The MGI Brand Tour continues…save the date:
Amsterdam, June 17th and London June 19th
(web page coming soon)

The proof: If a metal bird can stay in the air, you, couture creation, can design the life, love and business you want. As I sit here planning my next two events (see the graphic above and save the date!), this is what comes to mind.

Truth is, there are no limitations to what we can all do, only those limitations we set for ourselves. Specifically, the ones we tell ourselves over and over again…specifically, the ones that are on repeat or on loop in that cheeky mind of ours.

What is it that you want to do this year? REALLY accomplish? What is it that you've been putting off that you know if you put it off any longer, will never get done…and will never be added to your happiness account?

I had a client the other day ask me how I do my workshops and that she "could never do that". I challenged her and told her she could and told her how…

She had also mentioned that in order for me to accomplish this 12-city tour (see above graphic and save the date!) I must "know people everywhere" and that that's what it takes to accomplish and to sell them out. I told her that I didn't necessarily know a ton of people everywhere, but that I was determined to celebrate 12 years in busines that way and that I created a strategy around how to get it done; to make happiness my business, to do as I said in last week's post, "create what I want to be a part of" (no one will do it for you). I shared with her that if she was determined to really do that thing (insert her kind of dance here) then she would also find a way.

But here's the thing: the HOW never shows itself until you make the first step on the WHAT.

We could say then that the ONLY difference between the person to the left of you in aisle 23 on that metal bird in the sky is just that…that she moves forward despite not knowing all the pieces; when she only knows a bit of the WHAT and not the HOW. She doesn't wait for all to be revealed (or she'd be waiting forever).

How could you move forward in faith so that all can be revealed to you as you walk…run?

Here's something ~ some say, you are what you eat and I like to say we are what we REPEAT. Here's an article I wrote for the Huffington Post that you might enjoy on the subject.

If you feel that your limiting beliefs or what you have on REPEAT is keeping you from really soaring, here are five tips on how to quiet the noise in a big way:

1. Read and start practicing what's laid out in my Huffington Post blog article.

2. Each day, especially when you're feeling it can't happen for you, open up Think and Grow Rich to whatever page lies there and take just a minute or three to read that ONE page. It's hard to stay in limited thinking when you're reading about the abundance we are capable of!

3. Start a gratitude practice. Every morning, write down five things you're grateful for that ARE growing. At night, repeat the practice. Do this for at least two weeks. It's hard not to believe you can do the thing you want to do if you are constantly being reminded of all that IS growing in your business (and in YOU). Take more note of what is working than what is not working and you'll be opening up in you a success mindset that you once maybe never thought possible.

4. Join a mastermind group. Two participants in my Brand to Success Program group asked me during Week 2 how they could get out of negative self-talk. One of the tips I said was "Get support…create what you want to be a part of and create your own mastermind if one doesn't already exist that you can invest in." Because it's true, we are not meant to live or work in a vacuum and we were not meant to toil away on our own…this is truly a recipe for negative self-talk and growing a lack mentality. Why? Well, because, in short, you ARE in lack. You are in lack of having a sisterhood, a team, a support group that will help you feel, even on the tougest days, that all will be well. So, connect with people on a daily or weekly basis and connect with your possibility and power! It's been there all along.

5. Make the first move on that next big thing…write the email, send the proposal, do it! Get out there and prove to yourself with that first movement on the "what" that everything else will follow. But you have to make that first move…the first move is the first step before your run and before your soaring to new heights.

So get out there…sink your teeth into the what, into those first steps (as well as tune into the tips mentioned above, every day) and I promise the HOW will reveal itself. It has and does for me every time. And you are NO less special. At MGI we believe in your greatness and create authentic brands from that very unique greatness every single day…

Your brand of woman IS greatness, plain and simple. I'll toast to that!

As always, enjoy your business, enjoy your life!

 

 

 

 

p.s. If you are in Amsterdam or London June 17 and June 19th, I'd love to see you at one of my boutique brand workshops! I'll be coming to you from the City of Angels and would love to help you get final clarity on your brand (I know you've wanted it for a long time). ***You will leave with your brand personality and brand plan DOWN.**** The web page with the fab details is coming soon but for now please save the date. You may also email peggy@michelleghilotti.com if you know you'd like to hold one of the 15 spots that are available for each city. She will be happy to give you more information on the workshop in that email, as well. Here's to making happiness your business!

Create what you want to be a part of.

In order to make happiness our business and create greater levels of prosperity, we must. We must create what we want to be a part of because no one will do it for us.

I've just hopped off my Week 2 training call for my international Brand to Success participants and I'm pumped to share more around this 'just do it' subject with you! (Having worked with Nike, I always have that phrase in my mind)

Brand to Success was what I wanted to be a part of AND it was time.

As I write this to you, we are also planning two more MGI Boutique tour stops in London and Amsterdam in June (this will be seven down and five more to go to complete my 12 stop tour to celebrate 12 years in business). It was time AND it's what I wanted to be a part of.

After I write this to you, I will be emailing my editor the ideas I have for the last sample chapter of the How to Be a Walking Momtra book. I couldn't fit the writing into my schedule so…you guessed it, I'm creating what I want to be a part of here too. And, it was time!

She is going to write as much of it as she can for me (she knows my voice well) and then I'll be reviewing that last sample chapter and making any on-brand changes, as I see fit. You see, if I didn't create the opportunity, it would be another pregnant nine months to get this to agents and I just don't want to wait that long :-). It needs to be birthed way sooner than that.

Again…It. was. time. And unless you make the request, unless you put in the time, unless you make the ask…it will not get done.

Your best life will not just come to you…you gotta go out there and get it…and bring her IN.

So, I share all this to say ~> Create what you want to be a part of. And, I also share it to ask you ~ is it your time too?

Is it your time to write that book?

Is it your time to increase your rates?

Is it your time to focus on a more balanced work-life balance?

Is it your time to create more solid boundaries?

Is it your time to hire a mentor?

Is it your time to work on creating a brand that is as exquisite as you?

Is it time to create a brand that matches your integrity and the high-quality work you provide?

Is it your time to automate your business?

Is it your time to hire a VA? Personal assistant? Online Business Manager? Intern? Sales Manager?

Is it your time to move from a one-on-one model to offering group experiences?

It is your time to travel more?

Is it your time to be scared but do it anyway!?

I invite you to take some journaling time right now to answer the above questions and/or create your own top 12 "Is it my time…" questions. You'll know what you authentically need to move on.

Answer them honestly and in the next 30 days (here's the challenge part) choose the top two (2) things you want to tackle.

If it's writing, reach out to the editor or writing partner you need as support along the way. If it's to create your first online program, commit to sending a survey to your list to ask them what they're struggling with most and see how you can create around that.

One foot forward = running in no time!

Take that first step and then commit that by the end of those 30 days, you will have taken the next biggest step you can…so, for example, if it's to write your book and you've already reached out to your editor friend or writing partner, then maybe you write a post on facebook letting your world know that you've just started the book you've been meaning to write for five years (that's pretty major and will get your booty in gear, let me tell you!).

If it's to create your first online program and the survey is back (you received some great feedback/food for thought), the next biggest thing might be to set a date when that program will be written (by you, of course) and let your list know. Tell them you have a surprise for them come X date (knees knocking? Good! You'll feel GREAT).

Be your own fairy godmother and create the opportunity.

And if limiting beliefs are getting in the way, maybe this article I wrote for the Huffington Post will help. Truth is, creating what you want to be a part of is so much easier when what we have on loop is fruitful.

Enjoy reading "We are what we eat? We are what we REPEAT": http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-ghilotti/mindfulness-practice_b_4373840.htm.

In the comments below, I'd love to hear what your two action items are! I'd love to cheerlead you on your first step to taking the next BIG leap in your business, and therefore, your life!

Until next time, ladies, enjoy your business, enjoy your life!

 

 

 

 

p.s. Is it your time to get out there and speak? Ladies, in case you missed it in my last newsletter, check it out! You will benefit greatly from my friend (and my speaker trainer) KC Baker's *free* training video series, The 5 Keys to Women's Thought Leadership. She'll help you get clear on what you stand for, help set yourself free to share it, and be known for your ideas. Sign up now for uncommon, unorthodox, and awesome advice from this inspiring TED/TEDx/American Heart Association speaker trainer. —> http://the5keys.kcbaker.com/?orid=100&opid=5  Enjoy!

 

 

Do you ever wonder how yogis easily stick a handstand, meditate for long periods of time or effortlessly slide into the splits? Maybe you're one of them and already know the truth: it doesn't happen overnight! Certain principles need to be applied, like focus, discipline, presence, letting go and practice.

More and more people every day are becoming aware of these principles and are seeing the benefits. Here's the exciting news. There is a world-wide movement happening in the business world where owners and management are starting to apply these yogic principles to marketing, sales, and operations AND seeing crazy results. Awesome, right?

I share one very yogic idea with you in this video…you can actually plug this into your iPhone today:

I know that many of you may know, my business is absolutely intertwined with yogic principles, which is why I'm also very happy (and honored) to share with you the following interview series where I will be one of the speakers, along with 20 other successful business owners. The event is called Yogify Your Business!

Check it out (and don't miss my interview on 4/16 where I'll share some off-the-wall tips) for making happiness your business:

I'm excited to share what I've learned along the way so that it may bring awareness to others. Come join us and listen to the some of the tantalizing tips that will help you grow yourself AND your business.

And, you don't have to be a yogi, to get it! But, even yogis can learn how some of today’s most successful entrepreneurs are weaving businesses and yoga together.

So, join me on 4/16 (and all the other speakers!):

I'd love to yogi flow with you and stretch our happiness!

Namaste, couture creation you…enjoy your business, enjoy your life!

 

 

 

p.s. hope you enjoy what I like to call "business yoga" in the upcoming on 4/16 and in the above video!

There is so much to us. And there is so much *more* to us. In a nutshell, this is what I'm reminded of with every brand or purpose session I facilitate.

As creative, renaissance women (which I consider all women, by the way) we can do SO many things. But, let's be honest, inside, we'd kill to *really* just do a couple of them. Maybe even one of them to the best of our ability?

For many reasons, however, we don't. We don't often find a way to live + breathe in our genius. We keep doing 'everything' so that everyone is happy. We keep doing it all because, we're invested in this story that no one else can do those pieces like we can. We keep on keeping on because, we think, one day, the one thing we're amazing at will spontaneously emerge and we'll finally have clarity or the business or life we've always wanted.

But nothing comes without us creating what we want to be a part of.

Truth is that we must charge towards (demand) clarity from all that we are…we must make solid sense of our skills, talents, desires, plans, goals and visions. We must do the daring dig as an archaeologist or mad scientist would to come back with the gold; the genius.

If we don't, though we may have times of happiness doing it "all", the detours are long and winding and our value in the world and inside is not felt nearly as much as it could be.

So, questions to ask each morning —

Am I sharing the brand of woman I know myself to be in all that I think, speak and do? Am I thinking, speaking and acting in line with what I say I want?

What is my true genius and how can I live in it more often? [Who else could do this and that task?].

Am I focusing on what I want or on more on what I don't want? [We get what we focus on].

Let these answers support what may feel like a swim upstream or an arduous jump, outside the box. As a change and tastemaker, you will never make everyone happy, regardless of how big or small the thing you do is. Making a Facebook post your blog post won't make people happy. Saying what you say, in the way you say it and living in that genius, will annoy and polarize.

Say and do it.

Creating something in the world that polarizes will always free you up to do the very thing you want to do, moving everything else aside, without nearly as much effort. It will be the clarity you've been searching for.

So, let's add this question ~ this filter ~ to your daily review:

Am I polarizing with this message/project/program/post?

I mean it when I say that happy women will transform the world; that your happiness is a gift to all of woman and humankind. It all starts with that self-worth that searches out your ultimate focus and clarity, even when this means we will not be adored by all.

Video #3 entitled "Putting it all together" in the (free) Brand to Success video training series launched this morning and if you resonate with this and/or are on the path to creating your authentic brand message to grow your business not just this year but this month, I hope you enjoy the series. It will be around until the end of this week.

Much love and here's to working in your genius, couture creation you, [Free Three-Part “Brand to Success” Video Training Series]: www.brandtosuccess.com