How much of what you believe about yourself, your career, your business, and even what's possible for you is actually true? And how much of it is just a story you picked up somewhere along the way and never thought to question?
Maybe somebody told you that you weren't good at something. Maybe you watched everyone else do life or business a certain kind of way and assumed that must be the only way. Or maybe you've been living a belief for so long that you don't even realize it's a belief anymore.
Today's guest, Jen Allison, grew up hearing that art doesn't pay the bills. So she studied biology. Then she lost her dad at 25 and learned he'd had her charcoal drawing professionally framed and hung behind his desk the whole time. The story she'd built her life around wasn't the whole story at all.
We get into how these inherited stories show up in business, why it's so easy to hand our power over to somebody who seems like they have the answer, and Jen walks us through her Lens Shift method: noticing, questioning, choosing, and then actually doing the damn thing.
Recognizing the old story is one thing. Questioning it is another. But at some point, if you want to create a different life or story, you've got to be willing to act without knowing exactly how it's going to end. Sometimes that takes a little curiosity, a big swing, and as Jen would say, a sprinkle of delusion.
In this episode:
- Growing up with "art doesn't pay the bills"
- The Lens Shift method: notice, question, choose, act
- Using "what if" to get curious
- Inherited stories in business
- Familiarity vs. truth
- Going for it without proof of evidence
- Rewriting your story
Resources from this episode
Jen's free "5 Questions" exercise: A simple way to start noticing the lens you're looking through before you make your next big decision.
Jen's TEDx talk, "Every Image Is a Decision": Ten minutes that will make you look at images, and the stories behind them, differently.
Auralign Mastermind: My high-touch coaching program for women who know they've got something great to offer and want help making sense of what's in their head, narrowing their focus, and finding the shit that's stopping them. Your business grows because you grow.
Clarity Session: A 30-minute conversation with me to talk through what's going on and figure out your right next step.
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