Jenna Kutcher

We think about all the things around the thing, whether you're writing a book or starting a podcast or starting a business, you fixate on all the decisions you have to make instead of doing the actual thing, which in my case was sitting down and hitting record. Once I did that, the rest is history. But it was so easy for us to overthink all those things.

So my podcast started as an experiment, and we're still going strong 100 million downloads later.

I mean, first off, it is such a privilege to be in a position.

But I've realized, and here's what I've really realized, is if you have listened to this whole episode, you recognize the power of trust. And I want my community to trust me. And if something isn't in alignment, not only do I feel it, but they feel it. And so I have had to get so good at discerning what are the right partners? What are the right opportunities?

What are the right sponsorships to take on? Is this in alignment? And I feel that way with every opportunity, whether it is getting asked to speak on stages that I would have once dreamt of being on, but now I'm saying no to, or whether it is hosting a mastermind or all these things. I could do a million things. I don't want to.

And I think that I'm just at this place in my life where I just recognize that like peace is needs to be protected. And right now in this stage of my life, like my priority is my family and anything that I'm saying yes to is a no to them. And what is the most important thing to me? And so, you know, turning down things like recording another social media reel is

To me, it's like, but this is more time with my kids or this is protecting and preserving the integrity of my followers.

I mean, first off, it is such a privilege to be in a position.

But I've realized, and here's what I've really realized, is if you have listened to this whole episode, you recognize the power of trust. And I want my community to trust me. And if something isn't in alignment, not only do I feel it, but they feel it. And so I have had to get so good at discerning what are the right partners? What are the right opportunities?

Yeah, and I think that boundaries protect what's sacred to you. And I've just had to relearn this lesson over and over and over again of boundaries aren't bad. And boundaries keep what I say most important to me, and they exemplify that. What I am saying is most important to me is reflected in my calendar. It is reflected in my bank account. It is reflected in the way I show up every single day.

What are the right sponsorships to take on? Is this in alignment? And I feel that way with every opportunity, whether it is getting asked to speak on stages that I would have once dreamt of being on, but now I'm saying no to, or whether it is hosting a mastermind or all these things. I could do a million things. I don't want to.

And so it's a muscle that you have to learn to flex and it takes time because I think that, you know, there was a time in my life where I got paid $50 to take pictures of a cat and I couldn't believe it. Like somebody is paying me to do something. I love, this is amazing. And what a blessing that is.

And I think that I'm just at this place in my life where I just recognize that peace needs to be protected. And right now in this stage of my life, my priority is my family. And anything that I'm saying yes to is a no to them. And what is the most important thing to me? And so turning down things like recording another social media reel

And the better that you get at listening to your gut and discerning like, well, this is a great opportunity, but is it the right opportunity for me? It keeps you in alignment so that you are not passing up things that you should be saying yes to, and that you are not saying yes to things that you should be saying no to. And so I feel like I just have like a really strong intuition and a gut game.

And I don't apologize for saying no any longer because my no is literally just a reflection of like, what is mattering the most to me right now.

To me, it's like, but this is more time with my kids or this is protecting and preserving the integrity of my followers.

Yeah, and I think that boundaries protect what's sacred to you. And I've just had to relearn this lesson over and over and over again of boundaries aren't bad. And boundaries keep what I say most important to me, and they exemplify that. What I am saying is most important to me is reflected in my calendar. It is reflected in my bank account. It is reflected in the way I show up every single day.

And so it's a muscle that you have to learn to flex and it takes time because I think that, you know, there was a time in my life where I got paid $50 to take pictures of a cat and I couldn't believe it. Like somebody is paying me to do something. I love, this is amazing. And what a blessing that is.

I feel like I've realized that our peace is so expensive and life is so short.

and i definitely am not anti-hustle culture because i do believe hustle is required to get the dream off the ground no matter what the dream is there have been so many points in my career where i get an idea or have a project or something like yeah i can hustle but if hustle is the only way that you can operate and sustain what you're building that is not a business like you are building a prison for yourself and

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