After You Decide with Shir Shelef

Shir Shelef
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The decision to change your life is the easy part. The work begins After You Decide. Hosted by business mentor, consultant and strategist Shir Shelef, this show is the bridge between your current expertise and the scalable, premium business you’re ready to build.  Whether you are a corporate leader looking to consult, a creative entrepreneur ready to pivot, or a founder struggling to turn 'busy' into 'profitable,' Shir delivers the blunt truth on ideal clients, sales conviction, and high-performance habits. We don’t do generic advice here. We do implementation. From signing your first 30 clients without a single Instagram post to building a life that supports every ounce of success you have ever dreamed of. This is the audio library for the woman who is tired of playing small. You’ve already decided you want more.  Now, let’s build the business that supports it.

  1. 5d ago

    5 Ways to Reset and Reconnect to What You’re Building

    Every founder hits a wall where the vision feels "wrong" and the urge to burn it all down feels like the only logical exit. But more often than not, overwhelm isn't a sign that your business is failing... it’s a signal that you’re carrying too many decisions and have drifted too far from the work that actually matters. In this episode, We are breaking down how to recognize overwhelm as a strategic signal and the 5 specific steps to guide you back into clear, sustainable action. In this episode, we cover: Why saying "marketing is hard" is keeping you stuck and how to identify the actual bottleneck in your business.How to distinguish between work that challenges you and work that drains your currency.Why I chose to ignore the "one-to-many" trend and how to stop forcing strategies that weren't built for your personality.My "Don't Assume, Just Ask" framework for getting out of your head and into the DMs to find out what your clients actually need. A reality check on the impact your work has and why withholding your gifts is a disservice to the world. Connect with Shir on Instagram

  2. Sep 8

    Stop Trying to Perfect Your Offer, Start Embodying Your Conviction

    Your conviction is the most valuable asset in your business, but most founders are busy hiding behind "polishing" their offers because it feels safer than being honest about the solutions you actually provide your clients.   In this episode, I’m breaking down why true authority isn’t a personality trait you’re born with, it’s a byproduct of how deeply you embody the work you do. When you stop trying to be palatable and start being clear, you don’t just find your message; you find the people who have been waiting for someone with the guts to tell them the truth. In this episode: Why conviction stems from understanding the weight of your solution, not the size of your following.How staying "safe" in your communication is actually an expensive way to protect your ego. A simple reframe on what it actually means to embody your work and be "in the story" of your transformation.Moving past jargon like "I help you heal" and learning to name the middle of the night problems that make your clients feel seen.Why confidence is a decision you make every morning, and how speaking up provides the proof your brain needs to lead.A reality check on what happens to your ideal client when you withhold your full perspective out of fear.Connect with Shir on Instagram

  3. Sep 1

    After You Decide It's Time to Scale: 9 Questions to Ask Yourself First

    Before you make another move on scaling your business—put the mouse down, close the Canva file, and step away from the spreadsheet. You need to listen to this first. Most founders think scaling is about adding more offers and reaching more strangers, but true, sustainable scale is different.  In this episode, I’m walking you through the exact mistake I see over and over again with people who are trying to grow, and honestly? It’s not the mistake you think it is. We’re talking about why "busy" is often just a distraction from the real work of refinement, and how to close the loops that are actually costing you more than a lack of new leads ever will. In this episode, we dive into: Why trying to build a second floor on a house without a foundation (aka a messy backend) only makes the whole business wobble.Are you ignoring the people who have already raised their hand because throwing new "balls in the air" feels more productive than catching the ones you already threw?Why chasing virality without a system to catch people leads to making less profit per person, even when your numbers look bigger on paper.Why high-effort, low-margin work is just a job you created for yourself, not a scalable business model.A 10-Question Scaling Audit: A checklist to run your next "big idea" through before you commit a single hour of your capacity to it.Overcoming the resistance to being "seen trying" and how letting your audience watch the process creates instant ownership and trust.Distribution vs. Offer Problems: If you can't name exactly how you're going to sell it, you don't have an offer problem, you have a sales problem.Connect with Shir on Instagram

  4. Aug 25

    Are You Building for Quick Wins or the Long Game?

    In a world of refreshing your metrics every 5 minutes and two-day shipping, we’ve become addicted to the quick wins. We’ve been told to shrink our expertise into 90-second videos, but we’re all wanting something deeper.  Today, I’m pulling back the curtain on the last six months and first 25 episodes of the show. I’m sharing why I treat this free podcast like a $10,000 product in my product suite, how it became one of my most powerful sales and credibility sources.  In this episode, I dive into:  Why most podcasts die early and how to position yourself in the top 1% of your industry by simply sticking to what you started and pivoting as needed My "Manifesting Generator" approach to content that kills burnout and proves you’ll never actually run out of ideas.How long-form audio bridges the gap between any client to make what you have to say so undeniable. How to use your content as a pillar of your client experience and a foundation for your product suite.Why bad audio and messy editing in the beginning are actually the requirements for eventually being great.Connect with Shir on Instagram

  5. Aug 18

    Your Next Era of Success Requires a Higher Capacity for Growth: How to Lead from a Regulated Place w/ Jordan Flynn

    Strategy is half the equation; the other half is your capacity to hold the growth. In this episode, Life transformation coach and somatic practitioner; Jordan Flynn sits down with me to discuss the intersection of high-level business and nervous system regulation. When you stop signaling urgency to your nervous system, you open up the space for a career that feels as rich as it looks. In this conversation: The Intersection of Strategy and Regulation: Why building a safe internal foundation is the most strategic move a founder can make.Redefining the "Hustle": How to move from a place of urgency into a grounded "healthy hustle" that feels sustainable and energized.The Power of Presence: How micro-moments of slowing down, from your morning coffee to your client calls, signal abundance to your business.Mindset vs. Embodiment: Why the deepest shifts happen when we move past the thoughts and start listening to the body's wisdom.Practical Resets: Simple, gentle tools and actions to help you reset mid-workday and stay in your flow. Connect with Jordan: Jordan's Instagram Jordan's Website Connect with Shir on Instagram

  6. Aug 11

    Beliefs & Actions Over Hacks: 4 Uncomfortable Beliefs That Will Actually Support You in Scaling

    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, one of my favorite quotes is "The magic you’re looking for is usually just in the work you’ve been avoiding."  I know, I hate that it’s true too. Every December, right around my birthday (classic Sagittarius), I sit down and write out the lessons that actually moved the needle for me that year. Last week I was cleaning up my notes app and I reread my "25 Lessons for 2025" list and it stopped me. Some of these I’ve lived out every day, and some I’d honestly forgotten about. So today, I’m giving you the 4 big ones. These are the beliefs that allowed me to 4x my income, pivot my entire brand without spiraling, and finally sign the clients I’m actually obsessed with. In this episode:  Nobody believes in you at the start.  I’m breaking down why you have to be the one to build the evidence and belief, first before you expect anyone else to care.Results abandon people who abandon their beliefs. It’s easy to follow the "money hacks" or the latest reel trend, but if you don't actually believe in the offer you’re putting out, you wismell the lack of conviction from miles away.Discipline is doing what you said you’d do long after the excitement has left the building. If you have "half-in" energy, you’re going to keep getting half-in results. It’s just math. Growth requires you to sacrifice the version of yourself who needed permission and vanity metrics to feel safe. The version of you that got you here isn’t the one who is going to get you there. Most people never make that trade.  Post: 25 Lessons in 2025 Connect with Shir on Instagram

  7. Aug 4

    4 Ways to Connect & Identify Your Next Client in the DMs

    If you're someone who's just posting and waiting... waiting for someone to fill out that form in your bio, waiting for someone to message you about that CTA in your stories, this episode is for you. In this episode I'm breaking down the four ways I actually start client conversations in the DMs, without it ever feeling like a pitch, and why posting and praying is quietly costing you clients you don't even realize are already watching you. I also share four actual methods and dive into: Why a bigger following doesn't always equal bigger salesMy 4 methods that will bring you clarity on who is in your audience and who can be your next clientThe story swipe up, and how to actually keep that conversation goingA great idea for story polls (and why not doing it gets you the opposite of the data you want)Why voice notes change how every one of these landThe most overlooked way to fill your DMs: just saying thank youSIMILAR EPISODES: Identify who you want to serve in this season: After You Decide You Want Aligned Clients, Not Just Any Clients If you want to feel more confident on sales calls: Sales Shifts That Turn Calls (and DMs) Into Actual Conversations Connect with Shir on Instagram

  8. Jul 28

    The Year I Stopped Blaming the Algorithm (And Found My True Passion Inside the Work I Was Already Doing)

    If you're standing at your own pivot point right now,  scared to post the thing that doesn't match your old content, worried it'll tank your numbers,  this episode is for you. This is a permission slip to stop reading a dropping metric as proof you made a mistake, and start understanding it could be leading you straight to your true passion (for me, it 4x'd my business, and led me to my dream clients!!!)  We get into the year I spent pitching brands with only 1,400 followers before I even knew the why behind it, the 30 clients I coached before I ever posted that I was a business mentor, and why being a creator was one of the ways I found out what I was actually good at and love. In this episode: The day I stopped posting cute content and started posting business content,  and how my business 4x'd within a yearThe 30 clients I coached in 8 months, before I'd ever posted that I was a business mentorWhy I waited until August 2024 to hire my own mentor, and what I needed to be sure of firstThe one thing that kept me going through the pivot: getting brutally honest about what I actually wantedThe moment I stopped checking my metrics and started checking one question instead: if Instagram shut down tomorrow, could I still operate my business?Why being a creator led me to finding my passion and what I am insanely good at  SIMILAR EPISODES: From Travel Posts to Building a Business 6 Questions to Help You Figure Out What To Build Next In Your Career, Business And Life Connect with Shir on Instagram

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The decision to change your life is the easy part. The work begins After You Decide. Hosted by business mentor, consultant and strategist Shir Shelef, this show is the bridge between your current expertise and the scalable, premium business you’re ready to build.  Whether you are a corporate leader looking to consult, a creative entrepreneur ready to pivot, or a founder struggling to turn 'busy' into 'profitable,' Shir delivers the blunt truth on ideal clients, sales conviction, and high-performance habits. We don’t do generic advice here. We do implementation. From signing your first 30 clients without a single Instagram post to building a life that supports every ounce of success you have ever dreamed of. This is the audio library for the woman who is tired of playing small. You’ve already decided you want more.  Now, let’s build the business that supports it.

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