I heard the whisper in my body on the way home from the gym 4 weeks ago. 

 

My logical mind was like WTF! 

 

Because I’ve built my online business on these platforms over the past 5 years.

 

That would be crazy to delete them… wouldn’t it?  

 

But I trust my instincts. 

 

I took action on the whispers I heard.  

 

On Friday the 16th of August, I deleted all the social media apps from my phone and logged out of my accounts on my laptop.

 

It felt scary, yet liberating. 

 

I took Kaci & Cliffy to the Yo-Chi to celebrate.

I thought this was going to be hard… but to be honest, it’s been easy. 

 

I haven’t missed being on socials at all. And I highly recommend giving this a go yourself at least once. 

 

Here are a few things I’ve learned from my social media detox. 

 

 

Whether you’re building an online business or just a consumer of online content it’s easy to fall into the comparison trap. You compare yourself to how others are living their lives or what other business owners are doing.  

 

Being off social media has been a breath of fresh air. 

 

I have no idea what other people are doing. It’s been bliss. I can focus all my attention on living my own life and playing my own game. 

 

You quickly realise how the compulsive checking of messages and notifications is a time and focus killer. Our brains have been trained to feed off the constant hits of dopamine we get from checking our phones. 

 

Unplugging for the last 28 days has done wonders for my focus and mental clarity.

 

I haven’t felt like I’m drowning in a never-ending sea of messages and notifications.

 

(Although Facebook warns me the tsunami is coming when I log back on soon…)  

 

I’ve felt like I’ve had WAYYY more time since being off socials.

 

This has given me the space and mental clarity to focus on developing high value skills.

 

One of the essential skills you need to learn if you want to make money from business is how to craft great offers. 

 

It’s a skill set I realised I needed to work on. I know I’m damn good at what I do, but being able to effectively communicate and highlight the value of your offer is a whole other ball game. 

 

During this detox I’ve been studying Alex Hormozi’s masterpiece – ‘$100m Offers’.

 

(This is a must read if you’re in business or want to make money online) 

 

But reading a book will only get you so far. 

 

Sometimes you need a mentor who has already mastered the skill you want to learn to chew the fat with. 

 

So I re-engaged one of my former mentors. 

 

We had a 1:1 session and I felt so energised after! 

 

So many ideas started flowing through. On the back of this session the ‘Wealth Accelerator Session’ offer was born. 

 

He gave me a recipe to follow to launch my offer. I felt hesitant at first. But I took ‘messy action’ and made it happen. This meant sending out a lot more email content than I usually do. 

 

This resulted in the most unsubscribes I’ve ever got in this duration of time (ouch). 

 

But he reminded me, if people aren’t unsubscribing – then you’re not sending out enough emails.  

 

Upon reflection I realised, 

 

 

Some people just want free, free, free – and when you put a paid offer out they get offended. 

 

 

Meaning – they love stuffing as much ‘free stuff’ in their front pouch as possible, but their arms are too short to reach around and grab their wallets from their back pockets.

 

LOL   

 

 

Nature abhors a vacuum.

 

Meaning – nature HATES empty spaces.

 

Deleting social media creates space in your life for new opportunities to present themselves. 

 

An entrepreneur mentor of mine from Toastmasters invited me to an Entrepreneur Organisation (EO) event. 

 

I said ‘yes’ to his invitation. 

 

When I go to events I’m someone who always sits at the front and engages as much as possible. Because I know showing up IS NOT what’s important (despite what the gurus tell you). 

 

It’s HOW you show up that matters.   

 

At this event my energy and enthusiasm didn’t go unnoticed.

 

On the back of this event I:

 

 

I realised that face to face networking is one of my superpowers. 

 

It’s hard to get a feel for someone’s energy when you’re reading their words through a screen.

 

But when you meet someone face to face – it’s a completely different experience.

 

After 2 and half years of going to Toastmasters every Wednesday night – I’ve found my confidence is at an all new level. 

 

I don’t feel like an imposter anymore when I enter rooms full of entrepreneurs and business owners. 

 

 

(Wallace D. Wattles calls this ‘the impression of increase’) 

 

 

 

 

1) When your gut tells you to do something that doesn’t logically make sense DO IT.

 

2) Check the ‘screen time’ on your phone and see how many hours of your life you’re wasting on social media.

 

3) Delete social media for 30 days and see what magic shows up in your life. 

 

Have a great weekend,