It's OK to fail

Welcome my friend, Maria Gudelis here, and I want tell you a story about one of my new clients who for the last year has not taken ANY action to create his dream business and how I’m coaching him now to turn that around and make that dream a reality...a grand opening of his new life!

So listen in to hear about Mr. X so that it truly helps you when I reveal the 2 deep decision questions that create momentum and growth and 1 simple 10-minute exercise to pick a winning idea and go for it.

I promise that when you put this into your life. Amazing things will happen to you.

Like being able to:

Spread your wings and fly!

Wake up feeling like you are on FIRE to serve your clients every morning!

Pay off any credit card debt

Hire more team members in your business so you can be in your zone of genius.

PAY YOURSELF a worthy monthly dollar amount.

Stop guessing what you're going to do in your business and start taking ACTION.

This episode is all about how to get over “beating ourselves up” about our decisions we make, or that ping pong mind drama that oftentimes throws us into self-doubt and confusion which is a dangerous path to “doing nothing” to light the f up your life, your business, and even your relationships.

Let me tell you about Mr. X, he’s bought so many courses to the tune of over $10,000 in the last 2 years and yet he has not gotten out of the ‘watching the training” cycle at all. With zero results, zero actions and if you put that into the money equation I talked about in episode

The first step is that he needs to make a decision, then implement it, then evaluate.

You are going to fall in love with your decision with CEMENTED SUPER GLUE BELIEF!

Here are the 2 questions I’ve asked him to do:

1. What do I already love about my decision?

2. How is this the right thing for right now?

The beautiful thing here is that you are SELLING yourself on your own decision.

And then, you evaluate how this is working, how does this feel.

So in case you’re wondering what decision to make - here’s what I asked Mr. X to do:

Write out 20 ideas about what you could do to make money as an entrepreneur right now.

Pick one.

Then do the 2 questions to cement your belief and start taking action!

Psst...

Want the most powerful “mindware” model for FREE? It helps you FIGURE out what you WANT and how to get it!

You can download that at www.leapwithmaria.com

Love n light to you,

Maria Gudelis

Welcome my friend, Maria Gudelis here, it was a vivid day I'll always remember when I walked in on crutches into a Las Vegas conference room.

Everyone looked at me with that “what the heck is she doing here” and I kind of meekly went into the back row, found a chair and a second chair to put my leg up, because you see I just have had hip replacement surgery less than 6 weeks ago in India of all places.

As I walked into this conference room I had this kernel of HOPE in my heart to learn something new.

That's part of the whole Human Experience, isn't it? To learn something new?

When I walked into that room, the two instructors at the front of the room looked at me and they were the only ones funny enough, that didn't look at me strangely as if “what is she doing here or why is she on crutches”, they just kind of went with the beginning of what they were teaching like nothing unusual had happened.

This was my first-ever 3 Day Bootcamp that I had invested in to learn all about internet marketing and it was about 2005 if I recall, it could have been 2004, to be honest, but hey I'm dating myself now.

What I want to talk about today on this podcast episode is three ways to amplify belief in your client and I'm going to come back to the story in a minute but first…

This episode continues from the prior two episodes (episode 5 and episode 6) because it relates to what we’re talking about today.

This is more of a marketing call this episode and about how you can increase your sales online and the prior two episodes I touched upon what I lovingly call the holy trinity of belief.

In marketing terms where there are three key things, picture a triangle in front of you, the three things that you need to absolutely blast-off and rocket up your sales in your business where you're going to impact more people…

1. Belief in your offer.

2. Belief in YOU.

3. Belief in your client.

Today is all about belief in your client.

Think of yourself as being a GPS for your client to go from where they are now to where they want to go.

Here are 3 ways to amplify belief in your client.

Listen to the entire episode to find out what those 3 ways are!

Psst...

Want the most powerful “mindware” model for FREE? It helps you FIGURE out what you WANT and how to get it!

You can download that at www.leapwithmaria.com

Love n light to you,

Maria Gudelis

Sit down, get a piece of paper out and write out: “What kind of business do you want to create?”

You have unlimited potential.

In Episode 5 we talked about the holy trinity of belief and specifically the belief in your offer.

Today we’re going to talk about belief in YOU. What do you want to create?

We're in for a big massive mindset “blow your mind away” about continuation from Episode Five about the holy trinity of belief.

I walked you through in the last episode about OMG, how one of my clients in just two weeks made over $61,000 of revenue with just under $2,000 of ad spend. Step by step to the conversions to the leads and most importantly to what some of the exercises I worked with her on her belief in her offer, because the 3 things are about believing in you, believing in your offer and believing that your clients or potential prospects can do it as well and have outstanding successful results with whatever your offer is.

Let’s talk about YOU. Your power.

Your power is in choosing selectively what you're going to do.

Your power is using your mind and the belief in you to create, as if you had a blank canvas, to create that vision, and then you determine what the plan is or what the path is to get there.

And that's really important because what I want to do is ask you:

What do you want to create?

Because if you don't spend the time really thinking about this. It's going to be hard to not fall prey to, because our brains are sneaky, to fall prey to a path your heart and mind don’t want to be on.

You may suffer from shiny object syndrome and never steer your own ship of potential.

Never unlock that TRUE brilliance of YOU.

Never broadcast that brilliance to the world and impact others.

I want YOU to unlock your brilliance!

Listen in on this episode to start believing in you.

Get 3 exercises or tools that will help you do this.

Once you're done, go download my free tool that helps you FIGURE out what you WANT and how to get it!

You can download that at www.leapwithmaria.com

Love n light to you!

Maria

Ok friend wait until you hear about a HUGE aha moment I had this morning…my head is spinning about it.

My client does a complete shift and what happens next will amaze you.

The summation of the story is this:

The one with the most experience doesn’t win.

The one with the most belief wins.

Which is an amazing quote I heard from Brooke Castillo of The Life School which some of you may know that in part of my own “upleveling” in the last 6 months, I’ve invested over 30 grand in a one-on-one coach and getting life coach certified, as after teaching over 25,000 people across the world about marketing and getting your business to a million-plus...I’ve found that, especially because of the pandemic, inner reflection helps you find your north star, your path.

And one of mine is “brain management” because without that, you won’t truly be able to get what you want and be happy with it after you get it!

So back to the story - one of my clients - just in the last 2 weeks - has brought in more revenue to her business than the last two months…

And even though there were a lot of “shifts” I helped coach her on in regards to her marketing message and her sales funnel that helped, I’d like to really credit the big ‘money shift’ and success shift to the belief in herself, her offer and her clients.

The holy marketing trinity or belief triad.

Let me repeat the 3 key things:

1. Belief in your offer (or offers).

2. Belief in yourself.

3. Belief in your client’s or customer’s ability to get results with what you’re offering.

Powerful. Get these 3 things at 110% belief...you magically produce profits and can craft the lifestyle you want.

So in this episode, I’m going to break down #1 of the belief trinity - belief in your offer.

So last month my client converted some of her prospects into sales but I had a sneaky feeling we could do better. That we could work on her belief in her offer (because I knew it was darn good) but did she know that and realize that!?

We often undervalue our own teachings/offers, believe it or not, and sometimes just need someone in your corner to remind you of how powerful you are and the thing you're offering is.

The end result is that you should have so much belief in your offer that you feel like you're selling someone and giving someone a $100 bill for $50 dollars because when you have that strong belief, Magic Happens!

Of course, it's easy and effortless to sell your offer and have people FEEL how confident you are by the energy you exude. This energy transforms into your clients happily buying from you and more importantly, believing in you and your offer!

Stop for a minute and think about how much energy you would have - your energetic level right now if I give you 10 one hundred dollar bills and ask you to sell each one for $50.

That’d be easy right because you know you're giving someone double what they're paying you in value so why wouldn't they buy from you!

That’s the belief you need to get to in order to really start selling successfully and grow your business.

Here are just two of the exercises I had her do to firm up her belief and I encourage you to try this:

-Write out 10 reasons why they should buy your offer from you.

-Read that out loud to yourself every day and heck, even 3 times a day.

Just like my client did - she did this and read it out loud 2 to 3 times a day…

Another exercise is to read out loud the testimonials you’ve received - this is SUPER powerful! Heck, I love reading testimonials I received from my coaching even from 10 years ago!

Like this one from Anita Boyer:

“My ability to quickly begin measuring success using Maria’s programs lies in her openness…”

Wow and ‘incredible’ is how I describe my experience with Maria!!

I must admit I was very fearful to begin approaching businesses with my offerings. But after just one personal coaching session with Maria, I

Welcome my friend! How are you doing today!?

In this episode, we’ll talk about 3 ways to get unstuck and I decided to talk about this because of a recent coaching session I just had with one of my clients that is ON FIRE with the growth of her business.

Yet she was a bit stuck on something and here’s what happened. She all of a sudden was finding that when she hosted a 5-day challenge to build up her visibility and sales, not as many people were not joining her Facebook group.

And...let me tell you what she did to get the join rate from 30% to over 50%...which is HUGE.

In case this is the first time you’re tuning in…

It's Ok to Fail podcast is about inspiring you and motivating you to grab that diamond essence that's inside of you and share it with the world.

To fall in love with yourself.

To fall in love with inspiring others.

And it all starts with being okay to fail.

You’ve got to fail in order to succeed.

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” - Robert F. Kennedy

OK let’s get to the 3 ways to get UNSTUCK!

1. Evaluate yourself on performance to see how you created the result you created

What worked

What didn’t work

What I will do differently

2. Make a micro goal of your BIG macro goal…

We often try to run the marathon without breaking it down into simple small micro-goals that allow us to build up momentum and confidence.

Let me give you an example, my client’s overall goal is to get to 200k this year in sales all by herself as a one-person team with some side contract VAs.

Now to do that - what does she have to do each month, and so we took what is needed in January and then created micro-goals from there.

One of them is simply doing a live video once a week to her Instagram and Facebook Page, and send an email out to her list to that video.

That micro goal is now put into microtasks.

One task is to identify the title of the video (as that’s the biggest hook to get one to watch or listen to it).

The next microtask for that goal is the content - what 3 tips can she share.

The next task is the call to action on that video - to identify it and use it.

A final task is to just do it - go live!

Does that make sense how we have 4 tasks now under 1 micro goal?

The next micro goal now is to send an email out to her list that gives the link to her video.

3. Work your belief system - your thoughts do create your reality and the thing is we are never taught how to manage our brain in the school system…

Every day I practice my thoughts.

If we can just allocate even 10 minutes a day to work on your belief system…you’re golden because the one thing I know is this - 80 percent of your success is your thoughts and 20 percent is the strategy.

So one of the most powerful things to help you get unstuck is a simple download I created for you called 5 Simple Steps to UNFUNK yourself.

To get it - simply go to leapwithmaria.com or if you’re in the USA text LEAP to 55444 and you can get it within minutes!

It’s been a true pleasure serving you, wishing you love and light,

Maria Gudelis

Learn more at: http://mariagudeliscoaching.com (http://mariagudeliscoaching.com)

Journey back over 17 years ago with me…So I was sitting on a Saturday at the breakfast table enjoying a coffee when my ex-husband and he’s reading the LA times, flips the page and there’s this huge full-page ad from Robert Allen, NY Times best-selling author and wealth creator.

And in big bold letters across the top is said:

"MY BIG MOUTH COULD MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE!"

It practically jumped off the paper and reached into my heart.

Quickly getting my attention.

I felt a huge dopamine rush as I started to feel excited, hopeful and the next line shouted at me:

"I'm under deadline to create 1,000 new millionaires in record time! Will you be one of them?"

I then signed up for a free two-hour seminar where we’d learn all about internet marketing and wealth creation.

At the end of that seminar, we plunked down $5,000 to be able to attend live, a few three-day training camps.

One of those 3-day events was all about internet marketing.

I learned from the best.

I did what they said to do and was simply shocked that I was able to sell a $17 info product on eBay!

Hey, one quick interruption here...In case you don’t know me, welcome friend. I’m Maria Gudelis, life and business coach, the gal who has failed a BAJILLION times, and failing forward is what has made me who I am today.

And who am I? I’m someone who has in the last 30 years made millions (and occasionally lost millions), co-founded a technology now used in an emotional intelligence app for Alzheimers’ patients, and taught over 25,000 people worldwide.

In episode 1 of this podcast…

I introduced you to a powerful money and life mindset tool and I shared a story of how I went from a swanky penthouse being programmed by the paycheck and how I reprogrammed myself.

The tool is kind of a formula for EVERYTHING to figure out what you want and get it.

If you haven’t downloaded it yet, I’ve created a pretty graphic for you of the model and you can download it by either texting me if you live in the U.S. or signing up for the “never miss a podcast” episode newsletter over at www.leapwithmaria.com.

Love to text instead? If you live in America, you can TEXT the word LEAP to 55444 and I’ll text it to you.

Back to the million-dollar story,

OK, so you now might be wondering how I got from a $17 sale to over a million online in 90 days as the title of this episode says.

Let me break it down.

1. It took years of trial and error before having the audience size, the traffic formula, and confidence to pull in one million in 90 days.

2. I invested in the experts to hone my craft.

3. I took the LEAP.

The funnel was simply a low ticket funnel - starting with a $17 Digital information product about how to use social media that led into other offers. It was in the form of a paid challenge where each day I taught one thing.

The first immediate upsell was $27 and then at the end of the challenge, I offered an affiliate product they could buy that I got 50% commissions for.

Then within a 30-day period, I offered those buyers a $3,000 group coaching opportunity.

Within 60 days I offered a free training webinar to those buyers that showed people how they could get 7 clients in 7 days and at the end of that webinar, I offered a $2,000 social media certification program selling out the 100 available spots within a week.

I also from day 60 to 90 made more money by offering all those challenge buyers a digital training product by Jason Fladlien and Wilson Mattos of Rapid Crush. At that time I believe it was their 6 in 6 coaching program, a 6-month coaching program guiding people to build a 6 figure online business.

Within the 90 day period, over one million in revenue.

I truly hoped you enjoyed this episode. It’s my mission to transform, through tools and “brain mastery”.

There’s 2 things you can do right now to help...

Welcome my friend! How are you doing today!?

Can I tell you about the strangest secret in the world?

Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a famous humanitarian, polymath, Doctor and Nobel Prize winner was being interviewed in London in 1952 and a reporter asked him:

‘Doctor, what’s wrong with men today?’

The great doctor was silent for a moment, and then he said, ‘Men simply don’t think!’

I read recently that we have over 60,000 thoughts a day rumbling through our heads and if we don’t manage them...well they run amuck as could our lives.

Henry Ford once said “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.”

Mel Robbins said “Positive thinking is the ultimate strategy.”

It’s about “thinking” that I want to talk with you today and how to apply a cutting-edge tool that from the moment you learn it, can literally change your life.

I use this “magical” tool and it truly allows me to work less and make more money. It’s called the thought model and today’s episode is more of a workshop because you’ll get real examples that help you put it into action in your own life and business.

In case you don’t know me, welcome friend. I’m Maria Gudelis, life and business coach, the gal who has failed a BAJILLION times and failing forward is what has made me who I am today.

And who am I? I’m someone who has in the last 30 years made millions (and occasionally lost millions), co-founded a technology now used in an emotional intelligence app for Alzheimers’ patients, and taught over 25,000 people worldwide.

OK let’s leap into today’s episode. Part 2 of Programmed by the Paycheck. How to Reprogram Yourself

First if you haven’t listened to part 1 of Programmed by the Paycheck. How to Reprogram Yourself I highly encourage you to listen to that first.

If you have a pen and paper handy - great. If you don’t either go grab it now or listen to this episode and take action when you are in a place that’s convenient for you.

In episode 1 I introduced you to the self coaching model and I shared a story how I went from a swanky penthouse being programmed by the paycheck and how I reprogrammed myself.

The model is kind of a formula for EVERYTHING to figure out what you want and get it.

The Self-Coaching Model showed me that mistakes or failure in the past didn’t need to limit my future.

The Self-Coaching Model puts me in the right “energy” to write a blog post, record a podcast, craft an email, a course, do a consult call and close sales.

When I introduce it to my clients their minds are BLOWN and their performance, their business booms!

I’ll walk you through a working example I used yesterday with one of my coaching clients that shifted her confidence within 5 minutes so that she’s ready to serve and sell on her own 7 clarity calls she has this week with prospective clients.

If you haven’t downloaded it yet, I’ve created a pretty graphic for you of the model and you can download it by either texting me if you live in the U.S. or signing up for the “never miss a podcast” episode newsletter over at http://www.leapwithmaria.com (www.leapwithmaria.com).

Love to text instead? If you live in America, you can TEXT the word LEAP to 55444 and I’ll text it to you.

Alright a refresh from episode 1, let’s define the key elements to the model.

And it’s like the mind-Jedi trick to reprogram your mind to well, live your best life ever.

In this scenario since most of my listeners are established entrepreneurs or ‘soon to be’ entrepreneurs…

Let me walk you through some real client examples that will help you build a wildly successful business.

Yesterday at the start of the coaching call, my client gave me her measurable lead flow numbers to me and she had 7 clarity calls booked this week.

When I asked her how she

It was a gusty wind blowing my scarf away as I strolled through Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia.

One of five original squares planned by city founder William Penn in the late 17th century, Rittenhouse Square is the heart of Center City’s most expensive and exclusive neighborhood.

How in the world did I end up living in a Penthouse suite, living the LUXE life, a penthouse with a massive and swanky rooftop terrace that looks over Rittenhouse square and the city of Philadelphia?

More on that in a minute...let me tell you about what you’ll learn in this episode of “It’s OK to Fail”.

If you have a fear of failing that stops you from following your dream, that stops you from achieving your true happiness, this podcast is for you.

In this episode let’s talk about how to face the FEAR of uncertainty that rules your mind and body when thinking about a LEAP you’re seriously thinking about.

A LEAP such as leaving your cushy paycheck, stepping into a NEW identity that follows your purpose, gives you joy and makes you a lot of money.

Maybe it’s a LEAP into a new business direction or venture for you.

Either way - I’ll share a cutting-edge tool that will change the way you look and feel about taking the LEAP. So that you can FAIL forward.

...so that you’’ll be OK to FAIL

Let’s get back to the swanky penthouse and how I was programmed by the paycheck.

By telling this story I truly hope it helps you. I was able to reprogram myself and the tool I’ll share with you I am 100% confident will help you too!

I believe we are entering the year of 2021 with hope, Resilience, and fortitude. And to activate change for you and your life...it’s time to harness the power within you to create a shift in prosperity and spiritual power.

Back to the “from Penthouse to programmed by the paycheck and my reprogramming story”.

The year was 1999. I had a 6 figure paycheck job with Computer Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s largest software and service providers and the first software company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange.

The companies we consulted put us up in the hotels and condos and that’s how I negotiated with the client that the rent for the penthouse apartment was less expensive than the cumulative nightly fees of a 5 star hotel in downtown Philadelphia.

So one morning back in 1999, I woke up excited. Today was the day one of the Partners from CSC was flying in to meet me and felt that she was going to give me a promotion to Partner!

So as I strolled through Rittenhouse park to my client’s office just a few blocks away, I settled in with the consulting and client team and excitedly waited for my afternoon meeting with my boss, the CSC Partner who just flew into Philly.

Then - the meeting happened and I think you’ll be shocked at what happens next.

She said “Maria…”

Listen in to the episode to find out what happened next.

It’s what made me take the leap into entrepreneurship.

And there’s a few tools that I use still to this day (and a new simpler ‘thought model’) that has helped me SO much in reprogramming my mind to success and happiness.

It really began with my mind because I was freaking out!

That night all I could think about was OMG what have I done. What will my family think? What if it doesn’t work for me ‘being an entrepreneur’?

So - - I buckled down on improving the most powerful asset I have (and you have too) - my mind.

Tony Robbins, a top life and business strategist says that "Success in life is 80% psychology and 20% mechanics — what you do doesn't matter if you aren't in the right mindset.

Robbins said, explaining that the psychological aspect is dependent on how much you grow, improve, and push yourself beyond what you thought was possible. It's easy to go down the wrong road: "They focus on where they want to go, instead of what they're afraid...

Is fear stopping you from creating the results you want? Are you secretly ashamed of failing? Are you secretly scared to say NO to your dreams because you’re saying YES to “all the things” life, your friends, and co-workers are throwing your way?

Well strap in my friend.

Because in this short 3 minute episode, Maria Gudelis will prep you with WHAT this podcast is all about.

Failing might feel like shit, but it’s the necessary fertilizer to grow.

It's Okay to Fail podcast is about inspiring you and motivating you to grab that diamond essence that's inside of you and share it with the world.

To fall in love with yourself.

To fall in love with inspiring others.

And it all starts with being okay to fail.

You’ve got to fail in order to succeed.

Now is the time to SAY YES to being fearless. It’s ok to fail!

If you want to become FEARLESS, stand in your own POWER and unapologetically follow your dream,

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