Success.

Success.

Accomplishment.

Gain.

Progress.

Win.

I started coaching because of my financial goals for our family. But when asked the question, now 2 months into it, “What are some small successes you have seen so far as a coach?” my answer is not financially related.

Not what I was even expecting as I sit here pondering my answer to that question.

Have I benefited financially since starting the business? Yes.

Is that a success? Technically, yes.

I guess I want to focus away from the financial side and highlight 3 successes that are of greater importance to me, as a person.

To start, my time management skills have been fine tuned. No, I’m still not perfect at managing my time, but they have dramatically increased since becoming my own boss and having to organize my to-do-list and my to-done-list and my do-I-really-need-to-do-this list. I am finding cracks in my day to build my business and I’m finding even more cracks in my day to be present with my children. It’s amazing how, before coaching, I would have a lot of free time in my day, but it was not free time well spent. Does that make sense? I’m not sure how else to explain it, except that I feel like I am making more of an effort (and obviously having success) to strengthen my relationship with my young children. Score!

Second, I have increased my exposure to Personal Development, which, in turn, has helped me develop some qualities I didn’t know I possessed. I have “gotten out of my shell” a little more as I try to reconnect with those I have lost contact with. My spirituality has deepened as I have set goals to edify myself each day with doctrine and uplifting articles. I have been able to choose from podcasts, books, webinars, and other means of publication to strengthen my resolve to accomplish some pretty big business related goals this upcoming year. All of that exposure to personal development keeps pushing me to become a better version of myself—a better wife to my husband and a better mother to my children. What greater success is there?

Lastly, when I look around me, I have a newfound sense of charity in that I repeatedly have a strong inclination to help others achieve a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle. No joke. When I look around me, I think to myself, “How can I help that person?” The funny thing is, it’s not always about Beachbody and how I can help them attain their health and fitness goals, but more often it starts as “How can I help this person today, right now, in this moment?” Maybe it’s a mother struggling with her younger kids and I can totally relate, so I want to help her appease a screaming child. Or, maybe it’s the sister in the ward who often sits alone, so I want to sit near her instead of with my regular group of friends. My mentality of seeing others in a whole new light is a success that I will gladly take from my experience thus far as a coach.

Win.

Progress.

Gain.

Accomplishment.

Success.