Christy Wright Quotes

You think he is marrying her for money?' 'Yes, I do. Don't you think so?' 'I should say quite certainly,' said Miss Marple. 'Like young Ellis who married Marion Bates, the rich ironmonger's daughter. She was a very plain girl and absolutely besotted about him. However, it turned out quite well. People like young Ellis and this Gerald Wright are only really disagreeable when they've married a poor girl for love. They are so annoyed with themselves for doing it that they take it out of the girl. But if they marry a rich girl they continue to respect her.

Once we realize that fear is normal, then we don’t have to wait until we aren’t scared to do the thing we want to do. We just do it scared.

Success isn’t a gleaming, shiny mountain. It’s a pile of mistakes that you’re standing on instead of under.

You teach people how to treat you by what you allow, what you stop, and what you reinforce.

If you don’t ask, the answer is always no.

It’s natural to want to feel like you’re working toward something, and it’s defeating when you feel like you aren’t.

Putting yourself out there feels vulnerable and risky, but anything worth doing usually does.

Starting something new feels risky and uncomfortable, but remember, the people who win in business and in life do it in spite of this.

I want to see women set free to pursue what they love and unapologetically make money doing it. I want to see women confident and happy and satisfied with the life they’ve created instead of just tolerating some version of life they felt pressured into or settled for.

The Suzy Kassem quote, “Fear kills more dreams than failure ever will” rings all too true for many business owners.

Fear isn’t a sign that you’re doing something wrong. It’s a sign that you’re doing something new. It doesn’t mean you’re not capable, qualified, or ready. It just means you’re doing something that matters to you. And fear doesn’t mean you’re doing something bad. It means you’re doing something bold.

The bigger your fear, the smaller your life.

It’s what Joyce Meyer calls, “New levels, new devils.”2 Even if you conquer your fear of doing one thing, the moment you try something new, push your limits, or take on a new challenge, you’re going to have a whole new set of fears that come with it.

It’s easy to look at people who are at the top of their game and assume they just woke up there one day, as if their success came overnight. But anyone who has ever accomplished anything in life knows that there’s no such thing as an overnight success. No one lands on the mountaintop by accident. You have to work to get there.

Eventually, after years of blood, sweat, and lots of tears, you become an “overnight success.

Three bricklayers were working on the same building. When asked what they were doing, the first answered grumpily, “I’m laying bricks.” The second replied with a bit more vision, “I’m putting up a wall.” The third bricklayer’s response was different. He replied enthusiastically and with pride, “I’m building a beautiful cathedral. It will be the finest building in town, and it will be a place of peace and comfort for everyone who walks by it!” What a difference knowing why makes. When you know why you do it, even the most mundane work can become meaningful.

When you know your why, you can endure any how.

Don’t wait until you’re not scared to do the thing you want to do. You’ll never do it. Instead, just do it scared. There’s something extraordinary waiting for you on the other side.

Fears establishes the limits of your life. The bigger your fear, the smaller your life. If you're scared of heights, you'll stay low. If you're scared of the outdoors, you'll stay indoors. If you're scared of failure, you'll never try anything.

The best way to identify and define your target market is to imagine your ideal customer. That’s right. I want you to dream up this person. And don’t think of a group of people; I want you to think of one person who is your ideal customer. Who is she? Why does she like what your business offers? After you think about why your business is for her, get to know her. Think about what makes her tick. Think about what she wants, what problems she has, what things she values, and so on. And since you’re really getting to know this ideal customer, just for fun, go ahead and give her a name.

Think of places where your ideal customer hangs out. For instance, if your business is making custom baby gifts, you might sponsor a lunch for a local Moms of Preschoolers (MOPS) group so you can meet and build relationships with women who have little ones—and probably have friends with more little ones on the way! Or, if you offer small-business accounting services, you could bring coffee and donuts to local small businesses and introduce yourself to get your foot in the door. Whatever kind of business you have, your customers hang out somewhere. Go find them!

When you aren’t able to spend time on things you care about, you are stressed, exhausted, and frustrated because you feel the inconsistency in your life between what you care about and what you’re actually doing. Stress and anxiety are caused when there’s a disconnect between your values and your behavior.

Turning things down is hard, but it gets easier the more you do it. Being able to say no is a muscle. If you never use it, then when you try to, it feels difficult and awkward. But the more you use that muscle, the stronger it becomes and saying the word becomes easier. Eventually, once you get the hang of it, it actually feels good. You feel more powerful—like you actually have a say in your own life. Imagine that!

I’m always driving to somewhere I love. When I’m driving to work, I’m driving to a place that I love. When I’m driving home, I am driving to a place that I love.

Often, the reason we’re so quick to judge other women with decisions different from our own is that we aren’t completely comfortable with our own choices. The woman with a full-time office job looks down on the stay-at-home mom while battling her own guilt about not attending every class party and field trip. The stay-at-home mom judges the woman working long hours while at the same time struggling with her own sense of identity and purpose.

I won’t judge you for dishes in your sink and shoes over your floor and laundry on your couch. I won’t judge you for choosing not to spend your one life weeding the garden or washing the windows or working on organizing the pantry. I won’t judge you for the size of your waist, the flatness, bigness, cut or color of your hair, the hipness or the matronliness of your clothes, and I won’t judge whether you work at a stove, a screen, a store, a steering wheel, a sink or a stage. I won’t judge you for where you are on your road, won’t belittle your offering, your creativity, your battle, your work.2

Let’s save our well-meaning advice, suggestions, and opinions and instead focus on loving the woman in front of us. Let’s deliberately dissolve the judgment between us and realize that each of us is on a uniquely and perfectly messy journey of our own. When we focus on that, we can sit next to a woman with a life entirely different from our own and appreciate everything she is and everything she offers without feeling envious or superior. When we stop focusing on what divides us, we can champion each other in a way that allows the women in our lives to feel supported and accepted exactly as they are, and most importantly, we can feel the freedom to accept ourselves and our own choices as well. We can unapologetically create our own version of balance, and we can finally rest in the paradox of finding comfort in our own uncomfortable choices.

I don’t want to be the servant who buried his treasure in the backyard because he was too scared to step out and try something new. I want to be a servant who doubles or triples or quadruples everything that I can!

We naturally focus all of our time and energy on the things we care about, the fun stuff: setting up the Facebook page, printing business cards, picking colors and fonts for our website, writing cute thank-you notes, choosing ribbon for packages, and decorating our space to be “just right.” We don’t think about the business side of things until we have questions like, Do I need a business license? What taxes do I owe? Do I need patents for my products? Should I form an LLC? Do I need a lawyer? And then we hit a wall. In my research, I’ve discovered that this wall is where women take one of two paths. Some women take Path One, where they decide they aren’t “business-minded” enough. They resolve to keep their hobby a hobby and let their business dream die. But other women take Path Two, where they decide to push through. They get answers to their questions and help with things they don’t understand. Instead of turning back, these women get over the wall and go on to reach their goals and grow their business.

Research your competition enough to learn from them but not so much to be intimidated by them. If you can look at what they do without stressing yourself out, you can: determine the industry standard (generally accepted criteria) for your particular type of business, discover best practices (a best method for accomplishing something) in your specific industry, get a baseline idea for pricing, learn from their mistakes without making them yourself, and appreciate what they do well and incorporate that into your own business.

For example, your social media schedule might look something like this for one day: (Jab) Post #1: Inspiring quote (Jab) Post #2: Live behind-the-scenes video of your business (Jab) Post #3: Helpful article with a list of tips (Right Hook) Post #4: Invitation to sign up for a contest My friend Steve, a social media professional, says, “A good brand is a generous brand.” Be generous in your marketing and social media strategy, and you will build a relationship with your followers. They will become loyal, appreciative, and ready to take the next step with you.

You are giving something your customer needs or wants. When you stop focusing on what you’re getting from them and instead focus on what you’re giving to them, you can start to sell with more confidence and less awkwardness.

Giving is often more comfortable than receiving. When you’re giving, you’re in control, and you have the power. When you’re receiving, the roles are reversed. I would rather stand on a stage and give a presentation to three thousand people than stand in a room and have thirty people sing “Happy Birthday” to me. I’d rather host a baby shower for someone than have one thrown for me. Sometimes it’s hard to receive, and that’s often the same reason many of us struggle to sell. Whether you realize it or not, sales is about being willing to be vulnerable and receive.

In fact, trying to grow too big, too fast is one of the top—and perhaps the saddest—reasons that small businesses fail.

In addition to taking your side business full time, another way you might want to grow and expand is by moving locations. Here are some different ways you can move: Moving from Etsy to a full website Moving from online to a brick-and-mortar store Moving from having one location to opening multiple locations

And that’s what I want for you: the power that comes from women championing other women. Whether it’s the boutique down the street that is similar to yours or someone across the globe competing for the same online customers, whether you’ve met her or not, there’s room for both of you. While you may feel pressure to elbow your way to the top, I want to share some good news: you don’t have to. Because ultimately, it doesn’t have to be her or you. It is both of you—out there busting it, doing the work you are called to do.

In order for your price to work for you, you need to know who your competition is and who it’s not. It’s not big-box stores, and it’s not other business owners running hobbies. Don’t base your pricing on what the wrong people are charging. Instead price for your business and your customer.

A man was suffering a persistent problem with his house. The floor squeaked. No matter what he tried, nothing worked. Finally, he called a carpenter who friends said was a true craftsman. The craftsman walked into the room and heard the squeak. He set down his toolbox, pulled out a hammer and nail, and pounded the nail into the floor with three blows. The squeak was gone forever. The carpenter pulled out an invoice slip, on which he wrote the total of $45. Above that total were two line items: Hammering, $2. Knowing where to hammer, $43.7 When you’re setting your price, you’re not only charging for cost of goods, expenses, and time invested, you’re also charging what you’re worth. You’re charging for the unique gifts, talents, skills, education, knowledge, perspective, ideas, quality, and style you bring to the work you do. So don’t just charge for hammering. Charge for knowing where to hammer.

But I’m not alone. I know that those voices may nag at you too. You discover your strengths, but you downplay them. You know what you’re good at, but you underestimate it. You want to create a product or add a new service to your business or share part of your heart with the world, but all you can think is, Everyone already knows this. Everyone already has this. Everyone already does this. We assume everyone can do what we do, so what’s the big deal? The big deal is that we’re wrong. I want to remind you of something I’ve tried to remind myself of daily for the last several years. What’s obvious to you is not obvious to everyone else. What’s easy for you is not easy for everyone else. What’s simple to you is not simple to everyone else. Your strengths are unique, valuable, and important. And friends, the world needs you to step into them. We undervalue our strengths because they may seem easy and obvious to us. But don’t let that stop you from sharing them with the world. Because what’s obvious to you might be amazing to someone else. There are people out there right now who can benefit from the gifts that come so effortlessly to you. So don’t downplay your strengths or dismiss your values. Instead, build your business around them and go for it. There are people out there right now who need what you have to offer!

Few people can truly excel at occupations about which they entertain moral reservations.

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