I'm going to ask some questions for today's Tuesday Tips.
What amazing things can you create out of this situation?
Now I'm not trying to be Pollyanna, I'm not trying to minimize how severe this situation
is.
But I am saying, I believe that there can be some really great good that can come out
of it.
And so the two questions I'm going to open with are, what amazing things can you create?
And I'm going to give you some ideas and some tips.
What amazing things can you create?
What's possible?
What possibilities exist in this situation as we're all hunkered down and at home?
Well, hey there, Brenda Byers, founder of Prosper In All Things and Prosper By Design
Coach Certification.
You know, in 2014, I made a bold decision after decades of speaking and doing seminars
and workshops and live events, usually at hotels, conference centers, etc.
I made the choice that I was going to bring my entire business online.
Now that wasn't being done as often back then as it is starting to be now.
But I decided that I was going to transition all my speaking, my coaching, my seminars,
everything.
I was going to bring it online.
And I was going to do that in just two and a half, three days a week.
I was going to open up four days a week.
And I can tell you in a super excited way, I was able, have been able to create a six
figure income working three days a week from home, providing even greater service and benefits
to my coaching clients.
See, they don't have to now drive, they don't have to get all dressed up, there doesn't
have to be any commute time.
I'm able to record the whole call, I send them the recording afterwards.
I'm able to show things on the screen, share any kind of template, any kind of tool on
the screen.
I'm able to look at their stuff, they can share their screen.
And so there was all kinds of options that came available by doing it this way.
So what I want to talk about today is I'm going to share some tips for you, some positive
thoughts, some positive ideas, how you can use this time to grow your faith, your income,
and your impact.
Yeah, that's what I can believe.
As we're all hunkered down at home, we got two choices.
We can be glued to the news, and we can be very, very afraid.
And I'm going to show you something.
Let's see if this works.
I'm going to show this picture.
Let's see, let me share this to the screen.
All right.
This is your brain, happy and normal on the right.
And on the left, this is your brain on fear.
So probably the worst thing that we can do to our immune system, to our brain, to our
creativity, to our circulatory system, to our longevity, to our peace, to our joy, probably
the worst option we can choose right now is to meditate, think about, mull over, speak,
fear.
This is your brain on fear.
This is the brain that God gave us.
And I'll remind you that God did not give us a spirit of fear, but a sound mind of love
and power.
So instead of fear, what can we do?
All right.
Number one, number one, reframe the challenge.
You see, everything in life is about our perspective.
It's about our point of view.
It's about how we look at something.
We can look at this like this is a disaster.
I'm going to be miserable.
I'm scared.
You know, we can look at it so many ways, or we could look at it as this is the greatest
season of my life.
How can I serve?
How can I bring light?
How can I grow?
What can I do to turn this fear, or this situation, or this frustration, or whatever it is, into
to positivity and power.
Let me just give you a few ideas to help reframe,
get your thoughts going forward, okay?
Number one, some of you just need rest.
I've got some clients that are fried,
they're sizzled, they're burned out, they're toast.
And finally, we're getting an opportunity as a society
to do something that we need to do.
To rest our bodies, to rest our minds,
to be still and know that He is God.
Those of you that suddenly have your family together,
thank you for the texts you've been sending.
Suddenly, kids, families, everyone's coming together.
This is a wonderful opportunity.
Some of you have been wanting to study and grow and read.
Some of you have been wanting to finish projects.
Some of you have been wanting to create.
So here's my suggestion, reframe.
And then within that reframe, create a routine, okay?
You had a routine before, right?
You brushed your teeth probably the same time,
ate probably the same thing, dashed out the door,
went to do what you needed to do, came back, did what you,
you had a routine.
Don't stop that.
But turn it into a routine that really makes you more
of the person that you wanna be.
Have you been thinking about exercising?
Hey, part of my routine every morning,
I roll out my yoga mat.
I praise God on my yoga mat.
I stretch, I increase my strength and I have a routine.
I also have a spiritual growth routine.
This is your time that you can have more time to pray,
to read the word, to do this as a family,
to meditate, whatever your spiritual practice is.
So number one, reframe this change.
Let's turn fear into productivity, positivity, power, okay?
Number two, here's a question for you to ponder.
Be ready for this, ponder this question.
What would I love?
Perhaps you haven't taken the time to ask yourself that.
What would I really love?
Make a list, what else would I love?
I'd love to work from home.
I'd love to make six figures.
I'd love to volunteer more.
I'd love to have more vacations.
I'd love to build a business.
I'd love to, what is it, what would you love to do?
I would love, you could also phrase it,
what would give me bliss?
So number one, reframe.
Number two, ask yourself, what would give me bliss?
What would give me bliss?
And I would like you to begin to think about this
as an opportunity for a business.
See, as a business coach,
I love helping people start businesses.
And the first step is I start looking at
what they would love, what they would love to do,
what they already know.
Like in scripture, what's that in your hand, right?
We have a tendency to minimize what's in our hand
and say, oh, nothing but.
When God asked Pharaoh, asked Moses,
what's that in your hand?
And he said, it's just a staff.
Ah, no, no, no, no, no.
It's not just a staff.
That would lead a multitude.
That would part the Red Sea.
That would pull water out of a rock.
What seems minimal in our hands,
when we dedicate it to God, it's powerful.
So you've got a lot of gifts.
You've got a lot of resources.
You've got a lot of connections, all right,
that can be amazing.
What would give you bliss?
Today, I was talking to a dear friend,
and I said, hey, use this time.
Let's build an online business for you.
And I said, I want you to think about right now,
what would you love to teach?
If you could just teach something,
if you could mentor, if you could give something,
what would you love to teach?
And she said, I would love to teach how to build life,
how to make your home a sanctuary,
and build your family multi-generationally.
How can multi-generations live together?
I said, wow, that's gonna be huge.
That's a trend.
We're gonna have a lot of,
in this sandwich generation,
we're gonna have a lot of multi-generations,
three generations living together, right?
And so I began to talk about what she could do,
and she got so excited.
Are you passionate about cooking?
Do you love vegan life or paleo life or whatever you do vegetarian life? Would you love to teach
some cooking? I have another client who has overcome so much childhood trauma
and she said what could I do with it? I said well, what would you love to do with it? And I
just started listing all the possibilities. What's possible? What would you like to do? Would you like
to write a book? Would you like to create a course? Would you like to be a coach? Would you like to be
a teacher? Would you like to be a volunteer? Would you like to set up programs? Would you like and I
just and she just went wow. I never thought about it that way. A good a good business coach will
walk you through that process. You've got gifts inside of you that will bless people and provide
income for you. So number one, reframe. Number two, what would I love and how could I perhaps turn it
into a business opportunity? And that includes number three. What do you know already? What do
you do effortlessly? What comes natural for you? You see the mistake we make is we assume that
everybody knows the same things that everybody just knows that. No, not true. And so what comes
easy for you is a great thing to begin with. And then I said to her today, I said write down, write
down all the things. Just start making a list of all the things that you could start talking about
on that subject. I believe this is a powerful time to grow your faith, to grow your income, to grow
yourself. What can you learn right now? You know, I have an online coach certification program and
for those of you who have thought about coaching, watch for my webinar, Is Coaching Your Golden
Ticket? I believe right now there's never been a greater demand for life health business relationship
coaches. And so I have a coach certification program that will turnkey, biblically-based,
science-backed, will equip you to launch a profitable coaching business. And it includes giving you leads
and the mentoring and the coaching. We don't just give you an online course and leave you there.
So this is a wonderful opportunity to get yourself certified, to launch a business. All right. And
I can teach more about that later. So I want to encourage you to begin to create some spaces
for these things. Create a meditation space in your home where you can go and just be alone with
God. And you can pray, you can meditate, you can do yoga, you can study. Create a place that
is a blessing for you. Create a workspace. Okay. Find a place that you can quietly create.
So begin to build. You know, I have, this is being filmed in my office and it's in my home.
My commute is from my bedroom to my middle room. And I've created a room that I love.
You see a prophetic painting behind me. That's a powerful story. You see things on there that
give me bliss. You see all of the notes up on the left, all of the things I'm working on,
the projects, but I've got a place that I can go and my mind knows I'm at work. It's time to coach,
create, write, create that kind of environment for yourself, create a workspace. And the last
tip I'm going to share, and I'll come back and share more throughout the days, because I am all
about transforming this fear into power for you. Having you begin to see what I believe you'll be
able to look back on as this being the greatest opportunity that God gave you. I believe the
government's going to start pouring some money into this thing. I think you're going to have
some time. I think you're going to have wonderful opportunities. And for those of you that are
people of faith, I think this is an awesome opportunity to be a light. I think this is an
amazing time to share your gifts. Do you love to teach? Do you love to write? Do you love to pray?
Do you love to prophesy? What gifts has God put in you? I'm sharing my gifts. I love speaking. I love
teaching. I love inspiring. That's what I'm all about. That's what Prosper in All Things is all
about. Equipping, empowering, inspiring you. Because that's what I love to do. What do you
love to do? What gifts have God put in you? How can you take a time that is a dark season
that you could be a blessing? Do you want to be a blessing in seniors' lives? Do you want to
deliver some meals? Do you love talking on the phone? Do you want to call and encourage people?
Do you love leading a Bible study? Do you love creating things?
Um, what can you do? Do you love writing? How can you be a light right now? I believe this is
a season you can grow your faith. Be still. Be with God. Share your faith. Bless. Use your faith.
You can grow your faith. You can grow your income. Never has there been a better time to build a
virtual online business. Never. Never has there been a better time to be a coach. You can build
your income part-time. Six figures. Seven figures.