Tips & Talk 11 – Take the Two Word Challenge with Me

Hi there.

I see that you made it over to the new tips

and talk portion of the podcast.

These are bite-sized topics that I pull from community questions and

things that I'm observing in the world of handmade small business.

I'm going to call this the two word challenge by eliminating

these words from your vocabulary.

You're going to communicate in a much stronger and purposeful way,

and you're also going to have a mindset of achievability and

what's possible versus a defeatist mindset.

Why do this first off people are going to listen to

you more.

Have you ever felt like you've insane something,

and either you can tell nobody's listening because they're looking away

or they didn't get what you were talking about.

Possibly it's because of the words that you're using.

So the ability to have people really pay attention to what

you're talking about is one of the results here.

You'll also be seen as more of a professional by the

manner in which you're communicating.

And the really cool thing about eliminating these two words too,

is that as you communicate out in the way that I'm

going to share with you,

you also feel it internally.

So even though you're giving out a stronger presence,

you're also giving back to yourself,

heightened confidence.

Let's dive in right now to the first word.

The word I want you to remove from your vocabulary is

just take this out of your vocabulary.

99% of the time,

if you're doing,

let's say an email and you say as the first line,

and I do this all the time and I have to

catch myself.

If you say,

I just wanted to pop in here to tell you,

and then whatever it is that you're saying by adding that

word just you've already diminished the value of what you're trying

to say.

It's like,

you're saying,

oh, I'm so sorry.

I don't mean to interrupt you.

This really isn't that important.

I just have one little thing to tell you.

Instead, what I want you to do is get to the

topic. Here's another example,

just a quick announcement reminding you that we're all getting together

this afternoon at four hope you can join us.

Instead of saying that we're just get to the announcement.

So exciting.

Remember, we're getting together at four.

Can't wait to see you.

Then it puts so much more strengthened value to the topic

versus adding that word in.

Just now having said that there are a couple of times

when just does make sense to use,

like think of the Nike tagline.

Just do it when you use just in that way,

you're putting a significance on it.

Time-wise just do it.

So it actually adds strength in that.

Or when you want to say something like in a recipe

or something you say add just a pinch of sugar,

they are,

you're saying the extreme is small.

So at Nike you're saying powerful,

just do it big.

And then in a recipe you're saying Jost,

a pinch of sugar,

smaller, those extremes,

the word justice.

Great. But in communication generally,

when you're making a statement and you put just in there,

you diminish the importance in the value.

By eliminating this word,

you are creating more powerful,

stronger, and personable communication.

The second word ready for it.

The second word I want you to eliminate is the word.

Can't see the problem with the word.

Can't automatically sets up in your mind,

a failure.

You're unconsciously positioning yourself that you're not going to be able

to achieve something.

And I honestly hear this all the time from people and

I don't think they really recognize what they're doing.

And again,

I'm going to say,

I've done this to myself too.

I'm not just saying it because I'm so good at it.

I'm saying it because I'm recognizing it.

And I catch myself doing it too.

Here's an example.

I can't understand all the tech stuff.

You know,

people will say tech messes me up,

or I can't get that.

Or you know,

all these excuses with the word can't instead think about saying,

I'll find a way to manage and whatever that technical problem

is because let's face it in this day and age,

there are always ways to figure things out.

There's Google.

You can hire somebody real quick on a website like Fiverr

for just a few dollars to fix something that you need

fixed. You could talk to someone in your local chamber who

has the expertise.

Yeah. You might pay them a couple of dollars,

but you can turn those can'ts to Cannes.

Another example of cant could be can't build a website because

I don't have the money.

So you're already making an assumption that you can't do something

versus I know I need a website and I'll research what

my options are to make this happen.

See how much more opportunistic that sounds than automatically saying you

can't. I think lots of times we add the word can't

into our vocabulary because we don't know what those options are

out there.

And in the case of a website,

there are so many options.

You don't have to hire a designer and spend thousands of

dollars to get an online presence where you can sell your

products. When we say can't it virtually takes you out of

the game psychologically.

And the sad thing is we've done it to ourself.

While you can say,

can't someone else is finding out a way to say can

and are passing you by whether it's creating your product and

selling your product.

Whether it's establishing a website,

whether it's starting your business in the first place.

I want to know if you're willing to accept this challenge

with me,

we are going to eliminate these two words from our vocabulary,

as much as possible.

And to do this,

you have to do it consciously.

So just get rid of it from speaking from emails everywhere,

your communication will be so much more powerful and you will

only listen to,

and can't get that out of your vocabulary because you're limiting

your own thinking by using that word can't are you with

me? Are you accepting my challenge?

If so,

jump over to Instagram.

I'm at gift biz on rapt.

And let me know in the DMS that you're doing the

challenge, right alongside me,

eliminate these two words.

Watch for them.

Catch it before you do it,

adjust how you're saying things.

And honestly,

it might just change your life.

That's a wrap.

I may get to the point kind of girl.

And this is what you can expect from these quick midweek

sessions. Now it's your turn.

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