Summer Heat or Summer Success

It’s that time of year again- Summer!  Now I know for most of you parents, that doesn’t start until the end of May, and for you college students, not until mid-May.  But what does that mean?  Is it a time to take a break?  Maybe lay back and pretty much… do nothing except enjoy the summer breeze?

Here’s what I know from personal experience.  From August through May, we are at our most tested, most utilized, and most engaged in our everyday responsibilities & tasks.  When it hits summer time, over 80% of the population (US, Canada) experiences a cut in hours at jobs, a decrease in average monthly income, and a larger gap of idle time.  In other words, Summer is what most of us call, “recharging our batteries.”

There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking Summer to take a break, except that is where most of us don’t look at it as a time to grow.  To become more, to test our potential.

As a leadership expert and author on personal/professional growth, I have been able to compare how much income, stress, and physical/health levels differ when two groups of people are compared side by side.  One group uses the downtime in summer as a massive opportunity to test out their dreams.  They have less hours in the week, so instead of just being home watching TV, they use the time to learn an instrument, start (or grow) a business, write a book (as I did), or get in shape.  The other group did what over 80% of the population normally does- sit back, relax, and wait until August begins the cycle again.

The results were intense.  The group who took advantage of summer as an opportunity maker had a 25% increase in income, with a quarter of the group whose income doubled, tripled, even quadrupled.  This increase was due to their skills being fine-tuned, or qualities being sharped professionally, as well as self-taught.

The group who sat back, relaxed, and enjoyed the few months off stayed the same income bracket for the majority.  10% came back into August with the same number of hours.  What this means is that their summer paychecks were dragged into August, some all the way to December.  In a few instances, the income did increase, but where a contract was signed years prior of pay increase regardless of time off (usually in salary compensation plans instead of hourly).

My question is- will you take summer off and stay the same when August kicks back in?

OR

Will you take advantage of the extra time, and build yourself into a whole new lifestyle within 2-3 months?

I invite you to join the Mentorship that is still open.  Last year alone, ChallengeToLive, Inc. grew by ten times from May-June, helping hundreds of people increase their income, and doing it only part time (10-12 hours per week).  Just to give you an idea of how far we pushed last year, here are some the goals that I set for the company to accomplish before August:

-Grow internationally.

-Promote at least 10 people to a position of $500/WK+ income.

-Help 3-5 college students in CTL pay off tuition, loans, or major expenses.

-Establish a private publishing company, as well as publish 1 book.

-Create enough revenue to send 3 Members into an all-inclusive paid vacation in 2014.

-Establish an agreement with the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) to create a Career option for those who join CTL.

-Pave a gameplan that coincides with NASM’s CPT program, with the opportunity of having it 100% paid for.

As big as those goals are, all of them were met and surpassed by August.  And if you’re wondering, these goals are only a few that we had outlined to accomplish over the Summer of 2013.  Will you be a part of CTL this summer and create a new lifestyle?  Or will you wait until next May where I post a few of the major accomplishments made by those who joined this year?  The choice is yours.

 

With Your Health & Success In Mind