Knowing your version of success and being ok with it (especially when it looks different from someone else's)

Part of Rosie’s mentoring with VAs is around understanding what our version of success looks like, and tuning into that mindset shift. We can’t be doing what everyone else is doing, because we all have different circumstances.

In this episode we get real about the seasons of change and how they will evolve just as we do in business. The reminder of “what worked or was applicable ‘then’ won’t always suit now, or in the future” rings true in this chat.

Jemimah Ashleigh is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author and keynote speaker. After a thirteen year career in law enforcement, Jemimah left the Australian Federal Police and has since gone on to start multiple six figure businesses, release a best-selling book, win multiple awards and in 2024 was named one of Australia's top 10 entrepreneurs.
Her business The Visibility Lab, helps small business owners grow and scale with practical helpful advice and helps them get visible!

When we’re in a Virtual environment, comparisonitis can grab us easily, and we can question our beginning while we’re looking at someone else’s 5, or 10, year success.

In this episode, Jemimah shares her experience on building a business from the beginning, how it’s not all roses and overnight success, and some of the challenges she has faced recently.

Listen in for her 3 top tips that she teaches her Visibility Lab members.

Connect with Jemimah on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jemimah-ashleigh/

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Marianne sent us a brilliant question for discussion:

“How do we reframe our language and mindset to stop using terms like ‘just an admin’ or just a VA’ – or the word JUST in general – when talking about what we do with others?

What are some of the ways we can reframe and reword our language (particularly emails!) where we use apologetic language? As admin, we are often made to feel like we are quite a way down the ladder of importance, so we are trained (or brainwashed) to be apologetic if we take a little longer to respond, or don’t have the solution instantly. Of course, it’s made even worse when you are female, because you seem to be apologising constantly!”

Ooof! Right in the feels with this - when you’re providing support to other people in business, you’re anything but JUST an assistant. We unpack this one even further with a side note of how to respond with a little bit of humour ;)

These are the funny phrases we mention, so please enjoy!

https://www.boredpanda.com/passive-aggressive-email-phrases-meaning/

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