Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan - How To Get Mark Wahlberg To Make You A Personal Video with Heather! Episode 120

Episode Date: June 9, 2021

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Okay, so the last week has been beyond crazy. I have been under a book deadline for Harper Collins and you know when you have a bunch of things deadline for HarperCollins and you know when you have a bunch of things piling up on you and you snap, that's basically been the last week. My son has virtual final exams every single day and being stuck in the house and working on the book. It's a lot of pressure and I don't know what I'm doing. I'm a complete rookie at writing for a traditional publishing company. So they'll send me an email and I'll say,

hey, we need this back in seven days. Use this software program. Hello, I don't know what that is. I've never used it so then I'll write back. Can someone get on a Zoom and teach me how to use this? I have no idea what I'm doing. They forget that I've never done a book with a traditional publisher.

They just assume I know, and I don't know. And they'll say, use a sticker feature for edits. What does that mean? It gets very frustrating and overwhelming when you have, when you're 46 years old and have no idea what you're doing, being a rookie author for Harpercombs leadership has been wild to say the least. And then my agent emails me, hey, how the where you at for the blurbs

and reviews of your book. I don't know. No one told me anything about this. Should I do something? She writes back, yes. Start reaching out to people ASAP. You need them by the end of the month. Okay.

I didn't know that. So who would you like me to reach out to? It just won the thing after the next. And anyways, the last week I just, I somewhat snapped. I couldn't, I just couldn't take it. And between that and my son's school and finding out that his camp for the summer's canceled because of COVID and it was just, oh my gosh,

I wasn't seeing a light at the end of the tunnel and it just felt like I was not succeeding at anything. It was a little bit frustrating. Okay. So here's a couple of things I realized. One, your environment impacts you more that you might recognize or realize on a day-to-day basis. One of the problems with working from home has become, I'm home so much that home symbolizes

work to me now. When I'm home, I'm just working. Where before, I traveled for work, even just to record my podcast, I traveled to whatever city my guests lived in. So I was constantly gone. When I was home, it was about being home. It wasn't about work.

The last year has completely flipped that. So now home is work. And I just started recognizing that whenever I'm here, I'm working, whether it be writing, consulting a company, giving a keynote, doing my podcast, I'm working. I'm constantly working and not taking a break. So the environment really started impacting me. Being in my apartment suddenly wasn't relaxing or wasn't like I was unwinding, was the opposite.

And then having my son in the next room, we know doing his tests and doing virtual school. It was really intense. So we decided for his birthday to go away for the weekend, which I was super excited about. He was bringing a friend of his. It was getting him back out around other kids outside. We're going to the beach. I was so excited.

And immediately, we went to my favorite place, which is the breakers and Palm Beach. I absolutely love it there. And so we've been going there his whole life. When we arrived, the place was packed and it felt really exciting because no one had masks on. I'm vaccinated, so I felt totally safe. And I don't know where you stand on. And I feel like everyone should have their own beliefs and opinions and whatever works for you. Great. For me, I was just excited to see people's face and feel like I was in some sense of normalcy. So it was my son, his friend, and myself.

And I plant, my plan was to let the boys have a blast, do whatever they wanted. And I would finish my editing because I really was not achieving a lot. In fact, in my apartment and I thought changing the environment up might put me in a different headspace. I could feel more creative and be able to get some work done.

Okay, you probably think I'm nuts by the way that I go to the breakers to work, but I did. And it worked. Okay, so we pull up and the place is a mob scene. And I'm so excited and I say to the boys, while I'm checking in, guys, go put your name into the restaurant. There's a restaurant there that they don't take

reservations and you can just walk up, put your name in. And so they did it and they came back. We got checked into the room and we get a call. All your tables ready. Oh, great. So we go downstairs. We're all hungry and we're walking into the restaurant and who's walking out but Mark Wahlberg and some of his friends. And it was one of those moments where, you know, I hesitated for a minute to say, is that who I think it is? And he was looking right at us and the boys instantly before I even noticed it. Instantly knew it was him. Instantly we're going crazy. They were so excited. But what was interesting is they didn't react and go chase him right and say, Hey, Mark, you know, we're huge fans or whatever.

They didn't. They hesitated. And I wondered if that's new because of COVID, if this awkwardness around going up to people is just something temporary right now. So we sit down to eat and I say, guys, why didn't you go after him to get a picture with him or say, hello, tell him what a fan you are. And they were all smiles, it was so cute.

And they just said, I don't know, just didn't feel right. And again, I don't know if it's just the awkwardness of COVID or what. So I said, you know, I really think you have a missed opportunity here. The guy's obviously going to be here for a couple of days because it's a holiday weekend. So what I would do is get crystal clear on your intention to find him. And the next time you see him run right up to him and ask him for a picture

or whatever it is, it was my son's birthday that weekend. So I'm like, you know, don't hesitate. And this is just a reminder for you, if you want something never hesitate, when that window of opportunity opens, jump on it. It was epic fail that they didn't go after him. So, and the guy was all smiles, he was super happy and not in a situation where you thought, oh, this guy's trying to run out of here. Okay. So we go looking for him after dinner, the three of us. We can't find him anywhere on property.

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Second day, another third. So I had two thirds of my book done just from sitting at the ocean for two days. I mean, I knocked out the work so fast. I was so happy that change of environment and that piece of hearing the waves and sitting on the beach, it was unbelievable how much easier it was to work. So if you're struggling with getting some work down, think about the environment you're in and think about what could you move to? What environment could you change temporarily? It might put you in a totally different headspace. Certainly work for me.

Okay. So the second day I get up, I go for my run and I go to the gym and I'm working out. And all of a sudden, I see out of the corner of my eye, Mark Wahlberg standing 10 feet away from me. He's working out with his trainer. And unlike my child, I jump right up with my phone in hand and I'm looking a hot mess because I had just gone for a run outside and I'm working out like a beast and I have no makeup on. But I didn't even think about that. I just walk right up to him and I said, I think I said, Marky Mark from back in the day.

I said, listen, I'm from Worcester. I hate to bother you while you're working out, but I've got to tell you, my son and his friend saw you and they're huge fans and he said, why didn't they come after me? I said, I don't know that I guess they were intimidated that they didn't want to bother you. He said, it's no bother. He was so kind, so nice. He said, I have kids, I totally get it. No big deal.

He said, well, why don't we call them? I said, well, he's sleeping, he's not going to wake up. He said, then what are we going to do? I said, I don't know. He said, give me your phone. I'll do a video for him. And he was just so sweet and so thoughtful and did a video for my son and asked him,

why aren't you at the gym with your brother? And to your brother. It was so cute, so so nice. And I thanked him, you know, profusely, so grateful that he did that, especially because it was my son's birthday. But it just reminded me that, listen, here's the thing, when you get a shot at something, you've got to just go for it, seize that opportunity, don't wait, don't hesitate. And luckily for me, and I think it was different than for the boys, I didn't feel that awkwardness of COVID should I go up. Now that doesn't mean I had a meeting actually

in person yesterday with some people I hadn't met before and they went to shake my hands. And I didn't shake their hand. I thought, this is weird. I don't feel comfortable with that. So I do get the awkwardness, but when you really want something, get clear on it and let nothing get in your way, especially not your mind or your hesitation.

Just jump on it, just go for it because you never know you might not get that chance again. Whole tight we're going to be right back. We have different guests each week. What's up with the chair? All of us clearly. Okay, so I've received a lot of questions in the past week or so from DMs on LinkedIn, on Instagram, and on my website, Heathermonahand.com. Here's one of them that came in.

Hey Heather, I just had a massive follow out with my boss. Basically, he told me if I don't like it, just leave. I want to, but I'm terrified. I have a mortgage on a single income as well as responsibilities. I don't know what to do. I've worked 70 plus hours a week at a job, let alone my own business for years, but I am having trouble with direction after hearing you.

I also realize I have a problem with confidence in myself. That's the core problem for sure. Any tips you have would be so appreciated. Thank you so much for your time. So here's the thing, you need to lead that job. If you have a toxic boss, someone who is not treating you well, you need to get out of there.

Get clear on that. You're leaving. Right? Have that clarity and then start building the plan to get yourself out of there. Whatever that may look like, maybe it's nights and weekends, you're working on the side hustle. Maybe it's applying for other jobs, right? But start taking action. The actual practice of taking action and

taking action steps towards a goal will build momentum for you. That will build confidence. Write down what your goal is. I am quitting this job. Give yourself a deadline in 30 days. Whatever it is, get clear on it and start holding yourself accountable to these goals. Taking action daily, that will build confidence in you. Get a picture of a time in your life you were confident. Remember what that feels like. See that in your mind and know that you're creating it. Give yourself a 30-day plan. Practice gratitude each day.

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If you didn't find a blueprint, what structure did you use to create your outline? This is interesting, and I'm bummed. Okay, next week I have Ron Friedman on the show. You have to listen to that episode. He actually does have a blueprint for TEDx talk. So check that out. But I also remember, Erik Mints,

who was the head of TEDx Boca Raton. He sent out to all of the speakers of video that TEDx put together. So you might wanna Google this TEDxTalk outline. And it was a video that lives on TEDx that talks about the proper way to give a TEDxTalk. And here's what I remember from it. They basically outline and evaluate

the Martin Luther King speech I have a dream. And it's all about going from possibility to what is possibility to what is this high this low, high low, high low. And Rod Friedman and I actually get into this next week on my show. So definitely check that episode out. But it's about taking the audience from one place to the next one place to the next back and forth.

Some people do it with humor, some people do it with personal story. There's a lot of different ways to do it. However, here's how I did mine. And this is how I do my talks in general. I open with a question, I open with a personal story. I want to pull people in. That is just my go to. That's how I always give my talks, right? Think about what is your end goal? In a TEDx talk, you want to share a big idea, communicate a unique idea. So somewhere in there, and in the first, you know, minute or two, you want to identify and share with the audience what that big idea is, you're sharing, then you want to take them on that journey of from here to there, here to there, here to there, and then you want to have some big, powerful clothes, right? So I brainstorm and I test and I try things because I speak for a living. So I'm constantly seeing what resonates with people and I keep a file on my computer where I throw, oh wow, that line did really well or people really love this.

Never take direction from someone who hasn't been where you're going. And then I throw that in the file. So I have all of these quotes of myself that I know audiences connect with. And I would go through and see knowing my big theme was, my TEDx talk was the Me Too movement, misstep or whatever, I forget what I called it. But basically my whole concept was we always target that men are the bad guys in the workforce, but it's actually women are the biggest villains that attack other women. So stop just looking at men to be the ones to call out. We also need to call

out women that truly don't support other women and try to hold them back. So I came up with my big idea. I wrote that down. I thought about what question can I ask, how can I pull the audience and what story can I tell, and then how can I go back to this big idea and walk through the teachings or the messages that I'm trying to convey? That's how I did it. Definitely check out the Ron Friedman episode next week. He breaks it down in very specific,

much more formulaic than what I'm doing right now. Okay, hope that helps. Oh, Heather, hey, I didn't think you'd get back to me. Oh, someone emailed me at my website and I emailed them right back because they sent me the nicest, this woman sent me the most beautiful story about how my, I forget it was my book or if it was my TED Talk, I don't know, something really impacted her.

Here's what happened. So she sent me, she either read my book or I think she listened to Confidence Creator on Audible and she said it changed her life and it made her realize that she needs to make a lot of changes in her life. And she had been a no toxic work environment too. That was something that she connected with me on. So she sends me this long letter. And I wrote back to her, listen, you have a really powerful story. I'm grateful that I impacted you in a positive way. But now you need to pay it forward. You need to start telling your story. She had left the toxic work environment, but she didn't know what to do next. And so here she writes back to me, I figured

my email would go into a sea of emails sent to an assistant and I would never hear back from you, never thought of sharing my story. Thank you for the idea. My intent was just to let you know how impactful your story has been on me. Honestly, I wouldn't know the first way to go about doing so while I'm still working with my family, not sure I'm ready to get out there full throttle in the world yet, I would welcome any guidance you have. I'm sure you must be busy. Please don't feel obligated to respond so sweet.

So, but here's the thing, everyone has a story. And David Meltzer taught me this. The frequency that I run out and speak at is different than this woman, right? She runs at a different frequency. She has a different story. It's imperative that we all share our story so people don't feel alone. We're coming out of the freaking worse year ever, right?

A global pandemic. I don't want people to feel alone. I want people to know that they're connected and there's like-minded people out there cheering them on. And that if they struggle, they're not alone in that, that, you know, everyone's had this struggle. So for this woman to feel so grateful and impacted by my story, that it helped change her life, she needs to pay it forward and make that, you know, that's her why is if one woman's story helped to change her life for the better, then her story can do the same for others. So I would say just start somewhere. Do a post, right? Right down in your journal, make the commitment that you're going to start sharing your story. Share it with people in your

lives, right? Just start taking action. So often people want to have this big master plan and, you know, here's what sharing my story looks like. That's not real. It's just about taking messy action, but taking action. Raise your hand and share it. Go on a podcast as a guest and share your story. Just go to your social media feed and post something and just share that I wanna make sure people know they're not alone.

I've been in a horrible work environment too. And I'm suddenly out of it and I'm so grateful for that. If you're struggling with getting out of your terrible environment, this is the push you need. Go for it. Whatever that is, whatever that looks like to you. Be true to yourself, but also be true to your why.

And if my story helped change your life, I'm challenging you to get out there and start changing others. I definitely didn't have some master plan. It's all unfolded one messy step after another. And it will for you to. Okay, if you haven't yet, please rate and review the show. It helps so flip in much. I would appreciate it immensely if you will share it on social media and whenever you do tag me.

I will repost and reshare every one of your posts as always. Until next week and make sure you tune in next week for that Ron Friedman episode. It's flipping unbelievable. Keep creating your confidence. You know I'm your one man. I'm doing the same and yes, I am the girl chasing Mark Wahlberg down for my kid. Until next week, keep creating your confidence. I hope you're enjoying this episode so far. I'm Jennifer Cohen, host the top ranking business and entrepreneur podcast, Habits and Hustle, apart the YAP media network, the number one business and self-improvement podcast network.

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