Hi, this is coach Trish,
The subject of today's life tip is masterminding. I just got home from my mastermind today, and it was spectacular! I have to tell you, there is nothing like the power of a bunch of minds coming together to work on the same thing. And it doesn't have to be an official mastermind. If you're working on a project or you have a friend or relative who's working on a project, form a mastermind, even if it's just for one time. And here's what you do; the person who's working on the project gives an overview, very short, 5 to 15 minutes on what they're trying to do, what they've done so far, what they're trying to accomplish. Then you quickly ask, "Are there any clarifying questions?" And then that person zips their lips, no talking. Then the other people have 30 minutes to give them ideas. So for 30 minutes, you just bounce ideas off each other, and if you want to have one person be the person that'll say who speaks when, that will make it so it's not complete chaos and that is helpful. But you just have everybody throw out ideas and you won't believe what happens. At first the ideas will seem relatively normal, run of the mill and then somebody will throw in something that's out of the box and that will spark an idea in somebody else's head that's out of the box and that will spark another idea. And pretty soon you've gone in a totally different direction and you have ideas and plans and possibilities that you never would have imagined. So mastermind. Any project you've got going on, grab a group of friends, it can even be 2 people, just as long as it's more than one. The more the better I'd say up to 10, but you can absolutely do it with just 2, and then you can participate. 
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Hi this is Coach Trish,
My life tip for today is something I learned in my mastermind. You're either winning or you're learning. And that's the way we look at everything that doesn't go exactly as we had wanted, right? A lot of times we tend to look at those things as failures. But not so! If you tried something, that was brave, that was courageous, that was stepping out there. That's not a failure no matter how it went. And if it didn't go the way you wanted it to go, you definitely learned something. It reminds me of when I was a kid, I had a pony, and it threw me off and ran over me. Well, that felt like a big failure at the time. I was hurt for a long time, I didn't get back on that pony for a month! But when I did, I was sooo much a better rider! I was more careful, I paid more attention, I held on a little tighter to the reigns, I just directed the horse a little bit better. It really did make me better, I was learning. So there you go. If something doesn't go exactly as you wanted, don't be upset, look for the lesson in it and how can you do better next time.
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Hi this is Coach Trish,
Apparently I've been thinking about Les Brown a lot lately because I'm going to talk about another one of his quotes and it is, "Leap and grow your wings on the way down." We tend to wait until everything is perfect, trying to get everything lined up. Waiting till the stars are aligned, everyone's happy about what we're doing and everyone's supportive, before we get started. I personally am the worst at this! I will read every book, I'll take every class, go to every seminar, go back to the University and get another degree, all before getting started. When the truth is, if it's something that's interesting to you, you probably already have more knowledge about it and more expertise in it than 99% of the population. You're good, go ahead and get started. Another one of his quotes is, "You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great." So just go, go start, do something, you can continue the education along the way, but you must take a step, get started. 
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Hi this is Coach Trish, 
My friend and mentor Les Brown, has a saying, he says "A career is something you love so much you'll do it for free, but you do it so well people will pay you to do it." Well I was thinking, the reason you have to love it so much you'd do it for free is because when you start out, you probably will do it for free! It takes a while to get up and get running. And we live in an instant society. You know, baked potato in what, like 3 minutes or something? Everything is instant, microwave, we don't want to wait. So many people will give up before they get to the tipping point, before they get to the point where they start to really be successful, to make money at something. Give yourself the time. Most businesses don't make money the first 3 years. You've gotta wait 3 to 5 years. So sit down, write yourself out a 5 year plan and don't give up. You know the success of someone is very often related to the distance into the future that they can think. The further into the future someone can think, the more successful they are going to be. Because they are able to plan it out and wait for it. We make 5 year plans at least, the Japanese make something like 500 year plans! It's crazy, much older society! Give yourself the time, it'll happen, just keep at it. 
This is Coach Trish, if you'd like a 30 minute complimentary coaching session request it on the contact me page. And always remember YOU ARE POWERFUL!

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