076: Taking a month off work and social media with Brit Kolo

 

Today, my friend Brit Kolo and I are talking about her recent sabbatical. Brit Kolo is the Creator of the Marketing Personality Type Framework at MarketingPersonalities.com, the Host of the Marketing Personalities Podcast, and an all-around wise, loving human being.

 

You’ll hear…

  • limiting beliefs on what a sabbatical is
  • why Brit took a month off
  • how giving yourself permission to do something may inspire others to do the same
  • Brit’s reasoning for using the term sabbatical
  • how the sabbatical allowed her to enter back into normal life more intentionally with a better handle on her true self
  • social media and the inner critic
  • Brit’s criteria for who she follows on social media
  • what her sabbatical was like
  • Brit’s plan for a sabbatical in 2019

 

Meet Brit:

Brit Kolo is the Creator of the Marketing Personality Type Framework at MarketingPersonalities.com and the Host of the Marketing Personalities Podcast. Through her framework, designed to match you with your best marketing strategy based on your Myers-Briggs Personality Type, she’s here to shake up your approach to marketing and inspire you to grow your business in a feel-good way. Meet Brit and get ready to go deep, find your true self, and grow that business of yours WITHOUT feeling fake and salesy at MarketingPersonalities.com.

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Journal Prompts:

  • Think of something you really want to do. Now, put that thing in this blank:  “What if I _______?”

Quotes:

  • Your sabbatical doesn’t have to be a month – it could be a year or a few minutes – @marketingpersonalities
  • Many great things start with a “what if” – @joanna_platt
  • The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask @jameswedmore
  • If you take time off, you may inspire others to take time off too – @marketingpersonalities
  • When you give yourself permission to do something big you’re also giving others the permission to do the same – @joanna_platt
  • You’re not less of a business owner or a professional if you have big things going on in your life – @joanna_platt
  • Rest and time away matters more than showing up and faking it – @marketingpersonalities
  • You can’t go at full speed all the time – @marketingpersonalities
  • Allow for transitions to help you ease back in – @joanna_platt
  • Rest is a practice, not something you arrive at – @marketingpersonalities
  • Work moments of sabbatical into your daily life – @marketingpersonalities
  • When you slow down and give yourself space you become a better human – @marketingpersonalities
  • Give yourself the option to take time off – @marketingpersonalities