
Just What The Heck Are You Waiting For?
A while ago I was on a group training call and my coach (I worked with her privately too) said to me something that was sweet to my ears. She said: “Kim, you always show up.”
I was the only one who did. Because I showed up, I was able to have additional coaching as if it were a private 1/1 session. I walked away with new knowledge and a plan about how I can take my business to a new level that I wouldn’t have gotten had I not shown up.
Why was I so happy to hear her say that? Well…I never used to show up! I used to be that person who would say I wanted to do something then not do it, I’d sign up for programs and classes and either not show up (hey, I was busy) or show up but not do the work (I was busy, remember)!
I hate to admit it but it is true. I let myself down all the time.
I’d say I wanted to do x, y and z and then I wouldn’t do it. I’d let other things get in my way, other people, other priorities (other people’s priorities), you name it, I did it.
One day though it hit me (think 2×4 across the head — ouch), I was only letting myself down and that was no longer ok with me. It definitely had something to do with the dwindling bank account and wondering how I was going to pay my bills for my business and live my life but it also had something to do with seeing other people be successful in business.
I stopped and asked myself what they were doing differently than I — lots of things I know, but one thing that I kept seeing is that they weren’t waiting for anything, they just kept showing up and so I decided that’s what I’d do.

To this day, I’m constantly in awe of the way people let themselves down. Let’s take business. Are you someone who signed up for things, a program, a coach, a class yet don’t get the results you want?
If you said yes, ask yourself if you are showing up and by showing up I don’t mean to the class/call, etc. I mean fully, participating, doing the homework, the next actions, asking questions.
And if you aren’t, keep in mind that when you don’t show up you simply cannot get the results you want.
As someone wanting to be successful in your business, tell me:
- Why would you let other things constantly get in your way if you are serious about getting results?
- Why if you sign up for a program that would help you and that you paid for, wouldn’t you make it a top priority to show up?
- Why would you sabotage yourself that way?
The funky thing is that when people do this they complain or are pissed off that they aren’t getting (or didn’t get) the results they wanted and will blame others. Come on, if you don’t want to show up for whatever reason, that’s on you. I show up because I’m all about being at the cause of change and my success (and because one 2×4 across the head was enough for me to get it).
Kim Ravida has personalized know-how when it comes to knowing exactly what it takes to create and maintain a successful and profitable business. Having owned her own business for 5 years (meaning experienced her own ups and downs and tears and fears) and helping countless entrepreneurs and business owners of all walks of life succeed, she knows that it takes more than application to create and maintain a profitable business.
Kim Ravida specializes in helping solo-entrepreneurs succeed by focusing on specific “how to” steps, strategies and tactics to help them set up and run solid business foundations, systems and processes that support healthy business growth. She helps them to determine what the right actions to do at the right time are so that they achieve optimal results.
Originally published on www.kimravida.com