Celebrate to Accelerate: How to Unlock Quarterly Business Growth

Imagine if you could unlock business growth by celebrating everything that happened in the past quarter - the wins and the losses. Too good to be true? Stick around... because you'll discover that acknowledging the lessons learned is just as important as achieving your goals. Show Notes | Transcript "The woman who started this year is not the same woman who's listening right now. And that evolution deserves to be celebrated." - Gloria Grace Rand I'm sharing my personal experiences with organization and goal-setting, and how these practices have transformed my approach to business. We'll explore the importance of treating your quarterly review as a sacred reflection rather than a critical evaluation. Discover how to: Honor your unique journey while still striving for growth Approach your quarterly review with kindness and an open heart Celebrate your achievements, no matter how small they may seem Identify valuable lessons to carry forward into the next quarter Key insights include: Why it's essential to acknowledge both business and personal growth The importance of maintaining a high-vibration state for productivity and creativity How to release experiences that no longer serve you with gratitude The power of setting intentions that honor both your business needs and personal rhythm I also share a personal invitation to join Jennifer Regular and me for our upcoming "Live Your Light: Illuminate Your Path" retreat on April 5, 2025. This transformative experience is designed to help you align your business more closely with your purpose. (You'll find the link with more info below.) Whether you've exceeded your goals or faced unexpected challenges, this episode offers valuable insights on how to reflect, celebrate, and move forward with renewed purpose. Tune in to nurture your entrepreneurial spirit and embrace the journey of growth and self-discovery! Resources: Learn more about the Live Your Light:Illuminate Your Path Retreat: gloriarand.com/live-your-light-retreat Join the Soulful Women's Network here Receive daily inspirational email messages: bit.ly/LoveLightNotes Need support? Go to engagewithgloria.com to schedule a call. Connect with Live Love Engage: Send Gloria Grace a message ☕ Support the podcast ❤ Love this episode? Leave us a review and rating LinkedIn: Gloria Grace Rand Facebook: Gloria Grace Rand YouTube: Gloria Grace Rand TRANSCRIPT Namaste. If you've been moving at the speed of business, checking off tasks, chasing goals, and somewhere along the way forgot to acknowledge how far you've actually come, well, this episode is your permission slip to stop, breathe and celebrate. But first, I want to welcome you to Live Love Engage. Especially if this is your first time tuning in. I am Gloria Grace, founder of Align to Shine Academy, and I empower women entrepreneurs to step into their highest potential with clarity and confidence. Now, as heart centered entrepreneurs, we are so often focused on serving others that we sometimes neglect to witness our own transformation. But today, we're going to be changing that pattern. Now, as I'm recording this, it is the end of the first quarter of 2025. And if this brought you unexpected success or maybe some beautiful lessons disguised as challenges, I promise that you have grown more than you realize. And I encourage you to maybe pause this for a second, go pour yourself a cup of tea, grab your journal to take some notes, and let's create a sacred space so that we can honor your journey. Because you know what? The woman who started this year is not the same woman who's listening right now. And that evolution deserves to be celebrated. And I gotta tell you, I know this because I know that I am not the same woman that I was three months ago. I've done something this year that has been like something that I should have been doing a long time ago. And, you know, well, better late than never, I always say, because I've been much more organized in my business this year. And I mean, for one thing, I've been. Now, some people do this digitally, but I'm old school, I like to write stuff down. So I, I followed a guy a couple years ago, actually. In fact, these books are about two years, two years old. And I let them sit on my bookshelf. And finally this year I was ready to actually do this. And it has a. A place to set weekly goals and daily goals and quarterly goals. And so I'm going to be going over this very soon and, and looking at how I did. And I, I kind of have an idea because it involves doing like weekly checkups. So what I want to talk about first though, is that, okay, as business owners, okay, we have to be real. I mean, I know that it is important and they. Anybody who's any good at being like a business coach will drum it into you. You gotta know your numbers, know your numbers, and they're right. I've learned that lesson too. I know. And then, you know, you've got to be able to look at what's been going on. But I want you to treat this as not necessarily a critical review. I would invite you to think of this more as a sacred reflection because of course, we are heart centered entrepreneurs. And I'm guessing that if you are, have been listening to this podcast for any amount of time, you are likely a spiritual entrepreneur as well. So be kind to yourself. Approach this process of re, you know, reviewing the last three months. Approach it with an open heart because there may be some areas that you didn't meet your goals. So don't beat yourself up over it. Think about, especially if there, I mean, if there were places that you did, yay, celebrate, do a happy dance, whatever you want to do. And if there were places that didn't quite work out, do some. So I was going to say critical evaluation, but I'm not thinking of critical as in criticizing. I'm thinking more as evaluating it with an unbiased eye. Yeah, that's a good way to say it. Was there anything out of control, out of your control that contributed to you're not hitting that goal? Maybe you maybe had a client cancel, maybe they had to even cancel their coaching sessions with you because something happened in their family that they weren't able to do it anymore. So you, you can't, you know, it's, it's disappointing, of course, if you lost out on that, that income that you were counting on. But whatever happened in their life likely is a lot worse and that's why they had to cancel. So, so think about that and also reflect on how were you functioning not only in the business, but how was your personal health, let's say, how was your mental health, your spiritual health? How were you during these past three months? Were you stressed? Were you ill at any part of those times? All of these things can contribute to how you perform in your business. Even though we want to be able to do our best at all times, we also are human and stuff happens sometimes. So you want to look at, when you're going over things you want to look at, okay, what were your business achievements? You know, what are the tangible outcomes? You know, what's your, what were your revenue? Did you meet your revenue goals and things like that? Also look at personal, personal growth. Did you have any internal shifts? Perhaps? Like I say, I think one of mine has been this, for me is doing this daily habit of recording what went on in my business that day. Because I, I will, I will set up like four must dos that I, that I want to get done and then I also have some habits that I want to do. And so I've been tracking and keeping track, like the number of days and that I do those. Like. Like last night I didn't fill out my planner at the end of the night because I went to an event and I totally slipped my mind when I came home. So it's like, oh, okay, I guess we're starting day one now, tomorrow, because I intend to fill it out tonight. So, you know, it's like, oh, well, you know, life happens sometimes. So. But the fact that I have been doing that, I think has made me more cognizant of what am I doing in my business. And so that really has been a good internal shift for me. Spiritual connection. Are you aligned with your purpose? Are you, Are you. Is your business really reflecting your heart? And if not, I'm gonna. I'm gonna put in a quick plug right now for something. Is that on April 5, 2025, I am CO hosting with Jennifer Regular. We are co facilitating, not really co hosting. We are co facilitating a retreat called Live youe Light. Illuminate your path. And this is a really good opportunity for you to take a look at where you are in your business and see where you need support on being more aligned with your purpose. So if you go to bit, ly, capital L, capital Y, capital L and then lowercase retreat, you'll be able to get all the information about the retreat and see if that's something that speaks to you. And I'll also have that in the show notes as well because you might. You might want to check it out. All right. Oh, and here's a good question to ask yourself too. What internal shift or growth are you most proud of? Even if no one else sees it? I think that's good to know too. I think that's. That's an important thing. Now let's talk about. You know, I mentioned earlier about the critical. About critical review and that. That I do mean more of the criticizing type of review. And, and sometimes one when we are. Especially if you are. Grew up in a dysfunctional family, you know, maybe there was alcoholism or abuse of some type. And now for me it was alcoholism. My dad was an alcoholic. So we, it's. It wasn't really. We were. I was just expected to succeed. I wasn't like, you know, patted on the back for it. And so sometimes we find it challenging, I'm gonna say, to. To pat ourselves on the back to really acknowledge our success. And we kind of downplay it. And this is what I teach When I teach the. The Love method. Part of the Love method. The V....