The Importance of Showing Up!
So many things about life can be challenging, even difficult. But when you make the best of it anyway, it will always surprise you for the better. This was the case with the first Lifestyle CEO Conference where women from around the nation gathered for inspiration, encouragement and unparalelled networking. We laughed, cried, learned, shared and generally lifted each other up to new heights as we made strides toward Breaking All The Rules, Building Our Own Corporate Ladders and Creating The Lives We Love!
Keynote speaker Lisa Price delivered an inspirational message following a plated luncheon of salmon in honey mustard sauce or marinated portobello mushroom steak (for the vegetarians!). I spoke as well, and I am hearing fantastic feedback about the whole event. Some of the people in attendance are seasoned businesswomen and others are new to entrepreneurship. This made the whole event even more dynamic for all. There was something for everyone! Now, attendees are gearing up for follow up with their "Lifestyle CEO Facilitator," who will help them take the first steps toward implementing their Business Action Model for 2006.
In her keynote address, Lisa Price of Carol's Daughter shared the story of how when her business was young, she went to a B.Smith show taping in a cold winter rain storm, leaving her family at home to have dinner without her. She told us that she didn't feel like going. She was tired and hungry and wondering why she was doing it anyway. Of course we now know that a media producer was at the show, and that media producer ended up working for the Oprah Winfrey Show a few years later. She remembered Lisa from the B.Smith event and suggested her for an Oprah Winfrey Show segment on mothers in business. Everyone thought it was a great idea, and shortly thereafter, Lisa was on the Oprah Winfrey Show. And the rest is history . . . and history still in the making. The lesson here?
Lisa SHOWED UP!!
I know that you are a busy lady. You may have a job, a family, a business, a spouse, ill parents, a second job -- or maybe all of those things and more. But if you SHOW UP, whatever that means for you, you will be blessed. It may not happen quickly and it may not happen in the way you expect. But if you are passionate, consistent, unrelenting -- and if you SHOW UP -- it will happen.
We often wonder what it is that successful people have that we don't. While every situation is different, in many ways, the bottom line is that they do what they need to do and not just what they feel like doing. In other words, they SHOW UP. You SHOWED UP at the conference, and not only do I hope it made a difference in your life, but I also pray that the "fallout" from the event and the relationships you developed will be a personal and financial blessing to you as the months and years pass.
If you did not make this year's conference, you can always look forward to 2007, when a 2-day event is planned with more speakers, more networking, vending opportunities and more! Meanwhile, you can enjoy the Photo Gallery!
