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full show notes + master class slide show at www.valerielavignelife.com/63

Mini Introduction to your host(ess): Valerie!

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Failure

Key Questions:
What's your failure story?
How can we rewrite the script on what failure means to us?

Google's definition of failure:
The omission of expected or required action

...Who set the expectations?

Reframe Failure

There are three ways we can start to reframe failure that propel us forward in our life and in our business:

1. Learning Opportunity
2. Skill Development
3. Falling Forward

Learning Opportunity

You're growing when you're taking action out of your comfort zone

You're learning from the process and in the process

Skill Development

An expert at anything was once a beginner

Building blocks that will help you stand higher and be bigger than any problem

Failing Forward

 You fall when you try, you fail when you quit

You are ensuring failure by NOT following your dreams in the first place

Key Questions:

Learning Opportunity:
What have you learned form past "failure" processes and experiences?

Skill Development:
What skills have you been able to develop or improve because you took action outside of your comfort zone?

FallingForward:
Turn your road blocks into building blocks! Stand higher to be bigger than fears/problems; and to see new opportunities!

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

Your Compass

a.k.a. Your Internal Guidance System (IGS)
The key to tapping into your IGS is grounding and trusting

Understanding Your Internal Guidance System

NOPE:

• Sinking feeling in your gut

• Heaviness in your chest

• Tightening in your throat

• Tension throughout your body

YES:

• Lightness in your shoulders

• Open heart and throat

• Spaciousness throughout the body

• Big smiles and feeling of calm

Anxiousness & Excitement

Low vibes vs high vibes
The good news and the bad news

It takes 90 seconds for a feeling to move through your body, if the feelings don't move, you're likely stuck in a cycle and you need to question and reframe this [fear] story. Use the "Compassionate Awareness" workbook for support with this (available below!)

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs

ACTIVITY!

Materials: sheet of paper, writing utensil

Step 1: fold your paper into three equal parts

Step 2: in the first column, draw a picture of who you are today

Step 3: in the third column, draw a picture of the person you wish to be (6, 12, or 18 months from now)

Step 4: in the second column, draw a picture of what needs to happen for you to become this person

Step 5: look at the paper as a whole... what do you notice? What are the clues?

Step 6: is there something that hasn't been said? (or drawn, or written down?)

Next Steps + Take Action

The clues are your next steps
Get uncomfortable: The magic happens outside of your comfort zone
Which action (/clue) can you take in the next 24 hours?

"Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction." - Harry S Truman

FREE "Compassionate Awareness" Workbook here!