“For what it’s worth,
it’s never too late to be whoever you want to be.
I hope you live a life you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.”
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

7 January 2021

Dear Renée,

“It’s finally over!” “Good riddance 2020, you will not be missed!”

Over the last week, I’ve been hearing statements like these a lot. Is this how you feel too?

2020 was a year like no other – I don’t think many would argue with this. Much of what happened was completely out of our control. I think I managed to make the most of it, despite all the chaos.

Were there days where I couldn’t find the energy to do much of anything?  Absolutely. Did I reach all of my goals? No. Did I gain back weight that I didn’t want? Yes, what a bummer! But I’m not focusing on those...

I’m celebrating that I attracted new clients, built an online course, created new products to be introduced soon, continued to grow and nurture a community and had fun while doing it! As an extra bonus, I found new friends who helped me stay sane and carry on. I’m also so grateful that I still have all of my family, friends and clients despite some getting ill – they were all able to make it through 2020. So I’m celebrating massive wins!

I hope you too can celebrate the good things that happened in 2020.
It helps recover from the tragedies.

And…today is a new start! It offers a fresh opportunity to fix what we don’t like and to create the life we want. So let me ask you, “Are you doing what you love?  Do you feel fulfilled and empowered”?  Or do you feel stuck and don’t know what to do?  When I feel stuck I often go to my favorite prayer: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."

I wish for you the courage to make the changes you can, and may your year be prosperous in terms of health, wealth, love and joy! 

Taking the LEAP with you!

How to Go from...
Stuck to Action to Empowerment!

If you’ve ever been stuck in a rut of inertia—in business or in life—you know the sense of helpless futility that seems to take over. You may find yourself binge watching TV, or over eating, or tricking yourself into thinking your busy by doing little stuff but not tackling the big items that will get you where you want to go.

You want your business or life to change, but you feel powerless to do anything about it. You may find yourself constantly making plans to improve these areas, but never quite get around to taking action because it seems so intimidating. Or you just don’t want to do it alone.

Though taking action might feel intimidating and frightening, it's also a secret weapon you can use to empower yourself and make you feel fierce! If you learn to use action effectively, it can provide the fuel to keep you moving toward more fulfilling circumstances.  And you can only correct your course if you are moving! If you don’t move or take action, you will remain stuck. 

Once you start taking action, you realize there was never anything to fear in the first place, and you’ll quite possibly never get stuck again!

Below are three simple steps to get started:

1. Understand your business and life is the way it is right now is because of you. If you claim your success, you also need to claim the “not so good”. Our hesitation in taking action is typically the cause of the “not so good”. We are often afraid we will make a wrong move so don’t do anything, or continue to research all the possible outcomes and reach the state of “analysis paralysis” so keep looking for the perfect solution. But there is no failure if you look at it as a lesson. Once you recognize the importance of taking action no matter how anxious it makes you feel at first, or the outcome, you gain confidence in taking the first step.

• With this confidence you can determine one action to take to get started. Think about your business or life right now, and ask yourself which situation you want to change first. You might choose your relationships, health, financial situation, business networking or anything else that makes you feel powerless and stuck.
• Then think about one simple action you can take to inspire some positive change. It doesn’t have to be a huge action, just SOMETHING to start building momentum. It’s time to become fierce!

2. Once you’ve decided on your action step, you’ll have to push yourself to take it no matter what. This may seem incredibly difficult or even scary, but remember that most often the things you fear are not going to happen. In fact, you may not even have a clear reason for feeling scared—you’re just afraid of the “unknown.” FYI: If you need help overcoming fear – there is still seats available for the Feel the Fear Workshop on 9th January!

• Give yourself a pep talk or push yourself in any way you have to in order to move forward at least a little bit. After you take that first step, be sure to let go of any expectations of the things that will happen because of it, and allow yourself to feel great simply because you did something about it.
• If you find you cannot push yourself out of your comfort zone to take that actions step, find an accountability buddy.  Share with them what it is you want to do and by when you will do it.  Then, agree in advance what will happen if you don’t do it.  It could be sacrificing time doing something you love or giving extra money to a charity you support.  Also agree in advance, how you are going to celebrate when you DO get it done!  When you have something to look forward to, it can help provide that extra push you may need. 

3. Repeat with the same step and/or others. Once you’ve taken one step forward, you’ll need to keep pushing yourself to take another and then another and another. Consider this: even if you take a hundred small steps in a month, you’ll be putting forth positive effort to make changes in your business and life, which cannot help but bring about better circumstances.

• The good news is that taking action quickly begins to build momentum. Just like chronic non-action can create a cycle of negativity and stagnation over time, being proactive can create a positive cycle that continues to grow. It gets easier the more you do it, which eventually makes it seem almost effortless. Remember, when you go to the gym the first time and begin to lift weights, you do not see new muscle mass until you do it repetitively, day after the day. 

If you need help building that new action taking muscle mass, send me an email. I can give you specific tips and tools to help your particular circumstance.

An easy way to make great progress...

😴 Take 15 minutes tonight before you go to sleep to identify one step you have been avoiding that you can take tomorrow to move you towards your goal.

📞 Share that step with someone who can hold you accountable and also let them know the consequences of not taking action and the celebration for taking action! 

If you do this every day, you will make such great progress before you even know it.

My gift to you!

Do you struggle in identifying what step to take next to get what you want? Or maybe you do not even know what you want – only what you don’t want? Or perhaps you know what you want and know the steps needed but yet you still feel stuck or are frustrated that you seem to be going in circles?

Give yourself a gift: book a call with me so we can get you unstuck by looking at what is working for you and what is not. I’ll leave you with at least two steps you can take to move forward.

This is not a sales pitch either – I want to help you get unstuck. It’s simply my gift to you. What will it cost you if you remain stuck? Can you afford not to accept this gift? In just 30 minutes you can get unstuck. Book the call by going to https://theleapnetwork.coachesconsole.com/calendar/let-s-get-unstuck.

Make 2021 the year you take massive action one step at a time!

FREE GIFT
If you know it's time for a change in a specific area of your life, but you aren't sure how to make it happen, this is for you - Courage, Risks and Reward: Taking a Chance to Change Your Life -  a 5-part Coaching Program compliments of The LEAP Network! Click here to download the program.

COMPLIMENTARY REINVENT STRATEGY SESSION

Join me in a one-hour complimentary strategy session to help determine how you can move forward in getting unstuck, and gain momentum to move in the right direction for you.

During our session, we will go over one or two exercises and determine the one next step you can take on your own after the call to keep the momentum going. Click here to schedule your session

Renée Blasky is the Founder and CEO of The LEAP Network Ltd.

After realizing her career in the financial industry was no longer exciting, Renée started her journey as a Start-up Business Coach by completing the Tony Robbins and Cloe Maddanes Core 100 Strategic Intervention program and she has never looked back!

Through her Get Results Without the Overwhelm Program, she loves working with new solo entrepreneurs to help them become the CEO of their companies. Using her unique process she helps them strategize, set stick-worthy goals, and implement an action plan. The program includes valuable resources to help them stay focused, create the right mindset, and stay accountable.  She also gently pushes her clients outside of their comfort zones and helps them face their fears so they can achieve their dreams. Renée works with her clients through various online courses, webinars, one-on-one coaching, and group coaching programs.

In addition to her own Get Results Without the Overwhelm Program, Renée is a certified trainer for Marci Shimoff's Happy for No Reason and Susan Jeffer's Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway courses based on their respective books of the same name. 

Renée, who obtained her CFA Charter in 1990, has over 30 years of experience in the finance industry and first entered into the world of entrepreneurship in 1997 after discovering several ethical lapses at her places of employment.  She decided it was best to start her own business so she could dictate the values and beliefs from which to run her business.  Renée's coaching clients are based all over the world, and range from various types of coaches, import/exporters, to direct line marketers. 

Learn more about Renée and The LEAP Network by visiting her website here: www.theleapnetwork.coachesconsole.com.

You can also send an email directly to Renée at rkblasky@theleapnetwork.co (not “.com”)

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