I cannot believe I have actually almost been in business for eight years . So we're like at seven and a half years right now and it's crazy because I would have never said back in 2016 , 2015, . That I was what I would call someone who was committed and someone who stuck it out and someone who really just didn't give up .
And I honestly know that that had to come from passion and having a really strong understanding of what I wanted to do , who I wanted to serve and how I wanted to help them . And it's funny because there's like so many times I have given up on stuff in my life until this business .
There have been so many times that things got hard and I gave up before this business , and it's just funny that I stick with it and have stuck with it . But I want to talk about so many other things when it comes to commitment and how that I've kept a business running for this long and a thriving business , and how I keep showing up every single day .
Because when we talk about consistency , it's really hard to be consistent if you're not committed right , it's really hard to be consistent or sorry , committed if you're not confident in the things that you bring to the table . And I will say , like one of the first things that really helped my confidence and also commitment was being my word to myself .
So when I said I was going to do something , I actually started doing it . My whole entire life was not like this . I want to be very , very clear . But I said I'm going to do this , I'm going to walk the walk , not just going to talk the talk , like I'm going to do the thing that I say I'm going to do .
And it was crazy because , first of all , that's very uncomfortable . I don't care what it is If you say you're going to walk a mile and that's really easy for you , but you're going to take time out of your day . It's uncomfortable . It's more comfortable to sit in front of the couch and watch Netflix right , we can all absolutely agree with that .
And so really , just like being my word and doing what I said I was going to do , and then challenging myself and again being committed to this challenge , whether I shared it all over social media or I didn't . Do you know how many times I wanted to give up on my 200 live video ? Months , like I wanted to give up .
I wanted to be done with that I wanted to stop all these crazy rules that I gave myself , but I kept moving forward . I'll never forget the first mastermind that I joined . I had to commit for a year . Do you know how I was able to commit ? Well , at first , for six months , I was chickened out .
I chickened out for six months , I never pushed the button to submit my application and finally , I had my best month ever . This is the funniest thing . I had my best month ever . I joined the second month in . I had my worst month ever in a long time and I think that that is just like how bad do you want it ? How resilient are you ?
How can you stick with it , chrissy , like you waited until your best month ever , and then the jokes on you because the second month in is your worst month in . Like years . Can you still hold your standard ? Can you still stay committed ? I was committed . I was going to make it work . Whatever it took , I was going to make it work . I recently signed up .
I was also a part of that for four years . I only needed to be there one year and after the one year I served my sentence , my commitment , and I stayed for four years . Last year in the summer , I joined a very high ticket membership and there were months that it was hard . It was hard . I committed to a year .
I said I'm going to be doing this for a year and there were months that it would have been easier to quit . There were months that it would have been easier to not do it anymore . And my renewal came around and they asked if I wanted to join alumni and I was like yeah , and you commit to another year , you commit to another year .
And I was like yes , because I know what commitment does for me . I know what commitment does for my business . So when I say yes , my programs have a commitment , because the commitment is hard . It's hard to say yes to something and it's hard to say dedicated to something for 12 months . But do you know how good you feel at the end of that ?
You know how good you feel that you were your word to yourself and others , that you signed up for something and you said this is my commitment and I am committing to doing this and I'm staying .
And I know that every month is not going to be sunshine and rainbows and I know that every month is not going to be the revenue that I want and I know that every month is it going to be like . I agree with everything my mentor says and I love her to pieces . No , there are months that my mentors have triggered me .
There are months that my mentors have pissed me off , but I can stand in my own personal power and understand that I don't have to agree with everything that they say , that they still call me up and call me out when I need it . That's commitment . When everything isn't always feeling the way you want it to go , but you say , that's commitment .
Commitment is not easy at all . Anybody who has tried to work out or tried to get healthy or tried to stop a bad habit will tell you that commitment is hard , it's not easy , but when we can consistently be committed , when we can consistently commit to something , bringing our word to ourselves and others , there's so much reward and growth at the end of that .
Sometimes it is easier to quit . I get it . Sometimes it's easier to relax and have fun than go to the gym or eat healthy , because sometimes , like crumble cookie just is way better than anything I could eat that would fit in my macros or whatever you do right , whatever you count . However , I do also believe in balance , by the way .
But can you get back on track the next day ? Can you get back in the better mindset the next day ? Commitment doesn't look like perfection . Commitment just is like this is what I'm doing . I know it's not always going to be perfect , I know everything's not always going to go my way , but I'm still committed and I'm sticking this through .
Seven years in business is a really long time . I can't remember the percentage of businesses that fail within the first two years is I don't know . It's like 30 or 40 percent , and then it's like 50 percent Don't make it to year , or it's over 50 percent that don't make it to year five .
And again , I believe that I'm where I'm at today because of commitment , even though before this business I never stuck with anything . Even though before this business I was never successful at anything . I mean a nine to five , yes , but not like my own business . I tried many things . I tried network marketing .
I tried owning my own skincare company and making skincare in my basement and I did like I love to say that's my business . I learned how to do everything wrong , but there were so many times that I gave up on things and did not stick with it .
I'm proof that if you feel like you've never stuck with something and it's never going to happen that you can , it's just maybe not your thing , maybe you just haven't found your thing yet . But when you can dig deep into your why and I'm going to say this , my why is not always there Sometimes I have to dig deeper for it .
Sometimes I forget , sometimes I get to be reminded . But as soon as I reconnect with that , my commitment is strong , my commitment is back and my commitment propels me forward in everything that I do . So I want you to think about that . When's the last time you were committed to something and you didn't quit , you didn't give up ?
When's the last time that you were your word to yourself ? You did what you said you were going to do ? That's like the biggest confidence booster ever . And then add on some uncomfortable actions on top of that and say I'm going to do it and say committed to it .
I'm not saying I'm committed to everything , but I am saying that I am committed to the things that I say I'm going to do .
Like I could totally eat better and I could totally walk more and I could totally get more steps , but when it comes to my business , I am pretty freaking committed and that feels really , really amazing and it also shows up in everything that you do how you talk to your audience , how you present to your audience , how you show up and your standards are just
there , because you are not just a talker , you're a walker and that , my friends , is really beautiful commitment .