Taking baby steps to reach the next level that's "big" for you with Jen Milius

As you work with your clients or delivering content, if you shared all of your knowledge without breaking it down, it would be way too much for your client to process. You'd run the risk of overwhelming them and cause them to stop taking action because it would be too much all at once. When you break down your content so that it's in a digestible, bite size piece, then you're meeting your client where they are.

Your clients want to work with you because they realize they need help and trust that you have the abilities to help them get to where they want to go.

Or as you are moving to your next big level for you, you don’t have to take huge steps. In fact, those might seem overwhelming or even unachievable. When you break down those bigger steps into bite size steps, you’re creating the path you need to get from A to B at the pace you need. Even if it might seem like taking more baby steps will slow you down, it won’t. Although it might seems like there’s more to do, it’s actually making it more achievable because you can get the step done and move on quicker.

Give yourself permission to go at the pace you need to achieve the goals that are important to you.

Give yourself permission to ask for support and encouragement.

Give yourself permission to take as many baby steps as you need because in the end, when you look back to where you started, you’ll see all the progress you really did make because you continually took action.

My book, Author Stylist Guide: Own Your Greatness, Get Visible, and Share Your Message, was inspired by taking the baby steps and realizing that your next “big” level is achievable by trusting yourself, discerning those right opportunities, breaking down your goal into something actionable.

Sometimes when we see a leap of faith or achieve a new level, we know big steps are required. Yet, there’s real magic in baby steps. I believe if you choose to take them, they won’t slow you down, and that’s what this short and sweet episode is all about. 

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This book (which I had the joy of co-authoring) is for anyone who senses there's more to leadership than their title reflects — whether you're early in your journey, already leading a team, or running a business and realizing that leading yourself and your clients is its own kind of leadership. Using everyday language and real-life examples, it's a roadmap for the practice of becoming the leader you're already capable of being.

Because leadership doesn't happen because you sat in a classroom or earned a credential. It happens because you prepare for it.

Author Stylist Guide: Own Your Greatness, Get Visible, and Share Your Message

You published the book. Now the opportunity arrives — a book signing, a podcast invitation, a speaking engagement — and suddenly it's not about the writing anymore. It's about you, showing up, in real time, as the person behind the work.

The Author Stylist Guide is for that moment. Not how to get more opportunities — how to make the most of the ones that come to you, so you show up with confidence, shine in the room, and let your book and message reach the people who actually need them.

You already have the courage and the gifts that got you here. This book helps you use them.