It’s 2024 & everyone is still faithful to their yearly resolutions – the whole space seems a bit oversaturated, am I right?

If you hit the ground running this year, congrats babe – keep up the good work.

The major question is – how can you separate yourself from the rest? It’s time for separation – to be specific, it’s SEPARATION SEASON, BITCHES!

SO – how can you set yourself apart from everyone when you’re not the only one hustling?

Here are my five must-have tips for separating yourself from the competition to make this year your most successful yet.

Be Authentic To Yourself

It’s so easy to get caught up in what every one else is doing and what their success looks like. There is literally ONE thing that truly matters to not only you, but your audience too – they are here for YOU, so give them that in the purest, most authentic form. Listen – nobody wants a carbon copy of everyone else.

Your biggest competition you will ever face is YOU – so, show up and show the fuck out all day, every day. Your only goal is to crush who you were and what you did yesterday. Consistency is key – so as long as you’re improving, literally nothing else matters.

The worst thing you can do is consume the wrong content that puts you in a shit mood that ends with you judging TF out of yourself.

If that means unfollowing every person that doesn’t inspire you and bring you positivity, then SO BE IT. If that means going on a social media detox, then DO IT. Clean up your life – purge your “following” list, press unfriend and focus on you. You become what you consume – make sure it’s good.

Find your niche

It’s a big world out there, but guess what? Not only is there not another you, there’s not another person that does exactly what you do.

Your biggest goal should be becoming an  absolute expert in your field. If that means taking night classes, sign up. If that means joining SkillShare, do it. If that means reading one book a week that is relevant to your field of expertise, get to reading.

Allow your unique knowledge to completely disrupt the space. Once you have dialed in the expertise in your niche, grow outward – and I don’t mean quickly. I am talking slow, consistent, day after day, rinse and repeat. Over and over and over.

Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither were you. All great things take time – give yourself that luxury.

Humanize yourself

You know what your audience loves? – HONESTY (crazy, right?).

Be transparent. Be genuine. Be authentic. Tell your flaws and shortcomings. HUMANIZE yourself.

The days of being fake and pretending like your life is flawless is behind us – the people want what is REAL. Give the people what they want.

The lying. The fake. The pretending. The facade. Personally, it’s such a turn off for me – not to mention exhausting. You are literally pushing away potential followers/fans/supporters when you are not authentically, unapologetically you.

And for your supporters that stay true throughout it all – show them the love. Whether you have 10 followers or 10 million – each and every one of them is your BFF.

Those people do not have to love you, like you, nor support you. It’s so easy to get caught up in the game and forget where you came from and your roots. We ALL started at 0 followers.

Jump and figure it out on the way down

This is the sign you have been looking for. Go against the grain. Challenge the traditions. Embrace who you are, what you do, and what you stand for.

There is no shame in that – if anything, it is an honor to be different than the rest. Whether that looks like your beliefs, values, ethnicity, way of life, work ethic, WHATEVER it may be – DO IT. Own the fuck out of it.

No one can be you or do what you do and THAT is your power. You got this, sis.

Decompress 

Let’s be real, not EVERY day is going to be a great day and when it’s not, it’s all good!

Do not allow yourself to be defined by a single day, nor a single mistake. If you start or end in a funk, it’s okay – release it & start over the next day. Allow yourself to let that negativity to GTFO and learn from it.

I swear by The Five Minute Journal: A Happier You in 5 Minutes a Day. This is a no-frills, straight to the point overlook at the consistency of my days – both good and bad. Write it down, acknowledge it, release it, and then crush the next day.

***clinks champagne glasses*** Cheers to fucking crushing 2024! I am SO here for it and for you. If you have any questions or wanna chat, holla at your girl! Leave a comment below, send me a message or stalk me on IG (@karawhatley)!