Athena Brownson
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330 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard May 2025
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And for me, coaching has always been really important because as an athlete, I learned that, A, discipline and accountability but having someone that can look over your business or your life whatever it is that you're doing and help you see where your blind spots are help you understand and build the path that you want to be on and understand what your strengths are that you should be focusing on
you have to understand that about yourself before you can attract or bring in the right people around you so for me coaching was absolutely paramount and it continues to be and i continue to learn how to delegate because i still have a tendency to want to get everything done by myself but illness has taught me that i don't have the physical stamina to do everything
And nor should I, because there are people around me that are much better at certain activities than I am. So for me to be trying to do those activities is actually robbing them of the opportunity to really thrive at something that they love. So it's taken me a good decade, I would say, to build a team of people that are
I look around me and I know that the people on my team would absolutely do anything for me. They want nothing more than for me to get my health back. And they support me unconditionally through my treatments and they take amazing care of our clients. Honestly, my executive assistant, I like to call her my boss because she's
Her skill set is so vast and incredible and the complete opposite of mine. I wouldn't be able to get any of this, anything done without her, honestly. So understanding that we're not meant to do life alone. We're meant to do life in community together. Whatever that may be, whether it's at work or outside of work, for me, my business has become my family. It is a very demanding business.
Real estate is to perform at a high level. We work very hard. But the most important thing that I've learned and I had to learn and continue to learn the hard way through business not having the physical ability to do everything is understanding that we're not supposed to be able to do it all ourselves.
And when we can find like-minded individuals that have similar visions in terms of why they're doing business and what motivates them and really find the people, I like to call them like your tribe. Who are the people that
have your back unconditionally they care just as much as you do about the business or about your clients or whatever it may be as you do and it's taken me years and years to find those people but now that I have it's truly the only reason that I'm able to continue forward with having a really successful business is because I have people around me that not only care about
Me and my health and making sure that I'm able to take care of myself. If I'm not able to get out of bed one day, I know that these people have my back and that they're going to take just as good of care of our clients. They want to build relationships. They put heart into everything that they do. And I honestly don't know what I would do without my amazing team.
But it's taken years and years of coaching and therapy and mentors to help me understand that I can't do it all by myself and I need to. Delegation is actually giving someone the opportunity to be their best and to empower them. And I will continue to learn how to do it, but I believe in teamwork more than anything.
yeah and that's what i would love nothing more is to be able to and give people hope in whatever challenge or adversity that you're going through but i would first say it's okay it's okay to acknowledge when you're struggling and it when you're going through hardship there is somewhat of a toxic positivity that people can say oh just don't think about it like you'll be fine
No, it's acknowledge that you're going through a significant challenge, but don't allow yourself to get stuck there. And oftentimes I believe that we have a thought, a vision that we have to make all of these changes at one time, that all of a sudden we're supposed to have a completely new mindset and
We're supposed to be able to have the ability to rewire our brains and we're not supposed to hurt. And everything seems like it's supposed to all happen at once. But what I've learned is the key is to take baby steps. Every single day, if we can focus, one of my favorite books, Atomic Habit, talks about if we focus on being 1% better every day,
then imagine how much that will accumulate over a year. If you're looking to get healthier, start by walking five minutes outside, and then try six, and then try 10, and then break everything into smaller steps. If you're looking to create routines in your life, for example, a morning routine, Start with two things that you're going to consistently do every day and commit to them.
And for me, I have to keep myself accountable by actually printing out my must-dos and checking them off every day. Because if I don't do that, I won't hold myself accountable to doing the things that I have to do to stay successful. in a positive mindset or in a healthier place.
So find what small items in your life, activities that you can implement and that you can commit to implementing that are going to be small at first, but over time, those small changes that you hold yourself accountable to are going to add up to being completely lifestyle
changing changes and before you know it the amount that the amount of growth and change and development that you can create by having these small routines and being one percent better than you were the day before these are going to add up to monumental changes in your life and I promise that it's going to
It's going to help you get through whatever challenge it is because you have something positive to focus on. And when you have something positive to focus on, you can get through any challenge that life throws your way. And I truly believe that.
I completely agree. I write everything down by hand in a notebook. I believe that if you see yourself writing it, it gets into your brain and you're able to visualize it and internalize it in a completely different way. Thank you for adding that because I have a journal that I bring with me everywhere to write my positive affirmations that are my goals. It makes a huge difference.
And I really believe in the power of using just a pen and paper, which is something everyone can do. But these are tools that we have at our fingertips to hold ourselves accountable to being the best that we can be, no matter the situation that we're in.
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