TVC069 Stressed To Success. 
Overspent and undernourished?
What to do when you’re stressed, finances, energy and your mental hard drive is depleted.
This podcast topic came via some of you who wrote in and asked how, when I coach with my clients, how we can so quickly get them feeling back in control and having a clear road map.
Predominantly many of you said most of your stress always came back to being worried about finances and money.
You’re not alone. So let me help you fast track from chaos to calm.

It doesn’t matter how experienced we are, there are many, many paths that lead us down the road to financial fear, as an entrepreneur, as a CEO, as a small business owner, or just someone that’s trying to make ends meet. 
 

In this episode I help you assess what’s keeping you awake at night and assign tasks to regain your feeling of confidence and control.
 
First up I want to share with you a little story. I’ve got a really wonderful client, extremely intelligent and driven, he runs fantastic companies. On the surface it was all mega amazing. Underneath there was fear, panic, anxiety and bucket loads of stress. 
Every morning the first thing he would think about was worry and concern about finances, about staff, about business, about clients, about all sorts of issues. As soon as he woke up.

The first thought in the morning was a stressful thought.

It wasn’t about being alive, abundance, gratitude, opportunity, wisdom and experience. “John” went to sleep at night and woke up in the morning with exactly the same feeling of chaos, anxiety and feeling out of control. 
 
 What happens when we are in this phase/state of internal chaos?

You’re not making great decisions because everything is derived from fear and a thought of ‘lacking things’ time, money, ideas, support
You’re no longer bringing your personality into your decision making  – you’re being robotic and not connected
You’re no longer tapping into your experience with a sense of calm to decision making and navigating your way through the week.
The smallest elements can throw you off track
You’re not enjoying the journey anymore

 

When you’re really in survival mode, where you’re just putting one foot in front of the other, life is where your agenda rules you, you’re putting out fires and just keeping your head above water –  you’re really not ‘in charge’ anymore.
 

I call this  “survival status” – the pointy start end of the Chaos To Calm model. A model I’ve been using for coaching and workshops for over 10 years – how to assess where you are and make a game plan for getting back in control.
 
So how can you make the simple steps to get back in the driver seat? Here are my top tips to replenish your personal and commercial vitality and take stock of whats really going on:

Assess
Select
Assign
Implement

Step 1: Assess where you are right now
It’s time to press pause and take yourself out of survival mode, into awareness mode about where you’re sitting with your finances, your business, your concern, so we can start doing some actions and create some tasks around it that will have you feeling back in control.
Stress 101: Grab a sheet of paper and write down every single issue, every single worry, concern, roadblock, procrastination barrier, negative thought, write everything down,