Solopreners: Are You Asking Yourself, "What Should I Do Next?"

Most of my private clients and inner circle know that I have been through a huge transition over the last four months. I worked in the Broadway Theatre industry for ten years and left that position about four weeks ago. It is a long story why I stayed so long with a thriving business. In some ways it was fear of change. Some of it was doing what you know and a part had to do with other people's voices.

Most of you know my story of struggle, confusion, and frustration around finding a marketing path that felt authentic and heart centered when I first started my life coaching business. How would I get ONE client much less a whole practice full? I would cry in the shower, pray on the bus from Hoboken to New York City, and question myself. When I did finally nail my mission, I went from zero to six figures in 14 months. Everything shifted. The point here is I didn't need to stay in the day job. The Universe supported me and things were working. But I did. I let the naysayers talk louder than the cheerleaders.

Now that I have let it go, I can clearly see my bigger vision, but the truth is....

Sometimes I am not sure what to do next. I feel like I am wearing someone else's pants over the last four weeks. I had a routine. A life. A pattern. It was comfortable. So, here I am wondering what to do next? The ACTION expert! I do have a plan though and it is working.

I knew I had to write about this today because so many of you are where I am. You are asking, "What do I do next?" I hope my imperfect action can move you forward in some small or large way. We have to change, we don't have a choice. Change is how we live. Sometimes we chose change (like my job) and sometimes it chooses us (like cancer).

When change comes, let the fear rise up. Let the fear soak in. Embrace it. Spend a few minutes trying to understand it and then move. In your business and life some of you are facing the following right now:

* Bankruptcy

* Illness

* Depression

* Panic

* Failure

* Success

* Exhaustion

* Anger

I could go on..... All change. All motivated and moved only by action. Here is my plan and tips for you:

1) Get over being in control cause you aren't. We are in control of our thoughts and that's it. The rest is somebody else's doing, so spend the majority of your time focusing on thoughts, mindset, and mental shifts. The way we think is the way we live.

2) Take hourly imperfect action. In the last four weeks I have found more that has NOT worked in my business and life than does work. THANK GOODNESS! We only become enlightened when we move. So, send the email, ask the neighbor, enroll in the program, start the health plan, and launch the business BEFORE you have all the answers. The answers will find you. They always do!

3) Stop asking for so many opinions cause you know what? YOU will get them. And you will be confused as heck. If that means unsubscribing from me right now then so be it. Choose 2-3 voices and people that resonate and study them, look to them, learn from them. Your husband and best friends should not be on this list. Sorry!

4) Turn complaints into requests. Most of the time we don't know what to do because we are complaining; we are fretting or we are confused. ASK. REQUEST! Every time you find yourself complaining about your business, give $20 to charity. Either stop complaining or stop the business. It doesn't work.

5) Leave the damn house. 90% of you reading this work in isolation and for yourselves; get out of the house. There is a whole world out there - go explore it. If you are leaving your house where are you going? Are you surrounding yourself with the right people? Are you seeking success in a physical human connection form?

I am excited about the new chapter in my life. I am thrilled to be in imperfect action mode and YES...I often ask "What do I do next". Then I just look above, get my rear in gear, and move forward! See you at the success line.

(c) 2009 Suzanne Evans