The lady had us draw 4 quadrants on a page.
In one quadrant she asked us to write a bit about where we saw ourselves in 20 – 30 years.
I wrote something like “a motivational speaker travelling around the country talking to groups of women” and while I waited for the others to finish, I thought, “so what can I do now to start me on that path?”
And that’s how I started the newsletter. Thirteen years ago!
One day after work, I stayed behind, wrote out a newsletter, made up a coaching worksheet (only I didn’t call it that), and sent it out to 20 of my work friends, and off I went home.
The next day most of those 20 wrote nice emails back to me, thanking me, and telling me they’d passed it onto a friend.
For a while I managed the newsletter like that from a free yahoo address.
When the list grew to more than 200, I couldn’t manage the manual adding and removing of subscribers, and I paid for a “proper” mailing list.
Today I write my newsletters to thousands of people twice a month. For about 18 months at the beginning, I wrote monthly, and for most of the years, I sent out a weekly newsletter.
That’s how it starts when you tap into the essence of who you are and start to explore your passions.
I want to help you do the same.
On the Discover Yourself virtual workshop, you will…
- discover your passion
- identify your values
- create your life mission
- gain control of your negative beliefs
- learn how to step out of the box
When you finish, you will know yourself better and understand exactly what makes you tick, and why you were designed to be the way you are.
More than 50 women and a few good men have walked through this content with me one-on-one, and now it’s your turn to do so virtually.
No matter where in the world you are, you can take this course.
What do you get?
– 4 weeks of lessons and worksheets conveniently delivered to your inbox, one every week
– a complete PDF workbook of everything at the end
– 3 beautiful images of the beach and mountains to use on your desktop to inspire you
– bonus – those first 6 months of my original newsletter with the original worksheets
The best? I’m making it a pay-as-you-want sale for this month only, again with a $10 minimum.
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How exciting and this was so cool to see a glimpse inside of the beginnings! Congratulations, my friend and I wish you all of the best the NEXT 13 years! HUGS!
Thanks my friend! Big hugs to you too 🙂
Wowzers! 13 years and still going strong! Loved this inspirational post! My blog turns 4 next month and the time has flown and I am still passionate about it! P.s. Your previous column about face cleaning is “right on target”! The wipes are the best invention yet….. 😉
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-Lauren
adorn la femme
Now, Lauren, I’ve “only” been blogging since 2006 🙂
LOVE THE WIPES!
How inspiring. It’s crazy to look back on the years & see where you came from & where you are. Here’s to the next 13 years. :]
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// â–² itsCarmen.com â–²
Thanks, Carmen, it’s amazing to think about too – sheesh! A long time of lots of changes in some ways and really, this newsletter was the constant throughout it all. Hope you’re a subscriber 🙂
I LOVED this! I subscribe and unsubscribe to newsletters ALL THE TIME. But never yours. I like that it’s not too frequent. And I like that you don’t waffle! I also like that you ALWAYS give me something to think about.
xxxx
ps..I didn’t realise that this course was pay-what-you-can? I am going to have to sign up.