Top Business Lessons of 2015

OWN YOURSELF

Carolyn Michelman: Once you fully OWN YOURSELF and what you have to offer is when the Magic begins to happen!

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OWN YOURSELF

Amy Lindner-Lesser: The biggest lesson I learned is to take control of my life and business – to stop being a victim and take action to change what needs to be changed (eg. firing when the person isn't working out). I am more than a survivor; I am a thriver!!!

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START ANYWHERE

Theresa Pidcock: I didn't know what I didn't know! That's one of the reasons I'm so thankful for Uplevel! The tried and true "start here"... Takes so much of the drama/stress/unknown away!

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START ANYWHERE

Sheelagh Aherne: Just get out there and be!

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TAKE IMPERFECT ACTION

Julia Jordan: I don’t need certainty to take that next step (Big Aha)…to take action even and especially imperfect action is a powerful thing... AND my pace is okay…no comparisons needed or even allowed Thank You for all you have contributed in my business shifts this year!

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Kristine Helmstetter: I learned a great lesson this year that can be summed up by a Maya Angelou quote “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.” Thus my 2016 will/must be full of actions and not just hopes.

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Kate Saraswati: #1 Lesson I learned is to listen to your gut and take action. Analysis Paralysis gets you nowhere. I have a tendency to talk myself out of doing things because of fear of making a poor decision. Imperfect decisions are better than doing than same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Changing it up for 2016 !

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Dawn Ingram: I learned small, strategic action can lead to big results. That and imperfection at the right time is more lucrative than perfection at the wrong time.

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DO IT SCARED

Mariela Mcheik: The number one lesson was letting go of fear, and allowing others to be themselves and not impose just my ideas! Every employee brings something unique to the work place.💕

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DO IT SCARED

Tammy Noble: Fear gets you no where. Do Something!

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DO IT SCARED

Pam Bauer: Feel the fear and do it anyway!

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DO IT SCARED

Jane Carter: Do it scared. The confidence will come later (it does!!).

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DO IT SCARED

Ann Ellinger Magee: Biggest Lesson this year: Be Brave. Feel the fear and Do it anyway. Don't wait for the fear to go away before you step up. The fear goes away AFTER you do it.

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DO IT SCARED

Paula Christen: Learning to do it scared and growing use to the feeling of being scared but moving forward.

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DO IT SCARED

Kelley Lindsley: I learned that stepping out of my box is really not scary once out of it. It's just putting my foot past the line…

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DO IT SCARED

Christine Werbenuk: Waiting is not an option. Do it scared. Start today.

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DO IT SCARED

Wynn Archibald Godbold: Fear is part of the bullshit story you tell yourself.

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Glad Doggett: The biggest lesson I learned this year from my business is: Marketing is service.It's the best way for your ideal clients to find you so that you can help them solve their problems and be successful.

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Leah Ferree Taylor: #1 biggest lesson for me is that clients are not going to be calling and chasing me down unless they know I am actually ready for business. All the back end stuff is great and fun to work on but marketing and connecting with people to let them know what I am doing is what is going to bring the $$$ in!

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Tambra Ray: There have so many great take-away's as a result of this year and the Uplevel program, but the one thing I would say that is interesting and oh-so-beneficial is for me to remember that marketing is service. It helps me to remember I'm not being pushy or "sales-y" ... I am being of service when I stay in touch with my peeps and provide valuable content.

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Kelly Beischel: #1 lesson: My job is to market my value to the client. If I don't do that I am not serving the client or myself.

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GET OUT OF THE STRUGGLE MINDSET

Chrissie B. DiAngelus: This should not feel like constant struggle or living in and working with clients who exist in a constant state of lack. There is good smart work out there and ways of modeling my business that mean I do the work I love and get paid well.

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YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO

Dana Dunham Wagar: "We are what we continually do!" *BOOM* Life. Changing.

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VALUE YOUR T IME

Nicole Valentine-Rimmer: That my time is valuable

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VALUE YOUR WORK

Shelley Ware: The products have transformed my life and my willingness to be open and share my testimony is why people trust me to lead them. Be Me!

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VALUE YOUR WORK Sara J. Marchessault: It is more important to feel connected to the services and products you offer than it is to just do the thing that makes the most money. If I don't value what I do, no one else will either. My work as an entrepreneur starts with me - every single time. When I "buy it" others will too.

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BE CONSISTENT

Patty Bailey Sheets: That consistency in ANYTHING really is the answer to success in that area!!

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BE CONSISTENT

Dina Kennedy: To be congruent and consistent!

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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Kim Bultsma: Believe in yourself. Comparing yourself to others only sets you up for failure. I can--and will--be successful!

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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Carolyn Witt: I can do absolutely anything and I, more than anyone else, need to remember that.

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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Nell Schroer: What if it's possible that I have everything I need, to be successful right now?" I do, indeed!

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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Jill Kohlenberg: I've learned to believe in myself and trust in the consistent action that I continue to take. A year and a half after jumping "all in" to my business, I finally am feeling and trusting that "there's always more where that came from"!

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BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Kmberly Restivo: #1 Lesson: To trust,value and share my own voice and message. Connection is my path to financial growth.

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GET COMFORTABLE WITH SILENCE

Mary Stiers Miller: "Don't keep babbling on TRYING to close a sale, stop talking, let there be that moment of discomfort & tension of silence after presenting an offer." So powerful. That was a DOOZIE, thank you for that Christine Kane. Being a comedian, getting comfortable with silence really was a challenge. I kind of love it now.

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BE AWARE; BE SEEN

Christy Lewis Dickison: My #1 lesson is Awareness. Actively enrolling in my life and my business has been life altering (although really scary and new). Showing up, being seen, and expanding fully into the present are some of the bravest things I've done this year.

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YOUR BUSINESS IS A FORM OF CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Carrie Sanderson: My #1 lesson is that my business is like my art - another form of creative expression, and as such it's possible to create my business the way I want it to be that is fun, as well as a "tool" for growth, using my skills, talents and abilities to their highest potential, and which inspires people.

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Priscilla Gresens: Gratitude is the biggest key. Not just saying thank you, but actually feeling gratitude for their business. What you give out you will get in return. The law of attraction is necessary. So, talk to them and really be interested in them. Thank them, even if they don't buy anything. Then, dont talk behind their backs because the universe knows and that is were true gratitude and attraction are.

PRACTICE GRATITUDE

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GET CLEAR ON WHO YOUR IDEAL CLIENTS ARE

Daniela LeBlanc: Be clear and consistent in your communication. Getting really clear about who my clients are really made such a huge difference, it eliminated so many mental and emotional roadblocks I had. Thanks for helping me Uplevel!

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Denise Moser: I have learned to say yes, and to trust, through anxiety, that I can deliver as I stretch upward.

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Whitney Bishop: Everything I need to deliver transformative experiences is right in front of me. It's not "out there" it's right here. Trusting my knowledge, experience and wisdom to create programs and experiences that serve my clients.

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Cheryl Krieger Brown: I have to first believe in myself and be confident and clear in what I have to offer, before I can expect others to want to work with me.

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SET UP SYSTEMS

Corinne Meharg: The biggest lesson I got from (our)/my businesses this year was that if you set up systems and operate them from a point of love and integrity, they translate to ANY business and to your life. People watch what you do and learn from you. You pay it forward.

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SET UP SYSTEMS

Cheryl Legare: I had a big aha moment that will inform my actions in 2016. I must recreate my business to support me and my life but not to consume me or be my life (as it has been for so long). What this means for 2016 Is that I will develop systems that streamline processes and provide consistency in the experiences we are providing our clients. It is going to be amazing!!!

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SET UP SYSTEMS

Gloria Najecki: It's important to have systems and policies in place for my clients to follow or they'll just come up with their own version of how things are going to go.

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SET UP SYSTEMS

Mellissa Knowles de Oliveira: Systems are sexy...don't wait for perfect to show up just start, step, act...

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TRUST YOUR GUT

Gina Spriggs: I've learned to trust my gut. You would think that would be automatic in my line of work,.but NO! I was doing things that "appeared to make sense" but didn’t FEEL right, and it blew up in my face!

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DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY

Pamela Woodruff: What makes your heart sing? Talk about that with others till you figure out how to do it as a business. Don't bother with the ideas you "can" do - do what you "must" do, what you do already because you love it. That's where the treasure is.

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CREATE AND WORK FROM A PLAN

Christy Brennan Soukhamneut: Create a plan. Don't bite off too much. Stick to the plan. Say no to things that are not in the plan, but alter the plan if reassessment shows something isn't working. Planning is fluid and ongoing not stagnant and dusty.

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DISCOVER YOUR TRUE CALLING

Rose Forbes: I learned that I was in the wrong business. By admitting that coaching couples wasn't bringing me joy anymore, I discovered that my calling has always been teaching (which coaching was too). Now I plan to teach Cooking, which has always fueled my creative juices.

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BE AUTHENTICALLY YOU

Nancie Welsh Benson: The only way I can make this work is to be authentically me first, then focus on how I can help others in a way I really enjoy working. And to stop worrying what other people think of me.

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Kisha M. Coston: Be Authentic speak from your passion and stay clear about your intention.

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Tanya Martello Gauthier: Work from the heart!

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KNOW YOUR WHY

Jennifer Irene: My "why?" is the foundation of everything

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DON’T DO IT ALONE

Michelle Clauson LaRue:

Don't try to do it alone. Besides, it's way more fun to bring other people along for the ride!

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DON’T DO IT ALONE

Cassie premo steele: This is a soul journey and getting support is essential to the process.

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OPEN YOURSELF UP TO THE POSSIBIL IT IES

Rachel Claret: When you open yourself up to possibilities, amazing things happen.

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ASK AND L ISTEN

Elizabeth McDonald: ASK what my clients need. LISTEN. And then wrap it up in a beautiful bow of WHY I want to give it to them. Do this FIRST and the how will become apparent.

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HAVE YOUR OWN BACK

Reetu Kansal: Do I have my back? One of the biggest lessons for me has been that having my own back allows me to contribute ever more to others and them to me!

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GET A GREAT COACH

Nicole Collard Siple: In 2015, I learned that I need a business mentor and I need a good one too! Thanks for showing up Christine, I'm loving your magic.

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COURSE CORRECT WHEN YOU GET OFF CENTER

Peggy Murphy Carlin: Do what you love … Live in the moment … Trust the process ... And when you find yourself a little " left of center " take a breath and know it's not the end of the world and Course correct.

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LEARN TO SAY “NO”

Elisa Kosarin: My #1 lesson is to follow the energy. As I get deeper into my business and start to to tweak my services, I find myself saying "no" more often to projects that I don't enjoy.

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CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS TO CHANGE YOUR OUTCOME

Candace Norton: The only thing that had been holding me back was the way I was thinking. Change your thoughts, change your outcome.

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CHANGE YOUR THOUGHTS TO CHANGE YOUR OUTCOME

Celia Triplett: Sometimes it's strategy that needs work, but sometimes, sometimes it's mindset that is keeping new business away.

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LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES

Alexandre L'Eveille: Bad things will happen. It's how you learn from them that keeps you moving forward.

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BE PRESENT

Barbara Burns Churchill: Enjoy the process.

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BE PRESENT

MB Huwe: I'm in business with my husband, and this year I've seen that working coopera<vely together requires us both to prac<ce high levels of self-‐awareness, accountability, and forgiveness -‐ imperfectly, regularly, and with commitment.

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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN… Did you no<ce a common trend here? Share, in the comments below, what your #1 lesson was for 2015, or which of these truly resonated with you and why. I hope you take the the <me to stop for a bit, breathe, sit with yourself and your thoughts, think about what worked in 2015 and what didn’t and why that may be. Then set a clear inten<on for 2016. Here’s a great way to do that…

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