I’d hoped to launch Secrets to Mumprenuer Success: Smart Mums Growing Real Businesses ebook on Mother’s Day. I compiled all the interviews from the Making of An Entrepreneur series and had started laying it out. But then I stopped.
I made a bold decision and decided not to go ahead with it. The reason? My heart just wasn’t in it.
It would have been a great PR opportunity – releasing a book about mums in business on Mother’s Day. It would paint a great picture of a certain type of mum – that mum that’s working for herself and building a business while, often, staying at home to raise her family.
It would be a wonderful resource for mums starting out in their own business. Along with learning from our own mistakes and successes, we can learn so much from the mistakes and successes of others.
The book was also going to help raise money for fellow mums through various charities I had my eye on. That, in itself, is another great add-on to gaining PR, while also allowing me to give back to a sector of the community that has given me so much.
But I’m not doing it. Well, not for now.
I’m incredibly excited about the Publicity Alchemy program. It’s consuming me at the moment – along with quite a few client projects. I’m more passionate about investing my time in making you all PR experts by showing you just how easy it is to do publicity yourself than trying to give a big picture view of business right now.
I know you would have picked up on my lack of enthusiasm for the book, which would have made the whole project pointless. The PR program, on the other hand, I’m truly excited about.
My point is, if your heart is not in a project, should you really continue? Will you do it justice and will it provide enough value to your readers, customers or clients?
If not, then maybe you should rethink your strategy. Put it on hold for a while and see if you can get excited about it later. If that excitement never comes, then maybe it’s one for the trash. Life’s too short to put your energy into things that don’t make you want to bounce out of bed each day.
Have you ever pulled the pin on a business or blog project because your heart just asn’t in it?
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Gosh you are so brave Kelly. Actually this is a bit spooky with the timing of your blog post. I have started a massage course and to be honest I am not really into it. I am going to try and see if it’s for me in the next few weeks or maybe I might let it go 😉
Good on you for being aware of it, Lisa. It’s so easy to just keep going with something because you feel you HAVE to. Especially if, like me, you went public about how you were going to do it! Eek! I feel so much better for letting it go, that’s for sure!
I know you’ll come to the right decision for you. 🙂
Couldn’t agree more. Life is too short to waste on reading books, finishing projects or courses if your heart isn’t in it …
Glad you agree, Janet. My list of things I want to achieve is too long to put it on hold for a project that just didn’t feel right. You never know, I might come back to it one day… 🙂
Sometimes it requires more courage and strength to let it go (even for the time being) than push on. Good on you for recognising it and going with what your heart tells you. x