Take a moment and ask yourself if you are showing up for your business. Are you showing up at all or are you hiding?
Recently, I encountered two experiences with people who weren’t sure they should show up for events, but when they did, they were happily surprised.
The first one sent me an email a couple of days prior to a woman’s business conference, saying that she wasn’t sure she was going to make it, since she didn’t see the value of going. I explained to her that it was a great opportunity to learn and I recommended that she showed up. She did and stayed through the end. When one of the organizers did a cash prize drawing, she won it!
The second one is a friend of mine, who wasn’t sure he was going to my birthday celebration a few weeks ago. He went and met a friend of mine who knows someone who needs his services.
I ask again, are you showing up? I can’t guarantee that if you do show up, something amazing will happen, but nothing will if you don’t. Take a look at our book tour page to find out where I’m showing up next. Hope to see you soon.
A few years ago I could have chosen any New Year’s resolution, and if I would have just followed them, they would have made a huge difference in my life: Find a new job, lose weight, exercise every day, grow my business, go out more, etc. I chose instead to laugh more in the New Year. The year that was ending had been difficult, and I wasn’t feeling great about my life or about myself.
I decided to make a fun New Year’s resolution, and that was to laugh more! And I did it. I committed to watching good/smart comedy shows on TV, I laughed at myself (when, for example, I put my favorite sweater in the washing machine and dryer, and when it came out, not even a kid could wear it! I could have cried but I laughed out loud, and I still do, it was really funny.), I made sure I spent time with friends and laughed with them, and I visited my family a few times and laughed a lot with my parents and little sister.
You may be thinking that this isn’t a hard New Year’s resolution to keep, and it’s not. Nevertheless, if you don’t plant a seed of doing what you really would love to do, it would be harder for you to commit to it and make it happen. Although I haven’t made the same resolution again, I kept going with the laughter. And the other day I went to a comedy club to see a friend perform, and another comedian reminded us: “Laughter is the best medicine”.
What’s going to be your fun New Year’s resolution?
