ANTI-MAGNETIC ARCHETYPE #8
THE PIECEMEALER
"If I could just find that one thing I’m missing!"
Always on the hunt for that one thing that'll finally unlock your potential, you're plagued with shiny object syndrome and FOMO, which has you prioritizing tactics and trends over long-term strategy. A sense of urgency and impatience convinces you there's no time to slow down and ask the important questions—so you keep chasing your tail, getting increasingly overwhelmed.
...it's likely The PIECEMEALER has a lot of "pull" right now, and is costing in more ways than you may realise.
→ Regularly getting overwhelmed by all the tactics you're juggling
→ Always scanning for the next growth hack or "missing piece" of the puzzle
→ Hoarding freebies, digital products & templates but not implementing them
→ Operating without a clear strategy or "why" behind your commitments
→ Regularly getting overwhelmed by all the tactics you're juggling
→ Always scanning for the next growth hack or "missing piece" of the puzzle
→ Hoarding freebies, digital products & templates but not implementing them
→ Operating without a clear strategy or "why" behind your commitments
IF You'RE:
Signs The PIECEMEALER is running the show
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL
A life of working long & hard -- of always looking for the next thing, searching for "the key" to success, of an endless to-do list -- and yet never really breaking through in a meaningful way. Never getting the kind of results (or building the kind of foundations) that allow your life to be changed for the better. Always feeling like you're stuck on a hamster wheel with no way of jumping off (without consequences).
Never getting off the hamster wheel
THE COST TO YOUR BEING
You might be someone who's been collecting inspirational leadership quotes, reading all the books, taking courses, and even creating a scrapbook of team-building ideas... but the one thing that's truly lacking is an actual strategy that gives all of those tactics meaning and direction. So while you may have a ton of effective tricks up your sleeve, what you risk is not being clear on where you're actually guiding your team/clients/audience and what it's going to take to get them there.
Having lots of ideas yet little measureable impact
THE COST TO YOUR LEADERSHIP
While you're one of few who may be able to master trends and get the algorithm on your side, you run the risk of falling into the vanity metrics trap: building a brand that gets likes and shares, but that doesn't translate into credibility and clients. Because while you're busy trying to appeal to the algo, you're forgetting about your core message, about the people you're best equipped to serve, oh and your business/offerings/brilliance... of which no one will ever know about if you don't talk about it.
Serving the algorithm instead of your audience
THE COST TO YOUR BRAND
Your business is in danger of becoming overly-complicated and under-performing very quickly as long as you keep pivoting your strategy, jumping on trends, and keeping yourself busy chasing shiny objects while forgetting to consider whether these choices align with your strategy (that is, if you ever laid the foundations for strategy in the first place!) And while your to-do list may be getting longer each year, chances are your revenue isn't increasing at the same rate.
Having a full to-do list but empty bank acount
THE COST TO YOUR BUSINESS
(NOT SO)
THE HIDDEN COSTS OF OPERATING FROM THIS ARCHETYPE
NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS
THE PIECEMEALER'S MAGNETIC POTENTIAL
The Piecemealer's patterns are simply the unhealthy expression of the natural strengths you were born with. And once we become conscious of them, they can be transformed into a higher expression that puts an end to the "self-sabotage" (in quotations because this is actually just a form of self-protection) and becomes a part of your toolkit for success.
THE GIFTS HIDING IN THE SHADOW OF THE PIECEMEALER
Your ability to figure things out, to work with what you've got, and to keep looking for new solutions are all beautiful gifts that should be nurtured rather than shamed. The key to truly activating them at their highest level is to ensure they're connected to a bigger picture strategy that will guide all of your decisions, so you're no longer adding for the sake of it but understand the purpose behind every piece of your puzzle. One of your greatest gifts is going to be about using resources wisely. And sometimes that's as much about NOT spending the money, NOT doing it yourself, or NOT adding another bell or whistle to your plan because it's simply not needed to get you from A to B.
SACRED GIFT
MASTERY
RESOURCEFULNESS
STRENGTH
IMPATIENCE
SHADOW
YOUR ALCHEMICAL MAP
We fall into the shadow when we're operating from fear and doubt, but it's just the other side of the coin to the strength, which we already have within us. The real magic though? It's in accessing the sacred gift, which we earn with time and through alchemising these shadow patterns.
The outward expression of all you are, this is what most think of as personal branding, as it's about how you choose to position and package yourself in the outside world, from what you wear to how your website is designed.
Harder to measure, but easy for others to sense, this is your energy, your vitality, that spark people feel when you walk into a room (or the dark cloud, depending on your mood). This energy gets poured into all of our interactions AND our creations, so it's essential to your magnetism.
How you're showing up in the world. The actions you're taking (or not) the habits you've adopted (whether they're helpful or not) and the way you express yourself. Our actions can change our reality including how we feel, so it's next in line.
Your belief systems and the stories you hold about everything -- from yourself and your own potential, to other people, to how the world works. Our thoughts manifest as reality, so until our beliefs align with our desires, we'll struggle.
Your literal foundations: who you are, how you were built, the state of your nervous system, and the way you naturally see and experience the world. If we don't understand these things or let them get out of whack, everything else falls apart!
FROM PIECEMEALER TO MASTERFUL MAKER
Magnetism isn't some switch you flick on. It's created from 5 different sources that are all essential parts of you. And since one impacts the next, you can think of this as your "Magnetic Hierarchy of Needs". I'll quickly explain what they are before diving into tailored recommendations for each of these areas specific to The Piecemealer.
To heal the pattern of The PIECEMEALER and step into its highest expression as The MASTERFUL MAKER, we must work from the Inside Out.
CROSSING THE THRESHOLD
YOUR MAGNETIC MAKEUP
YOUR MAGNETIC MYTHOLOGY
YOUR MAGNETIC M.O.
YOUR MATERIAL MAGNETISM
YOUR MAGNETIC MOXIE
SO NOW YOU KNOW THE LINGO, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IT TAKES TO GO FROM PIECEMEALER MODE TO MASTERFUL MAKER ENERGY!
Magnetic Makeup
Because as long as it feels like what you're doing is life or death - like if you don't succeed, you won't survive - you'll be operating in survival mode which disconnects you from your internal wisdom.
So assess your sense of safety - physical, financial and psychological - honestly. And contemplate what you could do to increase it, starting with what feels most urgent.
LAYER ONE:
Magnetic Mythology
Because not only is that not true (there are no secrets or silver bullet solutions) as long as we're running from tactic to tactic, chasing trends and trying to appease the algorithm, we're in reactive desperation energy.
Which, as you can probably imagine, is very anti-magnetic and NOT how you're going to achieve sustainable success.
LAYER TWO:
Magnetic M.O.
For instance, it might be an email newsletter. Or staying in touch with past clients. Or publishing a video a week. Look at your own history.
What might be a good Magnetic Habit to adopt for the next 90 days? Pick one and commit.
LAYER THREE:
Magnetic Moxie
So I challenge you to create a strategy for the next 60-90 days that you will NOT adjust mid-way through. And create a ritual for connecting to your heart every time you sit down to implement it.
Track your results (not "likes" – the ones that truly matter to your business/career) and reassess only once the 60/90 days is up.
LAYER FOUR:
Material Magnetism
The longer you stick with something and truly master it - from your messaging to sales conversations to social media platforms - the more you become undeniably magnetic.
So the question for you right now is, what can you cut out (a tactic, a commitment, a platform) so you can focus on doing less, but doing it best?
LAYER FIVE:
Build Up Your Baseline
Shift Your Story
Align Your Action
Elevate Your Energy
Bridge Your Brilliance
YOUR PERSONAL ROADMAP
While this magnetic hierarchy of needs is universal, what's required to break you out of your own patterns and activate your highest potential is unique. Tap on the orange arrows to view your personal magnetism prescription.
MAGNETIC MAKEUP
One of the most important things to do is to create a sense of safety and stability for yourself to help reduce any feelings of urgency to succeed. Because as long as it feels like what you're doing is life or death -- like if you don't succeed, you won't survive... you'll be operating in survival mode which disconnects you from your internal wisdom. So assess your sense of safety -- physical, financial and psychological -- honestly. And contemplate what you could do to increase it, starting with what feels most urgent.
BUILD UP YOUR BASELINE
MAGNETIC MYTHOLOGY
If there's a subconscious belief within you that thinks that something "out there" is the key to your success, this needs to be taken care of, pronto. Because not only is that not true (there are no secrets or silver bullet solutions) as long as we're running from tactic to tactic, chasing trends and trying to appease the algorithm, we're in reactive desperation energy. Which, as you can probably imagine, is very anti-magnetic and NOT how you're going to achieve sustainable success.
SHIFT YOUR STORY
MAGNETIC M.O.
While there's no single tactic that will magically create success, what DOES lead to success is our ability to show up every day and do the reps Often, there are 1 or 2 Magnetic Habits that, when implemented consistently over time, will create the majority of results. For instance, it might be an email newsletter. Or staying in touch with past clients. Or publishing a video a week. Look at your own history. What might be a good Magnetic Habit to adopt for the next 90 days? Pick one and commit.
ALIGN YOUR ACTIONS
MAGNETIC MOXIE
We tend to put far more weight on what we're doing (tactics + activities) and not enough on how we're doing it (energetics + intention), which mutes our magnetism AND keeps us in a vicious cycle of tactic hopping. So I challenge you to create a strategy for the next 60-90 days that you will NOT adjust mid-way through. And create a ritual for connecting to your heart every time you sit down to implement it. Track your results (not "likes" – the ones that truly matter to your business/career) and reassess only once the 60/90 days is up.
ELEVATE YOUR ENERGY
MATERIAL MAGNETISM
Imagine if instead of regularly adding more to your schedule, you instead focused on getting better at what's already on it. The longer you stick with something and truly master it - from your messaging to sales conversations to social media platforms - the more you become undeniably magnetic. So the question for you right now is, what can you cut out (a tactic, a commitment, a platform) so you can focus on doing less, but doing it best?
