How To Know When You Need A Perfect Guide

When you have 23 people to corral around Disney World it’s essential to know when you need help. 

It’s hard enough keeping track of our family of five at DisneyWorld but 23 requires coordination at another level. Luckily we had the incredible support of personal guides to make our experience truly magical. 

Backdoors only reserved for cast members, seats saved for parades and fireworks, extra pairs of eyes to keep counting heads to make sure we didn’t loose anyone (we only lost one adult briefly!), and what was most valuable: a rapid entry to all of the rides.  

Not only did we get fascinating facts throughout the day, we got every one of our requests fulfilled. Did you know that $2 million is collected every year from the Disney World fountains, then cast members get to vote where it is donated? This year it went to school supplies for foster children. 

After twelve hours across two Disney parks we left with happy kids, which of course means happy parents! A simply incredible time to watch the cousins and siblings play and hang out together.

Where do you need a perfect guide to make your life easier and more magical?

Dedicated to growing your business,

Val

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How To Know When You (Or Others) Need A Therapist To Help

I heard the CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Bernard J Tyson, speak last week and he said the biggest mistake we made was creating a separate medical institution for the body and another for the mind. Because this led to a stigma and negative connotations of anything brain health related. His company is now fixing this by having their general practitioners able to refer patients for mental health services just as easily as referring to an osteopath or a physical therapist.

It’s certainly taboo in my home country England to talk about, ask for, or admit to you have a need to talk to a mental health expert. While the stigma in the US isn’t quite so strong it is still there.

I am writing this today so that you know you are not alone, that if you feel like you would benefit from talking to an expert, ask for referrals from people you trust or your general practitioner.

I am not a trained therapist, but I have referred many of my highly successful clients to get therapeutic advice because I know my boundaries of what I can help with and when expert assistance is needed.

My own personal advisor Alan Weiss makes a great recommendation, get yourself a therapist when things are going incredibly well, let them help you deconstruct your success and build on it.

Could you or someone you know benefit from talking to a trained therapist?
Let’s break the stigma. One conversation at a time.

Dedicated to growing your business,
Val

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Why You Need To Unplug And Detach When You Have The Most Demands

Go and escape to the desert, mountains, or the beach. Right now. 

That might seem a ridiculous thing to do if you are mid product launch, acquisition craziness, or preparing for your sales kick off or customer events. 

Planning away time, downtime, unplugged time is an essential way to keep going through your most demanding times. 

I had a book deadline to write my second book in four months. I had hit that deadline before with my first book so I knew it was possible, but my incentive was booking a long weekend in Palm Springs with my girlfriends as soon as I had submitted my manuscript to my publisher. 

It would have been easy to delay, as I prepare for the fall conference season for my speaking and prepare all of the launch events for my book but as I lie by the pool with my closest girlfriends, I realize this was just what I needed. 

When is your next friends break planned for?

Dedicated to growing your business,

Val

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