Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) June/July 2020 Aspire Magazine FULL Issue | Page 23

So I made the decision to become a full time
stay at home mom and there I remained
for the next 21 years. I put away my books
by Napoleon Hill and Earl Nightingale
and began learning from the two success
teachers who called me mom.
Of course, everyone thought I had gone
out of my mind and that my career would
be doomed if I left at the height of my
success. I told them that I had to be true to
my own teaching and I was going to follow
the impulses of my intuition and trust that it
would lead me to even greater good, as I
told my students to do.
After 21 years having the time of my life
raising my daughter and my son who was
born three years later, I came back to even
more success than I had before as my former
students, now transformational teachers
and NY Times bestselling authors got me
speaking engagements, book contracts, and
on webinars and summits. I even formed a
partnership with one of my students that grew
into a multi-million dollar seminar company.
And finally, the third key, if you want true
success, is how important it is to treat
people well. In fact, to always treat the
persona standing in front of you as the most
important person in the world. You never
who that person is today or who they will be
tomorrow. My kids’ babysitter is now the
owner of one of the largest event production
companies in the world and who do you
think she calls when she needs someone
to talk about creating true success. She
remembers that I always treated her as the
most important person in the world. One of
my students who was homeless when she
came to my seminar for the first time is now
a multiple-time NY Times bestselling author
and a world renown speaker. Who do you
think she calls when her promoter needs a
speaker in Japan or Thailand?
So enjoy the journey, listen to that inner voice
that will always give you the best guidance,
and treat everyone as the most important
person in the world and you will be blessed
with a life of true and lasting success.
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WISDOM & SELF-GROWTH
“Listening to your inner
voice plugs you in to
an energy that’s greater
than yourself.”
Debra Poneman
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