Meagan Ruppert

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Do you stand up for yourself to yourself? Meaning - when there’s a temptation in front of you that would take you off your track - whatever that track might be: your diet, your wellness, your business, your relationships - do you take a stand for yourself and say NO to cheating on your commitments? For example: my son Oli LOVES peanut butter and jelly, but he doesn’t eat the crust so there’s always a good portion of pb&j left over screaming at me to eat it!... (By the way, is there a memo that goes out to all toddlers that they should avoid the crust?? It just seems nearly universal with little kids) I digress Anyway, while I’d love to devour his leftovers, I’ve realized that I may have a form of Celiacs and so I’ve decided to go fully gluten-free. This means - no more scraps of Oli’s pb&j, no more athletic brewing NA beer (if ya know ya know), no more treats and cheats just because. Let me be clear: this is hard AF Over the last 3 years, I’ve tried to eat gluten free as much as possible because it felt better, but I wasn’t FULLY committed, so I would often cheat when the temptation was too good to pass up. But that hasn’t worked for me, and in fact, I feel like whatever going on in my body is getting worse, sounding an alarm to me that I need to make a real CHANGE, and commit to it. So yesterday I literally looked at his plate and felt myself going into autopilot about to reach for the pb&j scraps. So I had to stop and remind myself about my commitment: to heal this once and for all. And so instead, I picked up the plate and threw the scraps in the garbage. And it got me thinking about how often people just go on autopilot and do the things that hurt them, because it’s easier. It’s easier to eat the thing you know you shouldn’t. It’s easier to skip the workout. It’s easier to procrastinate on following up with that potential client. There’s always an easier option. But anything great requires making a new choice. So while that new choice might be hard to make now, it becomes easier every time to decide to do the thing you say you’re going to do. Like rolling out your mat for yoga even when you don’t feel like it. Like putting on your sneakers and walking out the door when the last thing you want to do is run. Like passing up on the food that tastes great but leaves you feeling terrible afterwards. Like putting the phone down when you know you need to get work done. Developing mental toughness has given me the strength to stand up for myself to the part of me that wants to go on autopilot when I’m about to do something I know isn’t good for me. Trust me, I wasn’t always this strong and I *for sure* slip up sometimes, but I remind myself why I’m doing it, and then the choice becomes easy. So have you been standing up for yourself and doing things that are good for you? Or have you been going on autopilot?

I was at the playground with my son, Oli, the other day and as I was watching him jump off the ladder trying to grab on the monkey bars for the 13th time, he reminded me of one of the greatest lessons I ever learned in business. When you were a young child, every day there was something new to learn, some new boundary to push, a fear to conquer, a distance to leap And most often, you just went for it.... You didn’t care if you would fall or fail. You didn’t care who was looking or how you’d look if you didn’t make it. You didn’t care if your parents warned you you’d get hurt. You knew there was something to be gained on the other side and so you’d try it. Like Oli on the playground. He was DETERMINED to reach the monkey bars and he didn’t care how many tries it would take, he was going to reach it! And this brings me to the one of the greatest lessons I learned about business How many times have you tried something once or twice and when you didn’t succeed, you gave in? How many times have you decided not to go for something because it was out of reach - or more appropriately, out of your comfort zone? How many times have you let someone else talk you out of doing something because they were afraid you’d fail? Here’s the truth: success in business isn’t going to come from playing it SAFE. Like Oli on the playground, willing to fail enough times to grow, you’ve got to be willing to FAIL. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve failed in 12 years of business. There is GOLD in failure IF you use it the right way. Average people see failure as a reason to stop. But GREAT people, those who achieve their goals in life, love, and business - they are the ones who see failure as their greatest teacher. If you fall enough times, you know what to do differently to make sure you land the jump the next time. The same goes for business. 99.99% of successful entrepreneurs didn’t strike gold straight out of the gate. The most successful people out there have more scars of failure than you can ever see at first glance. They tried, they failed, they tweaked, they failed some more, and then they sought out guidance from someone who’d done it before - someone who’d failed EVEN MORE than they had, so they could shortcut their path to success. So next time you hesitate for fear of failure, challenge yourself to go full force ahead if you fail, you’ll grow. And if you succeed - well, awesome. On to the next! xo