I believe deep in my core that (most) people settle for far less than what they can actually accomplish or who they are capable of being. I mean, think about this:

Is it possible to double your already-successful business every year?

Yes, just ask Cris Sgrott-Wheedleton.

She is the founder of Organizing Maniacs Professional Organizers in Virginia and has been a member of our Client Attraction Business School (CABS) for 3 years now, going strong.

Can you break out of a rut and create awesome results you never thought possible? I share Cris’s story with you today as an inspiration of what is possible for you too.

“I had a great business before CABS. I was doing multiple six figures and had several people on my team. By any standard, I was running a good business. But I thought, “There’s got to be a better way to do this.” I knew that I’d used all of my organic learning tools and that I needed something that was more comprehensive.

I needed structure. I had told my husband I wanted to go back to graduate school to get a masters in business to learn how to take my business to the next level. It would have cost between $80,000 and $100,000.

When I came into CABS, I was the person with the Shelf of Shame. I’m sure we all have that. You go to all of these trainings and seminars and come home with a book and great notes, and then you put it next to your desk. And then for weeks, you think, “I’m going to implement that one thing” but then you get really busy doing other things and you don’t…and you get angry with yourself because you didn’t implement anything and you feel like, “Oh, I totally wasted my money.”

I was tired of doing that. So, when I came into CABS I said, “This is not going to happen to me anymore.” The CABS step-by-step direction and meetings provide that sort of structure. So does the daily accountability. I talk with my CABS Accountability Buddy every day about what I’m working on now and how I’m going to get my business to the next level. At the meetings, you get Strategy on what to focus on for the next 90 days.

In my first year in CABS I doubled my business. (Remember it was a multiple six-figure business to begin with.) After 6 months of my second year in CABS, I had already done as much business as the first year and was on track to double my business again.

Why? I’ve met so many amazing people that I could literally just pick up the phone at any time and say, “This is what’s going on. This is what’s happening. Help me out.” Where do you find that? I have owned a business for almost eight years and I had never seen that before.

I absolutely recommend CABS. If you’re thinking about enrolling and also thinking, “Oh, I’ll wait until next year,” I’ll ask you one question: how much money are you making today and how much money could you be making next year?”

So, why does CABS work so well for so many business owners? It’s because we have turned predictable business growth into a science, a formula using 1) Strategy, 2) Mindset and 3) Community-based Accountability that makes it easy for a business owner to multiply their results and gain their life back.

It’s like we set out the breadcrumbs along the path, and all you have to do is pick them up…one at a time.

I want you to have a success story just like this one too. Just like so many others who’ve entrusted us with their learning and growth as a business owner.

Do you want this too? Then let’s talk. Here’s where you fill out a short form to get some coaching as your first step.

Time to break through, 
Fabienne

P.S. Don’t be shy. Let’s connect and set up a time to chat about what your next twelve months and “moving forward with confidence” could look like. No pressure, no icky sales pitch. Let’s just figure out a plan together, for timing and maybe even on how to afford it, if that’s a concern, OK?

 

 

I am trusting that this is the message you need to hear today, because this is a message from my higher self to your higher self.

I know it can be hard to be patient…and I know that sometimes you wonder when all of your hard work is going to pay off, and maybe, whether it will ever pay off. I want to share this message with you as a gift and inspiration to, well, keep on keepin’ on. 

This video is a bit longer than usual, but if you give me the next five minutes I will give you one of the most powerful messages I have to share about how this all really works:

Here’s the deal…

You are never alone.

You were never in it alone, and you never will be in it alone. I know that sometimes it can feel this way, but we are all connected to a source and wisdom that defies explanation, even in business, yes.

I’ve simply experienced and witnessed too many miracles to know that it is so.

So if you’re struggling…if you feel like you’re failing…if it feels like it’s happening too slowly…

…take a really deep breath.

Follow these four steps:

1. Dream even bigger
2. Believe that what you want is on its way
3. Take decisive action
4. Stay in faith (crucial)

This is it how it happens. And just know that everything you are experiencing right now is a vital step in the process.

Be bold in your faith that all will be well. Stay connected to your heart.

It’s always hardest in the middle.  

Right here with you,
Fabienne

P.S. I share how I understand what is being communicated to me from source in the video. Yes…tingles, images, all of it. Take a moment and think about it. What have been the signs for you? 

P.P.S. “Dust yourself off and try again…” Still one of my favorites.

I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for a bit more routine and structure in my days and to dive into the second half of the year. 😉

It’s actually a great time of year to refocus. You’re (hopefully) refreshed and ready to tackle the next few months like a champion, like I am. Do you believe you can achieve more in the next few months than you have all year?

This week’s 3-minute video will give you specific ideas and some inspiration to stretch your belief of what is possible for you in your business for the rest of 2016. You can watch it now:

If you want to grow your business, you must intentionally expand how big you think you can grow. Otherwise the typical culprits (procrastination, overwhelm) will keep you in your current results.

Expansion in your business always begins within your mindset. In fact, growth happens this way:

Mindset First

Strategy Second

Action Third

In today’s video, you’ll also hear how important it is to align yourself with people who have a more expansive mindset and belief system. You must have the right environment if you want to finish this year really strong.

Here for you,
Fabienne

P.S. Swimming in the ocean is way more fun than swimming in a fishbowl, don’t you think?

P.P.S. By the way, you are awesome and I believe in you. xo

Do you know what actually turns great ideas into results?

It’s not the ideas themselves. No matter how brilliant, they aren’t going to do one thing for us or our business…

Until we implement them.

So why don’t we always implement what we know we need to do? What’s the culprit most often to blame for our inaction?

Watch this week’s 4-minute video to find out what’s getting in the way (and what to do about it):

Business owners have been telling me for years, “Sure, Fabienne, I’ll implement that idea when I’ve got everything PERFECT!”

Here are my thoughts about that…

I am 16 years into my own business and I still don’t have it perfect. I still change my mind. In fact one of the BIGGEST changes I’ve ever taken on in my business is coming this fall. It’s big and I’m doing it, even if not everything is completely worked out yet.

I know that you may want to have it all figured out before you go for it, whatever “it” is.

The problem is, the product of your quest for perfection is PARALYSIS.

Like our Shero in this week’s video, strap on your cape and do “it.” Do it messily. Do it imperfectly. Do it on shaky legs and with a knot in your tummy. And then learn from your mistakes and make it better.

You’re not going to have it be perfect. Ever. So get over it and just do the thing. Write the book. Make the call. Send the letter. Hire the support. Work with the mentor. Raise your rates.

This is how successful businesses are made.

I hope this week’s video inspires you to take action on something you’ve been procrastinating this week. Pick one thing. And do it. Today.

Okay?

So much love,
Fabienne

P.S. If you’re a rockstar at photoshop (which I’m not) feel free to create a pic of you (or ME!) in that shero cape and email it to me. I think we all need a picture of ourselves in that get up. 😉

P.P.S. By the way, you’re awesome. Just want to make sure you know that you’re doing a great job. Keep going. I’m proud of you. xo

Today, I want you to meet Lissa.

If you’re like Lissa and you’re working to build your business while you are still employed by someone else, I’d love you to watch today’s video to be inspired…

It can be challenging to make the leap into full-time entrepreneurship, especially when you are receiving a significant income from your job. Listen to what Lissa has to say about her process to get from here to there:

The thing I really want you to hear is that growing a business is a PROCESS.

Without support, overnight success is typically years in the making and requires taking the consistent actions that allow you to achieve your desired outcomes.

Left to their devices, new business owners often chase the latest and greatest “get-results-quick” tactics being pitched in the marketplace, without a real plan that’s proven to work, and they don’t go about taking the tried-and-true steps that will move them toward their goal.

They think they’re saving a buck by trying to figure it out on their own.

However noble that is, there is a massive problem with that.

When a business owner attempts to do this “marketing thing” on their own (without working with a proven formula, the mindset required and community-based accountability we offer), the result is often resignation. (And sometimes depression.) 

Resigning to keeping the job with the steady, guaranteed paycheck and creating a belief that making enough money in your business isn’t going to happen for you…

Surrendering to the belief that you’ll never make more money in your own business than you’re making now at your job with the steady, “guaranteed” paycheck…

…means you don’t get to have the life you really want, the impact you want to make, or the freedom you deeply desire.

This is why we do what we do at The Client Attraction Business School. There IS a systematic, proven approach to building the cash flow and momentum that create a bridge from your full-time job to full-time self-employment.

It’s not a magic pill with instant magical results, no. As Lissa shared in the video, it’s about having a support system of peers and coaches who have “been there, done that,” curriculum that shows you exactly what to do, how to do it and when to do it, coaching that supports you to break through your own internal resistance and a PLAN.

A real. Solid. Plan.

All you have to do is follow the recipe.

This is what gives you the confidence to eventually leave that job, knowing that you and your family are going to be well supported and that you are financially secure.

If you’re ready to stop going it alone, to stopping guessing what your next step should be and constantly reinventing the wheel to figure out this business ownership thing, even if you’re still in your corporate job, I invite you to explore what it would look like for you to have the step-by-step guidance and support we provide here at CABS… (click on this link to fill out an application to talk).

Our coaches, our community, me and the entire team. Behind you.

We are here for YOU,
Fabienne

P.S. This is what happened to me.. I started my first business BEFORE leaving my corporate job. And I busted my tush to get clients and make money on evenings and weekends until I felt comfortable enough leaving my full-time salary. It definitely wasn’t easy and I had lots of 3 a.m. sweats, especially because I did all this before there was anything like what we teach at The Client Attraction Business School. I had to make it up as I went, trying lots of (expensive) things that didn’t work, until I created the formula that DOES. But you don’t have to. It doesn’t have to be as difficult for you as it was for me in the beginning. And look at where we are now. 😉  Let’s talk and see if we can help, OK?

Just click here to fill out a short application and we’ll set up a time to chat, no pressure. It’s free, and if we can’t help, which sometimes happens, we’ll be happy to point you in a different direction.

First off… A language disclaimer for today’s video. Yes, there is an F-bomb, but it is SO FUNNY, I can’t stop laughing every time I watch it. So don’t play this on speaker with your kids around, ok?

Secondly. I looooove this couple. They are absolutely hilarious, wonderful New Yorkers through and through, and they’re doing amazing things in their business, that they (now) work in together.

Chris was a clown (for real). Amanda runs an advertising agency for Broadway shows. He came to the Mindset Retreat (my transformational 3-day experience happening in November that helps you get out of your own way) feeling that there wasn’t much left for him in his career as a clown.

And she came to Mindset, pager in tow, taking the first three days off she’d ever taken away from her 24/7 business since their wedding.

Completely inspired and transformed, they joined the Leverage Track of The Client Attraction Business School and well, you’ll have to see this week’s video to see what happened, including multiplying their revenues (a final number they asked me to edit out for industry privacy reasons, but take my word for it, it was a lot more than they had ever made before).

Watch the video now. It’s about 7 minutes, and if you’re anything like me, you’ll giggle (and feel inspired) the whole way through:

I don’t know about you, but I do not WANT to take pride in working 24/7 like Amanda did before CABS, not being able to leave my business. Ever.

I take pride in the fact that you can absolutely retool your business (any business) to be able to grow significantly, while the owners take more downtime to do what they love, like my family and I are doing now. We showed Amanda and Chris just how to do that in Leverage.

Sometimes it is as simple as hearing that one simple shift can change everything, as Amanda shares in this week’s (hysterical) video.

You can absolutely loosen your grip on the way “it has to be” so that you can create it the way you want it to be. All you need is direction, the right community, support, guidance and accountability to do so.

This is what we do at The Client Attraction Business School. And I believe we do it better than any other online or offline training program for business owners.

Perhaps you too can make more and have more downtime like our students do…

Let’s find out by having you talk with a Coach.

Click here to fill out an application to map out your next year with one of our expert Coaches (it’s free).

Much Love,
Fabienne

P.S. I’m still giggling at this video. Don’t you want to go to dinner at Amanda and Chris’ house? Seriously. It would be so fun. I would laugh all night long!

Sometimes I’m the (loving) bearer of bad news… 🙂

Here’s what I say to many, many of our clients and students who want to turn their yearly revenues into their monthly revenues. Ready?

“Your business cannot grow if you keep doing everything yourself.”

(The response? You choose: Ouch or Duh.)

Listen, I know it can be hard. It’s actually quite an emotional process to learn to let go and delegate. Believe me, I have experienced the “There’s no way anyone else will do it as well as I can” thing.

You see, you had to be a “control enthusiast” to get your business to this level. But now, “letting go” is required. And that can be very difficult because it’s hard to trust that it will be done and done well, to our standards.

There’s another side to this coin, though. Watch this week’s training video to learn how you will know that it’s time to delegate in your business, and more importantly, what to delegate, now:

It is a beautiful thing to learn that there are people who have a zone of excellence in the areas where you are merely competent (or even incompetent)!

Listen, we all have our gifts, strengths and talents.

None of us can be good at everything and none of us (at least those of us who want to grow) can go it alone.

Remember… Your incompetence IS someone else’s Unique Brilliance. And when you let go of needing to do it all yourself (like a control enthusiast) and needing to improve your weaknesses (instead of harnessing your strengths) your business can and will thrive.

It’s a mindset as much as a strategy.

So this week, I invite you to think about the functional areas in your business that fall in your zone of competence or incompetence (rather than excellence or brilliance) that you can hire someone else to do…

Here are some ideas for you:

• Your email and scheduling appointments
• Your social media posting and content
• Bookkeeping
• Maybe even your Customer Service?

When you do, you have time for more MGAs (Money Generating Activities), which means that you make so much more money and those you hired just paid for themselves.

So, tell me on the blog: what is it in your business that needs to be delegated so you can focus on Money Generating Activities? What will you be brave enough to let go of soon?  

This is the first step in scaling and leveraging your zone of genius. And that, my friend, is the path to entrepreneurial success and exponential growth.

Here’s to your freedom,
Fabienne

p.s. This really is a conversation about freedom. The reward of becoming a successful business owner is that you create independence in your life. When you learn to delegate effectively you become free to create the systems and tools that generate revenue, and then…go to yoga, or for a walk on the beach, or lunch with friends. It’s kinda awesome. 🙂

Do you ever have the feeling that you’d just like to bust out? To break through your current level of success and experience and hit the next level that you know lies right on the other side?

I want to share a bit of Tracy’s story with you.

Tracy was already very successful before she came to The Client Attraction Business School. She has degrees from MIT, including an MBA. She had a highly successful health coaching practice and a passion burning inside of her that was calling her to the next level.

But she didn’t know how to get from here to there…

So when Tracy says that you can’t get what is available here at other schools, she’s speaking with experience of the best of the best.

Want to get inspired? Watch this 6 minute video now:

There’s so much I love about this…

I LOVE that Tracy shared that she was able to leverage her existing business without struggle or sacrifice and double her income with ease.

Tracy went from being a successful health coach to helping other health coaches build thriving 6-figure practices by increasing their clinical knowledge and business acumen. And once she stepped into CABS, she was able to harness the content, community and accountability to create success quickly and easily. (It’s not just an idea – that kind of growth is real here.)

I believe that when we are ready to make a decision about living a bigger future, we’ve actually known it for some time. There’s a pressure that builds for some time until it becomes too uncomfortable to not do the thing. (I hope you don’t take eight years to get here, but hey, whatever it takes!)

But what I love most about Tracy’s testimony is what she shares about the community, because it is so true: “There is an unwavering love and unwavering insistence that we all collectively rise to where we are going.”

Our success with our students lies on the three pillars of our content, the accountability provided by our coaches and the love and connection of this vibrant community.

It is unparalleled.

It simply doesn’t exist anywhere else.  

If this is your time to bust out, let’s set up a chat for you to map out your 12-month goals. Click here to fill out an application to speak to one of our caring Strategy Coaches.

So many blessings,
Fabienne

p.s. My favorite word, entelechy, states that there is an innate potential that lies within everything and everyone. For example, an acorn has the innate potential to become the oak tree.

If you were to plant yourself in the fertile soil of The Client Attraction Business School, what would become possible for you? Let’s find out, shall we?

For the first time, Janak and Urvi actually see the path to their million dollar business…

…and are happily getting there.  

Sometimes business owners get caught in a trap of inaction because getting to the next level seems like it’s going to be too hard and take too long.

Not our students in The Client Attraction Business School.

Today, I’d like for you to hear firsthand how this power couple went from stuck at the same income for several years to growing year after year because they made the smart decision to join CABS.

Ready to see why it works so well? Watch this short video (it’s under 3 minutes) now:

(OK, just for the record, I have NO idea why that person’s arm is in the right hand side of the frame. I thought about not showing it to you because it’s not “perfect” but then you’d miss out on the inspiration and wouldn’t get to meet my two friends. So, here goes anyway…)

How are they able to feel confident about reaching that million-dollar-mark soon? They say it’s because they’re following our systems, plugging into the community and getting accountability (and love) that makes business dreams come true.

Want to know a trap business owners often get caught in?

Thinking that the results others achieve are because they have something we don’t have, or that they are somehow more capable.

Nonsense! It’s simply not true.

What creates results are the right actions, taken in the right order, one step at a time, consistently over time.

When you do this (and this is exactly what our students are supported to do at The Client Attraction Business School) you really can’t not succeed.

But it starts with a decision to start 🙂

Would you be willing to spend the next three years joyfully committed to experiencing the success that you want, with people who champion you and love you?

Or…

Do you want to be one of those “other people” (I call them “muggles”) who will spend the next three years thinking about when and how they are going to start creating the success that they want, staying stuck in inaction?

We believe we’ve got what you need. Now, it’s time for you to see if it’s right for you. And all it takes is one conversation to change the course of your life for the better.

Ready to multiply your business like Urvi and Janak? We want to hear about your situation, help you map out a plan and see if we can help. No pressure, just caring strategy. The thing is, we can only help you if you take the first step…

Click here now to fill out an application to speak to one of our caring Strategy Coaches, OK? 🙂

Do this for yourself. Do it for your family, and for all the new clients and customers waiting to work with you.

I can’t wait for you to begin taking the actions that lead to your own path to a million-dollar business.

Here’s to massive abundance for you too. (There’s enough for everyone!)

Love,
Fabienne

p.s. I love it when Urvi says that if she was asked to unplug from CABS, she would go off and hide so you wouldn’t find her. It’s because she no longer wants to “do” this business journey thing alone. She loves the strategy and our community of aligned peers too much. It’s what we have for you here at CABS. To explore this level of support for yourself, apply to speak to one of our coaches today!

p.p.s. You can reach a million, if that’s what you want. Check out more of our student success stories here. They are so inspiring!