The 80/20 Rule Applies to Everything

When it comes to attracting money, making money from your passion, discovering your passion and purpose, cultivating loving relationships,getting into shape and EVERYTHING else…

The 80/20 rule applies!

So what is the 80/20 rule?

Most of us have heard of it, but typically it is used when people are talking about sales and business…

Since I’m telling you that the 80/20 rule applies to EVERYTHING I need to tell you what it is AND how to use it!

It’s simple really…

When you break down your actions in any area of your life, I promise you that you will find that about 20% of these actions are the ones that bring you results.

So, the 80/20 rule means this…

Spend 80% of your time on the 20% that brings you results!

For most people it is the opposite…

Most people spend 80% of their time on the 80% that doesn’t bring them results…

Why?

Because most often the 80% that doesn’t bring you the most results is where it is easiest to throw your energy.

Let me use business as an example…

A good friend of mine has a very successful business…but it wasn’t that way only 2 years ago…

I worked with him and coached him and this is what we did.

• First we assessed his subscriber/customer base. We realized that 20% were the customers that brought in the most revenue.
• Then we looked at where he was spending the majority of his time and where do you think the majority of his time was going?

YOU GUESSED IT…

He was spending 80% of his time dealing with questions, issues and requests made by the 80% of his subscribers/customers that didn’t continually bring in revenue…

Yikes!

That explained it…

Of course he knew that he still needed to give those people attention, but certainly not the majority of his attention. So we created systems and brought on a great customer service rep and took other measures to make sure those 80% were taken care of but in only 20% of the time.

He then put the bulk of his efforts and focus on cultivating his relationship with the 20% and his business boomed.

It is the same with money…

I worked with a client last year who was spending 80% of his time on product refinement and 20% of his time on marketing.  Now, I am the first one to tell you that you HAVE to provide value in any product or service you provide…

BUT

Once you have a valuable product or service to offer, you MUST spend 80% of your time getting it out there or the value won’t matter.

Think about it…

How does this apply to:

• Making Money?
• Losing Weight?
• Attracting your Perfect Mate?
• Discovering and Living Your Passion?
• Living an Abundant and Healthy Life?

etc. etc. etc.

Here’s an exercise for you:

1. Break your life into categories like Health, Finances, Relationships, Business, Spirituality, Relaxation and Fun etc.
2. Write down the actions, experiences etc. that bring you the most success in each category
3. Write down the actions, experiences etc. that you spend the bulk of your time on in each category

If you answered the same things for #2 and #3…

Good for you…

If you didn’t (and that will be most of you)…

You need a plan…

How can you start to shift so that you spend 80% of your time and resource on the 20% that brings you the most results?

Use my business example above to help guide you…

Leave a comment here so I can help you and hold you accountable…

Go Big!

Kristen

The Important Law of Opposites

There is an important Law in the Law of Attraction and it is the Law of Opposites…

• Without darkness we wouldn’t be able to recognize light…
• Without sorrow we wouldn’t be able to recognize joy…
• Without lack we wouldn’t be able to recognize abundance…

I can hear you now, “WAIT Kristen, what are you saying…we need to have lack and sorrow and darkness?”

NO!

That isn’t what I’m saying at all…

BUT there is power in the Law of Opposites and once you learn how to harness this power you will magnetize everything you want and a much faster rate.

This is how you harness the Law of Opposites…

When you find yourself focusing on what you don’t want (which, if you are like most people happens more often than not)…

GET EXCITED!

WHAT…am I crazy??

Listen to me here…

If you know exactly what it is that you don’t want…

Get excited because that means you also know EXACTLY what it is that you DO WANT!

Now to fully harness the Law of Opposites, this is the key…

And this works for everything…

• Attracting money fast
• Finding your life purpose
• Making money from your passion
• Taking inspired action
• Living a joyous, abundant life

EVERYTHING!

Here’s how you harness the law…

When you catch yourself obsessing on what you don’t want here are the 6 steps you take:

1. Get excited

2. Tell yourself, “I am focussing on what I don’t want and if I didn’t know what I don’t want, I wouldn’t be able to recognize what I do want!”

3. IMMEDIATELY take a few minutes to focus on, picture, write down etc. EXACTLY what it is that you DO WANT. Get into it and especially tap into how having what you do want makes you feel.

4. Ask yourself ‘What one SMALL step can I take right now that will absolutely move me toward what I do want?’ (SMALL STEP!!)

5. TAKE THE STEP IMMEDIATELY!

6. Let it go and go on with your day.

Don’t be scared of what you don’t want…instead use it as a tool to get crystal clear on what you do want and start taking inspired action toward it.

This is important!! Go for it!

Go Big!

Kristen

Have You Fallen In?

I was watching a rerun of ‘West Wing’ the other day and once again shot out of my chair so I could make sure I wrote this today…

Quick recap of the episode…(if you don’t know the characters, no worries, you’ll still get this post.)

One of the characters (Josh) is struggling with a serious issue (PTSD after being shot) and one of the other characters (Leo) tells him this story…

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A guy walking down the street suddenly falls in an enormous hole.  He starts yelling for help to the people walking by.

A priest stops, writes a prayer down on a piece of pape, throws it into the hole and continues on his way.

The man keeps yelling…

A doctor stops, scribbles down a prescription, throws it into the hole and continues on his way.

The man keeps yelling…

The man’s best friend comes up to the hole and jumps in.

“Are you crazy?” The man crys, “Now we’re both stuck down here.”

His best friend responds, “Yeah, but I’ve been down here before and I know the way out.”

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I want you to know something…

If you are in a proverbial hole right now, it doesn’t matter if you are trying to attract money fast, find your purpose, make money from your passion or live a fulfilling and balanced life…

I am jumping in with you, because I’ve been there and I know the way out.

I’ve had overwhelming debt and failed businesses and wandered aimlessly through my life.  I’ve wrestled with my purpose and turned my back on my dreams and settled for mediocre…

I’ve been in that hole many times and I know how you feel because I felt the same way until I had some amazing people jump in the hole with me and show me the way out.

Now it’s time for me to help you, let me show you the way out and promise me that once you know, you will do the same for someone else…

It’s time for you and it doesn’t matter what your reality seems to be right now…

Everything can change…

Let’s do this together!

Leave me a comment, tell me how you are struggling right now, let me show you the way out one step at a time.

Go Big!

Kristen

Are You Ready to Follow Your Instincts?

Have you ever had a situation or relationship or opportunity that looked like the thing…smelled like the thing…walked like it…talked like it…everything about it literally reeked of being the THING…

BUT

In the pit of your stomach you knew it wasn’t?

And you have absolutely no rational justification to walk away from whatever (or whomever) it is.

And you are left with a feeling of ‘eating away at you dread’ if you walk toward whatever (or whomever) it is.

This happens with everything from money making opportunities, relationships, career moves etc.

When this happens your mind starts loudly arguing equally for 2 points…one side of your brain shouts, ‘WALK AWAY…you know it’s not the THING and if you go toward it you’ll end up finding out at some
point and you’ll have to run screaming into the hills…leaving only a dust cloud behind. Why waste your time?’

You are tempted by this side…because it has a point and knows you well.

BUT

The other side of you head whispers 4 words over and over and over and over and over…

‘What if you’re wrong? What if you’re wrong? What if you’re wrong? What if you’re wrong? What if you’re wrong?’

You are equally as tempted by this argument because if you are human one of your deepest fears is that you’ll miss something.

So what do you do?

Well, in my life, there have been times where I have gone with both arguments…

BUT

When I think back to those times when that pit has been in my stomach…

The final outcome has always been that my instinct was right…

So, the question I have for you is…

When you think back…has your gut or your head ultimately been right?

How can you use that to listen to your instincts and take inspired action in your life now?

Leave me a comment and let me know your story!

Go Big!

Kristen

Nobody Makes it Out Alive…

I was out to dinner with a friend last night and in the middle of a conversation about life and living life to the fullest, she jokingly said something that was quite brilliant…

She said, “We all might as well go for EVERYTHING we want, because when it comes down to life, nobody makes it out alive!”

Once I stopped laughing, it hit me how true that was…

We all get so stressed about everthing under the sun…

• We worry…
• We obsess…
• We doubt…
• We settle…

There’s so much at stake…

What if we fail?

What if we don’t make enough money?

What if people laugh at us?

What if we look stupid?

What if, what if, what if?

Here’s the deal…

It doesn’t matter if what you want is to attract money fast, live your passion, travel the world, fall madly in love or all of the above and more…

It’s true…

Nobody makes it out alive…

Now it’s your choice if that is a depressing thought or a freeing one…

Fill your life with life and it will be worth it!

Make bold choices, be the person you wish you were, believe what you need to believe to be everything that you know in your heart you are.

Know that with stuggle comes triumph and triumph can also come without struggle…

Yup, I said it…it doesn’t always have to be hard!

What makes you happy?

Do more of it…

What makes you feel fulfilled?

Do more of that…

What is your gift or gifts?

Do everything you can to spend most of your time expressing them (incidentally, that’s when money will follow)…

You can be, have and do everything you desire…

And, since nobody makes it out alive, what do you have to lose?

Leave me a comment, let me hold you accountable, share your vision and goals…

I know that everything you see in your mind is possible!

Go Big!

Kristen