Do the Work that Comes Easy

I had an awesome chat with Catherine Cain of Be Awesome Online. She woke up at 7am on a Sunday morning to talk to me. She was happy, funny, and questioning. That’s not easy to do after just rolling out of bed. She forced me dig deeper into my own business.

In our short conversation she helped me be more awesome online. She used her superpowers because she couldn’t help it. Really it was just supposed to be a conversation, but she couldn’t hold her superpowers back.

I’m not writing this post to gush about Catherine, even though she is amazing. I’m here to tell you about a really cool nugget of awesome that I got from our conversation.

Right People

She told me about her lack of being able to find her right people back when she first started her business. She couldn’t find people that were easy to work with. They weren’t delightful and weird. That’s what she wanted, but didn’t tell her audience that. So the boring people showed up, you know the ones that make you feel like you getting your tooth pulled.

You’re glad that you are getting rid of that tooth, but you would rather be doing something else.

That’s where Catherine was. She wanted delightful and weird, but didn’t attract these people. It was only after she took the time to drill down into her business that she began to find the people that she wanted to help.

Fresh Air

That’s when she changed her tagline to “website advice for delightful weirdos” and everything changed. She was reaching out to her “right people.” It wasn’t like pulling a tooth. It was like leaning back and breathing in fresh air. The tedium stopped and the fun ensued.

When she embraced what she really wanted out of her business the law of attraction answered her.

If you aren’t hanging out with your “right people” in your career you must ask yourself, “Why not?” You must drill down and find out if you are telling the world the kind of people you want to help.

Clarity

I started this blog to help employees because I know how hard it is to work through bureaucratic tape, but a lot of employees are content with where they are at. That's good. These aren't the passionate people I'm after. The people I really want to help people who want to do work that excites them. No one should settle for boring work, but I can't force people to want heart pumping awesome work. I want to help people who want to start their own business or have a small business. It’s these people who are quick to adapt ideas that will help them succeed.

I have to be more clear in who I want to help, otherwise I’m not doing work that’s easy and fun.

How About You?

Are you clear on who you want to work with?

Are your co-workers fun and easy?

Are your clients smart and cool?

If not, start digging, ask yourself the question that Catherine asked me. “What are your people’s sense of humor?”

My people can laugh at their mistakes because each experience improves their superpowers.

When your understand your perfect client’s (co-worker’s) personality then and only then can you truly connect with people that make work feel easy and fun.

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* Todd Smith over at Dumb Little Man has a wonderful article about productivity. We all let time slip away. He suggests creating a work journal to see what you spend time on. Click here to check out the productivity article.

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