Episode 154: Happy 3rd Birthday, Brilliantly Resilient!

  Don't operate from a fear mindset, operate from a growth mindset. Look at life from a Brilliantly Resilient lens. ~ Kristin Smedley and Mary Fran Bontempo Happy birthday to us!!! We can't believe it, but this week–March 7th–marks the 3rd birthday of Brilliantly Resilient! When we started Brilliantly Resilient, we planned a "world tour" of speaking on stages, sharing our process to Reset, Rise and Reveal Your Brilliance to the world. We prepared, we created, we dreamed and then, on March 7th, we had our first Brilliantly Resilient live event! It was amazing!! We couldn't have asked for more and we were so excited for the future of Brilliantly Resilient. Then, on March 14th, 2020, the entire world shut down. And so did all of our plans. Given what we preach, you'd think we immediately started to Reset with Resilience. Instead, we cried, we complained, we shook our fists at the heavens…and then we got over ourselves. We realized that we couldn't control anything that was happening in the world, but we could control our response. So, we decided to practice what we were preaching and started to look for ways to share Brilliantly Resilient–when we couldn't leave home. Fast forward three incredible years, and we have a top-rated podcast, a book, we've traveled around the country, both in person and virtually–all to share the Brilliantly Resilient program with thousands of others. As we often say, we are our own best case study, and have implemented each step of the Brilliantly Resilient process over and over again–proving that it works. We work the Brilliantly Resilient steps every day, and we've moved from a fear mindset to a growth mindset. Simply put, that means that instead of crashing and burning with challenges, we acknowledge them, make values-based decisions, check our perspective and see what's in our control. We can then take imperfect action (we've learned that nothing is perfect, and that's okay) and evolve with what happens next. Sharing Brilliantly Resilient has been a joyous opportunity, and we're incredibly grateful for those of you who have learned, laughed and discovered your resilience and brilliance with us. Thank you is not enough, but a heartfelt thanks to you all for your support. We're just getting started! Tune into this week's podcast to hear more (from us!), and be sure to listen for these additional bits of brilliance: When everything is taken away, you get to go back to your basic values, figure out what's important, and make decisions based on that. You can create a process for managing things. I look at life through a Brilliantly Resilient lens now, not as a victim or in anger. Now I know how I'm going to show up when a sucker punch comes along.  You can bring your transferable skills to every experience. Figure out what your Brilliant skill set is and bring that to every experience and see what happens. Then find others with complementary skill sets to add to your tribe. Kids don't look at failure as failure. They look at it as a learning opportunity.  Let's be Brilliantly Resilient together! Kristin and Mary Fran