Lisa Mitchell is the founder of Power Body Language.
She embodies a lot of the qualities we’ve discussed since the start of this podcast. Becoming a brand new version of yourself takes courage, perseverance and a lot of hard work on your part.
This is especially true if the new version you see for yourself is to become an entrepreneur.
In the news, we always hear about the widely successful entrepreneur’s and all the money they’ve just made because they sold their business or their product is now the hottest thing on the planet.
When this happens the news reports almost always make us think the entrepreneur is an overnight success.
We all know, or at least, I hope the listeners to this podcast know, that there’s no such thing as an overnight success. In the words of Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, it takes blood, sweat, and respect. The first two you give, the last one you earn.
Yet many people still think to themselves when they see a news clip about an entrepreneur who has made it big, “man are they lucky” or maybe even, “I could’ve done that.”
But the truth is we didn’t. We didn’t because, unlike the entrepreneur whose name is now all over the news, we decided not to take action.
Taking action is one of the core tenants of becoming a brand new you. Why do we choose to not take action? Simply put because action requires change and change is hard, especially if that change involves you taking the entrepreneurial path.
Nelson Mandela once said,
“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”
Lisa has fallen down more than once but she got back up again and again and somehow managed to continue moving forward.
And while Today, Lisa is a certified body language trainer and non-verbal skills expert, this wasn’t always the case. In fact, Lisa’s story is very typical for many entrepreneurs and her story offers so many great lessons for us all.
These lessons can be applied in our quest to becoming a brand new version of ourselves but as I've already said they don’t come easy or without a struggle.
A quick note of thanks goes out to Jonathon Perrelli. Jonathon is the founder of Startupland.TV and he approved the use of the audio snippets you’ll hear on this show. You’ll learn more about Startupland later in the podcast, but for now, if you want to learn more head over to Startupland.TV.
