What do you bring to the party?

Okay…I’ve recieved more than a handful of emails in just the last day asking me things like

• “How do I get people to give me the break I need?”
• “How do I get people to put my products in front of their list?”
• “How do I get people to introduce me to someone that can really help me?”
• “How do I get people to really appreciate me?”

and so on…

I get it…I used to wonder those same things…

BUT I had it all wrong…look at the questions I listed above…

What is the one part that repeats in every question?

“How do I get people to…”

I’ll tell you now…you need to stop looking for how you can get them all to make your life better and more successful and instead ask yourself this question –

“What do I bring to the party?”

And here’s the deal with this…

I didn’t say to ask yourself  what you bring to the table…

THERE IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE…

What you bring to the table is all of your natural gifts and abilities…

What you bring to the party is who you are, what you give, how you act, the energy you give off…

Let me explain further…

I know a TON of people that bring a lot to the table…

I mean they are talented and bright and have potential that you wouldn’t believe…

BUT…

They don’t bring anything to the party…

In fact half the time they don’t even show up to the party, and when they do, they are so busy sitting there wondering why no one sees everything that they bring to the table, that they come off as angry, withdrawn, insecure or boring — they actually betray what they bring to the table by bringing nothing to the party…

So, ask yourself, what do I bring to the party?

Leave me a comment and let me know!

Go Big!

Kristen

P.S. You can still vote for Oprah to pick up my show (and you can vote as much as you want until midnight of July 3rd) – here’s the link, I appreciate all of the support!

http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=9753&promo_id=1

Focus in the midst of chaos…

I had a great realization today that I want to share with you…

This is what happened…

I was doing yoga at my house — and I definitely needed to clear my mind…

Normally, all you hear is birds chirping and wind rustling through the trees…

BUT that wasn’t the case today…

Nope, today there were fire sirens and saws buzzing and leaf blowers…

Did I mention I REALLY needed to clear my head?

I started to get really frustrated…

I could literally feel my shoulders knotting up with tension…

I was definitely holding my breath…

AND THEN IT HIT ME…

This is EXACTLY what I need…

The point of life isn’t to find a place that has no strife and distractions and interruptions…

The point is to be able to maintain your focus and clarity even in the midst of chaos!

So I let go…

I focused on my breath…

I released my frustration…

I relaxed my shoulders…

And after I was done with my yoga, I felt more powerful than before…

How can you use this as a reminder?

Leave me a comment and share your thoughts…

Go Big!

Kristen

You can’t do that! WHAT?

A friend and I were just talking and, I don’t even know how we got on the subject, but we started talking about signing our names…

Weird topic –  but stick with me here and you’ll see why I’m all fired up…

My friend said, “When I was little, I was the girl that would sign my name and take up like half the page when I did it…”

Then she continued…

“Until one day when my grandmother saw me and she said, ‘You can’t do that!’”

You can’t do that…

How many times have you heard those exact words?

How many times did you hear them — or something a lot like them — before you were 10 years old?

I guarantee you can’t count how many times!

And here’s the deal…

When people say that to you, for the most part, there really truly are trying to protect you from something (at least in their own minds)…

But let’s get real…

YOU CAN’T DO THAT has to be the worst 4 letter phrase around!

Then my friend said the most amazing thing — and this is the thing I really want you to think about…

She said, “Sometimes I look back and think that I wish I was still that girl…”

Here’s the truth…

You CAN DO THAT (assuming you aren’t hurting anyone please) AND even if you used to do that and stopped when you were told that you couldn’t do that…

You are STILL that person…

THAT is still the essence of you — even if it’s a bit buried, that is still who you are!

How can you reclaim that essence?

What are some of the things you were told you couldn’t do?

RECLAIM THEM!

I can’t wait for your comments on this one!

Go Big!

Kristen

YOU!

I’ll keep this short and sweet…

• I want to give you something very powerful to do…
• I want you to realize that what I am about to give you to do is VERY important…
• I want you to commit to doing it before I even tell you what it is…

Are you in?

This one is simple…BUT not always easy…

I want you to find a way to celebrate yourself!

Seriously…

Take time to celebrate yourself!

And here’s why…

If you don’t take time to be grateful for and celebrate yourself…

What message are you giving the universe?

It’s time for YOU!

It’s time to celebrate YOU!

So do it…

Go for it…

Celebrate Yourself!

I celebrate YOU!

Go Big!

Kristen

Ready AND Willing?

I need to ask you an important question…

And this question could shed some light on the gap between where you are and where you want to be…

Here’s the deal…

I know you are ready for your life to be different…

I know you are ready

• to have more money
• to lose more weight
• to find the love of your life
• to experience great success
• to fully and completely express yourself creatively

and anything else that you may be looking for…

Now here’s the question that is so important to your success here…

I know you are ready, but are you WILLING to be different?

Because here’s the key…

To have a different life, YOU need to be different…

There isn’t another way…

What you have in your life won’t change unless you change

• How you make decisions
• How you handle success
• How you handle failure and mistakes
• How you handle your time
• How you set up boundries
• How you value yourself
• What you consistently focus on
• How you translate the things that happen in your life

and on and on and on…

If you are waiting for your life to change from the outside…

You are going to be waiting forever…

So…I’ll ask you again…

Are you WILLING to be different?

Leave me a comment and let me know…

I appreciate you and know you can have everything you desire!

Go Big!

Kristen