The Victory Letter

“Self Confidence in the vision frees you to take action.” – Toni Randall

This Monday morning, Presidents Day, has me contemplating my vision and all that I must do in the week ahead to bring the things I want to have happen to life.

How about you? How is your vision looking for your week ahead? Do you have the confidence to pull yourself towards that vision of what you want to have happen in the short and long run?

Isn’t the ability to have a strong vision one of the biggest assets of a truly great leader?

Just as my friend Toni Randall, our guest last week on the radio show shared (you can hear the recording here), even more important than having confidence in ourselves we must have confidence in our vision. Without it – all kinds of crazy stuff gets smack dab in the middle of our way – most of it floating around in our head and holding us back.

Moving towards what we want to see most in our life can be a scary task to be sure! Especially when we are reaching towards lofty goals and dreams. Last night Ed and I watched another Tony – this one with a “y” at the end of his name as Oprah interviewed Tony Robbins. It was a powerful show – one that had Oprah participating in Tony’s Unleash the Power Within – fire walk seminar. They talked about the whole idea behind walking on fire and how it makes you face your fears so that you can conquer anything.

One thing Tony Robbins said that I found so true is this – “Make a problem big enough it helps you to avoid your fears.” I had a huge aha moment or two around that thought. How many times do we ourselves, or people we know, continue to have problem after problem – when in fact the problem is easier to deal with then the underlying fear it is covering. You know the old “I can’t do what I really want because . . .(fill in the blank) ”

We can begin to swell up our problems subconsciously so that we don’t have to face a fear – the thought of that in itself is scary – right? It really has me thinking here this morning how I can eliminate the perceived problems I might have before me in the week ahead. So come Friday I can look back on my week with joy in doing my best.

Think about for yourself – and what if you removed a few problems from the forefront of your life – what fears would they help you to face? What vision, goal or dream for your life might you be staring directly at in the process of removing the obstacles? It’s a very interesting perspective. One that requires bunches of confidence to be gathered up to get the problems pushed out of the way.

Every day we face the unknown – the clearer and more confident we are as we head into it, the better we can chart our course and keep ourselves afloat into tomorrow! Moment-by-moment – or as Russell Crowe said in the movie, Master and Commander (in which they encountered “boat loads” of problems – constantly), “We must survive this day!” Of course in doing so he always was keeping the vision to where their ship was headed while other ships were firing away at them.

On Saturday our baby girl, Bailey, turned 20. This officially made us no longer the parents of teens! Funny thing is that I woke up Saturday morning thinking about the words “Honor Guard”. I think it dwarfed from dreams during the night of guarding my daughter and honoring her on her special day as she would be thousands of miles from me. Interestingly enough this morning as I am writing to you I looked up what it is that an honor guard does …

Part of it read, “Only those persons who are highly motivated andmaintain exceptionally high standards of appearance and conduct and show aptitude for ceremonial duty are likely to be considered.” This morning as these words flow for the Victory Letter I can’t help but think – shouldn’t we each be our own Honor Guard as well as for those we hold most precious to us?

A tradition we have had for a number of years now is to keep on element of our Christmas lights burning until Bailey’s birthday, our peace sign (see pic). She asked us to do so many years back – and it is a tradition we have come to love. As we turned on the Peace sign for the last time on Saturday night we honored her and all she means to us in our life. Again the honor guard scenario as we act as the guards to honor her in her life.

One final thought before we set off onto the journey of our mutual week’s ahead – another one also shared by Tony Robbins last night – the notion that you can’t be fearful and grateful at the same time. The two emotions discount each other. I invite you as I am doing – to take a deep breath – look past the problems (and the fear they may be covering) – surround yourself with the thoughts of your blessings in your life right now, today. Let the good outweigh the bad as you make your vision for what you want in this world ready to have happen!

Join us Wednesday for the Victory Circles Radio hour. Our guest is Jason Womack author of the new book, Your Best Just Got Better – Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More. Surely this will add only more fuel to this topic of discussion. More Info here.

Wishing you a week of clear sailing ahead! Think undoubtedly about what you will guard while honoring your vision(s).

To Your Successes and Victories!

Cheri

 

“Confidence is the single most beautiful thing that a woman can wear every day.”   – Sher Canada

 

Happy Monday!

 

With the temperatures here in Colorado a balmy 19 degrees this morning it’s time to get warmed up and get this week under way.  First – some sips of delicious coffee and words written about Victory to really get the week off and running.

Over the weekend with Ed off in San Francisco to take care of some things with the kids – I had some juicy time to write and write and write some more.  One would think I might be tired of writing by this point – not so much  – in fact it makes me want to write even more!

So it goes with those activities and things in life that we love to do. I suppose the thing to write to you about this morning – as the morning rays start to break over the horizon – is how doing the things we love is probably one of the best self confidence boosters there is for us on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Basically it equates to love plus love equals love.  Sure some crappy stuff may flow in between – got to say though when you are spending the majority of your time doing what you love – it comes out that the good stuff wins in the end – if we let it!

As we come into this week of love . . . There are the people we love and then there are the activities we love to do.  How about you?  What is it that you love to do that makes time just fly by?  Or as Sir Paul McCartney sang at the end of the Grammy’s last night, “And in the end the love you take is equal to the love . . . you make.”

Perhaps if we think of love as a balancing act between what we give and what we get – we could make it something that makes our heart feel good most all the time.  And yeah I get it – there are matters of the heart that hurt like hell from time to time – the key is it’s up to us when our heart is hurting to do something to move past the hurt.  Sometimes it is a minor fine-tuning adjustment and sometimes . . . it’s a major overhaul.  I think you know what I mean – we have all been there at some time or another!

The cool thing is when we get it right – as I talked about last week we end up with a life we love.  And you know it doesn’t have to be perfect I have come to find over the years – just enjoyable – like this first cup of coffee in the morning.  Something that warms you up and lights you up inside.

Last week I shared that I was having Dr. Lara and Johnny Valdez on the Victory Circles Radio Hour discussing how confidence in love can equal confidence in business.  It was a great show and if you missed it  – there are two things I have for you this morning.  One is a replay for the show, which is over on our radio page.  You can access it here – Victory Circles Radio Hour.

The second is that Dr. Lara and Johnny have a series of videos called Quality Men Do Exist (this might come as a relief for both my female and male readers!) You can sign up for the no obligation video series here.

This week I am delighted to have on the show a dear friend of mine, Toni Randall.  Toni is going to be a part of our Race to Greatness Series for 2012.  What I admire most about her is that she has seen past many obstacles in her road to create her company, Whimsy and Grace where she has sat at the helm for the past 12 years.

A wonderful mentor to me in my early days as a entrepreneur I am delighted to have this opportunity to interview Toni and share her story with you. Her persistence in creating a company that is becoming quite a force in her industry is remarkable. I hope you can join us on Wednesday morning.   Again you can click over to the Radio Show page on our site for more details.

As we each head off into our week I have hope that your confidence finds its way to the surface and that you have an amazing week ahead.  Wishing you lots of to do’s that help in bringing love to your daily equation!  Happy Valentines week!

To Your Successes and Victories,

    Cheri   

“Be as you wish to seem.” – Socrates

Happy Monday,

This morning as the words for this week’s letter are formulating in my head I am filled with a sense of what is possible in each and every one of us (as I usually am). There are two words that keeps coming to mind – the L word for love and it’s power source – the heart.

Okay and before some of you start groaning asking yourself what is she up to this morning . . . I ask that you take the few minutes it will take to read today’s letter to focus on that body part that pumps in our chest and is best known for how much it fills up our head. After all how often do you talk or think about matters of the kidney or the liver . . . hopefully not often.

I am speaking of that one and only body part that has us feeling more than probably any other – our heart. That key ingredient within us as humans that keeps us moving forward during the ever-changing days of our lives both giving us joy and pain. And let’s face it we have all had those moments – somewhere along our way when our heart becomes unsure it can endure what is before us and we can feel so incredibly lost.

We have each had those times (unless you are living in emotion free vacuum) when our hearts have sent a pain so hard to our head (and no I am not talking about an actual heart attack) that it left us unsure of our path and where in the world our life was headed. The pain, known as heartache, could have transpired from the coming and/or going of a person or persons from our lives. It can also come from losing a freedom, hope or a dream, that in a moment all can seem lost.

Last night during a most excellent super bowl game (Go Giants! – just sayin’), and the millions of dollars that were spent on the TV commercials – the one commercial that spoke of our “heart” was the one, for me (and according to the press many others) that really hit home. Why – because it sold a message more than a product. A message to keep our heart on track no matter the distractions along our way.

Clint Eastwood – an American icon (and I got to say still nice on the eyes at 81!) was the perfect choice for Chrysler and his message was so on point. Take a listen if you missed it through the link at the bottom of today’s letter.

A week from tomorrow is Valentine’s Day – the day we celebrate love, the heart of what drives us forward. While some (my husband in the mix) think it’s a commercially induced day – if we remember to take the time to honor those things in our life that keep our heart from hurting – it’s worth the commercialism. Don’t you think?

They say you are what you eat. And as someone who has been paying close attention to the food that goes in my body since the first of the year (minus a little set back of chips and such during the game yesterday) I believe it to be true. My daughter, Bailey, got me juicing when she was here over the holidays and not only have I come to love the process of juicing (see pics of the amazing colors juices provide) – it makes me feel so much better over all. I get energy with every glass of both the fruit and veggie juices.

Shouldn’t we then be engaged in activities that make our heart feel better as well? Sure there is physical exercise that keeps our heart pumping in healthy rhythms – but what else are you doing each day to insure your heart brings those healthy connections up to your head? What are the elements in your life as the title for today’s Victory Letter suggests that can give you open-heart confidence?

I love this morning’s quote from Socrates – I take his words as, the more we believe in ourselves in what we want to be – the more we will simply be it! Yes, we become who and what we love. Our love can build a foundation around us that is like no other. The powers of the heart are no small matter to be sure.

So confidence in love – yes – can in fact equate to confidence in business and beyond! With that in mind I am really excited to share with you the guests on this weeks Victory Circles Radio Hour, Dr Lara and Johnny Fernandez, an inspiring couple from the San Francisco Bay area who walk their talk in love and in business. The topic for the show is – Confidence in Love translates to Confidence in Business. Get More Info here

As entrepreneurs (or those who dream of it) we should perhaps quit trying to do it all on our own – there is a whole big world out there to love and get love back from – all while being you! So get out there and exercise your heart!

And – as promised – here is the link to Clint Eastwood half-time commercial

Make it a heartfelt week ahead!

To Your Successes and Victories

“In matters of style, swim with the current – in matters of principle stand like a rock.” – Thomas Jefferson

Happy Monday,

The picture in today’s letter makes me feel good because it signifies abundance to me. Fruit and roses – both of which were from our Master Mind Intensive meeting we held here all day on Friday. The day left me, as they always do, filled with a great fulfillment of what is possible when you put together a group of entrepreneurial minds that can inspire and bring together ideas for moving everyone forward towards success.

We started the day by taking a look at each of our values – the tick in our tock if you will. It set the course for who we are and why we do what we do within our businesses. And what are our values after all? The dictionary describes them as the accepted principles or standards of an individual or a group. An acronym I created for the word value that we discussed on Friday is as follows:

V     Voice – Having your values give voice to who you are and what you stand for.

A     Activate – To have clarity on those values allows you to put them into full motion.

L     Love – Yes that four letter word that when ignited makes our days soar.

U     Unique – Remembering that each of us is unique and therefore our values are as well.

E     Expertise – The combination of what it is that you do well mixed with clear and strong values – it’s like magic waiting to happen.

The richness of the conversation became even more powerful with the thoughts from the members of our group who shared that -

a) Values are like the roots of tree that allow the tree to grow strong. You don’t see the roots like we don’t see our values but they make all the difference. The stronger the roots, the stronger the tree.

b) Values are like the ruder of a ship allowing for navigation on our journey. Bottom line is there is just no way to easily steer the ship without it.

So this morning as you get that ruder of yours ready to steer you where you need to go, I will ask you the some of the same questions I asked at our meeting here on Friday. The idea is to have them assist you in determining the values that you hold most important.

What is it you “feel” when you are doing the activities that motivate and inspire you the most?

What brings you the greatest joy in your life?

What elements of your inner core feelings do you value most?

How often do you actually engage in these activities?

Usually when we feel out of sync with our own steps it’s because we are not engaging in that which we value in our day-to-day activities. Think of your worst days – you are most likely engaged in activities that you don’t like doing.

You have heard me often through the course of these letters mention principles – Master Mind Principles to be exact. They are the backbone of our curriculum here the Victory Circles. With February just days away we are about to head towards spending 29 days exploring the Master Mind Principle of Self Confidence. That all encompassing principle that can take us the furthest (in my opinion) towards success. Self Confidence is that mind over matter principle that allows us to believe we can be who we want to be.

Why? Because without the core principle and mindset of Self Confidence there is nothing to assist us past our fears when self doubt about where we are headed starts to take over. Without self confidence pulling us forward, we don’t have that voice of Stuart Smalley (of SNL fame) saying, “I am good enough, smart enough and gosh darn it people like me!”

Now I say this last part about Stuart with a little tongue in cheek – the truth is however if we don’t have that inner cheerleader (who you can call it whoever you like), along with some outer cheerleaders like a Master Mind provides we can be in for a very bumpy ride. If in fact we can even get out the front door. We can have a hard time activating our values because of the lack of belief that we deserve the life we truly desire.

So I hope the tools we have laid out for you this month on the topic of Self Confidence are insightful. First up is our radio show on Wednesday morning with our guest, Jodi Womack, creator of the highly successful, Women’s Business Socials based in California. She will be sharing with us how to Network Confidently. Learn more here.

My next Master Mind group meeting is at the end of April (with several others put on by our facilitators around the country). If you would like to participate in one let me know I would love to share with you more of what it is all about. In the meantime, enjoy these last few days of January as we get ready to step into the possibilities of February.

Wishing you lots of fruit and roses (abundance) along your way to getting to the heart of what matters most to you.

To Your Successes and Victories,

Cheri

“Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better, remember to let her into your heart then you can start to make it better.”        – Paul McCartney

Happy Monday,

It’s Monday morning once again and we are off and running! I hope the weekend brought you some smiles and inspiration to carry you through the week ahead.

Last week I wrote about struggle – and in contrast this week I feel compelled to write about choice. It’s interesting the way the choices we make assist us in how our life unfolds before us each and everyday.

On Thursday, Ed and I agreed that it was time to sell our family van – one we had owned for the last fifteen years. My soccer mom van, carting the kids around van, the dog van – (with many miles put on by our beloved Sam pooch who we just lost in September), teaching the kids to drive van, and our road trip van with so many great trips. In other words this was more than just a car to me it was my constant companion that served me so very well over her 212,000 plus miles in our family. She and I had spent a lot of time together.

The van was starting to wear and we knew that it would soon start to need some big-ticket items and that it was best to get a new car. Well amazingly we got many calls immediately and by 3pm on Friday the new owner of MY van was driving it out of our driveway (see pic). I went in the bathroom and cried like a baby! The emotions that came up were surprisingly deeply felt.

It was as if a new chapter card was once again pulled for me and I was not quite ready for it. However, it was pulled and there really was not a dang thing I could do about it. My heart felt heavy and I knew I had to put one foot in front of the other.

Saturday morning as I sat on a conference call line waiting to begin an interview with a colleague – the Beatles song Hey Jude was playing on my hold music. And there it was, the song lyrics that are today’s quote about taking a sad song and making it better. I knew it was no accident I was hearing those words and it really began to put everything into perspective for me.

My choice was to be sad or be grateful for all the memories the van had given me and my family. Indeed it was time to move, like the wind, forward. She (yes, my van was a she to me) held the license plates “Goin4it” that now sits here in my office as a reminder of all that I have been given and what I need to do now.

As I move forward, sure there will undoubtedly be a pang of sadness here and there . . . However, this Monday morning I am ready to look towards the car of my future, something more sporty perhaps, as opposed to the one that served the lifestyle of my past. Which was another part of the song lyrics I listened to, “And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude refrain, don’t carry the world on your shoulders.” And a few more Na na na’s later . . . “Hey Jude, you’ll do, the movements you need, is on your shoulders.” Indeed – movement and choice all good things to take one forward.

How many people do you know – perhaps even yourself at times (the human factor we encounter) that choose to be in struggle through sadness, stress, or even an inability to get on with things in life. We can get stuck in finding happiness and fulfillment by staying in the space and place that is not fulfilling us but is somehow strangely comfortable because we know the water there quite well.

So here is my challenge to you this week. As you look at what you have on your calendar – what if you removed the word “can’t” from your calendar and made the choice to “can” as you think about choice and movement? What if you made the movements in your life (your shoulder) that energized you instead of depleting you?

I really do believe that we each have choices in many shapes, sizes and situations. It’s when we convince ourselves that we don’t, than life becomes the struggle. Lay your choices out before you and swear to be the captain of your own ship!

Over the weekend I was working on my business plan for quite a few hours – so I could indeed walk my talk with my clients in this world we have embarked in with our Traction 90 day Business Plan program. The coolest part about doing the work was the sense of freedom it gave me of feeling in choice about where my business is going in the year ahead. It was freeing and helped to add to my excitement about the possibilities before me in 2012 – even without my precious mini van ).

If you haven’t signed up yet for your Traction program I would so love to have you on the journey with us as I know it would serve you well – especially if you don’t have a written plan for your business or a potential business you would like to start. We are warming up this week in the program with the Master Mind and expert calls for additional strategic input starting next week.

What if in 90 days you actually created the business you always dreamed of creating? Head over to the homepage of our site and click the Get Traction link at the top of our home page – it will take you straight to the page with a link for our free business plan template and registration for the program if you so desire. I know a number of people contacted me last week that they were having trouble downloading the template and we have made some tweaks so that should not be an issue. Follow the Link for Get Traction Now!

Wednesday join us on the Victory Circles Radio Hour when we have a lively discussion with my friend and coaching colleague Don E. Smith of the Speech Wiz who is sharing a lively discussion on intentions – that important mindset that actually makes our plans a reality! Don has called his discussion – The Intention Dimension – Life is no Accident.

Learn more here.

So as you sail off into the week ahead, don’t sit frozen waiting for the perfect wind. Don’t spend so much time looking back that you can’t look forward. Do hoist your sails and allow the winds of your life to take you forward towards that clear horizon of our dreams. Let hope, courage and belief be the elements that gives you headway on your path.

And of course, it’s a whole lot more fun and fulfilling to bring along some “mates” who see your vision as well and can assist you on your journeys.

Ahoy! Here’s to clearer choices!

To Your Successes and Victories

Cheri

PS. I will keep you posted on the “new car adventure” as that unfolds. For now we are taking our time, having fun with it, as my son Travis’s car provides us needed transportation while he is off at school.

“TRUST YOUR STRUGGLE –> Satisfy your every craving and always trust yourself.” – Bailey Ruskus

Happy Monday!

The word struggle has been coming up on a fairly constant basis over the past week. And I love, love, loved this line from my beautiful daughter Bailey’s newly released blog (www.bitemesanfrancisco.com).

In fact my niece Meaghan recently posted this quote on Facebook by Steven Furtick who said, “The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” Love that! So true!

Funny thing starting to write today’s Victory Letter early on – has now got me finishing later in the day today because a variety of things needed my immediate attention. No play here for me on MLK day. But instead of making myself crazy I decided the world would not end if I didn’t “struggle” to get this letter out this morning. So I went with the flow and here it is coming your way this afternoon. Worked out great and I have had a very productive day and now feel even more energized to get this letter written to you!

Isn’t it true that we can at times feel that everyone else has it together? Everyone but us! I have to tell you I have gotten to a place in my life that I am learning to trust the process of running my business more productively because I allow others to help me along the way. Thinking maybe we were put on this planet with millions of others for a reason. . . perhaps – just sayin’. We don’t have to do everything ourselves – sure some things but not every single thing.

I read over the weekend an article written by the late Napoleon Hill about his stepmother. He touted her as, “the greatest woman he had ever known.” She spent a great deal of her life in a wheelchair in chronic pain from arthritis.

Mr. Hill shared that if it wasn’t for the wheelchair most people would have never guessed she was in any pain. From that wheelchair she assisted in orchestrating his path that eventually led him to be commissioned by Andrew Carnegie to create the worlds first “practical philosophy of personal achievement.” And we all know how that worked out in his writing of a book that has sold over 70 million copies since it was first written in 1936 and is still selling strong today. I am the proud owner of a 1945 copy (see pic) that once belonged to my Great Aunt Ruth. At that point he had sold 161,000 copies.

In his epic classic, Mr. Hill, wrote how his findings had showed him along his way that most entrepreneurs were not given the innate skills to successfully run a business. In fact he cited that on average only 1 in 100,000 business owners naturally came with all the essential ingredients it takes to be successful in business. The mindset training was and continues today today to be essential. It’s one of the reason’s Andrew Carnegie masterminded with other business owners of his time.

Yet crazily so often as entrepreneurs and small business owners we try to do it alone – banging our head against a solid brick wall so often along our way that our head (and pocket book) can get a little (or a lot) worn out. Perhaps it is that independent characteristic we have that does not always serve us well to continually gain knowledge to build a better business.

As I have shared before, my burning passion is to see a world with far less struggling entrepreneurs. I have been there and done that, knowing first hand that it is no fun and the process can waste so much of what you have to give (including your financial resources!). There is a better way and I can’t wait til later this week when we release our Traction! Business Plan Program. It has been a lot of work putting it together but the result, I hope you will agree, will have been so well worth it. If you haven’t had a chance to get a glimpse of what we are up to, take a look here.

While we continue to make it the best program it can be – we will keep you posted when we have it ready to share with you. In the meantime, catch our radio show on Wednesday on the Victory Circles Radio Hour where I will be interviewing Rosey Dow of the Prospect Profiler who will be sharing with us Insider Secrets: 3 Steps to Reading Your Perfect Prospects’ Minds, so you can Give Them What They Want Every Time. It’s going to be a great show. Learn More Here.

Today we honor Martin Luther King who said he had a dream! In fact he did more than just say it he shouted it from the rooftops in cities all over the US. You know what? He had a plan as well – a plan that was cut short when his life was so horribly taken from him – from all of us. But you know what? His dream was so clear, his plan so activated that those around him could carry it on without him. What an amazing legacy he left for so many for generations to come!

How about the passion of your dream and your plan to make it happen? Could someone else carry it on for you? What legacy are you building for the world? Maybe just for those in your tiny part of the world?

Dreams can begin to unfold with our eyes closed and our mind wide open. Dreams become a reality when our eyes stay as wide open as our minds.

Here is to a week ahead where your dreams are struggle free!

To Your Successes and Victories,

Cheri

Happy Monday!

“Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil.” – Anonymous

Wow here it is 8am already and this morning is starting to get away from me! You know how we can have the best-made plans then the actual unfolding of time and life tends to get in the way.

This morning I got a bit distracted because I didn’t sleep so well, got up later than usual, then looked out and saw the most amazing moonset happening over Longs Peak. Then I spent 20 minutes or so fooling around and being in the moment as I tried to capture the beauty with some pictures.

Kind of funny that this morning started off like it did as I knew in my mind that today I wanted to talk to you about the whole idea of making plans. Checking in with you to see how your plans, goals, hopes and dreams for 2012 are going so far – now that we are 9 days into it.

Yesterday, Ed and I worked towards finishing a project we had started of going through the boxes in our attic – something we have been saying we would do for a number of years now. We have two attics in our house one that takes a ladder and is a lot more work to get in and out of and one that is over the garage and fairly simple to get in and out of. The Christmas decorations have ended up in the higher attic because the other attic got stuffed full of stuff when we first moved here 19 years ago.

So we got all the boxes out of the lower attic put them in the garage, and put the Christmas decorations in there last weekend. Yesterday, Ed sat me down to go through “my” boxes. Well I have to tell you it was a surreal experience because the things I laid my eyes on, I had not done so in all these years. What hit me the most is how time has flown by in my life.

Some things made me laugh and some made me cry, like finding a beautiful letter from my mom. This picture I am sharing with you this morning put a smile on my face as I remembered that girl I used to be and one of my best friends back in the day, Karen. Some one who I have not seen or heard from in probably 30 years after we lost touch with each other. Thought I would share this with you today and hope it makes you smile as it did for me. I am the one on the right. What I love about this pic is the emotions from normal, to scared, to serious.

Time does go by quickly and it’s up to each and every one of us to make the most of the hours we are given. My work in the year ahead is again focused around assisting entrepreneurs and small business people into getting their ideas, thoughts, dreams and ambitions to come to fruition. What we will be focusing even more so on this year is the whole idea of writing it down into a succinct business plan.

We have created a little 6-minute video about the why’s of writing a business plan. I would love it if you could take a few extra minutes (acknowledging that they are precious to you and know I appreciate it!) and take a look at the video. I would love your feedback, which you can do at the bottom of the video page. See the Video Here.

On the page also, you more info about our radio show this Wednesday on the Victory Circles Radio Hour, which is going to be highlighting this new program we call Traction!

So as we head off into the second week of the year I hope that your goals, hopes and dreams for the year ahead are written down and you are setting the seeds for what you want to grow in your life in rich, productive soil! The age old question then becomes for each of us as we face the work to be done – To be or not to be?

Here’s to having it be all that you are hoping and more!

To Your Successes and Victories,

Cheri