What is Your Relationship with Ambition?

Ambition is described as the strong willingness to achieve popularity, power, money, or something you want to do or accomplish very much. We all need ambition to succeed, whether personally or professionally. Ambition can be fantastic! Upon hitting a goal, we all know that wonderful feeling of success, particularly if the time was difficult or long.

However, many people perceive ambition as something negative. Ambition is often seen as having a large ego that makes people selfish and power hungry. Today I’m asking the question, What is Your Relationship with Ambition?

In today’s episode of Liberate Your People Pleaser I’m going to dig deep & discuss this topic with my guest, Eleanor Beaton. Eleanor Beaton is the founder of SafiMedia, an education & coaching company for women entrepreneurs. At Safi-Media, we are committed to advancing global gender equity through women’s entrepreneurship. We’re on a mission to double the number of women entrepreneurs who scale past $1M in revenue by 2030.

 What you will discover:

- What is Your Relationship with Ambition?

- What is the relationship between People- Pleasing & Ambition?

- What is the difference between Healthy-Ambition & Non-Healthy Ambition?

And much more… Listen to today’s episode HERE

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How Does People Pleasing Impact Success?

Often our gifts and talents as a people pleaser help us succeed at work, or in our business…. Until our people pleasing gets in our way. 

When we keep our gifts and talents expressed from the perspective of what’s in my highest good right now? What interests me? What do I want? Then you are using your people pleasing habits as a super-power instead of something that diminishes, exhausts and overwhelms you. 

In today’s episode of Liberate Your People Pleaser I share a very personal story of my professional career where I ended up taking a “mis-step” because I wasn’t tuning into what was in my highest good. 

You’ll get the tools I used to get myself back into alignment with my highest good. 

I’d love to hear how the tools are working for you or if you have a question as you continue to liberate your people pleaser! 

Listen to today’s episode HERE. 

Do You Feel Successful?

I was in a Clubhouse room the other day participating in a discussion about success; how we define it and how it changes as we age and the world changes. 

If you haven’t heard, Clubhouse is a new social media space, currently, for iPhone only users. It’s an interesting format that I’m enjoying. If you’re on Clubhouse, I’d love for you to follow me and invite me to any rooms you’re in. I plan to start hosting my own rooms soon. 

Anyway, back to success, it was an intriguing discussion and made me realize how much people pleasing had influenced, or completely defined what I thought success was for much of my life. 

It’s so easy to define success by our family standards, society's standards, or our spouse’s standards. Even our friends can influence it. 

So my question to you is, if you were dropped in the middle of a new land, where no one knew you and no one had any preconceived ideas about what you’re good at, or what you like to do. And, you could be the version of yourself that feels the most authentic to you today. Not how you were 10 years ago, five or even one year ago. Clean slate. No expectations. 

And, just for fun, lets add the juicy detail that the place you’ve landed in, is your absolute favorite! Everything you see, hear and smell is exactly the way you love it! All your favorite things to do, see and experience are available to you. It’s your personal Disneyland… or version of heaven on earth. 

Now. What would you do to earn money? It’s a natural desire to want to contribute to the greater good. So, whether it seems like a “serious profession” or not, what would you like to do in exchange for money? 

How would you define success? Not just in regard to what you do in exchange for money, but for your whole life? Because success is a much larger topic than our careers or businesses. 

Tell me about it. Let go of all the ways you’ve prioritized your family’s needs or expectations, your cultural expectations, your company’s expectations, etc… and tell me what you would do and how you would define success. 

I can’t wait to hear!

3 Steps to Getting Your Dream Into The World! 👣

Do you have a project, business or creative dream that you want to get into the world, but it just doesn't seem to be happening?

You might feel like you don't have the:

• Time

• Money

• Strategy

• Connections

• Or some other elusive, magical thing that you aren't sure what it is, but you must not have it because this dream isn't going anywhere!

Don't let your dream get stalled!

I had a client hire me recently. She's had her online business for a couple of years.

She's very good at what she does and has had some success. She's taken lots of programs and worked with lots of really smart people to help her know how to build and grow her business.

Why did she hire me?

She needs a business coach, mentor, "get-it-done" accountability partner in her life!

I am a pro at getting things out in the world. Not to brag, but I always have been. This is one of those 10,000 hour things.

Maybe you've read Malcom Gladwell's book, Outliers: The Story of Success, he explains that the key to success in any field seems to be practicing a specific task for 10,000 hours.

I've definitely got 10,000+ hours of gettin-it-done and making-it-happen!

From raising a large family, mostly alone, to starting three businesses and running business for others.

In my own emotional and spiritual awakening I've probably spent 100,000 hours (not a typo) taking something from a concept or ideal, to something I am practicing, in a practical way, in my life.

I love people with ideas, dreams and visions of what they want to do in the world. But, not everyone is good at getting those visions, dreams and ideas out into the world.

That's okay. You don't have to be good at everything!

That's where I come in.

I coach people on how to get their specific project, business or dream out into the world.

This isn't a digital program, because these situations are unique and need a one-on-one strategy.

Three keys I'll offer to help you, right now, with your project, dream or vision:

1. Accept that you are a better visionary, and maybe even a great planner, but not as good at actually making it happen out in the world. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

2. Hire a coach or partner, like me, who has proven experience in "gettin-it-done." You don't want to risk hiring someone with a lot of ideas or concepts about how you "should" get-it-done. Make sure they've done it themselves. You don't want to hire someone who teaches what they can't do.

3. Be willing to do the work your coach gives you. Yes, you'll be uncomfortable at times. Yes, you'll get scared. That happens to all great people as they push their comfort zone farther and farther. You'll be alright. If I'm your coach, you can count on me to be beside you and help you through that discomfort. This is the hardest part. But, think about it, everyone you admire, has been in the same position. All the great ones pushed up against their comfort zone. They are great because they kept going!

I would be thrilled and honored to help you get your dream out in the world.

Hit "reply" and let's talk about if, and how I can help, or go ahead and schedule a 15 minute Discovery Call with this link, and we'll figure it out.

The world needs your dream. If you don't do it, no one else can.

Everything Begins With a Thought

Every invention, piece of art, new technology or way of life, begins with a thought.

"I'd like to travel more."

"I want to paint."

"I want to start a business."

"I want to make more money."

Then come the thoughts of diminishment. "You can't do that!" "Who do you think you are." "You're not good enough."

In today’s video I'll show you how to breakthrough that thought and live the life of your dreams. 

Get all the details on Think Your Way to Success right here.

Talk about it Tuesday! Episode 2 - Emotional Transformation

This week on, “Talk About it Tuesday!” we discuss how changing the way you feel can transform your life.

In Episode 2, I discuss the importance of creating change that’s sustainable. So many of us focus on the instant gratification of short-term goals that we don’t consider how it effects us in the long run.

I’ll be talking about the four key elements that I use with my clients, to change our lives through our emotions.

Talk about it Tuesday!

I’m starting new video series titled, “Talk About it Tuesday!”

Each week I’ll discuss tools and methods for creating sustainable transformation in our work, relationships and lifestyle.

In Episode 1, I’m unpacking how to create sustainable change. It's easy to talk about needing to change. We all have areas of our lives where we want change. But, how do we really do it?

Today's video will show you the steps I use, in my life and with my clients, to begin the process of evolution. The process of sustainable change.

What is your definition of success?

The definition of success is different for everyone. 

Have you taken the time to write down what it means to you? 
 

Today's video will help you with your definition of success. And not just the accomplishments or things we label as what will make us successful, but the feeling states! 

Curious about the power of feeling states, or even what the hell they are?

Check out today's video. I'll share my definition of success and what my feeling states are to help guide the way. 

Then tell me your definition and feeling states of success, in the comments below. 

Live Lavishly!