The Compound Effect

A few weeks ago a friend commented on a Facebook status I wrote, that said 'Where did Amy Leever go?' You see, in the last 3 years, I've done a lot of changing. The most changes have happened over the course of this last year. I've been doing a lot of Personal Growth and learning about myself.

I've been reading a lot. Books like "First Steps to Wealth" by Dani Johnson, 'Money Makeover' by Dave Ramsey, 'The Slight Edge' by Jeff Olson and most recently I started reading 'The Compound Effect' by Darren Hardy. These books have given me some really interesting insight to my life.

I know, I know -- these 'self-help books are a bunch of hogwash', 'these things are a scam. They only want your money', 'these so called 'experts' don't understand my situation', etc. I have had the same exact attitude once. But that's the point! The only way to change your life is to change your thinking. Step outside what you've been taught to believe in and try something new. Open your mind and grow up!

My daily choices have gotten me where I am today...If I gain some weight it's because of my daily choices, if I am tired and cranky, it's because of my daily choices. If I am out of money and can't pay my bills, it's because of my choices...see where I am going?

What I'm learning is this: I am the only one responsible for how things are in my life. I am responsible for how I act, how I feel and how I think. No one else is to blame. It's the same lesson I've been reading in 'The Compound Effect'...

"No Man's Land"...

This is described as the place where you aren't really unhappy, but you aren't really happy. It's the place where we numb ourselves to our dreams, wants and desires to fit into the time, energy and money we currently make or have.

Complacency is what it's called and something we should all fight against. Fear of being uncomfortable has gotten us a life full unmet dreams, expectations and never reaching our potential. Sometimes it happens so subtly we don't really notice until years later, but all the small, seeming insignificant decisions we made each day over the years have gotten us to the point where we are now.

Our choices, behaviors and habits will determine our future and are an accumulation of our life as we know it now. The good news is that we can always start making better choices, create better habits that create different behaviors and the beauty is, it does not have to be one big change...small steps will make a HUGE difference in the long-run.

The Compound Effect is always in motion, positive or negative - we are either Moving Forward or Sliding back.

THERE IS NO STANDING STILL
(Thank you Darren Hardy! - The Compound Effect)

Isn't that eye-opening? When I read that, my heart skipped a beat and it really had me thinking about all the choices I've made throughout my life. And I started thinking wow...so all this time I thought it was the governments fault I've always been poor. It's the way life is, and I'll never expect anything different because I was born to a life of hardship and poverty. When all along it's been ME. My choices that got me where I am.

When I weighed in at 220 pounds, lost, broken, sick, in pain, depressed, miserable and ready to end it all permanently...it was all because of my BAD choices that put me there.

My bad choices with finances and not having a solid plan in place has left us in debt and always struggling to make ends meet. We are always living hand to mouth because we've made poor choices with our money. We've let money enslave us, rather than making our money work for us.

When I decided to take control and fix all that. My choice to change helped me lose 50 pounds, change my body, change my life and change my mind. It had nothing to do with the economy, the government or someone else's choices -- it was all on me!

The economy still sucks. The government still can't figure out what it's doing. But me...I'm happy, healthy and building a business. I'm prospering. I'm successful. I'm learning new things and making new friends. That's all on me too!

My choices, my behavior and habits have determined my future. The small, insignificant decisions I make each day are accumulating. And one day they will all snowball into the vision and dreams I have set for myself and for my family.

The more I learn, the better I can put the lessons towards getting out of debt and make a better life. I will live like no one else, so then later I can live like no one else. That's all a mixture of the Personal Growth I've been going through. So 'what happened to Amy Leever?' -- I've changed my way of thinking, so I can change the way I live. I've stopped blaming other people and circumstances and have taken responsibility, put it where it belongs; on me.

I am the ruler of my own destiny!

My PUSH Promise

Earlier this week I started Chalene Johnson's 30-day PUSH challenge. This will be the 2nd time I've taken the challenge and this time, I'm actually learning more!

Today is day 5 and Chalene had us make a promise. So this is my PUSH goal Promise that I am making publicly to my family, my friends, my team and myself:

My PUSH goal is to make Diamond rank in my Beachbody business. In order to do that though, I must focus on growing my team and cultivate Emeralds. My focus needs to be on helping them achieve their success so I can have my success which will PUSH me through all my goals for the next 12 months. I promise my team, my family & myself that I WILL do whatever it takes to make that happen. Emeralds are a girls best friend…

My team: The Fit-Nut Crew.

My family: Jorie, Austin, Arron & Aidan

My Sponsor Coach: Carolyn.

Myself: Amy Leever; aka - The Fit-Nut (Wife, Mom, Friend & Coach)

Those are the people I do NOT want to disappoint by not making every effort in achieving this promise.

My promise is now public!

"Success is your destiny. You will achieve this goal."

Paving the Path to Personal Growth

Action is the only way anything ever gets done. Sitting around and waiting for life to happen to you will only guarantee one thing: that you're not going to end up with a life you love. By waiting, you can react to what's tossed your way and nothing more. It's easy to take a passive approach to life without taking chances. It's easy to fall into a rut and do the same things the same way all the time. Change is sometimes hard, but it's change that will reveal all the wonders that life has to offer. You can break out of your set ways by taking action. Try doing the same thing a different way. Jump in with both feet and learn something new. Ask a friend to teach you a skill they're good at. Grow as a person and your world grows with you. 

Quote:
"When you stand still, you reject the struggle, and you refuse to change and grow. Ultimately, you reject fulfillment, happiness, the dance for joy and everything else that is eternally good."

- Matthew Kelly, classical actor and game show host


Side Note from Me:

I'm slowly paving my own path to a life I want. I started with taking control of my health and weight. With each pound I loose, I feel more confident about other things in my life; Step #1. 

I'm slowly paving my way to a successful business. Something I've dreamt about. The dream is taking shape and I'm smoothing the edges; Step #2.

Insightful Inspiration

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
- Barbara De Angelis

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.
- Napoleon Hill

If we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
- Anthony Robbins

Regrets are the tears of choices not made and of good deeds left undone.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I read those quotes and thank the good Lord I made the choices I've made in the last 2-3 years. Rock bottom was a nasty place to be and if I hadn't have taken control of my own happiness, only He knows where I'd be.

I truly wish I could express enough how important it is to take a step outside the comfort zone and just take a leap of Faith. I come across so many who want a quick fix. Who can't just say: 'Why the heck not, it's only money!' They let fear hold them back from experiencing something that would change their life immensely.

I understand, I did it too. Until I had nothing left. Until I was so broken and lost, it was either death or do something different. So I leaped into the great unknown - then my Wings of Faith took over. Three years later, I'm slimmer, happier, healthier and the things I've always wanted are falling into place. No it's not easy. No it's not happening over night. It's consistency and self-discipline. It's making tiny, insignificant choices, daily that compound over time into something bigger and more meaningful. It's doing the things that many people won't do. The things that won't hurt if I don't do them, but if I do them, those things will get me one step closer to my goals. I go against the norm. I find ways to step outside the comfort zone. I'm not always perfect. I'm not always sure. But I keep doing them anyway.

I am the master of my own happiness. I am the only one who can control my actions and reactions. I don't say 'I can't' anymore, I say 'I will find a way'. I won't let a lack of money control my choices; it is just money - it comes, it goes. Why let it control you? Find a way around it. Get creative. Think outside the comfort zone. YOU have the power. YOU have the control.

That's my secret. That's how I do it. That's how I lost 50 pounds and have kept it off. That's how I've re-built my life from rock bottom - up. That's how I've become my own boss. That's how I'm creating my own destiny. I have the Will. I have the Faith. I have the Power. I have the Control - One choice, one step, one goal, one day at a time.

Will you take the leap of Faith and join me?

So Many Goals

This blog wasn't planned out so bare with me if it's seems to eb and flow without any real direction. It's off the top of my head and random.

How many goals do you have? Do you even have goals?

I ask because I have so many goals. So many things I want and need to do. So many ideas that keep springing in my head that I think - 'yeah, I wanna do that too!' - What are those goals? Here's a list and it's in no real order just tossed out by my typing fingers as they come to mind...

- Climb Mt. Scott
- Hike around Crater Lake
- Go Backpacking in the Cascades
- See Yellowstone
- Travel the world - Italy, Ireland, Greece, Australia, every tropical island there is on Earth, England, Scotland, the Scandinavian countries, Germany. Ok let's just make it a European tour! Africa, Central America, South America (I think you get the idea).
- Hike the Grand Canyon, oh and ride a Burro too!
- Restore an old farm and live happily in the country
- learn to paint, sew, can & freeze food.
- Ride a horse. Own a horse.
- Explore California
- Hike every waterfall in Oregon.
- Whitewater raft down the Rouge
- Explore the Oregon Coast
- Take an Alaskan tour
- See British Colombia
- go to college or at the very least take online college classes
- get my degree - Small business, marketing, photography, computer web-design & graphics
- start a walking club
- start a fit-club
- See and explore every National park in America
- get fitter, stronger, healthier (already working on that)
- Open The Fit-Nut nationwide
- Pose for a magazine (no not Playboy or any other smut ew geez!)
- Meet Oprah, Ellen, Kelly Ripa and all the Beachbody trainers
- Go see a play on Broadway
- Explore New York City - extensively
- Swim with dolphins
- learn to snorkel (I'm terrified of drowning!)
- own a vacation home in or around Tampa, Florida & a vacation condo in Hawaii (dream big!)
- help restore my home town of Martin, Michigan. It's my blood!
- write a book
- Shake hands with the President, any one of 'em (even Obama and I don't like him!)
- If it has to do with art or history - I want to see it, do it, learn it, touch it and explore it!
- Learn to dance; ya know Mamba, Salsa, Tango, 2-step ... I want to learn it all!
- See & photograph ever single Light House along each ocean and the Great Lakes of America
- Learn more about Astronomy. I love the stars, planets, sun and moon. Galaxies, universes... who knows what exactly is out there...I want to see it and learn about it.
- Go to Disney World
- Learn to Kick-box
- Learn to ice-skate (I hate winter and cold weather, so that will be a hard lesson to learn)
- Walk/Jog a 5k

Well that's all off the top of my head. I'm sure there's more in this world I want to see, do and learn but that'll have to be saved for another blog cuz I'm out of things to type now. I guess I better get started with these and start crossing stuff off the list huh? What are you going to do?

Overwhelmingly Happy

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again - I LOVE being a Beachbody Coach!

This morning I signed my 8th coach! Yesterday I signed my 7th coach! It's been a whirlwind week and it's only half way over.

After getting all the sign up process done with my 8th coach. I started to cry. I couldn't contain my shock, my delight, my joy or the overwhelming anxiety of happiness. That probably sounds ridiculous, but it's true. A few years ago - heck, a few months ago, I would have never thought the things I'm doing right now would ever be possible. But they are! I'm learning and growing every day. I'm doing things I never thought I'd be able to do. I'm building an at home business and it's going well. Day by day new exciting things happen to further the success I crave and desire.

MANY people thought I was crazy for becoming a Beachbody coach. I'm sure there are still some skeptics in my realm of friends and family who don't believe what I'm doing is worth it. All I can say to that is: Get a Clue! Do you read my Facebook posts? - Worth it? This is so very worth every shred of frustration. Every second of cramped fingers from typing. Every blurry, scratchy eyes from sitting in front of a computer for hours a day. Every person who says "Amy, will you help me?" Every pound my people are losing. Every single thing that has started because of what I do... is all worth it!

Being a Beachbody coach is NOT about making sales. It's NOT about selling products or making money off of my friends and family or strangers in cyber space whom I may never meet in person. Do you know what it's about...do you?!? What it really is about is the joy I feel when another person has left me a message telling me how much I've helped them. It's about the confidence I feel build inside me every single day after doing a task I didn't think I'd be able to do. It's the growth in my own personal development; learning who I am, what I want and how I want it. It's about building strong, lasting relationships with REAL people who I've come to appreciate, respect and yes, even love. I may never meet them face to face but I love them! They are friends. They are "my chosen family". They are REAL people I am helping find who they are, what they want and how they want it!

THAT is what being a Beachbody Coach is really all about! Everything else that comes along with it -- Bonus!

If this in any way peaks an interest in becoming a coach yourself; send me a message. Sky-right to me, email me, text me, find me on Facebook, comment on this blog. I'll be ready to talk to you about it. Just don't wait! Don't say "maybe tomorrow" - Do it NOW!

Email: fit-nutmama@live.com

Text: 813.431.5184

Facebook: www.facebook.com/amy.leever

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So excited to share this video with you! I love my job and I hope once you've watched this video you'll understand why. Enjoy....

I Often Wonder if...

Do people actually understand what I do as a coach? Do you understand?

Coaches aren't sales people, coaches aren't marketers, coaches aren't looking to make a quick buck. I wouldn't have become a coach if any of this were true because anyone who knows me knows that's not what I'm about. 

If Beachbody were a scam or one of those "get rich quick" schemes, I would have snubbed my nose at it and gone about my merry way. Instead...I learned about it. I educated myself and found out what a coach really does.

Do you want to know what a coach REALLY does?

Coaches genuinely care about helping others, they are working on themselves inside and out, everyday they see people as PEOPLE and they want to reach out to HELP them experience the positive changes that they have had. Coaches believe in their customers, believe in the products, believe in their team of coaches they build and so much more. I am so proud to say that I'm a Beachbody Coach and that my job is to support and guide people to achieve their goals for a healthier lifestyle. 

This job is hard work! It's fun, it's rewarding, but it is a job. It is work.

This company is in business to end the trend of obesity and I am so thankful I found such a real & genuine opportunity to do what I love and pay it forward daily! I get messages from my customers (many of them have become great friends) thanking me for helping them lose weight,  for motivating them, inspiring them & helping them change how they feel about themselves. It is the best feeling to know I've done that for them. 

Yes - my job is commissioned based and for every product I sell, I make some money. I earn a paycheck that helps feed my family and pays our bills. Important to me? - of course, but I'm not focused on making money. I truly want to help as many people as possible. I want to educate them on how living healthy can be affordable and most important, can save their lives! 

The company has launched something called The Beachbody Challenge and why it's so great is that it is bringing everyone back to what really matters. People helping people change their health and keeping them on track and believing in them! Just more proof of how this company truly CARES! 

Who wouldn't want to be a part of something so amazing? I hope there are more people out there who care about people in general, that they'd be willing to learn more and become a part of something so important. Would you?

Lend a hand. Help others. Achieve your own goals to health & fitness. Become financially independent while teaching others how to do the same. Become a Coach today!

Thanks for reading... 

Amy

Need a New Formula?

You do if you would like to:

*Take control of your eating habits.
*Reduce your stress level.
*Redesign your fitness and lifestyle habits.
* Create balance in your life.
* Get organized.
* Develop a strong network of supportive friends, colleagues, and peers.
* Set manageable goals.
* Feel better mentally and physically.
* Clarify your life mission and core values.
* Maximize your potential.
* Modify negative habits and beliefs.
* Enhance your self-esteem.

As a Coach, I can offer a supportive, confidential relationship that helps you gain insight and confidence to move your life forward. I will guide you toward living your life based on what is important to you and what you are passionate about.

I've been on my journey since August 2009, and I've learned so much along the way about myself, what I'm capable of, how strong I am and how much I really want to help others achieve their goals in life, whether it be health, fitness or self-happiness.

Whether or not, you want to become a "coach" or just begin a new lifestyle, I'm at your service. All you have to do is simply contact me or comment below and I'll do my best to help you take your first step. Are you ready?

The Power within YOU + Focus with the Guidance & Support of a Coach = Excellence!

An Amazing Opportunity

Supplement Your Income Through Health & Fitness with No Selling!

Are you into health and fitness? If so, why not make money while you pursue your passion? I did, and it has completely changed my life! You can work from home for a few hours a week as an online fitness coach and help others reach their fitness goals while you are either working towards, or maintaining your own goals. You don’t have to be an expert; you just have to be a caring person that has the desire to help others!

Beachbody is a well known company. We produce in-home fitness DVDs such as Turbo Jam, P90X, Hip Hop Abs, Slim in 6, INSANITY, TurboFire and much, much more! We are looking for motivated people in the United States and Canada to help us with our customers. Yes...we GIVE you the customers!! You can own your own home-based business and receive the customers that are generated through all of our well known infomercials! There is NO SELLING and NO INVENTORY!

If you are interested in learning more about this amazing opportunity, contact me and I can explain everything to you!

Get Fit--Get Paid!!

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