In the chaos that is my day-to-day existence, I’m a big believer in serendipity. My serendipitous moment today occurred when I stumbled across this video and Jessica’s Daily Inspiration series. I watched it twice. Laughed audibly, subscribed to the YouTube channel, then laughed even harder as my 4 year old twins actually tore themselves away from a Dora the Explorer episode and climbed on my lap to see what had captivated me.
Here’s the deal – and it’s really so simple. As we all endeavor to build our businesses, grow our market share, build a brand, sell more stuff to more people – yup, the things we all do on a daily basis, there’s really only one thing that matters. And that’s believing in yourself. And that means liking your hair, your haircut, your house, your mom, your clients, your challenges, your life. How lucky we all are to have one – and how easily we overlook the simplest things.
“I can do anything good, yeah, yeah, yeah. I can do anything good, better than anyone.” Imagine if you started your day like this on a regular basis? I’d say there’s nothing you couldn’t accomplish. And that, my friends, is the recipe for business success. And life success.
Let’s try it! Whaddya say?
Shelly Kramer is a Principal Analyst and Founding Partner at Futurum Research. A serial entrepreneur with a technology centric focus, she has worked alongside some of the world’s largest brands to embrace disruption and spur innovation, understand and address the realities of the connected customer, and help navigate the process of digital transformation. She brings 20 years’ experience as a brand strategist to her work at Futurum, and has deep experience helping global companies with marketing challenges, GTM strategies, messaging develoment, and driving strategy and digital transformation for B2B brands across multiple verticals. Shelly’s coverage areas include Collaboration/CX/SaaS, platforms, ESG, and Cybersecurity, as well as topics and trends related to the Future of Work, the transformation of the workplace and how people and technology are driving that transformation. A transplanted New Yorker, she has learned to love life in the Midwest, and has firsthand experience that some of the most innovative minds and most successful companies in the world also happen to live in “flyover country.”