Posts by LisaYoung

Who will mourn your death?

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So I was watching the Kevin Costner eulogy for Whitney Houston last night.

Say what you will about Whitney, Costner’s eulogy rocked it.

And I got to thinking about a tweet I saw a few months back when Steve Jobs died. Something about “will we cry when you die?” or something like that.

It really got me thinking.

Recently, my friend, Ted, turned 50, and his wife put together a “celebrity roast” to commemorate it. As part of the entertainment, I got to channel my inner Judy Garland and sing him “Over The Rainbow” until he cried (he’s a huge fan of Judy).

So it’s no wonder I started wondering about my own death. And who would really miss me when I’m gone.

To be clear, I’m not planning a funeral here, nor am I demonstrating any suicidal tendencies. This is not a “poor me” pitch to get a few people to tell me they think I’m awesome and they’ll be first in line at my funeral (wha?).

Actually, this is more spiritual than any of that.

Loving My Inner Critic

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It began at the convergence of three events:

A while back Andrea Patten asked me to proof her “Inner Critic to Inner Ally” program and offer my feedback. I proofed it and offered some suggestions, and left it at that. A couple of weeks ago, she was talking to me about some of the great results her clients were getting, so I asked if I could review the entire program and see if it might be something useful to my subscribers.

I had started working through it, and got stuck on an emotional block for me. It stemmed around describing my Inner Critic, and quite frankly, I had spent many years trying to shut it up. The last thing I wanted to do was spend time putting energy into describing what I believed was the very thing holding me back in life.

Then, my coach posed a question last week that vexed me. “Really, Lisa. What if it REALLY didn’t matter what other people thought?”

Two Truths Of Failure

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After a lackluster year in 2011, it would be easy to call myself a failure and wonder what the heck I’m doing in business.

So easy, in fact, that it’s exactly what I did.

After a spectacular 2010, I truly believed I had things “down pat” in my business, and positioned myself in 2011 to have at I thought would be my best year in business. I went into 2011 with very high hopes.

Those hopes were quickly and frantically dashed on the rocks as the mid-point of 2011 approached. I spent the second half of the year cleaning up the debris, trying to keep my sanity and my business together.

Don’t get me wrong. Some VERY good things came out of 2011. Here are a few of the highlights:

Allowing Fear

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It was my turn to sit in the hot seat.

Taking a deep, deep breath, I walked to the front of the room. In my mind I was “talking myself through” the how-to’s of being in the moment.

Yeah. Instead of actually being in the moment.

That’s how I roll.

It was approaching 9pm. I wanted to be mindful and respectful of the time of the other participants, and I also had been telling myself to be honest throughout this experience.

Brave

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Every year, I pick a word to frame my development. I also pick a “theme song” to underscore my morning mindset work. I get to dig in and rock on each morning with a tune that pretty much sets me up for the day I want to have, the life and business I want to create.

Last year, my word was “ENTHUSIASM” (yes, I decided on all caps about half way through the year) – the idea being to infuse more spirit into everything I was doing. My theme song was Matthew West’s “The Motions”. I would lip synch and sing and conjure my own “rock videos” in my living room – like I was going to be on american idol or something. It was funny, but it was also a very honest reflection of the kind of enthusiasm I really wanted to imbue in every action, every effort, every everything in 2011.

This year, after a daunting 2011 (hey, I asked for it!), I figured I needed to power up a bit, and picked “brave” as my word o’ the year. I also selected Nichole Nordeman’s song by the same name (some of the lyrics are in the boxes below).