Month: August 2008

What’s New

Quote to Contemplate

“It is by attempting to reach the top in a single
leap that so much misery is produced in the world.”

William Cobbett
1762-1835, Journalist and Reformer

What are you trying to leap over?

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What’s NewOne Important Note: My email was down while I was away-from last Wednesday night until yesterday and those emails are gone. So if you sent me an email in the last week know that I did not receive it.

I know you’ve received a lot of emails from me in the last couple months announcing all the complimentary training calls we did with our faculty members and I got a tremendous number of thank you’s for all the great content from
those of you who attended the live event.

This past weekend was the 5th annual Women’s Business Empowerment Summit.

It was absolutely fabulous and a totally uplifting exciting weekend and I guarantee you that everyone I had a chance to speak to personally had a blast. Then the photos and video testimonials are posted I’ll let you see what people
had to say.

I got home about 3:00 on Monday afternoon and took a nap I didn’t wake up from until 10 the next morning! I was completely exhausted from 4 months of preparing for the event and additional stress of something personal that had happened in my life about 2 months ago. Interestingly that situation resolved itself Tuesday and lifted a huge weight for me. The thing is that life goes on and so does your business no matter what level of personal crisis you are dealing with privately.

I’m taking this week off and relaxing. I went back to the spa at the FireSky Resort & Spa yesterday for a wonderful facial. That was exactly what I needed, being pampered and then coming back home for another nap.

Putting on a big multi-speaker event is a completely different business model than doing my own boot camps and 10 times the work, but I love doing it because of the benefits the women who attend tell me they receive each year.

That’s my passion expressing itself through the service I provide in education and support to women entrepreneurs.

Beyond the partying and networking, I know of at least one new business that was created on the spot between 3 women who had never met before and it sounds like it will be a big hit. I’m getting thank you notes for highly recommending, maybe pushing, the VIP lunches because they have definitely paid off already for the women who attended.

I also did a 30 minute live TV show style interview at the end of the day on Saturday that everyone got to watch to see how easy it is to do your own show, or have your own infomercial created. It’s one of the services I provide to my clients and my guest for this taping was Vivian Glyck, founder of http://JustLikeMyChild.org

The audios of the event are already finished and I’m picking them up later this morning, so if you’d like your own copy before anything is even posted on the website you can use this order link to get the same pre-publication discount as was offered this weekend. $197 for all 20 sessions!

https://lynnpierce.infusionsoft.com/saleform/nilwhnat

For the best discount, pre-order the complete event on DVD for only $347 and I’ll give you all the mp3’s as my gift to you!

https://lynnpierce.infusionsoft.com/saleform/nilihnat

All the faculty members really stepped up and gave us the inside scoop on how they do what they do and how you can use their techniques and strategies to grow your business. The true test is when you see other faculty members sitting in the audience taking notes and then buying the other faculty members programs and there was plenty of that going on.

The training calls that led up to the summit are all on replay so it’s not too late to take a listen. You’ll get the entire list by email when you register.

http://WomensBusinessEmpowermentSummit.com

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Are You Leaping to the Top?

Have you ever noticed that the issues you’ve been dealing with in your personal life are also the same issues that come up in business? Funny how that works!

The thing that struck me about this week’s quote is that it addresses an issue that keeps showing up in many people’s lives. I’ve heard it in several coaching sessions I’ve done in the last few weeks.

When you attempt to reach the top in a single leap it produces misery on two levels.

First, are you jumping over all the small things that are bumps in the road of life you would rather ignore than deal with? Are you under the belief that you only have to deal with the big obstacles that actually block your path?

I hope not, because if you are, instead of dealing with little inconveniences when they come up you could find yourself dealing with big challenges, like life threatening illnesses or bankruptcy. Remember, you always have a choice to pay attention to the signals you are receiving when they are small bumps in the road rather than waiting until the become boulders blocking your path.

Do you think you are being expedient to jump over all those little things by telling yourself that you have no fears?

Do you charge on despite those queasy feelings in your stomach?

Those feelings need to be listened to. They are telling you there is something making you uncomfortable about what you are doing. Stop and ask yourself why. Really look at it. Don’t just push through and do it anyway.

Ignoring the warning signals your body and your mind are giving you only leads to disaster. You can’t ignore the signals without them getting bigger and bigger until they are so big you have no choice but to deal with them.

I’m not telling you to stay in your fears. Of course you aren’t going to do that, but you are going to give them a fair and rational hearing. Then you can make an informed decision on what you want to do next rather than plowing through with your head buried in the sand or the clouds.

Secondly, ask yourself if you are trying to leap all the way to the top because you are a perfectionist?

What does that have to do with this?

When you think everything you do has to be perfect you don’t allow yourself to take the steps of being a work in progress.

Are you waiting to get started on something because you want to have all the pieces put together so you can do it all at once?

  • Are you waiting to have a new website for your business until you can do it right?
  • Are you waiting to write your book until you know exactly what is going to be in it?
  • Are you waiting to start your own business because you don’t know everything you need to know?
  • Are you waiting for the perfect time when you can just roll everything out in a perfect form like it has been that way all along?

These are all symptoms of perfectionism. I understand, you don’t want anyone to think you don’t know what you are doing. Being a work in progress takes a lot of self-confidence because it’s a very vulnerable place to be.

At the same time, if you try to do things in a single leap, misery is almost guaranteed. So, I am suggesting to you that you start whatever it is you have been postponing until you have all your ducks in a row. Put it out there, get feedback, work it and re-work it.

In the last 6 years my life has been quite a journey. I started out with an idea to write a book about women’s prosperity, which still hasn’t been written. That project took a turn and became “Change One Thing, Change your Life”. Things have taken many twists and turns since then between the personal and business development products and boot camps and summits I’ve created.

As far as I’m concerned they are completely intertwined. You can’t have true and lasting success in one area of your life without also being healthy and your version of balanced in the other.

I’ve made a lot of changes in my websites, my title, the different ways I provide services to you and the expanded focus of my business. I can assure you I will continue to evolve before your eyes. I am committed to bring you opportunities and other experts to help you do the same.

More and more great opportunities I want to share with you are coming to me all the time. I do my best to screen them and only send you the best of what I have access to. I see it as an obligation to keep you informed of any product or seminar that could improve your life and put money in your pocket.

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%.
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.

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