{"id":2844,"date":"2020-09-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"dd9e6c2c-41ef-4cf9-a861-18aa7701ea52"},"modified":"2020-09-23T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T13:00:00","slug":"askpam-how-to-not-let-your-ego-hold-you-back-lessons-in-getting-unstuck-finding-motivation-and-pushing-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/?p=2844","title":{"rendered":"#AskPam: How to Not Let Your Ego Hold You Back! Lessons in Getting Unstuck, Finding Motivation, and Pushing Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is episode 112 of the Pam Sowder Podcast, with your host, Pam Sowder! Pam has over 2 decades of field and corporate experience and was voted one of the most influential women in direct selling. She helps match the daily needs of distributors to everyday life challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s episode, Pam is bringing you another classic #AskPam special! She\u2019s answering questions on the themes of not letting your ego hold you back, how to stay motivated and push forward, and how you can be the best leader for your team. If you are having trouble staying on task, enrolling, and finding the balance between work and play \u2014 especially during the pandemic \u2014 this is a not-to-miss Q &#038; A!<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to have your question answered on an #AskPam episode? Send your question in through <a href= \"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">PamSowder<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">Ask<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">&#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">Me<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">&#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">Your<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">&#8211;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/PamSowder.com\/Ask-Me-Your-Questions\/\">Questions<\/a> or tweet her at <a href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itworkspam?lang=en\">@<\/a><a href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itworkspam?lang=en\">ItWorksPam<\/a> using the hashtags <a href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/askpam\">#<\/a><a href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/askpam\">askpam<\/a> and <a href= \"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=pamsowder&#038;src=typd&#038;lang=en\">#<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=pamsowder&#038;src=typd&#038;lang=en\">pamsowder<\/a>! Pam loves all of your questions and cannot wait to answer more of them in future #AskPam episodes!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Key Takeaways<\/p>\n<p>[:30] About today\u2019s #AskPam episode!<\/p>\n<p>[:43] Pam offers some advice for McKenna Williams who wrote in: \u201cI either struggle with being all-in and super excited or just super unplugged. I\u2019m still doing all the things but I just don\u2019t feel excited anymore. I need to somehow find a happy medium where I can still have a life with my family outside of the business but still be mass-enrolling and a good leader for my team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[4:30] Pam gives some advice to listener Jennifer who asks: \u201cHow do I get people interested in what I\u2019m doing during a pandemic?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[6:59] Pam answers a question from listener Jackie who is unsure of how to push through \u2018having the fear\u2019 and not feeling motivated some days.<\/p>\n<p>[9:50] Kelsey asks, \u201cI seem to only enroll people who are not interested in working this business whereas others always seem to get those who are interested. What are they doing that I\u2019m not? Is it the luck of the draw?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[13:28] Pam gives advice to a listener who asks if their ego is holding themselves back.<\/p>\n<p>[15:47] Cassie asks, \u201cHow do I stay on task? And how can I keep my mindset and belief up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[18:22] A listener asks: \u201cOne of my biggest challenges is retaining my team. I feel like I\u2019m constantly building under dead legs. What can I do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[21:31] Pam offers some invaluable advice for a listener who wrote in: \u201cOne of my biggest challenges is messaging, DT retention, finding runners, and completing the steps to success. I honestly ever wanted to ever get to Ruby just to say that I did, but it has been four years and I have barely kept Executive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[24:33] A listener asks Pam: \u201cHow do I help people catch the vision and see the potential in their future?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[27:51] Pam answers her final question of the podcast from listener Kimberly, who asks: \u201cMy biggest challenge is keeping people as dedicated as I am. How can I know when I should let someone and go to move forward and build?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[30:20] Pam thanks the listeners for writing in!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mentioned in this Episode<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myitworks.com\/\">It<\/a> <a href= \"https:\/\/www.myitworks.com\/\">Works<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href= \"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rich-Girl-Poor-become-always\/dp\/1950892670\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;keywords=rich+girl%2C+poor+girl+pam+sowder&#038;qid=1600659888&#038;s=books&#038;sr=1-1\"> Rich<\/a> <a href= \"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rich-Girl-Poor-become-always\/dp\/1950892670\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;keywords=rich+girl%2C+poor+girl+pam+sowder&#038;qid=1600659888&#038;s=books&#038;sr=1-1\"> Girl<\/a> <a href= \"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rich-Girl-Poor-become-always\/dp\/1950892670\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;keywords=rich+girl%2C+poor+girl+pam+sowder&#038;qid=1600659888&#038;s=books&#038;sr=1-1\"> Poor<\/a> <a href= 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Pam has over 2 decades of field and corporate experience and was voted one of the most influential women in direct selling. She helps match the daily needs of distributors to everyday life challenges. In today\u2019s episode, Pam is bringing you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[15,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}