Ask for Help?????

 

 I had the opportunity to attend a symposium put on by BNI the first weekend in December & I just can’t express my gratitude for all of the work, friendship, & knowledge poured into me, not only about BNI, but about me & my business.

To come together with over 40 individuals all with their own interests to have uppermost in their mind & see each of them put that aside to help one another was just fantastic.

Sharing their knowledge, what works, what doesn’t, encouraging each other to be better than when they showed up & into the new year was amazing.

It is still continuing today as I work on my business goal setting for 2012.  Being able to put to work the motivation that was instilled in me from 2 ½ days of this great group plus my coaching from Brandy, together 2012 is looking amazing!

Just before this weekend, I had the opportunity to present to my group on a Friday.  It is hard for me to ask for help, always has been.  My philosophy has always been to do it myself, as I know it will get done & done right (otherwords, my way!!  LOL) 

I thought about all of the things in the past I have talked to them as my sales team & decided to lay it all on the line…present where I want to go & one of my very dear to me dreams!

So I steeled up my courage & went for it.  After I told them of my dream and that I needed their help to do it, I walked away wondering how it was perceived.  

One of the people that I look up to said “Good Job, D’Ann.”  I was excited.  But that was one out of 40…Then the next day another one of the people that I look up to called me, yes, picked up the phone & called me!!  Then I received a request to have a meeting & that person said I inspired them & they wanted to help me achieve my dream!!

Can you believe it?  I asked for help & look what can happen!

So many things have started popping up in my life in the past few weeks that I am so grateful for!!

And let me tell you that asking for help can be so totally exciting, inspiring, & freeing!

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Do YOU crave Certainty?

In 1982, we decided to upgrade to our first house, we had bought a condo, a mobile home, & now on to our first house.   

I was so freaked out about quadrupling our payment, plus paying utitilies, etc.  (We weren’t paying any of that where we were!) that being the class president that I am (Check out the Character Code System that I am coaching) needed CERTAINTY!

I had myself so worried about making the payments that I wanted a “letter in the mailbox” that said it was ok to do this.  I wanted confirmation on our decision.  I wanted it in bold print.  I wanted Certainty!

Have you ever been here?  Sometimes I just need to know that what I am doing is right!

I am trying to listen to my intuition more, that gut feeling that tells you the path you should take, serve those that are in need that day, that small voice that whispers into heart what your purpose here really is. 

I am far from perfect in doing this, but I am working on it day by day.

So over the years, we have laughed many times over my wanting a “letter in the mailbox.”    

It’s funny how each of us has our own character traits & learning more about my class president, part cheerleader character code has been truly empowering.

I have found that I had put the class president in a closet a lot of the time as it wasn’t the popular one.  I found thru my coaching with Brandy that it is ok to be the class president/cheerleader combo in my best sense. 

So as I work on my intuition, both in my business & personal life, I am listening to how I can be a better person, serve those around me, learn daily, & love life as the person I am, whom I have been given permission to be again, but in the best sense of the word.

Hobby or Business?

Hobby or business?  Have you ever heard that a large percentage of your occupation is really classified as someone having a hobby?  

 So what are you?  A hobbyist or a real, dyed in the wool entrepreneur?  

Sometimes we have to ask ourselves the hard questions and dig deep for their answers, being brutally honest with ourselves.  What is it that I really desire?   

Am I really willing to work hard, commit, & have the tenacity to endure for the long haul & sacrifice to get there? 

Are we running our business with good retail management techniques?  Do we have a written plan?  With outlines for what our advertising campaign will be?  Will it include logo’d promotional items that can bring a return on investment?  That brings attention to our ideal client that makes them sit up & think, wow, I would like to work with this company/coach/consultant.  A written  budget?  A clean mailing list?  Professionally printed brochures, business cards, marketing materials?  Are you collecting email addresses?

And you think, oh my, where do I start?  Just start!!   Ask a friend or hire a coach to help you get there.  An accountability partner seems to be a good motivator for some of us!

Start small, but write it down, give yourself a one year plan, a 3 year plan, a 5 year plan.  You can get there!   

Get it all down in ink & then imagine, vision yourself there at your one year goals, your 3 year goals, your 5 year goals.  What does it look like, smell like, what is happening around you & where are you?  

 Bring all the details into play, write it down, draw it, cut it out of magazines, display it, & you will be surprised what your subconscious brain will go to work on while you are doing the daily consistant work!