Clearing the Chaos: The Power of Sharing What’s on Your Mind

From big business secrets to small business success. My name is Mary. This is my best friend and business partner, Jill, and we wanted to share some things we've picked up from corporate playbooks along the way that we implement into our small business nearly every single day. And whether you're in a position of power in corporate or you're your own small business owner, this message will inspire and serve you greatly. And what are we talking about today? We learned this from Lululemon, and it's called a clearing.

Now, it might not be helpful in every situation. However, it can help you be present in the situation that you're in. So what is a clearing? An example of this? Well, a clearing is just allowing people in so that other people can support you and hold you accountable. An example of this is your. You're driving to work, you're in traffic, and you didn't account for it, so you're going to be late to your job, your shift, see yourself in the story. So you show up frantic, and you're sweating, you're nervous, you're already making yourself excuses.

And what you can do in that moment is just say, I need to clear that. I am feeling overwhelmed because I had no idea I was going to get stuck in traffic. I'm letting that go so that I can be present here, here. And if I slip, you guys can then hold me accountable. So I'm, like, letting you in, and you just gotta hold me accountable to where I am. It allows you to table how you're feeling for the moment in order to be present with the task at hand. So I like to think of it as four quarters in a football game, right.

If we had a bad first quarter, we can table it to show up better for our second quarter. It doesn't mean that we're not gonna talk about the mistakes that we made during Q one at the end of the game. But if we let those Q one mistakes totally overtake our Q two, Q three, Q four, play how we show up, then it's going to take and ruin the entire game. So how do you table what's going on in order to be present in the current moment? And, you know, when people show up and they're flustered and you ask them how they're doing and everything's fine, it allows them the space to share so that you can understand what may have caused them to be in that funk, or you can support them in a different way.

So a clearing is so incredibly helpful in corporate, in your own business, so that others feel seen, supported, and valued. It helps to carry the load. You very well could carry 50 pounds on your own, but if you give 25 of those pounds to your coworkers, the load becomes lighter. So our challenge to you is to not hold everything inside for the next week. Allow people to come in to where you're feeling frustrated or flustered so they can support you in those feelings and emotions, and you all can make a greater day out of it.

Clear and let it go. We'll see you guys on the next video. Bye.