Posts Tagged "self-worth"

Webadventure Day 4: When Hell Breaks Loose

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So today, I had planned to have my 90-day roadmap all planned out.

*SQUIRREL!*

But um, well… just watch the video (with a special guest appearance by some crazy dive-bombing fly).

Why yes, I know this is a longer-than-usual video. There’s kind of a point to that, but if you *must* skip ahead, you can catch the entire gist in the last few minutes. But you’ll miss all my jokes. Just sayin.

Total project time to date: 2.5 hrs (and counting).

Accomplishments:

The bulk of the action plan steps are complete. I just need to finalize some order of operations type stuff and input it into the final layout calendar I’m using. So I’m actually clear on what the next few days are looking like, I just don’t have the whole roadmap parsed out yet. Look for another update this weekend when everyone is away and the house is quiet. #IHope

#BYOG Day Thirty-One: Tear It Down & Build It Again

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We’re here!

Thirty-one glorious(?) days later, and what have you learned? What have you uncovered inside yourself?

I won’t speak for you, but my own journey has left me with a truck-load of feelings, ideas, and other goodness:

• That you are enough just as you are.
• That you will face hurdles and overcome them – if you so choose.
• That people will rally around you when they believe in you – no matter who you are, and even if they never met you before.
• That there are a lot of smartypants people in the world, willing to lend a hand, offer advice, and point you in the right direction.

But all of that stuff means nothing if you’re not willing to take action. To do something. To be fearless – even for just a moment…

…just long enough to become the hero of your journey.

It means that the excuses must stop. You can’t make excuses and deliver results. You must choose.

You have to step into the flow, and trust that the actions you take will build the bridge to success.

And you’ll make mistakes along the way. You’ll create things no one wants but you. You’ll miss out on opportunities that you thought were perfect for you. You’re an Action Hero – getting banged around and bloodied up a bit is part of the journey.

But you’ll meet up with your Shadow Self, have a nice chat, maybe a cuppa tea, and iron out your differences.

And you’ll re-double your efforts, re-commit, and tear down the old stuff to make room for the new.

And Divine Intervention will take over: connecting you to books, authors and thought leaders, clients and colleagues that will cheer you on, lift you up, and show you exactly what you’ve been missing – and how to correct your course.

Nowhere is this better illustrated than in Eric Ries’ new book, The Lean Startup. He tells the story of how his team spent months building a barely functional prototype for what would later become IMVU – and people wouldn’t use it. It wasn’t “cool enough” for people to share it with their friends. But Eric didn’t give up. He and his team tore it apart, and re-built it to meet the needs of the market he was trying to serve. He persevered. He listened. And he grew his company into a multi-million dollar organization that’s dominating their market and put Eric on the map (and in the boardrooms of America) today.

Would you invest 6 months of your life in a project that didn’t work, only to put more time, energy and money into improving it until it DID work?

You’ve just invested 31 days of your life in this program. What are YOU going to do now?

Me? I’ve got an idea I’ve been toying with for a couple of days now. I want to launch a project on 1/1/12, and I want to take you behind the scenes and show it to you as I build it. Right here on the blog. I’m scared as hell, because it’s one part reality show and one part business venture. If it succeeds, it will succeed mightily. If it fails, it’s a horrible public failure.

It’ll either be Kitty Hawk or The Hindenburg, and if you’re interested, I’d love for you to tag along. Let me know your thoughts in the comments.

Congratulations on making it to the end of this 31 day journey. If you haven’t already signed up for the downloads that go along with this program, you can do that in the box atop this page. As soon as we have everything put together, you’ll be notified.

Thanks again for joining me on this adventure. Until we meet again!

Are You Afraid of Success?

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There’s a quote that floats around – some say it’s from Marianne Williamson, others from Nelson Mandela, but the crux of it is that we are afraid of being successful.

Either consciously or unconsciously, we avoid embracing the pinnacle of success we hope to achieve because we are afraid of what life will be like “on the other side”.

Will we become arrogant, snotty and unforgiving of our friends? Will our friends start to act differently towards us? How will our family, our spouse receive us?

How Do You Define Success?

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When I was a kid, I dreamed of becoming a rock star. From the time I was very young, I would gather up the neighborhood kids, and perform – sing, dance, etc – in front of any audience that would let me. My earliest recollection was when I was about two years old. I remember standing on top of my toy box, which had become my impromptu stage, singing and dancing along to my Donnie & Marie tape for my mom and dad (we moved when I was three, so I’m pretty sure I was two, not one, when this happened).

Don’t laugh. I loved me some Donnie & Marie back in the day.

I grew up in an extended family of musicians (Mom and Dad weren’t the most musical, but my grandmother, aunts & uncles were amazing!). My senior year of high school I had two 6th hour classes (band and madrigal) because both teachers wanted me in their ensembles. I studied music composition and eventually got a degree in Music Theory & Music History, with a minor in vocal performance. I toured a bit and recorded two full-length albums. Then, I realized it wasn’t as glamorous as I wanted it to be, so I shifted my focus. I decided that being a rock star wasn’t the pinnacle of success for me.

When I changed my definition of success, I changed my focus. As I got clear on what my new focus would be, I started growing, learning and achieving in that arena. Sometimes, though, I get distracted by someone else’s definition of success. Perhaps it’s happened to you, too?

Who Are You?

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“Who am I to have something to say that deserves–that commands–the attention of readers?”

- Janet Goldstein

The past six months have been nothing short of an envelope-pushing ordeal for me. Boundaries broken, horizons broadened, lessons learned, and all that jazz. It’s been a grueling, rewarding, painful and pleasurable process of learning more about who I am and what I’m about in the world.

And I’ve LOVED it (okay, it’s not been all rosy, but it’s been very necessary for me.).

The past six months have yielded tremendous amounts of clarity – about me, my undeniable gifts, and how I can best serve the world. But so what? No one really cares about my journey – they’re too busy focusing on theirs. Right?

Janet’s quote got me to thinking - Who am I that you should give a damn about me?