Hey There,
Just completed another amazing mastermind on the Gold Coast this weekend with another great bunch of entrepreneurs. When you get a group of progressive entrepreneurs with a big dream and desire to make a difference, magic happens. You know, they say the entrepreneurial lifestyle can be a lonely game, but when you plug into a community of like-minded entrepreneurs, it creates the fuel and support to help you achieve your goals. Just remember, your goals aren’t you and only represent the journey of who you want to become.
One of the themes that came out of the mastermind was purpose. What is your purpose? Who am I? What’s my legacy? All these questions have immense impact on the direction of your life. But very few of us spend time on it. It’s one of those areas in life where we fail to address because of the “busy-ness” of life.
But then we get one of those MAC-truck moments where we are forced to think about our life. It could be a divorce, death or disaster that ignites your internal compass into alignment and action. But why wait. There will never be a right time and you never make the right decisions when you are full of emotion, so it’s always important to take time away from artificial seminar environments that manipulate you into becoming part of someone you are not. Maybe you know some people in your life like that. I encourage you to spend time each week with these powerful questions because they are the questions of champions.
Another theme that came up was brand. Your brand is the essence of you which is often a reflection of your values. You can brand a personality, product or position (movement). The hardest thing with branding is coming up with that message or voice that resonates with your market. For example, I recently spent weeks trying to come up with my theme for the TEDxByronBay. The whole movement of TED is based on the premise “Ideas Worth Spreading”. So I wanted to to create a tag that reflected the purpose of TEDxByronBay because I want to make it an annual event. So after many phone calls, magazine research and online research, I’ve settled on “Stepup To Shine”. Why? Because I believe as entrepreneurs you never settle and are always looking for new innovative ways for growth and contribution. When your voice your voice and message are congruently aligned, you can stepup and achieve a whole new level of prosperity in your life.
What I have found in life is when you are aligned with your purpose, the right opportunities, people and resources come across your path. If you have ever been on a ‘winning’ roll or been in the “zone”, you know what I mean. Sometimes it feels like this “phenomenon” of accumulated achievement occurs where you can achieve more in 12 months that you have in the last 12 years. What people don’t realise is this “overnight success” can often take a decade to manifest. I’ve seen too many people come and go in the seminar industry over the last 10 years and while the names and faces change, the characters remain still the same. It’s almost like a circus show that travels the country.
Conversations with Chen members have been calling me the last few weeks and it’s been interesting. Many people have asked me what am I selling, what can I buy from you and how can I work with you. To be honest with you, I set up CWC to share my thoughts, strategies and perspective to clients and guests. So I hope you continue to gain value from them. I do encourage you to post your comments of my wall as it will help guide me to what you want to hear more off as I have much depth and distinctions on the topics covered.
As you can imagine, CWC has grown beyond anything I could imagine and I’m in the process of restructuring my business to support new opportunities for you. The masterminds have been amazing and continue to grow and attract an incredible calibre of people with strong values and integrity. I know the relationships being built will last a lifetime and is not a transaction like many other coaching and mastermind programs.
Nothing is missing…Those we hurt the most are often those we love the most.
Until next time.
Simplify Your Life,
CHEN
P.S Thank you for your comments and referrals. I appreciate your support and will continue to find new ways to help you achieve your goals and outcomes. Because with the new economy, the principles don’t change, the strategies change slightly and the tactics evolve or die out. People who innovate and continue to provide value will always have a market and brand whereas those who continue to do the same thing and only want money but provide not value with disappear from the marketplace.
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