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January 8, 2015 by Sharla Jacobs

How to Tame the Most Intense Business Challenge

jesseAndSharlaMost coaches and holistic practitioners start their business because they want to do meaningful work. Can you relate?

But they often don’t realize how challenging running their own business can be. When it gets challenging, especially so challenging that it shakes you at your core, who are you going to be in the face of adversity?

What if there were two questions you could ask yourself that would allow you to tame even your biggest challenge?

Question #1:

WHY are you doing this “business thing” in the first place?

For most coaches and holistic practitioners, you do what you do because you received tremendous (even life-changing support) from someone who did what you are now trained to do. This is a great why!

However, if you really want to tame your challenge, we suggest you look at a higher level. Ask yourself, “How will the world become a better place because of the work I’m doing?”

This allows you to come up with a “why” that is bigger than your own well-being.
When you come up with the answer, you’ve got a powerful mission to fulfill. The bigger your mission, the bigger you become. And when you energetically become bigger, your challenge pales in comparison to your strength.

A few years ago, we realized that what we do best is turn local coaches and holistic practitioners into extraordinary Transformational Leaders who are making $10,000+ per month and impacting hundreds and even thousands of people with their work. Through helping our clients, we get to positively impact the lives of millions of people. This is a BIG GAME that inspires us, so much that the many challenges that have come our way have seemed small in the face of who we’ve had to become to win this game.

And the great news is that our well-being increases by fulfilling on this mission.

Now it’s your turn: How will the world become a better place because of the work you do?

When you have an answer that inspires you and lights you up, write it down and place it on your wall. Look at this every morning before you start your work.

Question #2:

There is a second question to ask yourself. This one is an edgy question because it’s easy to think you’ll be able to answer this question AFTER you are making six or seven figures in your business.

The question is: “How can your business be a force for good for the entire planet?”

When things get tough, it’s important that you’re not just in business for something bigger than yourself... you’re also in business for something bigger than your clients.

In asking yourself how your business can be a force for good for the entire planet, ask yourself: “How can my business be a vehicle for philanthropy?”

When your business success means you’ll be contributing to something greater than to yourself and your clients, your tough times will feel small in comparison to the people you are supporting through philanthropy.

Several years ago I was at an event with our dear friend, Cynthia Kersey. She shared her vision to have every child in the world get an education. I was so moved by her photos of the mamas and babies. And disturbed by the conditions these families endure, just to get a drink of water, for example.

I was moved by the idea that every child would not only get an education, but also get access to clean water (where the mamas didn’t need to spend their entire day to get water) and desperately needed medical care.

She also shared that the parents would learn how to earn a sustainable income, and that the community would be taught organic farming, to make sure that everyone in the village would be clothed, fed and educated in a self-sustaining way.

The thought of children starving and having no hope to get out of their circumstances is heartbreaking to me. It’s an instant guarantee of tears and a pit in my throat. By the end of that event, I stood up and declared that we would sponsor an African Village before the end of the year. I had committed to donating $25,000 without even asking Jesse!

Jesse, of course, agreed and this commitment fueled us in ways we could have never imagined. And when the middle of December came, we sent Cynthia’s organization, the Unstoppable Foundation, a check for $25,000.

At the time, it was a HUGE stretch to send that check. But now, when we see pictures of the new school building they built and the well, it inspires us to keep doing our business at higher and higher levels.

african childrenWhen our boys are older, we plan to take them to this village in Kenya, so they can see the good that came from our commitment.

(If you’re interested in learning more about the Unstoppable Foundation, here is a link to the website.)

We also have built philanthropy into our business model at the Client Attraction Summit.

We recently passed the $100,000 mark in our contributions through Kiva.org. We’re just getting started.

We encourage you to include philanthropy as part of your business model. When you make a commitment to have an impact in an area that is bigger than yourself, you will walk differently and talk differently and your problems will seem small in comparison with your soul-filled commitment. And when you look in the mirror, you will love who you see.

 

Let us know what you think!

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Inspiration, Planning, The Inner Game of Growing Your Business

October 1, 2014 by Sharla Jacobs

How to Be Sexy

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This week's video blog is about how to be sexy in order to attract more clients.

But this isn't what you think (unless you've been to the Client Attraction Summit, then you know exactly what we're talking about)...

It sounds like a really controversial video.

But this isn't about hitting on your clients and it isn't about setting yourself up so clients ask you out on dates. Instead, you're going to learn how to be magnetic to new clients in the quickest way possible.

It's easier said than done. But when you see what "being sexy" means to us and how to be sexy so you can attract more clients, you may not be so surprised.

Watch the video, tell us what you think and share it with friends.

We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comment box below.

Filed Under: Client Attraction, Confidence, Inspiration, The Inner Game of Growing Your Business

July 10, 2014 by Jesse Koren

Do You Have To Sacrifice Family For Success?

My (Jesse) high school counselor said, “If there’s no tension between the time you invest in your work life and the time you invest in your family life, then you are living half-a-life.”  Today, this makes so much sense to me.

I know some fathers who leave for work before their kids are awake and arrive home just in time to tuck their kids in at night.  I honor these fathers for sacrificing themselves to provide for their family.  

But I also feel deeply sad about it.  

I can’t imagine not being around to see my kids grow up.  To watch them take their first steps... to watch them tie their shoe for the first time or do the happy dance after they pee in the toilet for the first time. 

And what about the kids?  …that gnawing hole in their heart that no amount of money, presents, or sorry can heal.  

This is particularly relevant for me today.  This morning our 6-year old, Jacob, woke up and asked, “Is the nanny coming today?”  

“Yes she is,” I said.

“Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!  I want you and Mommy!”

Sacrifice-Family-for-SuccessThe guilt sets in.  Am I becoming the father I swore I wouldn’t become?  I take an inventory of the last two months.  I was away from my boys around 20 days, speaking or leading events. 

I try to rationalize my guilt away...  

Our boys have fallen asleep in our arms nearly every day of their life (even when I am leading events, they sleep with Sharla). 

When I am away 
leading events, our boys are with nannies who love them as if they were their own children.
  
And, when I am not leading events, I spend at least three quality hours with them each day (and often more).    

It wasn’t like we were off in Vegas gambling away our family fortune.  

We led four profound events that dramatically changed people’s lives.  And I spoke at Eben Pagan’s exclusive Metamind event in front of over 100 thought leaders about what it takes to create a community of transformational leaders.  Dozens of people approached me after my 18-minute talk to tell me what a difference I made for them.

But the truth sets in.  I am about to leave for another three-day event tomorrow. The Client Attraction Summit.  Once I arrive, I will remember my passion.  I will remember why I love our people so much and why I care so deeply for each of our clients’ success.  And they will get an event worth travelling across the globe for.

But right now, I am deeply saddened.  I miss my boys.  And I miss the feeling of being the best father I know I can be.

So how do I prepare myself for the event when I am feeling so sad about leaving my boys?  I do what I tell all of our speakers to do in our Six-Figure Speaker program.  Bring all of you to the event.  

For those of you who I will see tomorrow at the Summit, I bring my sadness, which is fueled by my devotion to being the best father I can be.

I bring my fierceness.  Since we are all going to leave our lives at home, I will do everything in my God-Given power to make this the best Client Attraction Summit we’ve ever had.  None of us are going to return home the same (in a good way). ☺

And finally, I bring my integrity.  To be in integrity with myself, my boys, Sharla, our team, and the entire Thrive Community… it is time to finally make a change that has needed to happen for two years, even though I just recognized it the last month.

For the past 10 years, we’ve led at 18 or more events per year.  This is just what we did.  Next year we are going to lead 12 events.  This makes me so happy I want to do somersaults across the room!

This means that our family, our team and our clients can breathe more deeply, and enjoy more spaciousness in between the transformation they get at our events.

32 of our most invested “Lifetime” clients (our people who have a ticket to all of our programs for the rest of their lives) helped us come up with this new schedule and everyone in our community who has heard about the changes either gets excited or breathes a sigh of deep relief.  

You should know that next year, instead of leading six Client Attraction Summits, we will only be leading three Summits.  And we are making a few other changes that will bring greater alignment, integrity, and power to our programs.  

If you are already signed up for Thrive Academy Programs, you will get an email with our 2015 schedule next week.  

It’s time for us to move more deeply into the energy of Thrive... where everyone thrives and nobody sacrifices that which is most important.  

Being an entrepreneur means you get to set your own schedule and you get to live life on your terms.
Do you have to sacrifice family for success?  NO!!!!  
Your success is your gift to yourself, it’s not a sacrifice.

How can you change your schedule to bring you more freedom, creativity and power?  

Tell us what you think and leave a comment below

Filed Under: Confidence, Inspiration, The Inner Game of Growing Your Business

June 25, 2014 by Sharla Jacobs

How to stay inspired and motivated

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Do you ever wake up in the morning and don't "feel like working today?"

If your answer is yes, then you're probably doing some work you wish you didn't have to do.

I shot this short video for you to share a little technique for how to stay inspired and motivated.

Watch the video now and tell me what you think

Tell us what you think...

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Inspiration

June 19, 2014 by Jesse Koren

Our Epic Failure

Our-Epic-FailureWhat separates successful people from the people who never quite make it?

It is what they do with their failure.

Do you learn from it? Or do you beat yourself up to the point where you never want to try again?

Successful people learn from their failures. And then they go for it again, equipped with more information that will help them succeed the second or the third or the fourth time.

Here's the short story of a recent epic failure:

Last week, we launched our brand new Client Attraction Mastery Home Study Course. And by our standards, it bombed. We've made over 10 Million Dollars in program sales over the years, so in our minds there is no reason we should have failed.

(And by failed, we mean that our results were 5% of what we projected.) Ouch!

It's been especially painful because Sharla poured her heart and soul into this Home Study Course. It's been her main project for the last several months.

Have you ever created something amazing and then felt so deflated when it wasn't received by the person/people you really wanted to share it with?

Nearly everything in this launch that could go wrong went wrong. There were about five major breakdowns, but the biggest breakdown happened during our webinar.

Our server couldn't handle the volume of people who were trying to get on the call and our participants were getting blocked from getting on the webinar and bumped off the webinar.

In the middle of our webinar, Sharla was furiously texting our team, but her texts were not going through... which distracted me so I was having a hard time forming congruent sentences and probably repeating myself... did I mention I was repeating myself a lot?

Even though we've led over 1,000 events and teleseminars, I STILL have a hard time concentrating when there are major distractions.

So here's what we learned:

1. Don't change everything at the last minute

Two days before the teleseminar, Sharla decided it would be more powerful to do this teleseminar as a webinar. She signed up for a new webinar service and promptly created about 90 powerpoint slides for the presentation. Our team scrambled to make the webinar happen, which led to our mistake of not having enough space on our server to handle the volume of people.

2. Be authentic about your breakdowns more quickly

When the breakdown with our server happened we didn't mention it until we had already lost our flow. Sharing the breakdown immediately would have allowed us to come up with a solution more quickly.

3. Take your launch as seriously as your content

Sharla took several months to make our Home Study Course impeccable. But we didn't put nearly the same amount of time, energy or attention to detail into the launch of the program.

We thought our passion would be enough and that the value would shine through. If we had it to do over again, I would have taken about five additional hours to go through our webinar notes to make sure the webinar was concise and highly valuable and that the offer was crisp and clear.

Bonus lesson: Never do a launch when Mercury is in retrograde. 🙂

We'd love to read your comments below... and if you've had an epic failure, we'd love to hear about it and what you learned from it.

Tell us what you think

Filed Under: Business Strategy, Inspiration, Planning

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