Sassy, strong and stylish – the awesome Annie Sophia gave me some sage advice today…
I was very lucky to reconnect with awesome friend Annie Sophia during a family event we held in the Northern Beaches of Sydney.
Even though I have only known her for a few years now; I totally see eye to eye with her and understand how she works on many levels. She is direct, strong, intelligent, win / win and a very successful entrepreneur who I just think seriously rocks.
We spent a bit of time one on one during the event catching up and interestingly she gave me some feedback that I kind of didn’t want to hear, but what I needed to hear.
I saw her about 6 months earlier face to face and at the time, I was overweight. Yes I was! I have no excuses but being slack and I put on weight which is really bad. I got fat by eating lots of junk food. Whose fault? Mine and I am sorry!
When we reconnected face to face, she immediately complimented the way I looked and reminded me that I didn’t look so wonderful back when I saw her last. She even said I look wonderful which I take as a massive compliment; yet also a warning from an awesomely fit and stylish character like her.
The truth of the matter is that I MESSED up by getting fat and even though I am not now, if I am not careful it can be stacked back on very quickly. I know that if I do get fat again it will cost me lots of money in that people wouldn’t take me as seriously as they do now.
After all; I work as a Coach, Marketer and Entrepreneur who runs around telling people how to live. If I go and get really fat, does it mean that I take my own advice seriously?
Of course this questions seriously disturbs me and I think it’s very true. If we especially work in industries where we are our own product; we must take ourselves seriously before others will take it seriously.
I am about helping people becoming successful in many areas and I can only logically expect people to do that if I am in good health! Annie Sophia is a high end Stylish and Fashion Coach and I can tell you that she looks the part.
My advice and thinking? We must take ourselves seriously if we expect others to be taken seriously. If we can’t get discipline right in certain areas you can’t expect anyone else to follow your advice or lead. However, talking to the positive; when we lead through our own pure results, it can be much more influential that telling people to do as we say and not as we do.
Annie Sophia did give me a sage warning. I love her work and perhaps this time I should heed her advice…
Love your work, thank you for the read and stay awesome!
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