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I had the immense pleasure and privilege of sitting at the table with Missy Germain and her mother Gail at the opening breakfast session at BlogHer 2010. I was with Sarah Youngblood, my client and friend from Georgia, when we randomly sat down and then pinched ourselves with delight that we had met such successful bloggers right at our table.
Missy and a partner created the blog bittenandbound.com which, her by her tagline’s admission offers “the not so pretty side of Hollywood.” On my own, I would never have come across this blog, but after talking to Missy, I got more interested. She shared their sky-high hit rate and how hard they have worked to achieve this. What was so exciting was to hear someone so successful in this medium, and a very nice person to boot.
I also loved the relationship between this mother and daughter who work together. They clearly had great affection for each other. You could see the pride in each others’ eyes, not to mention the delight at the fact that they were being very well compensated for their efforts.
I couldn’t help but noticing the tattoo on Missy’s arm. I saw it, but wanted to really get a closer look at what the message said. It reads, “I will choose the outcome.” Gail, her mother, elaborated. “Missy believes in wearing her intention.” Clearly, Missy has her eye on the prize and goes after it with intelligence and drive.
I choose to follow these women and learn more about how they’ve become so successful. I’ve committed to diving in deeper to social media as the way to achieve that knowledge. A large part of that commitment I owe to Miriam Salpeter who has been encouraging, guiding and nudging me forward via twitter. I’m in, Miriam!
Mercury may be in retrograde, but my client calls this week have been nothing short of stunning. This afternoon Sarah Youngblood of Youngblood Interiors started our conversation by saying that there’s been a shift in her. (Music to my ears!) She didn’t even need to say those words because her energy revealed her joy the moment the call began.
When we began working together in February, Sarah wasn’t sure she’d be able to resurrect her creative business. It had suffered a setback while she tended to demanding personal issues that were now in check.
Since our first call, Sarah has been in total action mode–creating her new vision, attending networking events, identifying groups to join and inspiring people to connect with. Last week she emailed me to reschedule our session because she had 13 appointments to fit into her busy week.
In addition to her home decor business, Sarah is realizing more and more that she has a powerful message to share with audiences about her journey. She’s been through life’s wringer and is joyfully on the other side with stories to tell.
When I asked her to define the shift, she couldn’t put her finger on it. It is elusive to look back and think, what changed? I could see it coming and reminded her of her behaviors. When she initially reached out to me for coaching she had said, “I was mentally sparked to call.” This may sound like a throwaway line to some, but it’s a seed that gets planted on a daily basis which most people ignore or take for granted. The difference between Sarah and those who don’t make the transformation is that she took action.
How many times are you ‘”mentally sparked” and roll over for another 10 minutes of sleep? Also in our conversation today, Sarah told me she “stumbled upon a panel of bloggers”… I didn’t stumble upon them. You didn’t stumble upon them. Sarah’s the one who stumbled upon them. It was her inspiration to take note and figure out how to best use that new idea. She did, and she took the next right action. That’s the formula! Putting yourself in an action mode, allowing inspiration to catch your gaze, and then picking up the phone, going to the event or writing the blog post based on your newfound stimulus.
