Why? You must decide?

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5-step guide to creating purposeful results in life and in your community. created by

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Start Your Movement: 5-Step Guide To Creating Purposeful Results in Life and in Your Community There is no passion to be found in playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. —Nelson Mandela

STEP ONE: DECIDE * Who are you? * What do you stand for? * What do you to become? * For what reason? * Why? You must decide? It's as simple as that. Without making the decision to decide to start this conversation goes nowhere! You continue doing what you’ve always done, doing the same thing you have always did. My Story When I graduated from college years ago, I was like most young, educated millennials ready to claim my piece of the American dream, on my terms. I interned for a minor league basketball team my last year in college, and because of the success I had the team's general manager offered me a full-time position after I graduated. I was determined to be the best, and when it came to selling entertainment, no one was off limits, not even my mom (she bought season tickets from me). That determination led me to early success and in under a year I was promoted from account executive to senior director of business development. My Amercian Dream was in sight! I went on to work for the cities NBA team, Dallas Mavericks and in New York as the Sales Director for the New York Knicks minor league sports property. 1 www.earlinagreen.com / Copyright @ Earlina Green Hamilton

I started writing because I saw a void that needed filling. Each day college students would contact me on social media and ask how I landed a “prestigious” job in the sports industry. Thus, 7 Tips for Breaking Into the World of Sports was born. Besides hard work, there were some things I learned along the way that I could pass on, and so my writing career began. You have something you want to say, something that you want to pass on. You must decide that the message is important enough to reach those that need it most. When I started writing, I found the work enjoyable. But as I learned about the world of professional writing while working on my second title and who the “real” players were fear began to set in. I doubted myself and my writing ability. I invested time to learn everything I could about the craft, purchasing every writing book known to man. I dedicated myself to the art of it all and made a decision that no matter how I felt I would continue to write and to say what I felt needed to be said. Where would we be if Steve Jobs decided to give up on his dreams? Where would we be if a poor young girl decided the world had enough television show host or if a young college kid decided the Harvard campus had enough resources to communicate with friends and pick up girls? Oprah Winfrey and Mark Zuckerburg would never have created their piece of the world we live in today, and for the most part, it is better because of their contributions. What will you contribute? Decide now. The Power of “You” There was a point in my life when I thought I needed to be a social justice warrior, attend theology school and become a church youth leader because I figured it was what was required of me with all the injustice taking place in the world today.

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I have also been a yoga instructor, owned a web developing business in college (for a very short time) and wrote up a business plan to start the next Johnson & Johnson. All of these conceived from watching other people succeeded at something and deciding “I could probably do that too.” What I have come to realize is that we must all walk our path in life. We cannot walk someone else’s no matter how loud the noise grows. Yes, we need social justice warriors. If that is you, be that, do it well. We need youth pastors. If that calling has been placed on your life, equip yourself for the good work. We need yoga instructors, teachers, and web-developers. All parts are necessary. In deciding who you are, you have to first know who you are not. Forcing yourself into someone else’s role to address all the problems with the world is futile. You are doing too much. In trying to please and fix everything, you are successful at nothing. I propose instead of running away from your calling, and towards someone else’s embrace your destiny and be brave enough to pursue it. Questions to consider: Who are you? (I want you to sit back and meditate on this question? Consider your talents, passions.) ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Who have you been trying to be? Why? (Current culture narrative? Outside influences?) ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Why is this person better than who you were made to be? (Really consider this question.) ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 3 www.earlinagreen.com / Copyright @ Earlina Green Hamilton

Let's Acknowledge: Fear

You are afraid? Or maybe that behind all the excuses and distractions you don’t know you are scared. It is time to face the music. The "Cliff Notes" version is this: you are materializing your fear. Your emotions are getting the best of you and distracting you from a clear picture of who you really are. Your emotions are not to always be trusted. Think about your last relationship, the heart heading in one direction and the head the other. What you must trust is that gut feeling telling you what you were meant to do. Your fear is just that fear and to allow it hold you back would be tragic. Just look at your heroes, they have all had major setbacks that led to a destiny fulfilled. But you know this already. You already know what fear is and what it has done and is doing to your dreams. So you are at a fork in the road, who are you going to become? You have been here before, so you know if you choose fear where that road leads. Consider making a different choice. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again expecting a different result. What do you decide? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ I suggest only moving to step two if you choose to decide differently. I’m serious.

GET IN CONTACT

If you decide to move forward tweet to me @earlinagreen #BraveChoice and the decision you made for your future – stay put of move forward?

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If you choose to stay put for now, below is your "Movement Makers Reading List." It is your starter kit to gaining the courage you need to go out and get what you want. Who Moved my Cheese? by Spencer Johnson Think and Grow Rich by Napolepn Hill’s The Right To Speak by Patsy Rodenburg Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz My book, The Beginner’s Guide to Finding Your Brave

Tweet @earlinagreen #BraveBooks and let me know which one you decide to read first. Remember, whether you decide to act today or wait until next year, either way you are making a decision.

STEP TWO: PLAN & OUTLINE

If you have a picture now of who you are and who you want to become, we must move to action-oriented tasks. Without action, you are only making another list. Here we will plan out exactly what action looks like. Let’s say. You want to build perpetual income around an informational product that teaches people how to knit (knitting is just a metaphor for your "whatever"). Where do you begin? You’ve already done the research, you understand there is a need, and you know your demographic by searching knitting communities on Facebook, Instagram, and Google. First, Plan: Build A Checklist: • Company name and logo • Website creation • Decide on payment methods and platform (Paypal, Shopify, etc.) • Informational product: In this case, a course on knitting. You determined the price of the course is $99.00, and you will offer a three-part video training course with a PDF. handbook for your participants to print off. 5 www.earlinagreen.com / Copyright @ Earlina Green Hamilton

• You have secured corresponding social media channels and have started a blog to push out content and updates to the knitting community. You need to build your base, your tribe, and your email list. Think now what are the top 5 steps to launch your dream, movement or idea? Be specific. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Remember: Tie back to your Why? Why are these steps important to the process? Your movement will continue to gain strength and momentum only when you remember why you started and why this is important to you. Second, Outline Side note: If you are starting from scratch, search your company name on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and of course Google. You want to make sure there is not already a business with the name you have in mind. If so, choose a new one. Try not to get caught up on this process. I like to write out every possible thing I need to get accomplished. 1. Search for company name online and on all social platforms 2. File EIN number 3. Have course, website, and logo designed (search and interview graphic designers) 4. Purchase domain name 5. Build website on Wordpress, Squarespace, Wix, etc 6. Upload course to site 7. Write and release free product on knitting as a giveaway to build email list 8. Finalize design Next, I break the list of about 10 – 100 things down into phase one, phase two, phase three. Phase one Search for company

Phase two Website/logo design

Phase three Upload & Finalize

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Lastly, I use Stephen Convey’s model of “urgent and important” to rank what needs to be done this week versus the over the next 30 days from phase one column.

Here you will probably make an even more detailed list under each phase. Decide what is 1. “urgent and important” 2. “important not important” 3. “urgent not Important” 4. “not important not urgent.” Read more on this concept here. Let's Acknowledge: Doubt

Doubt has killed more dreams than failure ever will. -- Suzy Kassem Yes, this all may seem like a lot. Well, it is if you are dreaming big enough it can be, but what if I told you everyone starts out like this. The people you look up to, your boss, and NBA owner Mark Cuban started at the bottom, with their ideas, dreams, and hopes, at some point they had to begin, they had to build, and every building needs a foundation. You are getting your foundation chops, and the experience you gain at this level is priceless. You've set up your business, purchased your domain name, articulated the vision for your website, and finalized plans with a freelance designer to execute task and skill outside of your wheelhouse.


You and only you can build your dreams to your exact specifications, so you will hold the king's chair to see it to its full potential. It’s a bold, daring, scary and a life changing process. Doubt here is normal. Count it as part of the experience. Doubt weeds out the fakers and those not serious about real transformation. Doubt forces you to refine your plan and break it down into chewable pieces. I picked up this phrase along the way and used to tell my sales staff, how do you eat an elephant, one bite at a time. Take each piece of your action plan one step at a time. Treat doubt like you would treat a fire; suffocate the sucker until it goes out. Whatever you do, please don’t try and reason with doubt – there is no time or energy for that. You will need all your energy for the next step.

STEP THREE: ACTION

Action and only action will create what you need to make ripples that build into waves. Whatever you have. Wherever you are – start there. You, at least now have a direction and an outline. The action step is where most people get tripped up because now you have to be honest with yourself about what you are capable of achieving. However, what I have learned from people I look up too like Tony Robbins, Gary Vaynerchuk, Brene Brown, and Oprah Winfrey is perfection is not the goal. If you worry too much about making everything perfect, you will never get started. Action and daily forward progression is the goal. You can make changes and tweak along the way. You are your critic. Build slow and in silence. Remove unnecessary stress by focusing on your “important and urgent” list of phase one. 8 www.earlinagreen.com / Copyright @ Earlina Green Hamilton

Action has a unique way of gaining momentum. One day you will look up, and because you continued to lay bricks through the storm, you’ve built an entire house. Action Items Take out your phone and/or paper calendar. Look at your calendar for tomorrow, where do you have an open 70 minutes, preferably in the morning. Maybe you have to wait until you get off work to begin. What is your first item to execute? Place it in that open 70-minute slot. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ What is the second item “urgent and important item”? Where is your next available 70 minutes? Schedule it. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ What is the third action item? Where is your next available 70 minutes? Schedule it. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

Let's Acknowledge: Procrastination

You haven’t done it because you don’t want to do it. Is this you? Keep in mind everything leading up to now has been done by your free will. You are starting your own personal movement because it is time to let go of the things that do not serve you and you are ready to legacy build. If you are procrastinating on executing ask yourself why? Also, ask yourself are you looking at the task in front of you with clear eyes and a sound mind? Are you doing what you want to do? This is a reflection point. A place to reevaluate and look again at your talents and passion again to determine if you are headed down the right track. 9 www.earlinagreen.com / Copyright @ Earlina Green Hamilton

Are you procrastinating? Why? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Set your 70-minute timer to accomplish the task you set out to begin and do not stop until it is done. Keep going! STEP FOUR: GIVE

Giving is the master key to success, in all applications of human life. – Bryant Mcgill What you reap, you will sow. What you pour into others you will get back. I believe these things because I have seen them play out in my life and know the harm caused when I hoard information, resources, connections, and my time. What can a closed hand give or receive? What you are learning has the possibility to develop you at a faster rate if you teach it to someone else. Why? Think about what you’re doing when you teach or share something with someone else. You are saying out loud the things you believe. Therefore, the words are now taking on life. They are given to create life, results, and change in another individual. I challenge you to take on the belief of abundance over scarcity because in this view you are making room for more. Taking what you have learned about yourself and your written plan, what can you give? What can you share with others? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________


Let's Acknowledge: Uncertainty

If you are uncertain about your path or a decision you have to make consider it against your passion, talents, and its ability to help the world. If your resolution passes these barriers proceed and if you are still uncertain, ask yourself could it be fear. Fear is a tricky sucker. It can disguise itself as many different things but in the end has one goal: to deter progress, limit perspective, and cause doubt and uncertainty. Don’t let it. Again, refer to your “action item” list. You are in the execution phase so try not to do more than thinking or overthinking than you have too. STEP FIVE: REPEAT

Your “knitting” course is up and running. Your online class opens in two weeks and the community you’ve built cannot wait to see what you have created. What will you do now? Repeat. You are playing the long game. Which means phase one was the beginning, not the end. You have built something to be proud of but there is not a builder in the world that stops at the foundation. What builder considers their work complete because they have built a decent platform? Grow. Create another class. Launch a podcast or webinar to help bring people to your platform and add value to your community. Your knitting course will do well with your initial marketing efforts but how will you continue to grow and help your audience continue to grow in their personal endeavors. Your first movement is just the beginning. To see a sizable change in your community and the world, you must create many movements. You must continuously rethink the way things are done. 11 www.earlinagreen.com / Copyright @ Earlina Green Hamilton