“How does one become a Mogul?” (That’s my high level coaching program) – I get this question quite often. How does one know when it is time to step it up in order to grow your business?

My normal answer to that question is to ask your coach…….for those of you who are smart enough to have a business coach! For the rest of you, just hiring a business coach is stepping it up – so if I’m talking to you, then go do that.

For the rest of you who are working with a business coach there does come a time when you need to kick it up a notch. And here’s what I recommend to my clients.

  1. WHEN YOU HIT A CERTAIN REVENUE TARGET.

An expression I’ve heard often lately is that ‘what got you here won’t get you there’! So, when it comes to revenue, what got you to 6 figures won’t necessarily get you beyond that…..and that includes the coaching level you are at. New level – new devil. Time to step up, invest more (which most often gets you more access to your coach or to a higher level of coaching) and create a bigger dream.

  1. WHEN YOU ARE EASILY ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS!

Translation: it’s all become routine, easy, and comfortable. That’s a danger zone, in my opinion.

To stay current in business, to reach a higher level, to dream bigger dreams – it’s time to kick it up. It’s time to surround yourself with people who will lift you up – it’s time for you to become the 3rd grader again (to a 3rd grader, a 4th grader is a god).

  1. WHEN YOU DECIDE YOU WANT MORE.

When you dream big dreams, you want to surround yourself with the people, the technology, the systems, the team, the colleagues, the content that will accelerate your progress. A business coach can see more in you than you see in you. Make sense? Most often we under sell and under value ourselves and get stuck. It’s fun to be at a level where people dream big – so big that it scares you – and yet you know you’re in the right place with the right people. When you get those butterflies in your stomach on a regular basis – then you know you’re in the right place. When you know you’re at a level where you don’t know what you don’t know. Then you’re in the right place.

WHY DO MOST PEOPLE STAY RIGHT WHERE THEY ARE? Fear of the unknown will keep people stuck. Fear of investing at a higher level – the $$, the time, the commitment, the travel, the challenges that will stretch you more than ever before – all those reasons and more.

AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD KICK IT UP A NOTCH. It’s not for everyone, by any means. But if you are still reading and you got this far – I’m probably talking to YOU!

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”  ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

MY BEST ADVICE IS TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT.

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH, CHALLENGE YOURSELF AND GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

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Author: Pat Mussieux

Pat has built the new business she's dreamed of, without compromise. She has been nominated, for the past 4 years, for the Canadian Woman Entrepreneur of the Year award and have won 4 STEVIE Awards for Women in Business. Pat has also hosted her own local radio show for 4 years and now hosts a live talk show on local TV interviewing successful women entrepreneurs and sharing their stories. She has written 3 books – the latest of which is ‘Stop Compromising and Make All the Money You Want! A Do-It-Yourself Guide for Starting Up and Starting Over.’

2 Comments

  1. Thanks for the article! very helpful.

    But what to do when you are on your way to the top and have worked so hard… and then something life changing happens and suddendly you loose everything?

  2. Thanks so much for commenting and we appreciate that you found the content helpful! Stay tuned for more!

    Pat

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