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Founder’s Corner
Showing up post COVID-19
Wow! Whose head is spinning over the past four months after being quarantined and living through a pandemic? Mine sure is. As many of you are just starting to emerge from your homes, there are many ideas and opportunities you may be contemplating. For me, I am looking at how we can leverage more online opportunities for all of our members.
What about you? What are you planning to leverage coming out of this? In the last issue, I shared all the ways we could SHOW UP and BE SEEN during this unprecedented time. Did you take advantage of any of the ideas and offerings?
Lead Up has always been positioned to provide platforms virtually, and for that reason, our membership grew by leaps and bounds over the past four months! That means there are more members for you to collaborate with. Have you created your online presence in our Member Directory? Have you connected with anyone in the Member Directory?
Showing up is not just about being on-time for an appointment or being invited to speak on stage. Showing up is about being present, BIG TIME, in everything you do, taking action and being seen everywhere, all the time, in every way. My challenge to you now is to purposefully SHOW UP. Try it, you just might like the way it feels.
Over the next several months, as businesses get back to work, travelers head out on the road and children flood schools again, I would like to challenge each of you to remember to STAY CONNECTED. Showing You have had time to grow your businesses, connect through Zoom (sometimes daily), and Up is about attend more online virtual events than ever before. Don’t stop now. Continue to authenbeing present, tically create those relationships to build long-lasting relationships, not just temporary BIG TIME, in “quarantined relationships.” Lead Up is making BIG PLANS to SHOW UP
everything you do, taking action and being seen
for YOU over the next year. We are hard at work behind the scenes preparing the next level of support we know you all need. There will be opportunities to find your purpose and tap into the power to bring out the passion needed to grow everywhere, yourself and your business exponentially. We will continue connecting, influencing and leading you all the time, in with the confidence you deserve. Be the badass leader you know you are, every way. and gain the courage and confidence through the strong support of our group of women so you can live your best life. We are here to show you how to tap into your greatest power, YOU. You are the only you who has ever been and the only you who will ever be. Be you and be strong, because you are brilliant and the world needs you. All of the members of Lead Up for Women are here to offer you support and sisterhood to lead your best life.
Your journey starts today. What are you waiting for? Join us.
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Kiss Corporate Goodbye How two sisters left the 9-5 world and are now creating a movement for others to do the same
Like most people, sisters Shari Weller and Kimberly Mylls grew up in a household where education was important, especially if you wanted to find a great job and start building a career. They did just that. But not that far down the road, they discovered that the corporate world was not all it was cracked up to be.
After climbing the corporate ladder, Shari and Kimberly realized the view from the top was not what they wanted. Playing by someone else's rules and not being in control of their own destiny led them to take an unexpected path.
“We’re on a mission to create a movement and a community for women who want to escape the 9-5 and give them a pathway to have total freedom— time, money and personal freedom,” Shari says. “We truly believe there is a better way, and for us, it came in one of the least likely ways. Now we are more fulfilled than we ever were in the daily grind.”
Kim says what happens to a lot of people, including her, is that they get comfortable with their income and benefits, and change is scary. “The truth is that most of us don’t take the time to even think about what we want. We get comfortable going through the motions and becoming that person on the hamster wheel. We make a living, but do not live life. It seems easier to stay in the same situation, regardless of whether it’s bad, because at least it’s the bad you know.”
Taking a risk is never easy. Neither is taking a path that might get questioned or criticized. The sisters agree that while the decision is not easy, it is worth it. While they were in different places when they started their journeys, each had a vision for making a difference— they just did not know how.
Shari’s Story: Mom guilt combined with being overworked and underpaid inspired her to take a surprising change of course
For more than 15 years, Shari worked in Corporate America. Seven of those years were spent in sales and account management roles for one of the largest beer companies in the world. She enjoyed the job at the beginning.
But after her first son was born, she wanted to be at home with him. Shari and her husband agreed that one parent would stay at home. “My job had more
perks and didn’t involve travel like his did, so we decided I would go back to work,” she says.
That proved harder than she imagined. “I was the only woman doing my job, I had the biggest accounts in the state of Arizona and I was being paid a fraction of what my male counterparts were making.”
In addition, the job required a lot of entertaining and late evenings. “When I became a mother, I just wanted to be at home with my baby. I had no desire to stay out late entertaining a bunch of men. To put it mildly, the job wasn’t giving back to me as much as I was putting into it.”
The tipping point came when she came down with double pneumonia. While she was in the hospital, people started interviewing for her job. “I had no idea what to do next, but I knew I wanted to control my work hours. I wanted to enjoy who I worked with and I wanted to do something where I could make an impact.”
She also had mom guilt. When her first son was born, she felt like the job was making her miss out on things. By the time she was pregnant with her second child, Shari knew she had to find a way to match her income and be able to stay at home. “I wanted a flexible schedule, a chance to make a corporate income, and I wanted to love what I did and who I did it with. It wasn’t just a tall order; it seemed impossible.”
After Shari was introduced to Network Marketing, she immediately found it to be a great business model. Even though she had a business degree, she had never heard of the company. “I started two network marketing companies before finding the third one, which I have been with for 15 years,” she says.
By the time her second son was born, she had kissed the corporate world goodbye and never looked back. Today, her passion is working with other moms who, like her, do not want to go back to a full-time day job. “I not only want to be an example for my kids; I want to leave a legacy for them.”
Shari lives by Robert Fulghum’s motto, “Don’t worry that your children aren’t listening to you, worry that they are watching you.”
Kim’s Story: Single girl making a good living, but not living the life she imagined
While Shari immediately fell in love with Network Marketing, Kim did not want anything to do with it. She was skeptical. She thought it was just about sales and home parties. She did not believe anyone could make a good living at it.
But, Kim was at the end of her rope in her corporate job. She was tired of long hours and weekends filled with errands. She was unfulfilled. “In the beginning, I struggled to balance my fulltime job with building this other business. I struggled with what people would think of me leaving my corporate job for network marketing,” Kim says.
Then she became a student of the industry and decided to take action. She started to see there was a system
– Kimberly Mylls
in place, a community for support, and tools and resources. “I saw the business model as a perfect way for entrepreneurial-minded people to build a business without the high investment and stress of starting a traditional business.”
Empowering others to ‘Kiss Corporate Goodbye’
Today, the savvy Mylls sisters are sharing their passion for Network Marketing, entrepreneurship and living life on their terms with their podcast, Kiss Corporate Goodbye. They started it because they believe Network Marketing is one of the most misunderstood industries. They also believe it is one of the best pathways for transitioning out of the corporate world.
“Most people don’t realize the skills you learn in network marketing,” Shari says. "Couple that with the personal growth and leadership skills you receive, and it gives you a foundation to succeed in anything. It is a great training ground for any business and gives you a safe space to learn, grow and dream again.”
Now more than ever, Kim says it is important to have some type of online business and multiple stream of income. Plus, there is nothing like having a community of support to build your business alongside your current job. “People start their businesses for supplemental income, replacement income or lifestyle income,” she says. “What most soon come to realize is that building your business is about building assets and creating a legacy.”
Imagine a life where you can be successful and add significance to others.
Get connected to Kiss Corporate Goodbye
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