I was talking with my best friend about a mutual friend of ours that is finally branching out with his own consulting business after years of running a consulting business for someone else…

As we were talking about this, my best friend said, “Do you think he’s ready?”

I thought about it for a second and this is what I said…

“I don’t think he’ll be ready until he’s doing it…”

We both laughed because it’s so true…

Think about it…

When are you ready? And I mean REALLY ready?

I’ll tell you when…

When you are doing it…

Don’t get me wrong…

You can (and must) prepare…

You can practice and get all of your ducks in a row (whatever that means)…

But you will finally be ready in the exact moment that you are doing it!

Here’s an example…

An athlete can train, hit practice hard and work all of their drills…

But when are they ready for the game?

During the game!

Here’s the deal…

So many people get stuck in the ‘Getting Ready’ phase and they never move onto the ready phase…

Be honest with me here…

What is it you are ‘getting ready for’ and have been ‘getting ready for’ for longer than a month?

Here are most of the things I hear that people are getting ready to be ready for…

• Losing weight
• Getting into shape
• Starting their own business
• Finding their passion
• Starting to design the life of their dreams
• Getting in the game
• Connecting with their kids
• Connecting with their spouse

and the list goes on and on and on…

So what is it for you?

It’s time to get in the game and START going big…

Enough getting ready!

Can’t wait for your comments on this one!

Go Big!

Kristen

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