You must have felt it, too. The need to go out and make a powerful impact on the world.

Perhaps it is the fuel that burns within you. Or maybe it is something that has grown on you. Maybe it is because you want to be a positive role model to shape your children’s future, like I do. No matter what your reason is, I applaud you and look forward to being a part of your mission.

I want to share with you some really powerful takeaways that I learned from being a mother of two young females. These takeaways have giving me a razor-sharp focus for building my business by laying one brick at a time as we bring our vision to reality. You don’t have to be a mother to appreciate these takeaways, and I promise I won’t refer to any dirty diapers.

1. You Don’t Need Anyone’s Permission

We stall on making decisions because we feel like we need someone’s permission to do what we want. It might be that we are waiting for our partners, our mothers, our friends or people we admire to give us that open invitation to go for it.

I’ve got bad news for you: they won’t give it to you. If they do, you’ll find a reason to stall and wait for someone else to give you permission. Children, especially female children, are taught from a young age to ask for permission to do things. They ask for permission to speak, eat and even to go to the bathroom. Stop asking for permission.

What to do instead:
Tell people what you are going to do and ask for help or support in your mission.

2. Ask For Help

There is something powerful in asking for help, but many people think that by doing so you’re showing a sign of weakness. Are children weak because they ask for help when they can’t tie their shoelaces yet? Of course not.

This is not to say that you should get people to do things for you just for the sake of doing them for you. Nor do I believe that people will do it for that reason.

Try this:

Get super-clear on what it is you need and then ask. In the worst case, they will say no. But it puts you in a better position than the one you were in before you asked.

3. Be Present

If you have a lot of things going on, it’s important to be present. It’s easy to get caught up in things you need to do next week, or next year … and then you forget where you put your keys. If you stay focused on the present and what you need to do at that time, you will get much more accomplished and be able to enjoy those times when you are not working.

No more guilt from taking a call or staring at your screen when you should be giving your full attention to who and what is right in front of you.

Try this:

Turn off your phone when you want to focus on something. Turn it off when you need to write, when you want to wind down for the night, or when you’re going to be with friends and family. The phone, emails, and messages can wait.

You’ve got important people to be with and nothing will bring this moment back.

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