I had the most incredible experience at an event in San Diego last week. It’s as if I could FEEL myself stepping into a bigger game and truly creating a new level for myself.
And as incredible as this was, what I love the most is that I can share some key things that will help you in your own business.
So here’s what happened… the coach said on day one that she was going to do a personal biz map for 2015 for one person in the audience.
Just one! Out of about 275 people.
So we all knew it was coming. And yet on day one I thought, “well that’s nice.” Seriously. That’s it. No signs of me even wanting everyone’s eyes on me and my business. (Scary!)
So we get to day three and she picks me!
People pay $30,000 a year to work with her personally and here I was standing in a room full of amazing entrepreneurs having her walk me through my very own personalized plan.
Unreal. Truly.
There were definitely some things I did to set myself up to be chosen and I want to share them with you so you can apply them to your own business.
So here we go…
1. I listened to my coach
The night before at the team challenge, my coach looked at me and said, “Amy you should get that plan. Tomorrow, when she asks, just stand up and go to the mic. Just do it.” Prior to my coach looking at me and saying this, it hadn’t even occurred to me that I should even try to make this happen. But she said it with such certainty and belief in me that I listened.
2. I prepped myself
As I was getting dressed that morning I was visualizing myself standing at that mic. I could see me standing there and looking at her on the stage. So when I entered the meeting rooms for that day, I strategically picked out a seat closest to a mic. And during the morning sessions, I was telling myself that I was going to be the one chosen. I just kept repeating it to myself.
3. I didn’t leave room for doubt
Every time I told myself I was going to be the one chosen, a pit in the bottom of my stomach rose upwards. My heart started beating faster and my thoughts started going a mile a minute. Every time. So I simply noticed the feelings and pushed them aside and repeated again, “I’m going to be the one chosen.” And when she said, “who wants me to do their plan for them?” I immediately stood up and went to the mic. I didn’t even think. I just moved.
4. I spoke my truth
She looked at me and I was so dumbfounded that I couldn’t speak. She actually asked me, “are you going to speak?” Haha. Seriously! So I finally said yes and she started asking me questions. I answered each one of them as truthful as I could. At one point my mind started going “OMG what do I need to say to convince her to pick me” and as if I was watching myself from outside I returned to the present moment and simply focused on answering the questions as they came.
And that was it. She announced to a room full of people I look up to, “I’m going to do your plan.”
I was still shaking. The whole time I was up there!
{Luckily my yoga comes in handy when I’m freaking out and I can always remember to breathe.}
And that’s truly all I did to create that experience for myself. These simple 4 things. And yet they didn’t feel that simple at the time when my knees are knocking, my mind is racing, and my heart was beating faster than comfortable.
But if you only get one thing from my experience, let it be that I didn’t leave room for doubt and just did it anyway. And that was my biggest lesson of the entire week.
And that shit paid off. Big time.
So where in your life are you leaving room for doubt and allowing it to talk you out of what you truly want? Share below and start practicing your version of jumping up to the mic!
