Show up to go up in your business

Are you showing up on a consistent & committed basis in your business efforts?

I love to have your input on this below…and please share with your social networks, if you see fit ;)

I made a date to go skydiving with a handful of my closest friends and mastermind members. We piled into the van early in the morning, we paid our deposits, we drove about an hour to get there, about an hour to get there.

We got in there and filled out our paperwork and that’s when I noticed that everybody started to change a little. Some got more quiet, some got real chatty, some just got really excited and wired and we were ready.

parachute

Well, the weather was kind of iffy that day. The clouds kept rolling in and rolling out, we kept having to wait for a break in the clouds, and that’s a whole other post as far as how that is a parallel to life.

We met our instructors and this was a tandem jump, which meant I wasn’t jumping by myself, I was strapped to a very experienced instructor for safety. So, we went and picked out our jumpsuits and we got all strapped into our gear and harnessed up and had our little safety lesson.

We suited up and then we walked out to the plane. We walked to plane and it was like a scene from the Right Stuff. The music in my head, there with my buddies and we’re about to get on the plane, Paul and Perry and I…ready – fearless (almost) – and committed!

Then a thunder cloud rolls in and the pronouncement, “Guys, it’s not going to clear up. We’re cancelling all jumps today.” (We were walking TO the plane!!!! aghhhh)

Later we were discussing it and my realization and comment was this, “The fact of the matter is we did the hard part.”

The hard part was showing up. Showing up and making the commitment to do it was the hard part. Is that like business for you? …Making the decision to show up.

But then we even went a step further and we suited up. We put on the gear, we learned the skills, we got set and we were ready.

Then the third step was we steeled up, we pulled everything within us together. Some of us increased our life insurance policies, some of us write notes to our loved ones, shot videos so they would know what was on our minds, but we steeled up, we were walking to the plane and we were committed at that point.

That’s what I ask from my coaching clients, from my mastermind members, and from my peers and associates that SAY want to play a bigger game. I say, “First, you have to commit to me that you’re going to show up.”

‘Second, you need to commit to me you’re going to suit up, you’re going to come ready to play. You’re going  You’re going to have the skills, you’re going to have the mindset, you’re going to be ready.”

Then you need to steel up. You need to draw from everything that in within you. You need to be ready to take a fall, ready to take hit, ready to have some disappointments, ready to not have perfect action, but to get it done.

So, I’m going to ask you today; Are you showing up? Are you really showing up?

Are you suiting up? Are you coming prepared? Do you have on your safety gear, do you have on your equipment, do you have on the jumpsuit, do you have on the mindset?

Do you have the skills and are you steeled up? Are you ready to make that commitment to walk to the plane?

So, remember that, write that down somewhere and let me know what you think.

Show up, suit up, and steel up and you will be shocked at your results.

  • http://YouTube.com/DefyStatistics Melodee Forbes

    I think this is a great post, Carrie! It’s part of the reason why I became a part of the Fill Your Stadium team.. to prepare for take off (and to ACTUALLY take off– which I’m doing thanks to you)!!!!

    Although, I believe in the Girl Scout model: “Always Be Prepared” sometimes preparation can become too much and… sometimes you just gotta jump, take a leap and fall. :)

  • Anonymous

    i am NOT advocating the suit without the parachute, LOL… some prep is
    necessary, absolutely!

  • http://www.soundadvicesales.com Phyllis Nichols

    Skydiving? You are brave!

    Showing up means being honest with yourself too. We all know when we’ve spent time planning to plan or reorganizing our desk instead of putting ourselves out there!

    Showing up for me means taking the next step that I know I should take – even when it’s hard or scary!

  • Anonymous

    I couldn’t have said it better Phyllis!! So proud of you!! Now get offline
    and go do something that scares you :)

  • Amandita2

    Dear Mrs. Wilkerson,
    Thanks for all your insights and coaching! You are amazing! I feel really inspired by you. If I ever get the chance to meet you, that would mean a lot to me. I wish I could run into people like yourself more often.

  • Mbeesler

    Great Article. Gives me a lot to think about

  • http://YouTube.com/DefyStatistics Melodee Forbes

    LOL I know… but aren’t you always saying that paralysis analysis gets you know where but fail often and fail fast?

  • Anonymous

    Amandita – thanks for your feedback :) Stay tuned to the blog and subscribe for updates! I’m always happy to share ;)

  • Anonymous

    well the fail often and fail fast applies to most things BUT skydiving :) “just saying”

  • http://www.bodysymphony.com Liz

    Well, so far I’m sort of showing up. At any rate I’m showing up at my computer intending to write; but I’m not always getting very much done. Focusing on my business full time is new for me — no more excuse of being too tired from working at a stressful job, etc. (I recently quit to do my business full time — less than two weeks ago). I’m still letting a lot of things distract me, but you’re inspiring me to do more, thanks.

  • Anonymous

    Liz, I suggest you watch Limitless (at theatres now). Even just first
    hour. Gives you so much room to think of possibilities :)

    But write 5 pages a day. First thing every day. Do it for 30 days and
    that is 150 pages!!!

  • http://YouTube.com/DefyStatistics Melodee Forbes

    Yes ma’am, I understand :)

  • http://twitter.com/pambrossman Pam Brossman

    Congratulations Carrie you are braver than me that is for sure. White Water Rafting has been my biggest claim to fame and that was scary. What is your next big adventure? Cheers Pam

  • http://susanthecoach.wordpress.com/ Susanthecoach

    Thanks for that! You’ve said exactly what I was trying to say to a client but much more elegantly. Looking forward to hearing about the jump now!

  • http://www.facebook.com/PaulEvansImpact Paul Evans

    Hey C!!!!

    We were sooooooooooooooooo close! Gotta go back!

    You are so right, though. In life and business a lot of folks TALK about what they are going to do. They make a lot of plans. They even buy a lot of gear. But they never really show up. They always leave a peace of themselves back so there’s an excuse or a way out.

    That’s what I’ve always admired about you. You’re ready to jump with or WITHOUT a parachute! :-)

    Peace,
    paul

  • Dean Martin

    But when you do show up, commit and follow-through, amazing things can happen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mq6CQ87hjM

    Dean Martin
    UK

  • Anonymous

    Hey P! You are right. It’s time. I am calling to make reservations
    today :) we will do this. Thanks for always being crazy enough to jump
    with me :)

    Really respect your action-taking!

  • Anonymous

    Every day is an adventure, Pam :) That was just a fun thing to do with my
    mastermind members! I loved whitewater rafting with Yanik Silver’s group in
    Aspen…but truth is, I really hate getting splashed in my face, LOL

  • Anonymous

    Susan – Michael Hyatt had some great thoughts on this today also at ==>
    http://michaelhyatt.com/leap-and-the-net-will-appear.html

  • Anonymous

    You are SO right Dean! Thanks for that video!!

  • barbara

    love it! Helps me to realize where my real problem is…me. Like they say, when you don’t plan for success, you plan for failure. Love the part of being prepare to take a hit, if I were more prepared, purhaps the recovery time would not take as long. I realize that I have been failing to show up…thank you!

  • Anonymous

    Barbara — so true and something we need to evaluate every so often!!
    Preparing for the hits (or detours) so we can adjust quickly instead of
    being so discourage! You’re welcome! Thanks for the comment!

  • http://www.mtfjourney.com Joyce Moore

    What a golden nugget! I can use this with my fitness clients. You don’t know how many times people pay me and then either don’t physically show up or they are there but don’t bring their A game. Thanks for this one Carrie!

  • Anonymous

    We are all guilty of this in SOME area and better in others. I DO find
    that I’m more likely to work out when I suit up first thing in the
    morning ;) literally!

  • James

    Show up prepared and committed. Insightful and inspiring advice that’s applicable to so much! Thanks!

  • http://profiles.google.com/ramirojr23 Ramiro Rodriguez

    You’re awesome. I love you. You make me think in different directions.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks James! You are right…this has gotten my attention in some
    non-business areas too :)

  • http://twitter.com/MattLBrennan Matt Brennan

    The hard part in life is committing to change!