The unexpected benefit to my poor ankle exploding in Vegas last week
The unexpected benefit to my poor ankle exploding in Vegas last week
Aug 19
Hey there,
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I’ve finally connected the dots like Steve Jobs suggests.
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As you know, this past Monday saw my ankle collapse in
a figuratively flaming heap of “say byebye to walking normally
for the rest of your life-ness!”
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And the support I’ve received from you and our community has truly been stellar….it’s made such a positive difference for me.
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I’ll never forget the days before that, however. 2 days
before, I gave the last talk of that Saturday event…
and wow oh wow, it was sterling beyond belief! Nobody
could tell that its been 10+ years since I stood in
front of an eager audience, and the topic I spoke about!
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It was basically a motivational talk about how, when
life round-kicks you in the face, you have two choices -
cry and whimper and collapse at the street corner where
everyone else will step over your pathetic body, OR say,
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“NO.”
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“This is NOT how I choose my story to end!”Isn’t it poetic justice that 2 days after I pumped everyone
up….I myself got brutally flattened by reality once again?My gosh, the walk thru the airport! Heck, forget *walk* -
it was barely-hobble-whimper-WAHness all around! Every
step sent a blinding lightning bolt of agony thru my leg,
and every step I realized that HEY PRESTO! Nature
doesn’t give a damn! So what if it hurt more than having
my fingernails pried away with red-hot pincers….
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That was MY current reality.
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Can you picture this in your mind? After I got to my seat
in the airplane, I had 5 fun-filled excruciating hours to
think about the fact….
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My glorious new career as a dynamic motivational speaker…
it was over just about before it really ever begun.
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Can you imagine how heart-rending that really was?
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And since I have no problems with sharing my emotions,
I’ll willingly admit that for some time on that flight…
I cried. Quietly.  Silently. Mainly because the guy
sitting next to me was looking at me weirdly. But hey.
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It did happen.
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But then…I talked to my Inner Hero and said, “okay Barbara.
The leg is less mobile than a fossilized clam…but guess what!
You’re the only one cares enough to change your present!
So yep, you want to wallow – be my guest. But you’ll be
shortchanging your family, children, husband and mooses
bigtime if you do.”
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Don’t you love it when you yell at yourself?
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Well! I pulled out my 1989 Bell Labs notebook (the one
that has SCCS written on it) and 2 hours later….my
new direction was sketched out and now, 4 days later,
I’ve already started producing content for it (more on that
later!).
Have you ever been kicked in the teeth like that?
What was it it like?
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While such a trial by fire is so hideously painful it scares
you more than being bullied online or at work or by
so-called friends etc., it *does* give you the awesome
gift of inner strength that mere mortals hardly ever
achieve in this life.
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And it made me appreciate my ankle collapse bigtime
because so WHAT if I’m now handicapable….I now have
a nifty new fighting cane to boldly wave about in my next talk!
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Giving yourself permission to try new things
when all you can count on is, well, you….it’s
a glorious thing indeed.  And that made me realize
that playing it forward and encouraging others to
make their own success….that’s one thing about this
business that I *love*.
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That’s one reason why I’m putting into place the
techniques taught by Facebook Membership Revolution:
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I’ve never quite seen teaching like Dr. Ben does
for both newbies and experienced people as well.
Long-term monthly income is *the* way to go
but would you believe….I never had the pieces
so well laid out for me to give me the confidence
that HEY! This is a wonderfully simple 1-2-3
way to go about things!
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Learning something new, or putting into practice
what you’ve heard before….all it requires is that
you simply “give yourself permission” to make things
*work*.
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And that’s what I’m doing. As soon as I structure
out how I will be dominating my niche, you can bet
your earlobes that I’ll be implementing all the
smart ideas found in:
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You can take advantage of it too…that is, if you
give yourself permission!
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That choice, of course, is yours.
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Grow strong,
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Barbara Ling
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