Which hidden habit is quietly blocking your business growth?”

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Quiz Questions

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When you sit down to work in the morning, you typically...
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  Check and answer "unimportant" emails instead of finally diving into that summit application that's due today
- B.
  See yesterday's work and decide it needs to be completely redone before you can move forward
- C.
  Start reading a Substack article about habits and end up weighing the pros and cons of joining the author’s monthly habit-changing club
2.
When it's time to plan your week, you...
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  Spend hours color-coding and prioritizing every task until your planning system looks neat and tidy
- B.
  Start planning but then text someone to ask how they plan their month (and get lost in that conversation)
- C.
  Tell yourself you'll do it when you're more focused/have your new planner/aren't so tired (or whatever excuse feels valid at the moment)
3.
When you think about everything you have to do, you...
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  Can't figure out what to prioritize, so you bounce between tasks
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  Feel like it will never get done, so you do something easy and unrelated to your business instead
- C.
  Get paralyzed because you know if you start on anything it will be half-assed, so you don't start at all
4.
When you need to create content, you...
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  Dig up that email about the "Messaging Bootcamp" because you think "maybe that will make this whole creativity thing easier"
- B.
  Start to write but feel like you need that perfect Brené Brown quote to really make it strong, so you start rummaging through your bookshelf to find it and before you know it, an hour is gone
- C.
  Get caught up in perfecting thumbnails, titles, and your setup before you even start writing the actual copy
5.
When you buy a new course or training, you...
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  Get excited but somehow never find the time to actually go through it
- B.
  Take detailed notes and research more before implementing anything
- C.
  Start it but then see another course that looks even better
6.
When you have a pile of admin tasks waiting for you, this happens..
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  Start entering expenses but then notice your spreadsheet could look better and spend time reformatting it
- B.
  Spend an hour organizing and creating the "perfect" system before doing any actual tasks
- C.
  Tell yourself you'll knock them out after you finish this "more important" project (but never get back to them)
7.
When you're about to hit 'publish' on a post, you...
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  Realize you should check if your hashtags are still relevant and spend 20 minutes researching trending ones
- B.
  Get hit by a wave of visibility fear that stops you in your tracks
- C.
  Read it multiple times worrying the message sounds stupid and your graphics won't stop the scroll
8.
You spend weeks creating a landing page and no one signs up, you...
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  Obsess over every word and image on the landing page, convinced the copy is why it didn't convert
- B.
  Feel defeated so you simply avoid looking at the analytics to figure out where things fell flat
- C.
  Start analyzing what went wrong but get pulled into researching competitor landing pages for hours
9.
When you finally decide to hire help, you...
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  Put off actually posting the job because it feels like too much work to interview, hire and train someone
- B.
  Start writing the job post but feel guilty that you don't have enough discipline to do it yourself and start re-listening to Atomic Habits on audiobook
- C.
  Get swamped researching applicants and resort to learning the skills yourself instead of hiring out
10.
When someone asks about your pricing, you...
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  Doubt your worth and start reviewing your website to make sure you actually can deliver on all the hype you wrote
- B.
  Say you'll get back to them and then avoid following up because they probably won’t commit after the discovery call anyway
- C.
  Send them a novel explaining everything you include to justify the price
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When it's time to send your newsletter, you...
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  Can't think of anything helpful to share so you move the task to tomorrow (when hopefully a good idea will magically appear)
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  Write and rewrite the subject line 15 times before sending it - they do say the subject line is super important right?
- C.
  Start writing the first paragraph, but then remember someone replied to last week's email so you spend 30 minutes crafting the perfect response to make up for forgetting to reply last week
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At the end of most work days, you feel...
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  Frustrated with yourself because nothing feels finished or good enough
- B.
  Like you managed to stay busy but still didn't tackle the important move-the-needle stuff
- C.
  Scattered because it seems like you worked on everything but actually completed nothing

Quiz Outcomes

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Perfectionism
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You're Stuck in Perfectionist PrisonHigh standards and superhuman expectations keep you from ever hitting the target. You're spending all your time and energy drilling down on details to avoid ever feeling judged or criticized. (Ex: the website that's still waiting to be published after 6 months of tweaking.)Here's what I want you to knowI live with perfectionism too. And while I'm being harsh when I read someone else's sales page or scroll through their IG carousel, I'm also jealous that they're doing the damn thing that I haven't done yet! Who cares if I found a typo in their copy, at least IT'S OUT THERE! They're connecting with potential clients while I'm still futzing with fonts!The Profit Reality CheckWhile you're drilling down on details, someone else has posted, published and booked an interest call! Hard truth? Most people won't read your entire website or newsletter. All the time spent making it "just right" is draining your energy AND keeping you from connecting with people who want to know what you're selling and if it can help them feel better.Here's How to Break Free Right NOWIt's not easy to just stop being a perfectionist, but here are 3 proven ways to loosen its grip:1. Calm Your Revved-Up Nervous SystemWhy this matters: Perfectionism keeps you in fight-or-flight mode. Your body thinks imperfection = danger.Cooling Breath Technique:1. Curl your tongue and inhale silently through it.2. Close your mouth, touch tongue tip to roof of mouth.3. Exhale through your nostrils.4. On each inhale, invite in a quality you want more of (peace, stillness, compassion).5. On each exhale, release what keeps you stuck in fear (comparison, criticism, judgment.)6. Continue for 3-11 minutes.Movement to Discharge Overthinking Energy:Stand with feet a little wider than hip-distance.Raise arms overhead, inhale.Exhale while hinging at hips, let arms sweep down towards the floor then up and behind you.Make a loud "AHHH" or "HAH" sound on the exhale (like karate chopping wood).Repeat 3-4 times and keep breathing throughout!2. Redefine "Perfect" vs "Good Enough"The Exercise: Take 5 minutes and make two lists "Perfect" checklist: What makes an email/post/website perfect in your mind? (No typos, perfect grammar, compelling story, flawless design, etc.) Perfection is often ambiguous so make it as clear as possible what you're aiming for. "Good Enough" checklist: Think about your friends, the people who don't judge you. What are you comfortable sharing with friends? A blog, an IG post? What is "good enough" for friends? Take it further, what feels "good enough" to share with your email list? Maybe the stakes are a little higher now. Now, what is "good enough" for the internet at large? Like a website - what standards are starting to creep in and make things harder? You're are looking for your MVP - Minimum Viable Product.Good enough gets results. Perfect gets stuck in drafts.3. Talk to Your Inner PerfectionistThis perfectionist part of you carries tremendous weight from all the internal pressure. It feels good to be heard so let it talk. Questions to ask:What are you afraid will happen if things don't go perfectly?Where did you learn that this terrible thing would happen if you eased up?What would it feel like if criticism and judgment were completely off the table?Listen to this part of you. It's trying to protect you, but it needs to know there are other options besides maximum effort 24/7.Want more support than just these steps? Like on-going monthly connection with a group who gets it? Inner CEO Lab is the turn-this-thing-around-right-when-it-happens membership you need. It's a calm, real-time, action-focused monthly membership for women business owners who know what to do… but get stuck in overthinking.
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Distraction
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You're Constantly Getting Pulled Off TrackWhile it's understandable that there are countless decisions to make about where to put our time and attention, getting lost in tangents is costing you money.Here's What I Want You to KnowDistraction happens for 3 reasons:Brain fatigue - You're too mentally tired to control your attention and focus on the task at hand.Emotional avoidance - You don't want to do what's in front of you, so you find other things that make you feel different (because the real task feels overwhelming or uncomfortable).Boredom - The work doesn't grab your interest because you're not good at it or don't value it anymore.The Money RealityAll the time you spend NOT writing that copy equals postponing getting yourself in front of people who will read the email or sales page and then buy from you.While there's a lot to do behind the scenes, if you're not working with clients or selling products, you're in a perpetual building phase instead of a working phase.Let's get you focusing on completing the tasks that bring in clients!Here's How to Refocus Right NowInstead of bouncing from thing to thing. Here are 3 tools to help get your head on straight!1. Ground Your Scattered EnergyWhy this works: Distraction puts you in flight-or-fight mode. You're reactive and easily swayed by instant gratification and shiny objects.Mindful Walking Technique:Walk slowly and deliberately (inside or outside).Say out loud: "ball of foot" as you step down, "heel lift" as you step up.Talk yourself through each movement (this helps focus the mind).Play with speed - slower brings more focus.If possible, do this barefoot on grass/earth for extra grounding.Try 3 minutes at first, then add more time if you'd like. 2. Tether Your ThoughtsThe problem: Your thoughts flutter from thing to thing like butterflies. Do this to take control of your attention.Work with, not against your brain:Set 15-minute focused work blocks, then take a break to reset your mind.When you catch yourself drifting, label it out loud: "I'm unloading the dishwasher instead of writing the email". (This cuts through autopilot mode). Name the behavior: "Distraction".Name the feeling underneath the behavior: "scattered" or "confused". Key insight: Bring awareness to what you're actually doing instead of what you should be doing. The awareness itself creates the pause you need to redirect.3. Talk to Your Inner 5-Year-OldYou already talk to yourself constantly - now make it intentional. The part of you that gets distracted is like a 5-year-old who can't sit still.If you've been scolding yourself for lack of focus, try this instead: see this behavior as a scared or bored kid. A lot of times that kid just needs some soothing, supportive attention to calm down enough to reset and do the thing that needs to be done.Questions to ask your Distracted part:What are you afraid will happen if you sit down at the computer and do this task?Where did you learn that this terrible thing would happen if you spent focused time on your work?What would it feel like if criticism and judgment were completely off the table?Listen to this part of you. It's trying to protect you from discomfort, but it needs to know that doing the "homework" for your business isn't as much of a bummer as it believes.Want help with the exact moment this habit takes you out?Inner CEO Lab is a calm, action-focused membership for women business owners who know what to do… but get stuck.You'll get real-time support to move from thought loops to real results. Click the link below.
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Procrastination
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You keep putting things offEveryone puts stuff off. There's a lot to do running a business solo. It's understandable you'd push something aside when you don't feel like doing it.But the more we do this, the longer the project creeps. Goals you set for this week spill over to next week's list, then the week after that.Let's get you feeling confident that the things on your plate won't topple you over and help your mind stop weaving horror stories about all there is to do.Here's What's Really HappeningProcrastination is about future thinking. Your brain says: "It is most definitely going to be uncomfortable if I sit down, log into Squarespace, and finish the website. It's going to take forever and be frustrating because I'm not a web designer!" Okay, maybe that's true, but it's time to get this project done! Not doing it is draining your mental energy. The truth? You can handle more than you think. Your mind is taking you for a ride down dark alleys of potential discomfort. Don't believe everything you think. The Profit Reality CheckOne of my clients avoided starting her email list for 2 years. She worried she had nothing valuable to say and her ideas were trash.Result? Zero connection with potential customers. Zero feedback. Zero chance at sales.She recently started writing - not launching products yet - but she's already getting replies about how validated her readers feel. Before: No chance at income.Now: Real people responding who might actually buy.Lesson: Don't let procrastination take away two years of income.Here's How to Get Back to Work1. Activate your way out of avoidance Why this works: When we avoid something, we shut down. These small doable movements bring you back to the present. Now your nervous system will let you take action.Wake yourself up - Stand up and shake out your arms and hands like you would if they fell asleep. Do the same with your legs, one at a time. Keep it loose and noodley. Do this for 60 seconds. Add clearing breaths – Slowly breathe in through your nose, then fill your cheeks with air and breathe out slowly through pursed lips like blowing out birthday candles. Repeat 3 times.2. Capability Reminder Procrastination thrives on the story that you're alone and under-equipped. Cataloging your resources and past successes breaks that story apart. Step 1: Connect to your capable past Remind yourself of 3 things you thought were difficult but got through anyway - maybe you broke them down piece by piece or you asked for help.Step 2: Name your resources What helped you get through those difficult things? You didn't do them alone or perfectly. You had options:• You researched and YouTube’d what you didn't know• You asked that tech-savvy friend when you got stuck• You had backup projects to switch to when you hit roadblocksStep 3: Reframe the current task Look at today's task from this new perspective. Instead of "I have to be perfect and figure this out alone," Try "I have resources, experience, and options. I can walk myself through this like I've done before."The shift: "I know I need to, but I can't" becomes "I know I need to, and I will remember that I have what it takes."3. Have a Conversation with ProcrastinationYou already talk to yourself constantly - now make it intentional. Procrastination usually comes from anticipatory anxiety or overwhelm. Both shut you down instead of motivate you to buckle down and get to work. The part of you that hesitates diving into a project likely doubts it's ability to complete ALL THE THINGS that need to be done. Take a few minutes and ask yourself, this part of you, what is behind the resistance. Questions to ask your Procrastination part:What about this task feels like too much?What's the worst part - starting, doing it imperfectly, or people seeing it and possibly judging us?What would you need to feel supported instead of alone with this?Listen to this part of you. It's trying to protect you from discomfort. But it needs to know that even though there are big feelings about the project, you are an adult and have resources to help move through the feelings and get the job done. If you’re thinking “okay this is great… but how do I actually change this pattern?” This is exactly what Inner CEO Lab is for.It’s a monthly membership that helps you get out of overwhelm and take steady action without forcing yourself through it.

Which hidden habit is quietly blocking your business growth?”

Find out if procrastination, perfectionism, or distraction is draining your profit — and what to do instead.Time to free your mind and make some mullah!

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