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Embrace the Ugly: How to Break Through What’s Holding You Back in Business

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Overview

You’ve got a problem. We all do. Every single one of us is walking around certain that if other people knew about shortcoming X, Y, or Z, they’d think less of us. And that negative thinking is a major hurdle on the road to real success in business.

Kim Werker wants to change that. Embrace the Ugly: How to Break Through What’s Holding You Back in Business is all about shedding light on the stuff you don’t want to say out loud and transforming your negative thoughts into creative catalysts that benefit your business.

In this class you’ll learn about the concept of Mighty Ugly, a framework that celebrates the benefits of failure. Through interactive lessons, Kim will help you identify and embrace the ugly parts of your business – you’ll get help addressing what holds you back so you can shift “the problem”, and resolve it. You’ll learn tools that will help you:

  • Overcome self-doubt as an entrepreneur
  • Abolish professional perfectionism
  • Dismiss your fear of failure
  • Eliminate irksome business blocks
  • Conquer procrastination

Kim will teach you exercises that will keep you creative even as you struggle with balancing your books, promoting your work, managing social media, or whatever else holds you back.

Embrace the Ugly: How to Break Through What’s Holding You Back in Business will empower you to confront the most personally challenging aspects of being a working creative. You’ll surface the problems that are unique to you and learn universal skills you can use to embrace and, ultimately, overcome them.

Syllabus

  • How Does Mighty Ugly Relate to My Business?
  • Identify Your Hero Qualities
  • Free Preview: Make a Mighty Ugly Creature
  • Show and Tell Your Mighty Ugly Creature
  • What Does Your Ugly Voice Say to You?
  • Sharing Mighty Ugly Creatures Stories
  • What Are the Stories You Tell Yourself?
  • What Keeps You Up at Night?
  • Share Your Personal Narrative
  • Name Your Shame - Diminish Its Power
  • Answer Your Ugly Voice Back
  • Identify & Address the Feeling
  • Make Your To-Do List
  • Move Your Business Forward

Taught by

Kim Werker

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