94 | Visibility: Your Strengths Are The Strategy [Dashboard Diaries]

⚡️Click Here To Text Monique! In this Dashboard Diaries episode, Monique talks about visibility and the false rules that make being seen feel harder than it has to be. While waiting in the car for her daughter at gymnastics, Monique shares a coaching conversation with a client who is stepping away from a full-time role and building something of her own. Her client wants growth, revenue, harmony, and a slower pace, but she is struggling to believe all of that can exist together. Monique questions the idea that business growth has to mean constant posting, pitching, and forcing yourself into a marketing strategy that feels heavy. Instead, she asks a better question: how do you actually like to be visible? This episode is for anyone building a brand, business, or body of work and feeling stuck because they think visibility has to look one specific way. Monique reminds listeners that their strengths can become the strategy, support is allowed, and being seen can be simpler than the rules we have been carrying. GEMS DROPPED “I ​think ​we ​want ​things ​to ​be ​hard ​so ​that ​we ​can ​feel ​like ​we ​are ​worthy of ​the ​result.” “If ​we ​erased ​the ​rules, ​if ​we ​erased ​the ​assumptions ​that, ​the ​way ​that ​I ​have ​to ​build ​this is in a ​way ​that feels ​icky ​and ​hard then ​I'm ​just ​not ​doing it. ​If ​we ​released ​the ​idea ​that ​that's ​how ​it ​had ​to ​be ​done, ​and ​we ​said, ​well, ​I ​can ​do ​this ​any ​way ​I ​wish? The ​goal ​is ​visibility so, ​how ​do I ​like ​to ​be ​visible? How ​do I ​like ​to ​share my ​ideas, my ​work? ​Where ​do I ​enjoy ​and ​in ​what ​ways ​do I ​find ​easeful ​or ​pleasurable ​to ​share?” “What ​if ​we ​aligned ​​what ​it ​is ​that ​you ​are ​naturally ​good ​at ​and ​that ​you ​find ​enjoyment ​in ​with ​what ​it ​is ​that ​you ​actually ​need ​to ​be ​doing? ​We ​can ​make ​that ​your ​strategy.. ​And ​I ​think ​it's ​actually ​important ​to ​make ​our ​strengths ​our ​strategy because ​it's ​more ​sustainable.” “We ​have ​to ​begin ​to ​sell ​ourselves ​the ​same ​way ​you ​sell ​before ​you ​build ​a ​lot ​of ​the ​times, ​and ​there's ​nothing ​wrong ​with ​that. ​I ​don't ​want ​y' ​all ​to ​get ​ready ​to ​be ​ready ​like ​you ​have ​it. ​ ​You ​have ​enough ​to ​begin ​to ​share. ​And ​right ​now, ​what ​we're ​even ​talking ​about ​is ​not ​asking ​people ​for ​millions ​of ​dollars. ​It's ​just, ​hey, ​want ​to ​learn ​something? ​Want ​to ​hear ​my ​story? ​​And ​some ​people ​will ​and ​some ​people ​won't. ​And ​all ​that ​matters ​is ​that ​you ​find ​the ​folks ​who ​are ​looking ​for ​you.” STAY IN TOUCH Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected].