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Why are you still here?

Why are you still here?

Never in my life will I forget this important question. A question that even if you see it like that, and follow your path, you are not going to give it the meaning or the power that it has so much unless you stop, think and analyze it. He asked me that question a little over a year ago, Janitza, why are you still here? I stood up, looked him in the face and answered the question. I gave him a lot of reasons why I was still there. Now, if I tell you, I did not follow my course. I sat in silence and began to answer the question in detail to myself. What he doesn’t know is that day he changed my life. I know he didn’t want to lose me. I know that he knew that I had much more potential than to be enduring things that really did not suit me to endure. From that day on I put my pants on well and said to myself, I deserve more. When it was time to leave he told me, Janitza I envy you, I would like to have my pants on well so that I can do the things you do. Take the risks that you take. And my answer was, “you can do it too”. “The only difference between us is that you don’t want what you dream as much as I want what I dream.” “Dare and you will see.”
The man left me with his mouth open. He texted me at 12:30 am at midnight the other day to ask me for an opinion on something about his business and I gave it to him. He constantly asks me for my opinions. Out of nowhere he texts me with crazy things about him, rather ideas. We are still very good friends. I admire him a lot for other things that I don’t have the pants to do and he thinks I have them on for everything. Haha! I found out that he is now working on his third business. What joy it gave me! I’m crazy to congratulate him in person and let him know that now the one who envies him is me. Haha. Now he’s the one with his pants on. I imagine that his time came like mine came a year ago. Many times I asked him why are you still here? But the question didn’t have the same effect on him as when he asked it to me.
Now I ask you: Fill in your blanks with this question; Why are you still here? Either in an unloved relationship. In an unwanted career, in a toxic friendship, in a place you don’t want to live, in an economic situation that you want to get out of. Ask that question. Meditate and act. And you will see that in a year you will be wondering why I did not ask myself that question before.

Good day.

*The power of Coaching!

Janitza Rivera

Executive Business Coach, Speaker and Trainer

http://www.johnmaxwellgroup.com/janitzarivera

Why is it important to be Thankful?

I have been doing some searching for quite sometime. For now I will just call it an “intimate search”. Have you ever been in my situation before? A time where you are searching for something? Sometimes people search for something like peace, a new job, a revelation, a sign, clarity, for the perfect friend, a haircut, a tattoo, etc… I think this is something very common I hope.

Well, when you are on the search of that “something ” do you pay attention to what’s around you? Do you wait and pay attention to the signs? Or do you just search and forget to get ready and miss the signs? I think you need to pay attention to this. As I was on my search, praying and working hard for what I’m searching for, I actually got the answers that I needed in order to move on. How do I know? Well because as I said before I listen, I stay aware and I make sure I do not miss the signs.

Today I am so thankful. I’m thankful because I have been looking for a life coach to work with. When I look for something that is important to me, I make sure that I find the right person. I am by nature a very picky person and I am not afraid to say it. I am a person with very high expectations/standards. Sometimes that is good and sometimes not so much. However as I was doing my research I found someone that I really liked, but that person was charging way more than what I would’ve liked to pay for.

In the meantime I learned about this other person but she was booked. She is not taking new clients until January 2021. Well, I decided to be on her waiting list since she shared with me she had one. One day , probably two weeks after her email telling me that she would love to put me on her waiting list I get an email saying she had an opening. I said to myself, Oh My God!!! This is so wonderful!!. I let her know that I was highly interested. I took the opening. We talked few days later. She wanted to know what I was looking for in order for her to have an idea if she could help me. She explained to me what she does and we went over the paper work/agreement she had emailed me prior to my call. Well, guess what? It was a great conversation. She liked me and for sure I liked her. So the next step was to make an appointment to further explain myself, meet her in person and see if we could work together.

I made it to the appointment and let me tell you I had the best appointment ever. The thing I enjoyed the best was when she said Janitza I would love to work with you if you would like to work with me. I will open time on my schedule for you. Wow! You are talking about gratitude, right? That was so powerful. We are a match and on top of that I can afford her, so it is a win- win.

Now, part of my search has been found. Let me be clear, this is not “my intimate search” Omg, I have found someone who is willing to help me, someone who is adding time to her schedule to work with me. This lady has had to reduce her hours because her mother is ill and she cares for her and she wants to spend as much time as possible with her. If I am not thankful for this wonderful opportunity, I sure must be out of my mind.

You know how many people I have helped in my life? Do you know the amount of people that I know I have made a difference in their life but I haven’t heard a thank you? That doesn’t mean they are not thankful. It just means that they haven’t said it to me. I do not want to be that kind of a person. Today I want to be the person that shares gratitude.

Today I am thankful. Thankful for my life coach. I made sure to let her know with a thank you card. I am not done yet, I know she will be bringing lots of good to my life and when that happens I will make sure to let her know one more time.

Show gratitude. It is the best exercise someone can practice.

God Bless,

Janitza