Need a Bridge-builder – Step 2 Results!
One of my favorite parts of my business is the visionary aspect of it (DUH!) I absolutely love envisioning myself 1-2 years down the road and what I’ll be “doing” at Ideal LifeVision. I have all sorts of grandiose ideas centered on leading a community of people who want to implement permanent & positive change into their lives. I could spend hours a day visualizing this in detail. That’s the easy part for me. The more difficult part is actually getting around to setting up a strategy of HOW I’m going to get there.
And I’ve had a multitude of reasons WHY I haven’t gotten there faster. See if some of these reasons resonate with you……
~I’m not really sure what to do next…Should I do this….or that? And sometimes nothing even comes to mind!
~I just can’t seem to find the time to do it. I’m a bit overwhelmed with all I have going on….nevermind the action steps to take my business to the next level.
~ There are just certain things I don’t like to do…it’s just not fun or I’m not good at it
~ Sometimes the vision has so many different facets that I don’t even know where to start and can’t seem to focus or complete any of them.
Well, I’ve been able to solve ALL of these issues recently by just adding 2 people to my life. My Coach and my Bridge Builder Michelle. (More on the value of hiring a coach a bit later….I want to focus on what a Bridge Builder does in this post)
Bridge Builder? (You’re probably thinking, what in the world is that?) Let me give you a more complete description: Coach, mentor, idea-bouncer, assistant, techno geek, Girl Friday. Really, truly, she can do a bit of everything.
So here’s my own personal experience: My coach Rhonda kept telling me that I needed to hire some help in the business, like a virtual assistant. But the funny thing was….how could I tell an assistant what to do if I wasn’t even sure myself. I struggled with this for months trying to visualize me giving her a list of things to do and in the visualization the list was always blank. And not because there weren’t a million things that could be done, but I just didn’t have the confidence to delegate it out.
But then I got brave. I was sinking rapidly when I heard what Michelle was doing. And the best thing was that I could test it out before making a more long-term commitment. I opted for the 5 hour package.
We spent about a half hour brainstorming different things that could be transferred from my overflowing plate to her. That first session we determined that she would be set up a FaceBook Fan page and manage that for me along with some of my Twitter stuff. As we began brainstorming, I had an avalanche of ideas. I had to scribble them down as fast as I could! “What if Michelle was also my affiliate coordinator?” What if she was the liason between me and my affiliates and those I was doing joint ventures with?
Ahh…..to not have to send out the weekly emails and coordinate the publicity for those I was in a joint venture relationship! Even better was when I delegated off scheduling guest appearances on BlogTalk Radio & guest speaking for network marketers! (So happy to have her do that instead of me!) And I’m just getting started because now I trust Michelle and know that she can handle all the stuff that I don’t want to handle anymore!!
Michelle is more than just an assistant. I think of her as a coach-assistant, because she not only helps me organize my brain and my business life, but she also is available to assist me with my to-do list! 
Do you need a Bridge Builder in your business? Could you use an extra set of hands? Eyes? Ears? or Brain? ☺ Let Michelle be that for you! I couldn’t recommend it more highly! Of course I have her listed under my Resources and here’s her info:
Michelle McMullin
801-971-2277
moc.stluser2petsnull@ellehcim
www.step2results.com
You’re probably not in the stage of your life where you could use a business assistant. (You probably need a Nanny!
) I’m just kidding. Enjoy your baby and future children!
That’s cool. So does she do housework and laundry for stay at home mom’s? At this point in my life I’m so caught up in the mundane day to day things of being a wife and new mother. I’d like to find something else to do besides scrubbing my floor! My wise aunt told me something right before I had my baby. “Do something everyday that can’t be undone.” I need to work on that.