Hello! So this week, we're going to start with this key idea, right? teachers love to learn, like you are in teaching, we're in teaching, you like to learn stuff, people don't go into teaching rely galleries. It's kind of the point, we like to read, we like to research, we like to figure stuff out to discover stuff down. And in the classroom, and in the world, generally, it's a great asset, right? It's the ability to think and wonder how people, or other people have done that, go out and go out and shop around, find something that helps you do what you need to do. Without reinventing the wheel. All this is great, it's part and parcel of education. When you move into the business world, as a teacher, we all take our room brings with us. And this learning centered thinking is still a huge blessing. But it also has a giant downside, because it creates a lot of noise in our brains, because there are a lot of different options and voices, there are very lightweight options, the stock, it's like me. So this week, on the podcast, we're going to talk about using our learning some teacher brains, and how to effectively navigate both the noise and your how you approach using our Learning Center cells to earn manage rather than being swallowed up by the agreement. So as I said, having learned center brain is great. But what we have to do in the business world, is to teach it to navigate the noise effectively, so that we're not overwhelmed by all the information. We also have to teach our Learning Center brains to focus on what matters most and to look at the information we find quickly, to lose it as a whole. And the interesting thing, is this something new or not, you taught yourself to do this as a teacher, it just didn't make as much effort. Because you already had some expertise in the subject area. So when we're in business, it takes a little more work when you're in business, you know, even if you're not, it takes constant work. So the way this shows up here, this sounds familiar, I bet you have this thought and you think like, I don't know how to do this. But I don't know how I'm looking around. Let me go look around online. and off you go in find a really useful actually go on Facebook, they recommend someone else you go check them, they suggest this process, that they'll go to class, you go look at that. And on and on and on, you go down to revenue printing in two hours and websites later, you're like, Wow, now I really don't know how to do this, because there's so many choices. How do I choose which one is right? What do I do? And then you do more research, because now you have to figure out what the best way. And I'm not nine goes until you're like thoroughly confused and lost, like details of your life. So I noticed earlier, we've all done this at some point. This is not just teachers who do this, but it's a lot of humans, it does sort of, I think, come as a part of having a teacher brain where you fall down this rabbit hole. And you come out on the other side, you're holding a bag of like God knows what kind of crazy it's, it's that now when we do feeling of overwhelm. And when people are in the learning brain, like when you're learning to center in person, like to dive in and figure it out. And that's great. And up till now it's really been helpful. But in business, one of the things that happens is this just makes you stop. It gets you stuck. It's overwhelming. It starts making you question all kinds of things without getting any clearer. So the problem here is that we create ourselves very much in noise level. I think of it like a speaker inside of my brain. And so the more I research, the more places I visit, the more I guess I listen to the more books I read, the louder the volume gets a certain point, the volume tips and you get to place yourself in more trouble. So first, this is a problem, just the sheer overwhelm. You can't sift through all this stuff. And it creates confusion. Because we install one simple thing to research now there's been a giant project You need to build a website and make leads, get a lead magnet. And then it works when you have 16 different ways in which we want to do it. And somebody said blue is a good color, and red is a bad color. But everything you do is in red, what do I do now. And now I need the brand, no mind when you're overwhelmed with this, and the amount of information coming at you, what becomes very difficult is making not just effective, fast decisions. Effective fast decisions are really the base of a growing business. So during this research falling down the rabbit hole, during all this is different than it was in education. I alluded to this a little while. Because when your teacher went shopping around the sort of living expert, where you went like, Okay, I have this problem. Even earlier children grew, you have a more defined sense of life. How much time will how many students have that issue? How this impacted like what effect you want to have. And because you have some expertise to fall back on, when you went shopping around shopping more critical on Google quickly. Not that one gets this one, maybe that one, that's a good idea. But we know what that would be too complicated from what I see my kids, and you have this like automatically. When you are new, or even the first five or eight years in business, you don't have the same critical eye. Because what you're doing is likely brand new, you didn't go to school for this, there's no real certification, even if you want one. And you're watching all the other people. So what happens is, you don't necessarily have the experience or the expertise to go right? Yes, no, and that's too complicated. Sometimes you will, or you'll look at something and not doing that, that sounds pretty, that's fine. For you, to make a decision is more critical thinking more like discernment that light heard when you were teaching. So because of how this happens, we really have to teach our learning summaries how to effectively navigate revenues. And to critically assess what we need more quickly. We do this because overwhelm sucks, like it's not fun to feel like you're drowning in information. And it's also when, because when there's too much important just cannot hear yourself thing. And the voice that matters most in your business is yours. When you have too many choices, quick decisions. And when there's too much information, it becomes really easy to get distracted and follow the shiny objects and the dead ends, or things that pull you away from your big goal into questioning your ability to do all these things. Because you know, you're never going to do it like that guy who made a billion dollars. But now we're never going to do it like that. And your company starts again. And now we're in a really not a good place. So too much information causes a lot more harm than good in some cases. And what we need are action steps. So when you feel the rabbit hole coming, like when you're like, Oh, I need to do a little research. Here's the thing, there are a couple things that I think are really important to do. The first is one of the rules I personally want to create for myself is that I never want to research without a timer. And I never give myself more than 30 minutes. So do you know how to use the internet? Here's my my supposition I use the internet I'm pretty good searcher. If I can't find any useful information, or a short answer to my question in 30 minutes or less, something home like then there's not it doesn't exist, because I can't spend five minutes it's not there. This gives you 30 minutes and a cap on it. give you enough time to wander around a little bit and shop but not so much time down the rabbit hole crazy in the 67 websites later. Second, I have learned in really intentional about the branching out or like when websites are in the next in the next in the next. And actually what I do is I remember I worked with librarians for many years and I think of them because it's all about being critical about critical thinking about where the information comes from right. So for me, I have to go like Okay, do I want to follow that branch because Who is it? Do I trust that person Are they in the same business space? I am? Do they get what I do? And if the answer to any of those questions are no, I want their opinion in mind. They don't do what I do, they don't do it like I do it. And it's just gonna make me more confused. And so making sure their business is in the tone that you want to set in sort of fits before you follow them, willy nilly, really helps. You don't want to be like so and so and so and so does it in a way that makes you crazy. Like, that's just, you know what I end up in that revenue. And finally, really, actually, this should be number one. The thing, most important thing you can teach yourself to do when you feel compelled to research is ask yourself first. What do I think I should do? What would I do based on what I know? research, really good way for us to avoid being wrong and failing, or being wrong and failing is how we grow in business. You have to grow your business. So if you think like, well, I could do it that way. But it might sound great, go do it. Don't do any research, follow your own. And move that way. It's a good thing. Finally, I think it's really to be conscious of how much you're following. How many podcasts you listen to where or how much you're running, when it's getting really well. I mean, I, my clients laughed at me like, Oh, you know, so and so? And I'll say yes, no, go, you should go read my speech. Oh, because I really, really tight. I know much I allow into my sphere. I'm I'm less than all those things, but I only use them when I need them. And I don't follow along. I don't listen to a lot of different voices adjust. So, at this point, my guess usually I talk about the obstacles to watch out for but honestly, this whole thing is an obstacle to watch out for. So really, what I want you to think about walking away is that you learn almost to a fault. And that's learning is great supervision. But it's not okay to learn or went into paralysis or overwhelm. Because of that too much. If you step back from the square, so if you know what to do, how do you think you will figure it out, because you aren't powerful enough or smart or capable. Your job is to tap into that. So if this all sounds really good, great, go for it. When dialing back in, and tuning is vital. If this is something you want to talk a little bit about, a little bit more about. This is something we talk about a lot in my Facebook group, which is called teachers in business just like this podcast, come join us. If you haven't joined, join now's the time, love to have you part of this conversation about managing yourself in trusting your own voice. And if you feel like you're learning way more than you're doing that's, that's a sign a little red flag in your brain, you need to reconsider. If you're not sure how to break that cycle, I can help. This is something I do for myself. This is something I do with all my clients as a coach. And I can help you shift from you know, this learning centered place all the time, to a more action centered place where you make the decisions bring just a little bit of research work and where you can start to trust your own expertise. So it can actually work for you or clients may actually born. So if coaching is useful. What about greatness? That's okay, I needed help too. I heard my first coach, because I realized I was in my own way, particularly in this way. And that is very much my assigned shooting level. So we can set up a time shop you can send me a message on Facebook or LinkedIn or you can book a time to chat directly with my website which is coaching calm to on one coaching comm so thanks so much for listening this next week.