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You’ve heard about the 10,000 hour ruleright? What you may not have heard isthat along the way it’s ok to share whatyou’re learning with others. You read that right, you have important,valuable, information rocking around thatnoggin of yours and you should share it! Want to contribute to this publication andshare that knowledge? Email me!You are put on this earth for a purpose, youare designed to let your light shine. How youcan help is by shining as brightly as possible,and one way is writing an article, sharing thiswith others, or pouring into someone youmeet. It’s the little bits that each of us do every daythat fulfills us and propels us all forward.The World Needs Your Best YouShare Your KnowledgeEmily

If you’ve ever stood at a crossroads in life,business, relationships, or just inside your ownmind, you already know that change is never easy.When you add forced change to that equation itbecomes even harder. In the event that you don’t read any further, thepoint of this article is to give you the keys toprepare for, and process, change. Here’s the keysin my experience: Choose gratitude. It’s hard sometimes, easierother times, but so very necessary. Take the high road. You’ll never regret it.Forgive and let go. The only person who hurtswhen you don’t is you. Surround yourself with people who will listen,support you, and hold you accountable toyour higher self. Now is the time to do that bythe way.I’m sure all of that sounds familiar, you may haveeven heard it growing up, or maybe experiencedthe different pieces when a major changehappened. We often think in the midst of changethat it’s something we’ll never be able to process,or we think it’s going to go one way… thenSURPRISE! It goes a completely different direction. Welcome to life, and business. Am I right? CONTINUED...L I N C H P I NE D I T I O N 2THE CHANGE JOURNEY - A GUIDE FOR GROWTH

A few examples I can think of are my dogbeing happy to see me when I get home, theair conditioning working all summer long,the rain bringing moisture to the desert, andbeing able to just take a moment to findsomething beautiful around me andappreciate it. What are your examples? Ifyou want, take a quick minute and writethem down. I’ll wait… You’re back? Cool, let’s move on to the nextbullet point. Take the high road. You’ll neverregret it. Dang this one can be hard, not justsometimes either. When we’re experiencingchange we aren’t usually in the headspaceor heartspace to do this either. Recentlysomething happened in my life that bringsthis to mind, I had a friend that got reallypissed at the other person and I had to tellher thank you. Her being pissed for memade it easier for me to take the high road.I met someone recently who hadexperienced forced change, he had come upwith an idea for business and had it rippedaway from him after having built thebusiness with a partner. He had the ideas,the partner had the implementation. Theyhad been on Shark Tank and everything. Thepartner ended up offering him continued“ownership” of the business but theagreement would basically mean hecontinued doing the same amount of workand got paid peanuts. Change is never easy,and when it comes with betrayal of trustthere are extra layers to it that must beaddressed before you can move on. Ok, backto the bullet points I listed above. They are in no particular order so we’ll startat the top. Choose gratitude. It’s hardsometimes, easier other times, but so verynecessary. If you believe the phrase “Whatyou focus on grows.” then you know theimportance of gratitude. A focus on gratitudecreates the space for us to find things in ourlives that we want to amplify. It’s somethingthat everyone has to work on as it doesn’tcome naturally. Oprah has a great video on gratitude thatyou can view here. She says, “What you focuson grows… even if it’s just $2” and that whenyou wake up in the morning with a consciousintention of gratitude it makes you moreopen for blessings to flow into your life. Idon’t know about you but I love havingblessings flow into my life. The things youwrite down don’t have to be big things, it canbe small things too, fresh cut flowers orsomeone holding open the door for you areher examples. THE CHANGE JOURNEY CONT.Choose gratitude. It’s hardsometimes, easier other times, butso very necessary. I didn’t have to be angry, I let her do it forme. It was easier on me, and allowed me towork through the issue much more easilybecause I didn’t allow my brain to start downthat road.The high road looks different depending onthe situation and relationship you have withthe other people involved. And let’s be real…you’re never going to feel like taking it.Here’s where I’ll share the 5 second rule Ilearned from Mel Robbins, maybe you’veheard of it before, you can click here towatch the video. CONTINUED...L I N C H P I NE D I T I O N 2

This may be one of the hardest things wehave to do in our lives. Forgiveness involveschoosing to put aside feelings of resentmenttoward someone who has committed awrong, been unfair or hurtful, or otherwiseharmed you in some way. Paraphrased fromthe info I read online. It takes a lot of workon yourself to forgive someone else, and youcan include forgiving yourself in thisequation too. I was listening to a podcast by Andy Frisellathe other day, in which he was answering thequestion someone had sent in that wentsomething like “How do you forgiveyourself?”. I loved the answer that he gaveand I think it can apply to both others andyourself. Listen to the episode here. He says that you have to look at forgivenesslike your best friend of many years had comeup to you and asked for forgiveness. This isharder when the other person isn’t askingfor you to forgive them, but you can stillapply it. I use a conversation with myselfusing “Let’s pretend” when it helps meprocess through something. When you choose to forgive it changeseverything in your thought process aroundwhat happened, it takes work, time. But,once the choice is made to forgive and let goit will create a freedom to move forward thatyou can’t otherwise experience. Life is tooshort to be stuck holding on to anything thatdoesn’t serve you in your ability to becomethe best you possible. It’s a thing to practice regularly so that you havethe muscle ready to go when you really need it.Don’t go on autopilot letting your fight or flightbrain kick in. When you feel this happening takea deep breath following this cadence, deepbreath in for six seconds, hold for two seconds,release through pursed lips for 7 seconds.Repeat as needed. When you control your breath it willautomatically relay that same control to yourbrain, allowing you to get out of fight or flightmode and be able to make the choice of takingthe high road. Or not, that happens sometimestoo. I will speak for myself and say when I don’ttake the high road I usually regret it, so I’vechosen ahead of time that when those situationsarise I will choose the high road. I hope you dotoo. THE CHANGE JOURNEY CONT.The next point is really focused on when achange is a forced change, let me define that foryou really quick. It’s usually a situation where youexperience an abrupt change that wasn’tsomething you chose, or decided to do. It can bewhen you have a business partner remove youfrom the business, like our friend earlier, a timewhen the economy took a turn out from underyou, or maybe a time when someone youlove/loved does something that directly affectsyou. Forgive and let go. The only person whohurts when you don’t is you. Choose the high road ahead of time.CONTINUED...L I N C H P I NE D I T I O N 2

Take a moment and think about something in your life thatyou need to let go, what would it take for you to be willing todo so? What would letting it go do for you? How has notletting it go held you back from greatness? When you’reready, take a moment and do the breathing exercise we didearlier again, and let it go. Forgive.Last up… Surround yourself with people who will listen,support you, and hold you accountable to your higher self.Now is the time to do that by the way. I’ll say that I couldn’thave made it through the past few years without the tribe ofamazing people I’ve surrounded myself with. I learned thisconcept from Bedros Keuilian … you can watch more here.These are the people you can turn to in a big changemoment, they won’t judge you, they won’t criticize you, theyWILL help you by listening and helping you make betterchoices than you can by yourself. It may be coaches, network, or colleagues, but these arepeople who operate at the same level and are also pushingto be their best self. In moments like these you want to besurrounded by others who have the same goals, drive,integrity, and alignment with who you are/want to become. Ifyou don’t have these people, go find them. The past fewyears this “outside circle” as Bedros calls them, have beenkey to my relationships getting unstuck, growing mybusiness, and my resiliency to change. A friend of mine whois a C-Level consultant spoke on a panel recently and shesaid “It’s not that you get back up when you’re knockeddown, it’s that each time you're knocked down you’re able toget back up faster, stronger, easier.” (Shout out to JacquelineMcCormack, you can learn more about her consulting here.)As we bring our time together to a close, here’s what I wouldencourage you to do. If you’re going through a season ofchange, embrace it, lean in and use it as fuel for yourgrowth. It’s never easy, but when you hold these four keys inyour hands I hope that they help make it a little less difficult.Small side note, you’ll be seeing some change from me. I’veadded something new to my business and am excited totake the journey. THE CHANGE JOURNEY CONT.L I N C H P I NE D I T I O N 2

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