I am a s-h-a-m.

I tell my clients, my colleagues, and my friends to do things – smart things – in their businesses to help them grow … yet I tune out my own advice.

I nag one of my friends to share her heroic story, a story of battling cancer while growing a business and family.

I say…

• Post your wise words on your blog.

• Create an editorial calendar and stick to it.

• Stop hiding your best stuff from all of us, your fans. We adore you.

Who am I to give such advice? Sure, I help build businesses for a living and am freakishly excited about storytelling and digital marketing. But am I practicing what I preach?

Confession: I’m a copywriter, selling my own services and words, yet I don’t post my own words on my blog. Shameful, right?

I don’t have an editorial calendar.

And I’m definitely hiding my best stuff from the world, and most importantly from my community.

I’m afraid … just like my friend.

I’m afraid to expose myself. To post something that isn’t jaw-droppin’ good. To say something controversial. To write something that might offend people or worse yet, make them not like me.

Because I have to be loved by everyone, right?

Wrong.

• I’m ready to follow my own advice and walk the plank.
• I’m ready to skip out of my comfort zone.
• I’m ready to say what I need to say when I need to say it.

And then click publish.

So my question for you, are you practicing what you preach in your business?

Inspiration.

“I’m not going to be the person I’m expected to be anymore.”

                                                                        –Bleu de CHANEL: The Film