| During these tumultuous times I am reminded that it | | | | me on my business trips to Japan, Germany, |
| is always good to have a well-thought out Plan B. | | | | Switzerland, Mexico, Hawaii, London, and all over the |
| Why? Because sometimes Plan B is better than your | | | | U.S. My Powerful Plan B business allows me the |
| Plan A. | | | | freedom to travel - when I choose to - with my |
| The life I now live is a Plan B. | | | | family. |
| Several years ago I did quite a bit of marketing and | | | | All I can say is "wow!" I am very happy with the life |
| strategy consulting for major corporations. It was | | | | that moving to my Powerful Plan B has allowed me |
| great work. I truly enjoyed helping clients increase | | | | to create. My relationships with my children and wife |
| their sales, market share and profits. I got a thrill out | | | | are over-the-top good. My life experiences (as a |
| of working to uncover breakthroughs that allowed | | | | horse whisperer, snake wrangler, and fruit picker, an |
| my clients to win in the marketplace. I made a lot of | | | | Army Officer, corporate executive, parachutist, |
| money (because companies will always pay those | | | | marketing/strategy consultant, Life and Executive |
| who can help them sell more at a greater profit). I | | | | Coach, corporate trainer, and father & husband) |
| also traveled constantly on business for my clients to | | | | and study have allowed me to develop a proven |
| every big city in the U.S. and Internationally. From San | | | | approach to helping others succeed personally & |
| Francisco to Miami, Mexico City to London, Seoul to | | | | professionally with Work-Life Balance. None of this |
| Rome, Rio to Chicago, Hong Kong to Toronto, and all | | | | would have happened had I stayed with my Plan A. |
| over the place. The food was great. The clients were | | | | But couldn't I have made the change to this better |
| great. My wife and I traveled together for virtually all | | | | life even earlier? What if I had asked myself the |
| of this. It was "all good." | | | | Powerful Plan B question earlier: "What would I do to |
| Then my wife and I got pregnant with our first child. | | | | reach my goals if I stopped doing what I'm doing |
| (Shazam! How did that happen? Blame it on Rio.) | | | | right now?" |
| Anyway, I decided that I did not want to miss the | | | | And that question is what can make this article |
| birth or (looking forward) spend all of my time on the | | | | valuable to you. |
| road while my child was growing up. | | | | What is your Powerful Plan B? What would you do |
| My bottomline: I was unwilling to succeed | | | | to reach your goals if you stopped doing what you're |
| professionally and fail personally. The internet is great, | | | | doing right now? |
| but I really did not want to have to be emailed a | | | | Here's what I want you to do: Make a list of the top |
| picture of my child's first steps, first words, and so | | | | 5 things you currently do professionally and |
| on. This meant that I needed to develop a Powerful | | | | personally, more or less by habit. From how you run |
| Plan B to replace the income from my Plan A | | | | your business to how you interact with your |
| endeavors. | | | | significant others to what you eat to how you earn |
| So, among other things, as part of my Powerful Plan | | | | money, and so on. Then, ask yourself the Powerful |
| B I decided to expand my Life Coaching and | | | | Plan B question about each of them. Your answers |
| Executive Coaching business as a way to make up | | | | may lead you - as they have led me - to your castle |
| for the income I was giving up because I no longer | | | | in the sky. |
| wanted to travel non-stop for the marketing and | | | | The Powerful Plan B question (and your answer) may |
| strategy business. I decided to coach only successful | | | | just be the most valuable thing I ever share with |
| clients who wanted to be more successful. I do most | | | | you. I have lived it and I know it can significantly |
| of my work via the internet and phone, and my | | | | uplevel your life in every area that is important to |
| traveling is much more controlled. I also speak | | | | you. |
| professionally at corporations and at colleges and I | | | | But, that's why you and I have this relationship. |
| still do a bit of consulting on marketing/strategy in | | | | Right? |
| certain situations. My entire family has traveled with | | | | Remember - You DO Deserve To Live A Great Life. |