Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin Smedley, who refuse to let sucker punches define them, discuss the power of resilience and aligning core values for exponential success. They touch on the importance of mentors, uncovering and utilizing brilliance, and finding your happy place. Special offer for Fire Nation listeners - discover your brilliance challenge at a discounted price!
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Quick takeaways
Success is the result of consistently taking small steps aligned with core values.
Being brilliantly resilient means refusing to stay down and rebuilding a strong foundation.
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The Power of Small Steps Towards Success
Success does not always have to come in a big, dramatic way. It is often the result of consistently taking small steps over time. By valuing and focusing on the little things and aligning them with core values, we can achieve exponential success.
Resilience as the Key to Overcoming Sucker Punches
Life's challenges can knock us down, but being brilliantly resilient means refusing to stay down. Through resilience, we can reset after a setback, tap into our inherent resilience, and rebuild a strong foundation. By embracing core values, shifting perspectives, and controlling what we can control, we can rise and surpass our expectations.
Unleashing Your Brilliance Through Alignment
Brilliance is not a daunting concept; it is an inherent part of who we are. By finding our happy place and aligning it with our values and skills, we can unlock our brilliance. It is not about searching for brilliance externally but recognizing and utilizing our unique talents to stand out and serve others.
Do Not Be Married to Outcomes
One of the most important lessons is to not hold onto specific outcomes too tightly. While plans and goals are crucial, being open to change and willing to pivot when necessary leads to growth and success. Controlling what we can control, relying on resilience and core values, and embracing the unknown can ultimately lead to incredible achievements and satisfaction.
From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2021. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.
Mary Fran Bontempo and Kristin Smedley know their brilliance. But they didn’t always. Both Kristin and Mary Fran know what it feels like to be sucker punched by life. But they refuse to let those sucker punches define them. Together they created Brilliantly Resilient - a show, podcast, program and now a book to teach others how to Reset, Rise and Reveal their Brilliance to the world!
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Do not be married to outcomes. There’s always going to be something that pushes you off course, but the beauty is there’s also opportunity in that.
2. When you are executing your brilliance, everything is aligned and you’re feeling good. But don’t assume that it will get you to exactly where you want to go.
3. There are core values in how you live your life - once you align the things you do with your core values, then exponential success happens.
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