Comments on: “Money is Payment for…”?

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:44:35 +0000

Thanks, Jesse! So glad you liked the post. Really appreciate the comment!

By: Life Coaches

Life Coaches — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:28:13 +0000

Yeah Michelle!

This is a GREAT post. I really like how your positive attitude takes things over. With an attitude like that you will have no problem achieving all your successes in life.

It can be really hard starting out on your own. Its important to remember that there are always people in your life that you can (and should!) rely on.

Thanks again for sharing Michelle, and best of luck with your future endeavors!

Cheers

Jesse

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:11:36 +0000

Aw, thanks Jess! And your friend being a life coach must be cuh-razy! Thanks for passing it along! Hope it helps her.

By: Jess LC

Jess LC — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:30:14 +0000

Hi Michelle,

This is a great post, so true, original, and authentic. Love it! I just passed it on to a friend of mine who is starting her own business and might be feeling some of the same things you mentioned. In fact, her business of choice is life coaching .

-Jess!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:32:49 +0000

Thanks, Nicole!

I yearn for the day where I don't count down until the weekend. I think everyone deserves that.

You only live once!

By: Nicole J. Butler

Nicole J. Butler — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:11:36 +0000

I THOUGHT I saw you on "Good Morning America!!" (smile)

Seriously, though – I love the way you simplified this in a way that is digestible. Most people EXPECT to have to slave away for a buck. And the more bucks you want, the more slaving required. Selling your life's blood, drop by drop until there's nothing left, earning the right to retire & sit in a rocking chair watching television 'til you die. TGIFs abound.

When we change our mindset, we change our lives.

Getting paid to provide a service that is a natural outgrowth of our lives is a win-win situation.

You're awesome, Michelle!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:20:57 +0000

Y'know, I just could not get through "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" no matter how much it was highly recommended & how much I wanted to. And now I can't remember why. I think it was when I wasn't in Entrepreneur Mode & I thought it was "pointless" since I was employed by someone else. Maybe I'll give it another look-see now that I, uh, am in Entrepreneur Mode!

Thanks for the compliment – I do work my buttocks off & I do jump in wholeheartedly, which means I put up that much more of a wall so it doesn't hurt so much when (see! I put "when"! Not "if"! I'm a terrible coach) I fall. I'm slowly learning to chip that wall down & trust. It's super scary & it makes me more vulnerable than I usually like to be, but I think it's getting my head in the right place & mentally buying me that lottery ticket, so to say.

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:08:46 +0000

Oh Michelle! You have just shared something that I think a lot of us struggle with – I know I do. I've heard over and over that if you do what you love with your whole heart, the money will follow. I think there's truth in that, but I also think it takes hard work!

And then there's the story about the person who prays to win the lottery, but never buys a ticket. You also have to have the "channels" for the money to come to you.

What's been key for me is building up my business skills in addition to my creative ones and changing my thinking about what's possible. Two books I can recommend are "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki and "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T. Harv Eker.

Even knowing you for just a short time, I get the sense that you are a person who jumps in with her whole heart and works hard. I am sure the money will follow.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:24:55 +0000

Melissa, your comment means so much! And if it makes you feel better, my husband is definitely more optimistic about me making coaching a full-time career without us going hungry. I ask him why he's not nervous about it, and he says, "Because you are. If you weren't nervous, then I'd be nervous." I married a smartie.

I LOVE your blog & can't wait to dive in, now that I actually have a home I can decorate (we're moving at the end of the month!). While I don't know about your interior design skills, it sounds like you have the passion & the support system for it – now it's about jumping off that ledge! No need to do it all at once, though – I'm all about keeping the safety net directly underneath you & removing it a little at a time until you realize, and are almost surprised by, the fact that you're standing on your own two feet.

You might want to answer the Tough (Question) Tuesday I just posted. It seems to be write up your alley!

Thanks again for your candor & your comment & your kindness, Melissa!

By: Melissa A.

Melissa A. — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:56:51 +0000

Michelle, You are such an encouraging person. I loved reading your story and have definately been motivated by it today. I want to be an interior designer, or at least I think I do. I went to school for that in 2005. I looked for a job in this field for awhile after school to no avail, but then took my son out of school for a year to homeschool him anyway, so I had an excuse to stop thinking about it and stop looking. I have done the same as you, where I have had jobs here and there in this field with little or no payment, but lots of thanks. I used to have a regular job at Boeing that I had for 15 years, but quit to do what I so called dreamed to do. Well I'm done homeschooling my son now and have a goal to start up my own interior design business in January. I think to myself all the time, should I do this, will I make it. Why would anybody want to hire me? I don't know if I'm qualified, and then I try to tell myself, yes I can do this and yes I can make money doing this. My husband sure seems to think so, he's much more optimistic than I am. I'm very thankful for that. Anyway, thank you for your story and for your upbeat, optimistic outlook and your encouragement to others.