The Perfectionism Project

A few weeks ago, I was feeling really lost with my blog. Again.  Even though I’d only recently revamped the way that I was producing content, I still felt something was off. I was putting a heaps time into my blog and yet it was stagnating. I knew it was time to reexamine the way I was doing things and when I saw The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss in the book store, I knew it would be the perfect book to help. I originally read The 4-Hour Work Week a few years ago, as an audiobook, and learned A LOT from it. But because I didn’t do the journaling exercises, those lessons were quickly forgotten and my life stayed about the same. This time around, I went to this book with highlighters and tabs in hand, and it’s completely transformed the way I approach my business and my personal life. And I’m going to be sharing those lessons with you! The 4-Hour Work Week is a book with a gimmicky title - but please don’t let that put you off. It’s really just a book about how to be effective and actually enjoy your life, rather than working for work’s sake and accumulating stuff. And if you’re anything like me, you have a lot to learn! If you’re interested in reading the book (which I 100% recommend), I advise getting yourself a physical copy so you can really digest all the wisdom in this book and do the journaling exercise - the magic in this book is in the application! MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE The Tim Ferriss Show Podcast The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Tim Ferriss’ Fear-Setting Exercise The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss My podcast episode on Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss How I make the most of self-help books My instagram account

Until recently, I did my best to hide my obsession with self-help from my friends. I was scared people would think there was something wrong with me - why else would I be trying to improve myself? If you’ve ever felt ashamed for being into self-help, you’re not alone! In this episode, I’m chatting about the stigma around self-help, whether I talk about it with my friends and how I stopped feeling ashamed for being a self-help junkie. You can find everything I mention in the show notes. MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE 16personalities.com INFJ personality type Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

It’s no secret I’m a BIG fan of morning routines. Since I’ve already written a few blog posts about what to do in the morning, I thought it was time I talk about how to do it. The reality is that a morning routine doesn’t need to be elaborate to have a huge impact on your productivity and your willpower. There are simple changes you can make to your current morning routine (no matter what it is) that will help you get more out of each day. And I’m sharing them with you in this episode. To find everything I mention in this podcast episode, make sure you visit the show notes here. And if you’d like to learn more about the Promote Your Blog Workshop, click here to get the details and sign up.

I’m not sure about you, but I always find the middle of the year to be a great time to stop and reflect on how the year’s been going and what’s to come. So that’s what I’ve been doing. As most of you already know, this year I’m working towards an ‘impossible’ goal - to make $500,000 in my business in 2018. And I’ve found myself wanting to sneakily pull away from this goal so that I don’t have to fail at it. But I’m not letting myself do that and in this episode I’m sharing the process I’ve been going through to recommit to my challenging goal. I hope you enjoy it!  

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is considered by many to be one of the most influential business and personal development books ever written. Being the self-development junkie I am, I of course got myself a copy! The first time I read it, however, I didn’t really get much from it. It was a few years ago and while I made my way through the book I did so without really engaging with it. While I felt inspired at some level, I didn’t put any of Napoleon Hill’s advice into practice, I quickly forgot everything I’d learned and was left believing that perhaps this book had been overhyped. But a couple of months ago, I saw this book on my shelf when I was packing for a holiday and decided to take it with me. Mainly because I’d been learning a lot about the law of attraction and this book comes up a lot in that context too. Long story short, it felt like I was reading a completely different book to the one I was the first time (even though it was the exact same copy) and took so many lessons away from it - many of which I’ve put into practice. This book is challenging to summarise, as the magic of this book can really only by discovered by reading it cover-to-cover. So instead, I’m sharing the biggest lessons I learned from this book and how I’ve been applying them to my life. I hope you enjoy it! And to find everything I mention in the episode, make sure you visit the show notes here.

In June I decided to take a step back from everything I’ve been doing in my business and figure out where I should be spending my time. To do it, I asked myself a question that came from The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss - “What are the 20% of activities that are yielding 80% of my results?”. After having a good look at everything I was doing, I realised that a few months ago I decided to make my content creation process more time intensive. And while I do love spending time making content, I didn’t make this decision for the right reason - although I didn’t know it at the time. I was self-sabotaging. By keeping myself busy with the easy stuff, I didn’t have enough time to do the challenging stuff. The put myself out there stuff. The risk rejection stuff. The grow my business stuff. And I’ve realized that if I want to achieve my impossible goal, I need to make more room in my calendar for the activities that will lead to that. Since I get the most love from you guys about my podcast and my Instagram account, that’s where I’ll be spending most of my time. At least for the next few months while I test out a new way of doing things! But the good news is that I’ve decided to do more podcast episodes. And, because I’m no longer doing my daily vlog, I thought it’d be fun to give you guys a monthly update in podcast form. I hope you enjoy it! MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Lucky Bitch by Denise Duffield-Thomas Meditations by Marcus Aurelius The Curated Closet by Anuschka Rees Tim Ferriss Fear-Setting Exercise

As many of you know, when I first started my blog I was studying full-time and working part-time. When I finished studying, I was working full-time whilst trying to grow my blog. And it wasn’t easy! Gaining momentum can be challenging when you only have a couple of hours each day, but it can be done! Over the last five years I’ve done my fair share of experimenting and have had to figure out how to make the most of the limited time I had - and in this episode I’m sharing it all with you. If you’ve been struggling to make time for your side hustle (or maybe you haven’t even been able to begin), listen to this episode to get my best advice on how to use the limited time you have. If you want my help growing your blog, make sure you find out more and sign up for my Grow Your Blog Workshop by clicking here.  Registration will close strictly at midnight (EDT) on Friday, 29 June 2018 and I’ll be teaching you everything you need to do to set your blog up for success (as well as how to deal with fear of judgement and perfectionism). And as usual, you can find everything mentioned in this podcast episode in the show notes.

It’s normal to feel discouraged when things aren’t turning out the way you’d planned but that doesn’t mean it’s fun! But the thing is - if you quit and give up, you’re only creating more discouragement. Which is exactly what you’re trying to avoid. So learning how to manage your mind is SO important. In this episode I’m sharing: - What creates the feeling of discouragement and how to get yourself out of that emotion - Why it’s normal to feel discouraged when you start something new and how to manage your expectations without losing hope or aiming too low - How setting effort-based goals, rather than results-based goals, can help you persist through the initial stages of something new - Why gratitude is so powerful and simple ways to practice it - And more! If you’ve been feeling discouraged when it comes to growing your blog, make sure you find out more and sign up for my Grow Your Blog Workshop by clicking here.  Registration will close strictly at midnight (EDT) on Friday, 29 June 2018 and I’ll be teaching you everything you need to do to set your blog up for success (as well as how to deal with fear of judgement and perfectionism). And as usual, you can find everything mentioned in this podcast episode in the show notes.

After spending the last two weeks listening to just about every seminar Jim Rohn ever gave (thanks YouTube!) I’ve been inspired to dedicate time to reading everyday. Even though I love reading, in the past I’ve really struggled to make consistent time for it and I’ve always had a lot of very good reasons (excuses) as to why I can’t fit it in. But I’m managed to get back into the habit by making a few key mindset shifts and doing a few very simple things, so I thought I’d share them with you! So in this podcast episode, I’m sharing how to read more books. I hope you find it helpful! And to find out more about anything I mention in this podcast episode, make sure you visit the show notes.

Blogging has been one of the most powerful personal development tools I’ve ever come across, it’s enabled me to become more confident, to inspire others, to make money and helped me figure out what to do with my life. So it’s not surprising I’m a HUGE advocate of blogging. In this episode, I’m sharing exactly why I recommend starting a blog - even if you don’t have ambitions to become a successful blogger. If you’re interested in starting a blog, make sure you sign up for my Start Your Blog Workshop this weekend. CLICK HERE to find out more and sign up! I don’t know if or when I’ll be doing something like it again.