RISE BLOG

“The conference helped me realize that I am worthy enough to take up as much space as I want in the world- regardless of my size and how much physical space I take up.”     Meet Breanna. Daughter, mother, friend. Attendee of RISE x Ft. Myers, Breanna stood out to us for her raw emotion she bravely shared with thousands of women. She was weighed down by what many of us allow ourselves to be held back by: fear, expectations, feelings of unworthiness. Breanna proclaimed she could never be a runner because of her weight, but Rachel challenged her...

Last weekend I was at a family party and I ended up in a conversation with my baby cousin-- who admittedly, is a grown-up in his late 20's, but he'll always be my "baby cousin" no matter his age. My cousin and his new wife are first-time entrepreneurs. They've become franchise owners in a mobile bartending service where the clientele is predominantly brides and/or someone throwing a party who has the budget to spend on hipster beverage services. Because it's basically impossible for me to talk to another business owner without trying to give them as many ideas as possible...

Everyone talks about hard work and dedication and going all-in on your dreams and I'm here for it! I wrote a book on how to achieve big goals. Literally. But somewhere along the way, this battle cry for fledgling entrepreneurs and dreamers became the rationale for quitting their day jobs to pursue their vision full-time. Look, throwing yourself into the deep end to teach yourself to swim in entrepreneurial waters is an incredible option-- if you happen to be independently wealthy. But assuming that you're not a trust-fund baby and assuming that you have actual, real-life bills and responsibilities-- throwing away your paycheck without...

OK, so if I'm going to write a full post with all of my best advice for keynotes and/or presentations then I think we need to start with why you should listen to me. If you're not already familiar with who I am --or at the very least my clout as a motivational speaker-- then here are some facts. My 3-day personal development conference just wrapped with 3,400 women in MN and 7,500 women in TX... the tickets to both of those conferences sold out in less than 3 hours. I'm one of the highest-paid motivational speakers on earth (no, seriously) and the highest-paid...

Full disclosure, I'm hosting a business conference this November with the greatest speaker line up the world has ever known! Second disclosure, I'm about to tell you all of the reasons why attending a great business conference will exponentially help you to make more profit, grow as a leader and create processes and practices that give you more consistent results... but --and this is the important part-- I'm not going to insist that our conference is the only option for you. In fact, I'm going to list out some of my favorite events I've attended over the years so you've got all...