Ep. 006: You’re Going to Survive with Alexandra Franzen

Questions like:

• What happens if no-one buys my course?
• What should I do if I post a blog and no one comments?
• What will happen if I do a Facebook live and no-one shows up?

These are real fears for us entrepreneurs and they can be huge roadblocks on the journey to getting out there and getting visibility.

I LOVED this conversation with Alexandra Franzen, writer, consultant, and the author of You’re Going to Survive: True stories about adversity, rejection, defeat, terrible bosses, online trolls, 1-star Yelp reviews, and other soul-crushing experiences—and how to get through it.

She’s someone who’s been featured by top publications like Time, Forbes, and Newsweek, worked with top-players in our industry, like Marie Forleo and Danielle LaPorte, and sells out retreats + writing classes…

And yet has also experienced lots of rejection + defeat. (As have all leaders, BTW.)

You’re going to want to take a listen and hear about:

• A powerful reframe you can make anytime you feel a sense of rejection or failure
• What Alex did when she only had a few signups for a live event (eek!)
• My favorite strategy for writing (that I learned from her while on retreat… in Hawaii)
• Why you need to give copies of You’re Going to Survive to everyone you know as their bad-day bible

Alexandra Franzen and You’re Going to Survive

What we talked about:

• How Alexandra’s biggest launch “flop” ended up being one of her peak positive experiences as an entrepreneur.
• Her (unexpectedly!) crazy-awesome profits on her very first e-book and exactly WHY it was so successful.
• How to move past the frustrating feelings of low sales and sign-ups and ask yourself how to make the experience amazing regardless of the “failure”.
• Alexandra shares the how-to behind a super effective technique she teaches to get in the creation zone.
• How she pushes through content creation roadblocks.
• How Alexandra runs a super successful business without being on social media! (See, you really CAN do YOU, boo!)
• Why being “seen” is critical to your business growth and how to push past those nasty fears of putting yourself out there.
• Alexandra’s uplifting new book called “You’re Going to Survive” – get it here!

Fav Episode Quotes:

“Figure out the thing that feels natural and fun to you, and then focus your energy there. You don’t have to do a million different things because somebody insists you should.” – Alexandra Franzen

“What’s important is that you need to communicate.” – Alexandra Franzen

“If it drains you, it’s exhausting, if you’re not even getting any results from it – emotional or financial – then just take a break.” – Alexandra Franzen

“If you want to be a successful artist, spend less time asking people for advice and spend more time honing your craft.”  – Anonymous

Action Plan:

1. Tell us in the comments below, what a-ha moments did you have in this episode?
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3. Don’t forget to grab your copy of Alexandra’s new book, You’re Going to Survive! Purchase here!