Angela Raspass

I had a fabulous conversation with Mirela Bocanet for her show "Rewire to Rise– Beyond The Mindset" where she explores the intersection of business, AI, identity transitions, neuroscience and leadership.

Our discussion was wide, deep, fun, and thoughtful, and it was a delight to delve into topics that deserve our attention and compassion - late-stage ADHD diagnosis, addiction, and the self-worth wound.

Links to listen across all platforms are included below.

Late ADHD Diagnosis, Addiction & The Self-Worth Wound | Angela Raspass What if your imposter syndrome isn't a confidence problem but an un...

Maybe it's NOT you.

Maybe it's the stories you've been told.
The examples you've been fed.
The entrepreneurial conditioning you've experienced.
The social media saturation that's kept you spinning.
The chipping away of your sense of self-trust.
The misbeliefs you've developed over time.

If you've found that, no matter the depth of your discipline, determination, and dedication, things still feel harder, are taking longer to click, are not delivering the impact or income or even, dammit, the ENJOYMENT you anticipated would be be a part of being in business for yourself...

Maybe it's really not you.

Maybe it's that pieces of your business are just not the right fit for the way you best think and work.

And maybe, just maybe, if you allowed yourself to put down the business blueprint and make some you-shaped alterations, truly leveraged your strengths, put your values front and centre in your business model, service suite, and marketing style, designed your business to fit you, not the other way around, that pressure to perform might transform into something that feels so much better...

Business Fit is our topic of conversation at tonight's Insight Table dinner in Chatswood - 11 business women actively exploring and discussing the changes they're contemplating in their businesses. I'm so looking forward to this!

If you'd like to grab that last seat, message me and I'll take care of it.,

Or, if you're in Canberra, we'll be meeting for this conversation over dinner on Wednesday September 16, and there are still 6 seats available then (the link to book is in the first comment)

Let's say no to off the shelf business design and yes to a business that serves you as much as you serve your clients!

Serene…. Sitting on the verandah outside my room enjoying the late afternoon sun and beautiful outlook Peppers Craigieburn in Bowral.

Leanne O'Sullivan | Digital Marketing Mentor | Small Biz Coach and I are facilitating the mid year Relection and Planning day for Business Sweet Spot, our mastermind and community on Monday, and I’m here early for a half day strategic planning workshop with a client tomorrow.

It’s the Kiwi farm girl in me that insists we get waaaaaay out of the city for these kind of days - space to exhale,space to think, space to expand into what’s next…

And space for rabbits! 🐇 There are the cutest wee rabbits munching on the grass! It’s the (sometimes furry) little things that deliver delight 😊

Digital nomading week three insights…

When I’m in my usual home office, anchored in suburbia, I seem to always be chasing my tail, always feeling behind.

But here, on the road, I’m still doing the same things - connection calls, client calls, proposals, writing a blog post or two, sending newsletters and engaging in a LOT of thinking in less than half the time I’d usually spend.

It seems Parkinson’s Law - “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” is true.

Perhaps I’ve been spellbound by the illusion of necessary action for quite some time, a little too influenced by what is “absolutely essential” for business success and that my sparky-brained, must not fall behind, comparison trap achilles heel self is too easily sucked into.

So, I’m going to conduct an experiment when I get back, to see how I can bring a similar sense of spaciousness into my normal working week.

If you’ve experience with a similar endeavour I’d love to hear about it!

The storm before the calm…

A small glimpse of the background work that I do to prepare for the in person workshop that is step two of The REwire, my core business service for Sparky brains and ADHD business owners.

By the time my lovely new client (who’s travelled from Adelaide this morning) sits opposite me, I’ve absorbed their business, their market, their services, their goals, their possibilities, their challenges, their brilliance and their fears into my head and heart…

And I’m oh so ready to help them untangle their thinking and REwire their business so it makes the most of their brain, values, and innate strengths.

I LOVE this work and I’m well designed for it with a pattern recognising, dot connecting, possibility developing brain of my own 🤩

If you’d like to explore REwiring your business, let me know!

Have you noticed when you're happiest in your work?

That's important data. You're most likely to do your best work when you're right smack bang in the midst of your strengths and values.

And not surprisingly, when you are the benefits are on steroids!

You're at your most effective, so your clients benefit.
You're energised and in flow, so you feel great.
And so, your business is more likely to be sustainable and profitable.

This is even more true for those of us with sparky brains that thrive on fun, interest, and positivity.

So, why am I grinning like a Cheshire Cat?

Because I just got off the first call with a new client - a sparky-brained businesswoman who has only recently discovered that fact about herself, at 50.

And it feels SO DAMN GOOD to share the insights that open the door to a whole new world of self-knowledge. To share the role that self-compassion needs to play in a late-stage diagnosis. To begin to explore breaking the habits of comparison and beating yourself up.

To see the understanding dawn... - "Oh, so that's why I xyz....".

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!

We will be diving into business strategy in the coming weeks - it's a key part of our plan. But, sparky or not, when you work with me, we'll always start with understanding what makes you, YOU. Before developing your differentiation framework, before recalibrating your business model, before refining your positioning.

Because you can't build something distinctively yours until you understand and appreciate the unique value you have.

When you're anchored in self-worth, everything changes.

Facilitating this shift? That's where I'm happiest.

How about you?

Three more copies of the revised and updated edition of "Your Next Chapter - Ditch your doubt, own your worth and build the business and life you REALLY want" will be winging their way to new readers this morning!

I've updated business models, shared new thinking and most importantly, given my belief that Next Chapters are built on skinned knees, and that your own experiences can shorten and sweeten the journey for others, it now has a Sparky-brained aka: late-stage ADHD diagnosis, lens as I've come to understand a lot more about the impact this previously unknown fact about myself had on my less-than-linear business adventure over the past 23 years...

And no, I'm sorry to say I did NOT find the perfect planner that solved everything! 😆 But I did develop a surprisingly effective toolbox over the years...

I've just published an article about the experience - https://www.angelaraspass.com.au/blog/what-sparky-brained-really-means

And if you'd like a copy of the updated edition, you can order one here on my website and I'll quickly (and very happily) sign, bundle up and post one right to you! https://www.angelaraspass.com.au/book

You'll also see the full afterword on the page that was beautifully written by fellow sparky, neurodiversity advocate, awesome keynote speaker, trainer, and much loved friend, Patricia Falcetta, who was the first reader of this new edition ❤️