Wow! It’s been one of those life changing weeks.
Last weekend I went on a 3 day retreat called Radical Moves, with my coach Kate Gerry and her partner Chris Kenney. Many of you know that I go to Champneys every quarter for a retreat as part of my mastermind coaching programme. This was an extra retreat for business owners really looking to make some kind of breakthrough.
I knew I needed to shift my mind-set in a couple of areas in my business and this sounded like the perfect way to do it. Now of course my “reasonable” head was telling me that I couldn’t possibly justify the time or the money just a few weeks after my last retreat, but I knew this was something I couldn’t miss, and sometimes we have to do what’s unreasonable if we want an extraordinary life.
I could never have imagined just how radical a shift I’d make in 3 days, or predicted the results I’d come away with.
Have you noticed how over time you can subtly align with the industry average, even though you think you’re different? It feels uncomfortable to do something different, and it’s not easy to stand out and stay there without retreating back to where it’s “more comfortable”.
So what did I discover?
I realised I’ve not been doing enough of the work that I absolutely love – the work I can’t wait to get up in the morning to do. And I’ve been holding back in so many areas – from being totally clear about the difference we make to our clients, not being brave enough to step into the work I really want to develop, and having a belief that I’m “rubbish at sales and marketing”.
My radical moves this week
New messaging
It just hit me when I was on the retreat that Radical is what we’re all about. We help business owners get radical financial results in their business. So never one to hang about, by Monday morning we’d changed everything from the website to the email footer with our new strapline “Radical Financial Results” and rewritten much of the site.
Finance mind-set
I’ve been fascinated by the money mind-set for as long as I can remember and I’ve been reading and studying it for many years. But never had the confidence to really talk about it or use that to help my clients break through. I now realise having looked in depth at this over the weekend that this could be make or break in how successful a business can become. So this is definitely something we’re going to be talking more about.
Retreat
And on that note, I’m going to be holding my very own retreat, The Money Mind-Set Retreat this November, at Champneys in Henlow. As well as covering the deep rooted barriers we create that limit our financial possibilities, we’ll be covering really practical things that will help you unlock the profit and cash in your business model and create the life and business you really want.
The places will be strictly limited to 10, 2 of which have already been booked, and we’ll be releasing the dates and full details next week. This retreat is only for people serious about making a big shift in their business and who want to take control of their earnings. So if that sounds like you, drop me an email or give me a call and we can have a chat – Serena@fwordtraining
Oh, and does this feel scary and out of my comfort zone – absolutely yes! But also it feels like totally the right thing to be doing.
The new programme
My year with Kate is coming to an end and I knew there would be a follow up programme. I also knew that it wouldn’t be cheap – and why would it, the results I’ve got this year have been phenomenal. But I was nervous about how much. And I was right to be nervous!
But here’s the thing – I want the results I know I can get, so I have to make that investment to get them. After all it’s what our clients do when they work with us and I have to be prepared to make that same commitment. The best thing is that I get to tick off some of my travel adventures as the retreats are going to be held in San Francisco, Napa Valley California and Arizona!
Strategy days
And finally, since deciding to focus on the work I love, in the last few days I’ve booked 3 strategy days with different clients looking to make a break -through in their business.
All in all quite a radical week here at the F Word!
What’s your radical move?
This week has been a one way ticket out of my comfort zone, through the stretch zone and way into the radical zone.
So my question to you is what radical moves could you make to really move your business and your finances forward? What ambitions and big ideas are languishing on a shelf or bubbling away in your head? The things you really want to do, the things you’ll do one day – honest. And what steps could you take today to make those dreams a reality?
If a radical moves retreat sounds like it might be your thing, I know Kate and Chris have a couple of places left on their next UK retreat on 30th June. You can find out more here
One last story…
One of the business women on the retreat runs 3 successful businesses and used to have her own designer clothes label before she had her family. At the retreat she realised that what she really wanted to do was resurrect her clothes label and start designing and manufacturing again.
Here’s where the Universe kicks in once we decide we have to do something. I get a text Sunday morning saying “OMG Stella Mccartney is sitting 2 tables away – what do I do?”
Cue emergency supportive phone call….. and the upshot is that she went over to talk to Stella and now she’s agreed to mentor her! All because she followed what she really wanted and was prepared to make a radical move to make it happen.