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How to Really Live Life on Your Terms

Do you love the life you’re living right now?

Do you love it so much that if later today you suddenly found out that you have more money than you and everyone you care about could spend in 3 lifetimes, would you still be living the way you are right now?

I’m assuming when you answered that question there was at least something minor you’d change even if you’re pretty much already living the life of your dreams. What are those things and what would it really take to shift those right now? If you believe it’s not possible, why not?

I’ll bet you anything that with some strategic coaching, you’d shift that belief in no time. I know this because I’ve seen so many of my clients do just that.

So what if you have some major parts of your life that are not what you would choose?

Major things may be the easier things to shift, so that should be good news for you. The little things that appear to be non-negotiable right now are usually the places you are blocked.

If you’ve ever taken one of my classes or seen me speak you’re probably familiar with the simple 5 point personal inventory my clients do on a quarterly basis-some more often depending on how quickly their life is unfolding.

Your Personal Inventory:

Why are you in the relationships you’re in?
Why do you do the work you do?
Why do you work at the particular place/company you work?
Why do you spend your free time the way you do?
Why do you live where you live?

I could do a two hour class just on what comes out of answering those 5 questions! But there are two main things to keep in mind:

#1 The answer is not, “I don’t know, that’s just the way it is.”
#2 Now that you’ve looked at those 5 areas of your life you have a choice.

So let’s look at that choice. How do I live a life that is so different than the majority of people? I planned it that way. I started consciously creating my life right out of school.

The way I live has nothing to do with how much money I have. It is strictly a choice.

In the 30 plus years I’ve been designing my life I have been married and I’ve been single. I’ve moved to more places than I can count, most of them top vacation spots that other people only spend a week or two in. And I’ve made lots of money and I’ve also been broke-more than once.

The common thread is that a long time ago, as a teenager, I made a choice to live my life on my terms. I decided what that looked like for me and I’ve never waivered on that being my top priority. It really is that simple.

Besides doing the personal inventory, if you are a subscriber to my ezine, then you received a special report called, “What Do You Stand For; A No B.S. Guide to Creating Your Own Personal Manifesto”. I would suggest you find it and do it this weekend. That will give you a huge amount of clarity if you take it seriously and really create your statements from a thoughtful place.

I keep my schedule very flexible becasue I like fluidity in my life. I have a spiritual practice or morning ritual, if you want to call it that, that takes up the first 3 hours of my day. As I increased the things I do during that time I told myself I wanted to wake up earlier to do it and I have. I haven’t used an alarm in over 10 years.

It’s all a choice, but what’s different about these choices and the reason they work to make amazing shifts in your life with little or no effort on your part is how they are made. You are designing your life knowing your priorities and the ‘why’ behind every single choice in a way that you have most likely never thoguth about before.

So start with those two actions steps, the personal inventory and the personal manifesto and let me know what happens for you-on my blog, please!!!

Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog. http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

If you would like personal coaching or mentoring, send me an email detailing what you would like help with. As your mentor I hold a bigger vision for you than you hold for yourself. When you have faith and a team that believes in you, it gives you courage. When you don’t have to do it all yourself, all things are possible for you. Commit today to go for your dream 100%.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, is the author of “Breakthrough to Success; 19 Keys to Mastering Every Area of Your Life”. For over 25 years she has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Women’s Business Empowerment Summit”. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System”at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

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What a day!…But I think it’s finally fixed

I’ve had quite a challenging day with several technical difficulties. You already know this if you’ve ordered the program below that’s on sale for 70% off only to have your order zero out at checkout or not get the thank you email, or having trouble with the download link.

It really was one of those days, but everything is working now on an order form instead of the
shopping cart, so you can order now and be assured of it going through properly. You’ll know you’re in the right place if the order form has an old blonde photo of me. I thought it was more
important to get it fixed and get this out to you than worry about the old header on the page.

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html (It’s the 2nd program down from the top)

Now that it’s fixed I’m going to take a long walk on the beach and have a nice glass of wine.

If you already ordered and you didn’t receive a personal email with the pdf attached, I think we got it to everyone, but just in case, reply to this email and we’ll get it out to you right away.

If you missed this yesterday and you’re wondering what in the world I’m talking about, here you go.

Because of all this disruption and the fact that it took all day to figure out what was causing it, I’m going to extend this offer another 12 hours to apologize for any frustration you may have experienced attempting to order. If you’ve already grabbed your copy, who could you forward this email to that would get benefit from a transformation in their life?

This is a very exciting time of transition and also transformation today with the election being held in the U.S. This year more than any other in recent history it’s impact is being felt all around the world.

I’ve stayed out of all the “the sky is falling” marketing tactics because I really don’t believe it and I don’t think you do either. But there is something very important that is taking place. There is a huge shift taking place and I think that my subscribers are aware enough that you already know that.

It’s time for all of us to kick it up a notch and go to the next level of what our role is on the planet. And that starts with really clearly understanding who you are and the impact you can have in shaping your world and manifesting the life you really choose to have.

So I looked at what I can do to help that process along and…

For the next 24 hours, in honor of our U.S. Presidential election, I’m holding a 70% off sale on my flagship program, “Change One Thing, Change Your Life; A Personal Transformation System”.

So when you click the buy button, instead of $97, you can grab this for only $29 today!

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html (It’s the 2nd program down from the top)

It’s a pdf so you can start doing the daily lessons immediately.

With this amazing success system, containing 40 daily lessons to shift your perception of who you are and what you are capable of, you could experience the same shifts many others have; allowing you to immediately start attracting more prosperity and abundance into every area of your life.

You could see your life change dramatically in no time at all. I’m serious, this is not hype. Simply do the daily lessons-it doesn’t even take 10 minutes!

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html

This is the program I consider to be a foundational step for all of my students as well as in my
own continued personal growth as I continually cycle through the 40 days of lessons. I wrote it and I’ve continued to do the lessons for over 7 years now. It works!

This offer comes from my heart as a way for you to do something so simple that could have a
profound impact on increasing the quality of your life in a very short amount of time.

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html

Students of mine that use this program as part of their daily spiritual work have manifested many wonderful things in their lives including new clients, increased income, career opportunities and new love relationships-some almost, some immediately after writing it as part of daily lesson!

What is it that you want to manifest that seems to be just outside your reach? Let Change One Thing, Change Your Life literally take you by the hand to create the life of your dreams, starting today.

Do it now. What are you waiting for?

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html

I’ve never done this before so take advantage now…

This is a very exciting time of transition and also transformation today with the election being
held in the U.S. This year more than any other in recent history it’s impact is being felt all around the world.

So I looked at what I can do to help that process along and…

For the next 24 hours, in honor of our U.S. Presidential election, I’m holding a 70% off sale on my flagship program, “Change One Thing, Change Your Life; A Personal Transformation System”.

So when you click the buy button, instead of $97, you can grab this for only $29 today!

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html (It’s the 2nd program down from the top)

It’s a pdf so you can start doing the daily lessons immediately.

You could see your life change dramatically in no time at all. I’m serious, this is not hype. Simply do the daily lessons-it doesn’t even take 10 minutes!

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html

This is the program I consider to be a foundational step for all of my students as well as in my own continued personal growth as I continually cycle through the 40 days of lessons. I wrote it and I’ve continued to do the lessons for over 7 years now. It works!

This offer comes from my heart as a way for you to do something so simple that could have a profound impact on increasing the quality of your life in a very short amount of time.

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html

Students of mine that use this program as part of their daily spiritual work have manifested many wonderful things in their lives including new clients, increased income, career opportunities and new love relationships-some almost immediately after writing it as part of daily lesson!

What is it that you want to manifest that seems to be just outside your reach? Let Change One Thing, Change Your Life literally take you by the hand to create the life of your dreams, starting today.

Do it now. What are you waiting for?

http://lynnpierce.com/products.html

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

“Your emotional state is always reflected in your physical body as health
or illness.”

Lynn Pierce

Are you responding from love or are you angry and stuffing your emotions?

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What’s New
I have absolutely loved being home for over two weeks now. With all the travel I normally do this feels like an extended vacation. And except for 1 cloudy day this week, the weather has made my daily beach walks a true joy. I’ve very happy in my new home.

This weeknd I’m going to clean up the last few piles to put away in my office and then it’s time to move on to decorating-much more fun than unpacking. I had the fabulous P.K. Odle of http://FengShuiAdvantage.com come and feng shui my house. Things are already moving in a wonderful direction! And P.K. has given me specific things to brign into the house to make it even better. I would highly recommend her services.

Thanks to Zna from http://fastestfatburn.com for her blog comment about last week’s article, part one of this series. I’d really like to see more people post comments with your thoughts.

Again, I would suggest that you forward this ezine to anyone you know that has had breast cancer or knows someone who has and have them become a subscriber so they get the next issue where I’ll reveal the rest of the story, the most impactful part, that changed the coure of my life.

Today I’m sharing with you my personal journey to a cure that took place within 30 days of being diagnosed with no recurrence in almost 10 years. I’m doing this in terms of my philosophy about what really needs to be healed.

Because I haven’t gone public with this before even in the second week it still makes me a little nervous about doing these articles because it was so personal and not the general accepted course to follow.

So I would really appreciate your support in posting your thoughts to the blog. I know that this may not be an easy subject for you to speak about either, but writing your feelings does help.

NOTE: I do have to say that this is my personal experience and I have no medical training and nothing I share with you should be taken as medical advise. You should always consult your doctor before undertaking anything you read about.

The Day Breast Cancer Changed My Life: Part 2-The Cure

In last week’s article on the breast cancer diagnosis I talked about being diagnosed and how it made me feel and my response to it. I also mentioned how it impacted my life from that point on.

I have resisted talking publicly about this for many years because I didn’t want to offend anyone who took another path or would interpret the type of things I’m talking about here as me saying “it’s all your fault”.

Which I’d like to say right now, it isn’t. You can only deal with what shows up in your life based on the knowledge that you have at that particular moment. Once you have more knowledge you can make a different choice.

Now I want to share a little deeper with you the part concerning the cure. These are my personal beliefs that I believe are what led to me being cured so quickly along with some of the action steps I took. Excuse me if I keep reminding you that these are my beliefs which you may or may not embrace, but I want to make that perfectly clear.

There’s two types of healing that I believe must take place to have a long lasting cure:

1.When you focus on healing the emotional body the physical body will repair itself.

2. Focusing on the therapies to take care of the physical manifestation of disease alone will only be a temporary fix for many people.

I’m sure you’ve heard of people who have a relapse or another type of cancer or some other life threatening disease within a few years of the first diagnosis. I see this as an opportunity to look deeper into your soul and have a very personal conversation with yourself.

I made a decision the day I was diagnosed that I never wanted to have another experience anything close to this in my life again. With my belief that disease is really just a dis-ease with something in your life that is out of alignment with the truth of who you really are, I went to work on myself.

For people who experience long term success with a cure, there is something much deeper which occurs inside of them. It could be a conscious decision to do some work, like it was for me, or it could be a realization that comes on a subconscious level that you may not even be aware of, but I believe everyone goes through this transformation if they are truly cured.

And if you ask me what ‘truly cured’ means to me, I’d say it’s the difference between the comfort level someone has in saying that they are ‘cancer free’ or in saying that they are cured. Because once agian, the cure, to a large extent is the reflection of your belief system. This is not a discussion of medical opinions.

And I know that if you read last week’s article you’ll see that I used the term ‘cancer free’.

Here’s the difference; I wrote that article back in April and a lot has changed in my life to the point where I’m being more honest and straightforward in how I share without so much worrying about being politically correct. And I have to tell you it’s very freeing-and I believe much healthier.

My belief system is that on a soul level I have made a commitment to listen to the signals from the Universe when it tells me to slow down or take a break or make a shift in my business or my lifestyle or relationships.

I also have a belief that my physical body is a daily reflection of my emotional state and an indication of alignment or misalignment with my soul. So for me, noticing that my face is breaking out gets introspection on what’s going on with me so I don’t stuff emotions to the point of something much more major happening.

When I was diagnosed, the first thing I did was go home to my library and pull out my books on mind/body connection and health.

The first book I looked at that I thought might tell me how to cure myself said that people have cured themselves from cancer with great success, but not really breast cancer. So on to another book. I looked through everything I had and took bits and pieces I thought would be helpful.

I went for a second opinion and once again rejected the choice of surgery. Living in a small town in a thrid world country, my friends thought I should be on the first plane out. That was the first sign to most people that I was crazy.

I chose a different path. I called a friend who is an irridoligist (forgive me if I didn’t spell it right). I told her I was going to give myself a month to do this myself and while I was on vacation in the states I would see a doctor again to see how I did.

So just in case I still needed to have surgery, I wanted to change my diet to be in the best place possible by eliminating any foods that could grow breast cancer and eating things that would prepare me for surgery. That included her prescribing a lot of supplments I had never taken before and don’t remember, and sadly excluded me drinking wine. Which I thought could have been very beneficial about that time.

I think my whole approach goes back to what my beliefs were at the moment I was diagnosed. As I said in part one, it was surreal to say the least, but the most important point was that I was pretty sure this was an awakening, not a death sentence. There was something big that had been building inside me for quite a while.

I knew there was a shift coming. And now it was up to me to move beyond this challenge as quickly and easily as possible. So that was my mind set.

I quit my very easy, high paying job. That was the second sign I was probably crazy, as the news spread through town. All of a sudden I realized I had more friends and friend of friends that were healers than I had any idea about.

Along with changing my diet I had acupuncture, took Chinese herbs, had a Native American healing ceremony, did hypnotherapy, massage, meditation, recorded health affirmations on a cassette that I listened to while I did yoga, and drank different concoctions of vegetable juices on different days.

After two weeks of this I decied that I should be at least 50% cured since I had given myself a month, so I made an appointment to go have an ultrasound. I wanted to see how I was doing. I didn’t tell anyone I was going.

It was the first time that I got a little worried, because it looked exactly the same as it did on the mammogram and original ultrasound-no change!

Instead of getting depressed I told myself that my timetable was not God’s and that I still had two weeks. I was pretty sure God was on board for that part of the plan.

So long story short, when I went to see this cutting edge oncologist in the U.S. I was feeling pretty good. Really, I was feeling the best I ever remembered feeling. None of the small daily stuff bothered me at all any more, my body was very clean from the new health routine, and by quitting my job I was pretty much stress free.

After they did more than one mammogram I got a little nervous, but when I saw the picture on the ultrasound I couldn’t believe my eyes. All that was left was an empty shell. That’s why they had taken more photos with the mammogram.

It was gone!

What worked? Who knows? All of it? One thing? Who cares?

And I knew I had picked the right doctor when I told him all the things I had been doing and gave him this long list of the supplements I had been taking and he didn’t think I was crazy.

There is another huge part of the synchronicity that led me to be in the city where this doctor was and how I was led to him, but that’s another story.

Everything happened exactly as it was supposed to to get me to the transition in my life that breast cancer was the catalyst for.

Would I have preferred to have gotten the message in a gentler way? Yes.

Would I give up any of the gifts I still have in my life today because of having cancer? Never.

In fact I’m grateful for the expereince and I hope to never have another one like it again.

In part three I’ll share with you what those gifts were and how I came to recognize them.

Because as I mentioned in part one, when this happened 9 years ago it meant ending a 25 year career, leaving the place I thought I was going to stay forever and moving to a city in the desert when I’m an ocean resort person.

But I went on faith where I felt directed to go. And this life that I have now being able to communicate like this with you and helping thousands of others to change their lives came out of that moment when I walked out of the doctors office and chose a different path.

So what’s the choice you need to make in your life?

Are you paying attention to what the Universe is telling you?

Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog. http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

If you would like personal mentoring, send me an email detailing what you would like help with. As your mentor I hold a bigger vision for you than you hold for yourself. When you have faith and a team that believes in you, it gives you courage. When you don’t have to do it all yourself, all things are possible for you. Commit today to go for your dream 100%.

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

The Day Breast Cancer Changed My Life

I don’t quite know where to begin this one, especially to keep it short enough that you’ll read it. And I think this is important to read.

So here we go:

It was a day much like today, warm and sunny. Just another beautiful day like all the others in Cabo San Lucas. I’d been living there for almost 6 years and today I was going for my first mammogram.

Because I thought it would be no big deal, hey I was only 43, I decided to go to a local doctor rather than my regular one two and a half hours away.

Well, it did turn out to be a big deal as I was diagnosed with breast cancer. But as I quickly realized I didn’t react in the way that the majority of women I’ve known in the same situation have.

I didn’t cry, I panicked just a little bit, mostly about how I was going to break the news to my husband.

But for me, the moment that’s burned into my mind isn’t the one where they said those dreaded words, it’s the one where I came out into the light of day into a completely different world than I had left a little over an hour before.

It was surreal to say the least, but the most important point that I wanted to clearly get across to my husband was that I was pretty sure this was an awakening, not a death sentence. There was something big that had been building inside me for quite a while.

I knew there was a shift coming. A spiritual friend of mine told me months before that she saw a big test coming for me. I figured this must be it and I was going to do whatever I needed to do to get the message I was being sent and do what I was to do as quickly as possible.

How I become cancer free in a short period of time without surgery is a whole other story. But what made me think of this experience on this particular morning was that I have that feeling again.

I have that feeling of being on the brink of a major shift in my life. For some people who don’t embrace change, it’s terrifying. For me it’s electrifying.

When this happened 9 years ago it meant ending a 25 year career, leaving the place I thought I was going to stay forever and moving to a city in the desert when I’m an ocean resort person.

It makes me want to cry just thinking of the magnificence of how life unfolds in ways that are wonderful and yet unpredictable.

That shifted every part of my life. And it was all good. No I didn’t have a clue what I was going to be doing for a living. I didn’t have any idea what any part of my life was going to look like, and thank God I had a husband at the time that trusted my intuition and didn’t fight me on this ambiguous picture.

And now it’s happening again. Not the cancer, the feeling. So watch over the next few weeks, because I’m sure I’ll be sharing things with you as they show up. I’m excited to see where my life will go.

But today, I really want you to look at your life and ask yourself if there’s something that could shift for you that potentially could make a huge positive difference, but you’re too afraid to take the chance. And why?

You have to take the leap of faith because if you wait to see for sure, most likely the opportunity will have already gone to someone who wasn’t afraid to act.

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Women’s Business Empowerment Summit”. Now she shares her keys to success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate
“If you were as creative in your business as you are with your excuses, you’d be very successful already.”
Lynn Pierce

That statement will sting if it’s true for you. If it’s not you, you probably know someone you’d like to forward it to. Where is your creativity focused, growing your business or making excuses?

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What’s New

I hope you enjoyed the 5 article series we just finished on the “4 Core Blueprints to Reclaim your Life, Awaken Your Soul and Your Business“. If you missed it, click on the link to my blog at the bottom of this email in “Quick Links” to read them there.

I’m so glad to finally be home, at least for a while. My first month in my beach house I was actually only here 4 days. In San Diego we’re still having great summer weather!

Some of you who were at Brendon Burchard’s tent event with John Gray & Marianne Williamson, emailed me afterward saying you didn’t know I was going to be there. When you sign up for any event through me, I would appreciate it if you would drop me a quick email to let me know so we can get together in person.

Author 101 in Atlanta was amazing and I now have a great new group of clients that are beginning the process of going beyond their book to build an instant profitable back-end…even if you’ve never created a product or service before.

Remember to join the conversation on my blog where you’ll also find each week’s ezine posted for your comments.

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The Most Important Work You Can Do On Your Business

I just finished with the 5 article series on the 4 core blueprints that make up a successful life and business if you want to have a life that is in flow with your true passion and purpose.

When you’ve created all 4 of your blueprints and you have all 4 of these areas functioning at a level that satisfies you, then your life will be more peaceful and effortless than you have ever imagined it could really be…

No magic bullet required!

Now I’d like to move beyond the basics and talk about real transformation, rebirth of your business, reclaiming of your life and reawakening your soul on an even deeper level. It’s the most important work you can do on your business.

We all have times of transition in our lives:

School graduations
life changing travel
career advancement
spiritual introspection
marriages
births
deaths
divorces
relocation
illness
financial prosperity
financial downturns

I have experienced all of these and you may have too. It’s not so much that they happen that’s the transformational part of the transition, it’s what you make of it.

If you’ve been one of my subscribers for very long you know I recently went through a divorce, left my home in Scottsdale, left my dogs with my ex, moved to California and am re-assessing the structure of my business and all it’s components; all while traveling and speaking, writing a new book and trying to get settled in a new place.

That may seem like a lot to take on at once, but at the same time I’ve been doing an incredible amount of internal work. Personal and spiritual growth has been my passion since I was in high school, so this is nothing new for me.

Is personal growth something you consider to be a component of your business growth, because it is. It’s the foundation your business success is built on.

What is new is the perspective from which I’m doing it and the depth I now feel compelled to go to. You may or may not have ever experienced this. But have you ever felt like you dealt with something and then later it shows up as an issue to be dealt with again? Maybe months later, maybe years later? If yes, it’s time to go deeper.

I have been through a few of these major transformations in my life, the one before this being breast cancer while living in Mexico. That transformation brought about a move back to the states, leaving the ocean and moving to the desert and leaving
behind a 25 year career in sales and sales training for I had no idea what.

That’s how I got started on this path of being an author and mentor.

The way I see it, when a challenge shows up or a life transition, you can hold on for dear life and try to stay in the spot you are now or you can let go and fly. Have faith that this is as good a time as any to throw all the cards of your life up into the air and see how they fall this time.

And then you can arrange them any way you want.

That’s exactly what I did a few months ago. I remember having the conversation with my mastermind where they commented that I had a lot on my plate right then. I told them I felt incredibly free because of this opportunity to begin again and shake
up my business along with my personal life. Give everything a fresh look.

Why not look at transitions as a time of deep transformation and renewal and rediscovery of what you want your life to look like and how you want to live it, from top to bottom-a real house cleaning of every area of your life?

You don’t have to wait for a major transition in your life to do it. You can decide that once a year you’re going to set time aside to really do an inventory of where you are and how you feel about it.

The fall is a great time to do it because you’re preparing to close out this year and planning for your success in the following year. So set a date and do it now. Shake things up. See if the way you’ve structured your life and your business is still working for you or if you’d like to make some adjustments.

I am making some huge adjustments in my life and my business and you’ll be hearing all about them very shortly. I’m very excited about the new life I’m creating for myself as a single woman. I’m also very excited about the new services I’m creating to better serve you, so stay tuned!

Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Women’s Business Empowerment Summit”. Now she shares her keys to
success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

I would love to have you share your opinions and personal insights on my blog where I’ll also post this article.

http://www.YourBreakthroughToSuccess.com/blog

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate
“You must invest in yourself before anyone else will invest in you.”
Lynn Pierce

What kind of investment are you making in yourself?

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What’s New

This week’s article is the fifth in a series of 5 articles on the “4 Core Blueprints to Reclaim your Life, Awaken Your Soul and Your Business“. If you missed the first two, click on the link to my blog at the bottom of this email in “Quick Links” to read them there.

I hope you’re having great fall weather because it certainly is above average here in San Diego, expecting 80 at the beach and it’s almost the end of September. It should be a beautiful weekend for Brendon Burchard’s tent event with John Gray & Marianne Williamson.

For once I’m driving somewhere instead of flying! I’m driving up to Long Beach as you read this. Given my schedule it seems that every week while you’re reading this ezine I’m on a plane. Next week I’ll be flying back from Atlanta to San Diego. I’ve been home for a day here and there and while trying to get at least some work done, I’d say I’m 75% unpacked. I won’t be home for more than 1 day until October 6th and then I have a guest for a few days.

My New York trip ended with a fabulous at an outdoor bistro on the Upper West Side with my friend Dr. Fern Kazlow followed by a side trip on the way back to the car for some cheesecake. It didn’t matter that I had just eaten enough gnocchi for 3 people, I wasn’t leaving NYC without having cheesecake.

I’ll tell you more later about the exciting new programs Dr. K. and I are working on.

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Mentoring for Your Life and Your Business Blueprint

In part 4 of this series we talked about Sales/Marketing/Communication Skills Blueprint.

There are 4 core areas, or what I call core blueprints, that require your attention if you want to have a life that is in flow with your true passion and purpose. When you’ve created all 4 of your blueprints and you have all 4 of these areas functioning at a level that satisfies you, then your life will be more peaceful and effortless than you have ever imagined it could really be…

No magic bullet required!

In the final week we will discuss the last blueprint, Mentoring for Your Life and Your Business Blueprint.

If you’ve done the work we’ve discussed in the first 4 installments of this series, you’ve got to be feeling pretty great about your life focus and your business right now. Through the first 4 weeks you’ve worked on knowing who you are, where you’re starting from, where you want to go, how you’re going to get there and how to ramp up your sales and marketing program using better communications skills to bring in more cash.

Now it’s time for a mentoring blueprint.

In other blueprints I’ve mentioned that the top 3% of the people in the world have such a different life than the other 97% because they look at life differently and they make conscious choices. I told you that one of those conscious choices is to create a plan for building their business and it’s day to day operations for growth and financial prosperity.

Another very crucial conscious choice the top 3% of people make is to invest in themselves.

Once again, first you have to know your starting point. The next step is to evaluate how you feel about where you are and then decide where you would like to take it next. You need to be laser focused and absolutely clear on what your next step is
to get the best results from mentoring. If you’re not you could pick the wrong thing to be mentored on or the wrong time to do it.

It is likely that as you progress on your path you will have more than one mentor for different parts of your life or business working with you at the same time.

I have said many times that you should be willing to invest at least 10% of your income in your own growth if you are really serious. Then find the mentors that understand where it is that you want to go and have the experience to take you there.

Here is where I differ with what many coaches and gurus will tell you. They will say that you should only work with someone who has done what you want to do and mentored others to do the same.

But that’s not the whole story.

Where would Tiger Woods be today if he took that advice? His coaches have not been the best golfers in the world at any time in their careers; far from it.

Some people are gifted teachers and know the process of what needs to be done to get Tiger, or you, to the desired result without either the personal skill or perhaps the desire to reach that level themselves or possibly neither.

In my 25 year career as a salesperson, manager and trainer, I can tell you that the majority of the best salespeople couldn’t train others to do what they do because they don’t have the skill of a great teacher. That’s not their gift. And yet someone
who was an average salesperson can have an amazing understanding of the sales process and be an incredibly gifted mentor.

Some of the top gurus in your field may be the same way, the very best at what they do but not the best person to mentor someone to do the same.

If I were to share my personal preferences with you, I look for a mentor that understands what I want to accomplish. If I’m working with them one on one or in a small group, I want them to be excited about being involved in helping me reach that goal. I want them to have the skill level to be able to guide me through the process.

Are you getting the mentoring you need to grow your business and expand your level of personal growth?

Even more so than the other blueprints this is as extremely individualized so it’s important that you make a decision based on your own gut feeling about your possible mentor. Don’t just ask for a recommendation from a friend and assume that the relationship you will have with your mentor will be the same as theirs.

In this type of relationship, where you are getting personal mentoring, having a good fit of personalities is very important.

Remember that this is all about you. What you are passionate about, what you want your life to look like, the activities you choose to include in the way you create your business and the way you grow your business. Make those things clear to your
prospective mentor and see if you are in alignment before proceeding.

It’s your life. It’s your business. It’s your choice. Do what feels right to you.

Now you have the last piece of the 4 Core Blueprints to Reclaim your Life, Awaken Your Soul and Your Business. We’ve come full circle. You are creating the script of what you want your life story to be from now on. It’s time for you to take 100%
responsibility and take back 100% of your power. Pick up your pen and create a script for yourself that is exciting and compelling and passionate and fulfilling for you on every level.

Remember that all you ever need to know how to do is the next step that you’re going to take right now and the end result. The steps in between and the people you need to help you make it happen will show themselves as needed.

I hope this series has been beneficial to you and that you’ve taken the action suggested. Now that you know what you want and how you’re going to get there and you know how you’re going to get the cash to make it happen you’re ready to put it all together with the mentoring to keep you on track.

So get to work right now on blueprinting your life and reawaken your soul!

Until next week, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Just comment on this post on my blog.

Lynn Pierce, the Success Architect, has taught people how to combine business and personal development to reach the pinnacle of success and live the life of their dreams for over 25 years. In addition, she is also the founder of one of the most exciting annual events for women entrepreneurs, “Women’s Business Empowerment Summit”. Now she shares her keys to
success and life mastery with you. You can get the first five lessons of “Change One Thing, Change Your Life: A Personal Transformation System” at http://www.yourbreakthroughtosuccess.com

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