definitely enjoy connecting with people under the right circumstances, sometimes interacting at all can leave me feeling a bit… drained.
So, I think a part of me was a bit apprehensive about the whole communication part of the process. Would it drain me to be in constant contact with someone? Would it leave me feeling overwhelmed?
Again, though, once I realized that it was my business and I could mold the relationship to reflect my introverted self, the fear subsided. (Also, I’ve found in recent weeks that if you’re just honest with people in telling them what you need and how you work best, they’re usually pretty cool with being accommodating.)
Okay, so here’s the biggest fear of all. Somewhere in the back of my mind I had to acknowledge:
I was afraid that getting bigger might mean losing some of the magic.
How arrogant is that?! The truth is, I’m not the magic. Maybe I’m an instrument of it, maybe I help the magic get out into the world, but it’s not me or even the business itself; the magic is in what the business stands for. It’s in the honesty of telling one’s story, the beauty of listening when inspiration calls, the connection that comes from supporting other soulful creatives worlds away from you.
And that means that someone else out there can be an instrument of all that too.
If the right person shares my same values and can get behind the mission of Made Vibrant, then if anything, the magic of the business becomes stronger.
Which brings me to...
Based on the fact that my biggest fear was diluting the core of Made Vibrant, I know that the single most important thing that I was looking for in the assistant applications was a deep understanding and whole-hearted commitment to the mission of my business.
I mean it when I say: everything else was secondary to this priority.
Because even if someone was the most organized, most detail-oriented, most effective assistant ever, if what I’m doing doesn’t resonate with them in their bones, then I don’t think I would fully trust them to interact with the Made Vibrant community and pour that passion into whatever task they’re doing.
As an aside, my favorite and most unexpected part about hiring someone who believes in your mission? They can actually help ground you in your WHY.
After simply interviewing Laura and chatting about Made Vibrant, she reminded me of the fact that among the various personal and professional development sites across the web, to her Made Vibrant stood out as a resource rooted in authenticity and relatability. When she said that, it actually served as a powerful reminder that I need to be doubling down on those things. It effectively helped me find my way back to the heart of why I started my own business.
Which is to say:
“If you hire the right person, they have the ability to strengthen your core purpose, not to dilute it.”
Here are the simple steps I went through to find the right assistant for me.
I went to my audience FIRST. If I’m going to find someone that is aligned my core mission, there is no group better qualified than my own audience. That’s why I started from the inside. I listed out the basic requirements of the position, what I was looking for and how to apply. (Note: I included instructions to submit an email as an application rather than to simply fill out the form because I wanted to immediately be able to tell if people could follow instructions. You want to look for ways to further qualify your candidates so the actual process of submitting an application is one way to do that.) [Here’s the original post] Things you definitely want to include:
I made it a point to read and give my full attention to every email that came through. If the email followed instructions, the candidate had the skills/experience that I required and if the email was well-written with strong communication, I immediately whittled the stack down to those candidates. From, there I went back through again and made note of those that felt particularly invested in Made Vibrant’s mission. I opened the door on this a bit when I asked applicants to include why they felt they were right for the position, but those that stood out to me were the ones that took that opportunity to communicate why their values were deeply aligned with those of the business.
Lastly, I knew that I wanted to narrow the field down to just a handful of applicants for live interviews. I simply didn’t have time to interview more than two or three candidates, so to get my list down to those few, I sent the top applicants some last final questions to dive a bit deeper. Some were skills-based, some were scenario-based to get a sense of how they’d respond to different situations, and others were simply to get an idea of how the relationship could grow in the future. Here are the exact questions I asked:
The answers to these types of specific questions actually made it fairly easy to identify three top candidates. Once they responded, we set up a time for a Skype interview the following day.
This step for me was more about finding the best personality fit. I knew going into it that I didn’t need to find a best friend, someone JUST like me, but I did want someone that I would enjoy communicating with on a regular basis and I wanted to make that personal connection before agreeing to set up the professional relationship.
This is when the choice became really clear for me. I think even in a virtual interview, you can get a sense of how you click with someone, where the conversation goes, how enthusiastic they are about working with you, etc.
My conversation with Laura flowed naturally and I got off the call feeling not only like she was the right fit, but I actually felt re-energized about my own business. I knew that was the kind of energy that was worth risking all the scary unknowns for!
Once I contacted Laura to tell her she got the gig, we got to work right away! I sent over a contract with payment terms, “termination” terms (ie. what happens if either of you want to end the relationship, and the basis agreement that she’d be acting as a contractor rather than an employee.) **Note: I’m not a lawyer so if you are going to draw up a contract, I recommend at least consulting with a lawyer.
Then we set up a kick-off call to bring her up to speed on what’s going on with Made Vibrant and train her on some tasks. As we move along, we’ve been updating and evolving the tools/processes that we use to manage our workflow, but for now we’re using a combination of Slack, Google Docs, and Wunderlist to manage tasks and it’s been working really well.
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I’ll be formally introducing you to Laura soon so you can get to know her better. Until then, just know that she’s AWESOME and that her heart is already rooted in the mission behind Made Vibrant. If you see an email from her, I hope you’ll welcome her to the team and treat her as an extension of the Made Vibrant family!
Lesson here: Growing a team can be unsettling if you’ve never done it before, but so far it has been MORE than worth it to feel like I have someone on my team rooting me on and who is investing in seeing the Made Vibrant vision come to life.
I can’t wait to see where things go from here and to report back on what I learn!
I’d love to share my experience since I know there aren’t that many great resources out there that peel back the curtain on growing a team!
We’ve got a new product in the shop; my boyfriend, Jason, launches his biggest project to date tomorrow(!!) which will include a special offer for Self-Made Society members; and in completely unrelated but still awesome news, the great Liz Gilbert releases her latest book Big Magic tomorrow (which you should definitely go grab right now!)
Phew! Holy cow, fall is coming in HOT! (But, like, literally hot… we’ve had some scorchers here in California. I’m ready for it to cool down!)
Perhaps the biggest news from the past week though is that Made Vibrant is no longer just a one-woman shop!
Last week I welcomed the ah-mazing Laura to the Made Vibrant team (what? There’s a team now? This is crazy!). She’ll be acting as my creative assistant to help manage the day-to-day operations of the business and continue to keep the fun products/programming we have planned running smoothly. (Thank you to everyone in the community that reached out about the position! I was blown away by the caliber of responses.)
I’m planning to post a more formal introduction of Laura on the blog soon so you all can get to know her better but If you see any email responses or social media commenting from her, just know that she’s a soulful creative through and through and please welcome her with open arms!
This past week has been an amazing process for me as I’m learning how to let go of some of the tasks/projects that have been solely mine for…well… ever. Since the beginning of Made Vibrant! It’s this crazy combination of freedom and apprehension. But DEFINITELY more freedom than anything else.
In fact, after just two days of having Laura on board, I found myself wondering in my head over and over “Why didn’t I do this SOONER?!”
Which brings me to today’s topic at hand: asking for help.
And I’m not just referring to hiring someone for your business. I mean asking for help in all the various facets in our life.
Help with raising your kids. Help with learning a new skill. Help with navigating the inevitable emotional twists and turns of our journeys.
Asking for help is something I’ve struggled with in the past A LOT.
I’ve been fiercely independent since I was a kid, and I’ve always hated that feeling of being incapable or ill-equipped. Whether it was a simple school project or even a task I didn’t know how to do when I got into the working world, I would do everything in my power to avoid reaching out for help at all costs.
When it came time to start my business, I wanted to prove (to myself or to others, who knows which mattered more) that I was smart enough or savvy enough or strong enough to figure out this whole entrepreneurship thing myself. I was so careful not to ask fellow peers how they did something for fear that I would look a) like a complete NEWB and b) like I just wanted to stand on their shoulders instead of logging the hours myself.
Now I've realized that couldn't be further from the truth.
I’ve found that by and large other people want to be included in your journey. They wantto help you accomplish your goals. And if you reach a personal goal by way of some talented co-conspirators, well then hey a victory party is way more fun when you’re not dancing alone!
Yes, we all want to feel strong. We all want to feel capable.
Not a single one of us has every positive attribute on the planet. We all have this careful mix of strengths and weaknesses, of virtues and flaws, and when we team up, we have the ability to become a stronger, more well-rounded force to be reckoned with.
I mean, what’s the point of being on a planet with 7 billion other people if you can’t phone a friend every once in a while?
I guess my point today is this:
“Don’t let your pride get in the way of your progress.”
Your challenge this week is to identify one area of your life that you're struggling to navigate alone and to ask one person for help.
I can't believe I tried to juggle all the various aspects of my business by myself for as long as I did. Not only do I feel a huge sense of relief that I now have an extra pair of hands in Laura, but surprisingly I've also found that I have someone to reflect my values back to me and keep me (and the business) anchored to my mission.
Thanks to all of you that have helped me in the past, with your encouragement, your ideas and your support. I hope I can continue to be a helpful force in your life as well!
I seem to go through phases where that task feels effortless and everything lines up perfectly, and other phases where it seems like my business goals and my personal values are in a silent stand-off, refusing to bend to each other's will.
Usually the latter scenario happens when I find myself thinking less and less about my WHY and more and more about how to catch up or fit in or stand out. In other words, when I start spending my mental energy on concerns that are outward, rather than concerns that are inward.
The way this begins for me is when I start drifting into my own preoccupation with friends and peers that also have online businesses. It's so hard for me not to find myself peeking at their huge audiences and their six-figure monthly income (?!!) and to aspire to the same thing.
It's not even necessarily that I want what they have, it's just that it makes me question what I do have.
Should I be working more? Should I be growing faster? Should I be trying this or that?
Should I be working more? Should I be growing faster? Should I be trying this or that?
I don't think humans by nature are competitive; I think we're comparative. Our way of making sense of ourselves is by seeing how we stack up against those around us.
Unfortunately, that danger of that type of thinking is that it can often leave you feeling less than and anxious and riddled with self-doubt.
It's then that I have to pull myself back in and remember, I didn't start Made Vibrant to turn it into a million dollar business; I started Made Vibrant so that I could live a life of creativity and flexibility while using my gifts and voice to make a small-but-positive difference on the world.
A few weeks ago a friend asked about my big vision for Made Vibrant -- what my goals are for the future and what I want to create. I thought about spouting off my ideas for future products and growth and big shiny milestones, but instead here's what I wrote:
“I use my business to fuel the life that I deeply desire, one that allows me to fully express each of my core values. That's my personal big vision. Some people live their lives in a way that bends to their business; I run my business in a way that bends to my life.”
Where is that girl these days when I need her?!
The truth is, lately I’ve been bending my life to my business, not the other way around, and it has been stealing the joy from it a bit.
The business has been steering the ship and I’ve been running around just trying to keep up. But that’s not the way I want to live at all.
You take control BACK with intention. And focus. And ownership.
You own the fact that no one can make you less stressed but YOU. No one can make you feel more at peace or filled with gratitude but YOU. NO one can bring back your mojo but YOU.
When you find yourself down a path that strays from your core purpose, you simply look up, turn right back around with laser focus, and you make a beeline for your values. Your reinvest in what lights you up.
I woke up this morning feeling a strange combination of somberness and lightness. We found out last night that a business acquaintance, someone I didn’t know very well but who was a visible member of the online business community and (from what I hear) an all around great person, passed away recently. He was young and vibrant and adventurous, and though I didn’t know him personally, it still rattled me quite a bit.
It may sound cliche but it’s those moments of surprising loss that often bring your attention back to just how much beauty is surrounding you.
So when I woke up this morning, instead of diving straight into my email or even this newsletter, which is customary for me, I sat on our porch and read a few chapters from Elizabeth Gilbert’s upcoming book, Big Magic (my roommate got me an advanced copy through a publishing friend and I've been devouring it.)
As I sat there reading, I was struck by how beautiful it is when you can feel someone’s heart through their art. And as I looked up, that thought suddenly brought my attention to how many other beautiful things I was surrounded with: a peaceful and still morning, a warm and satisfying cup of coffee, and two dueling (or maybe flirting, it’s hard to tell which) hummingbirds floating from tree to tree in front of me.
For whatever reason, in all of this distraction and uncertainty, that word beauty is starting to lead me back to my own core. For me, it represents what is good and satisfying and enriching to the soul.
And I’ve decided to use it as my mantra to scramble my way back to the purity of my work. To write for the beauty of it. And to teach for the beauty it brings to my life when I see you guys finding confidence and clarity where maybe you didn’t have it before.
Bring back the beauty to this moment.
Bring back the beauty to this day.
Bring back the beauty to this project.
To this relationship. This conversation. This thought.
For me it's about letting go of the weighty things -- comparison, anxiousness, doubt, fear -- and shifting focus back to what feels good and what moves your soul.
In this season of life, I'm trying to lean a little harder into contentment. To take a break from pushing forward so hard and instead to cozy up to my life and let myself sink into the warm, pillowy comfort of this beautiful existence I’ve worked so hard to create. To stop lacing up at the drop of a hat, so eager to head back into the race just when I start to feel comfortable.
That kind of presence and happiness takes intention though. It requires applying energy to things that may not bring you more money or more prestige, but that will certainly bring you more peace and more joy.
I hope you'll join me in bringing back the beauty to your own life and your own work.
And I sincerely thank you for indulging me in this week's long and rambling letter!
I know it could just be that I'm primed to see digital products everywhere because that's my primary business model these days, but there's a part of me that is starting to feel like the walls are closing in a little bit.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a beautiful thing that people are teaching others what they know, and that, in the process, they're able to create joyful lives full of flexibility and freedom -- heck, I'm one of those people, and I'm a prime example of the value and impact that online learning can add to a person's life!
BUT, if I'm being honest, it can be difficult to run a business in an arena that seems to be getting larger and more crowded by the day.
Every time I come up for air I feel like I'm seeing a new blog, a new podcast, a new brand, a new webinar. He's doing it bigger, she's doing it better, they're all doing it faster and smarter and OH MY GOSH HOW WILL I EVER STAY RELEVANT?
Any of that ring a bell? Hopefully it's not just me.
Tell me if this sounds familiar...
Let me tell you what, boy have I've been there. More times than I can count, in fact.
Those dreaded comparison gremlins not only have the power to drive you crazy, but they find small and sneaky ways to absolutely CRUSH your confidence.
So, how do we fight back? How do we find the motivation to press forward even when we feel like everyone's ten steps ahead and there's not an original bone in our body?
Well, I'll tell you what I do at least.
(Authenticity, you beautiful thing, there you are rescuing me again!)
I know it's probably bad form to talk about all this on the day I'm re-launching a shop full of, yes, digital products, but that's why in some ways I think it's even more important to talk about.
We all know I'm certainly not the only one writing e-books and building online courses and designing worksheets on the internet. FAR from it, as I've pointed out.
But what keeps me making them is the fact that I love it. That I truly believe in the power that these resources can provide in the form of knowledge and support and motivation. More importantly, though, I believe in the unique spin I'm able to bring to everything I create.
THAT is what I want you to remember when the comparison gremlins come knocking. I want you to remember that:
It's the secret family recipe that keeps your customers begging for more. The thing that keeps your tribe coming back AND (conveniently enough) the one thing that no one can steal from you.
But here's the realllllly important caveat to using your secret sauce to stand out in a sea of seemingly similar businesses:
“YOU have to believe you’re special before anyone else will.”
When I say that, I don't mean it like a vague inspirational poster. I mean it like a direct order handed down from a drill sergeant. An imperative statement. I'm writing it again just to make sure it really sinks in:
When you're floating aimlessly in a sea of self-doubt, you have to anchor yourself to reality with the unwavering belief that no one else on this earth can do what you do quite LIKE you do it.
Otherwise, it's just too easy to get swept away by comparison. It's too easy to feel like it's all been said, it's all been written, it's all been done.
(And if that comparison keeps you from creating the beautiful work that I know is in you, well all of us are going to be the poorer for it.)
To put it simply: The best way to be original is to ignore what everyone else is doing.
To remember that your uniqueness is inherent, innate, and indelible.
To press forward towards your dreams with vision and confidence, regardless of if those around you are pointed in the same direction.
I know we're just talking e-books and online courses here, but on days when I get discouraged that maybe I have nothing new to say, I remember that I have A LOT to say about not having anything new to say, and that just might be MY secret sauce. :)
Then, do whatever you need to do to really believe that.
Now, if you have't already, go check out the new shop!!
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