I’ll never forget the moment over 10-years ago ears ago when I first heard this statement! It fired boldly out of the mouth of Roberto Gianni, the 65-year-old Italian sales trainer, at the natural wellness company where I was employed as a national sales rep at the time. Our company owner dubbed Roberto Gianni –“The King of Sales,” he made it clear that Roberto was the best, and no one else could “light a fire under a sales team” like Roberto!

On that particular morning in our weekly sales meeting, Roberto scanned the conference room and verbally challenged us regarding our failure to reach our monthly sales quota. Roberto yelled loudly for the 3rd time: “NO ONE IS COMING!”

Then, Roberto fixed his intimidating gaze directly on me and declared with increased boldness: “Shannon, no one is coming!”

What? Wait? Did Roberto just call me out in front of my peers? I was appalled; as a matter of fact I was pissed! Why would Roberto single me out? I was one of the few people in the office who repeatedly hit my monthly sales goal, and this month was no different. Roberto then went on to say said: “Shannon, I know about your religious beliefs…”

Although, I had witnessed Roberto in a very unconventional way, openly call people out in sales meetings from everything to their social life, to their child-raising techniques, I was shocked again! Bringing up my religion in a corporate meeting? “What the what?”

He went on…”Shannon, you are withholding. You are still waiting on something, perhaps the clouds to part? Maybe God to deliver you?”

Yikes! I was honestly speechless (something I rarely am.) As I drove home that evening, Roberto’s words carried the weight of spiritual anointing. I could not shake them. I have always believed in Divine guidance/serendipity.

God speaks the lessons our souls silently cry to learn through anyone or anything He chooses to inspire our growth. Roberto saw something dynamic in me. He knew I was much better than I was revealing myself to be. Roberto intuitively knew I wasn’t leaving it all on the playing field. I wasn’t shattering sales records in the way I was capable of.

In all honesty, as I sat with Roberto’s words longer, I accepted the hard truth that up until that point, I was waiting, withholding a little bit of myself, because indeed I believed that, “Something was coming…”

Waiting and Powerlessness…

The Proverb states: Hope deferred makes the heart sick. Agreed. Longing and waiting can turn pain into unnecessary suffering. When we are waiting on something we have no direct control over to change, we relinquish the ONLY true power we have, the power to change our lives, thinking, habits, beliefs and actions.

In marriage and in life, I’ve played the role of the victim, the martyr and the blame queen. They are all ugly, powerless roles that only serve to temporarily protect an ego that refuses to take on the hardest role of all…self-responsibility.

As long as something is “out there” we rarely find the courage or strength to look within and realign our actions with what our hearts desire to manifest.

The moment our souls ask for more, God answers. We are simply living our way to the promise. It is already finished…

Waiting on a man?

Years ago I worked with a client who desired marriage. She had just purchased a beautiful new townhome in the South bay. She shared with me about how she loved to sip tea and listen to jazz music, but she refused to sit in front of her brand new fireplace. I inquired…”Why not?” She explained, “Well, until I have a man to share the fireplace with, I’m not doing it. To me, fire is romantic, I will not turn on my fireplace until I have a man, I am waiting…” I then advised her, “Pour your tea, light that fire, and listen to that jazz music by yourself. Because when you get into your happy, magnetic, satisfied space, you are making room for new love.

When you enjoy the beauty and balance of your life, you will invite the right man who will enjoy it just the same.

Life changes after we do…

Life is mirroring our beliefs, actions and thoughts. Nothing is coming to save us from the inner and outer work our souls are called to do. My girlfriend Erin often says: “Oh, you’re waiting on God? Funny, He said the same thing about you!”

Our lives will only transform when we decide to make the change. We must choose to act. Move. Redefine.

“When the student is ready, the teacher appears.”

10-years ago, Roberto Gianni- The King of Sales didn’t know it, but he was on a mission from God. He was one of my many, appointed soul-guides and teachers. You see, Roberto’s words still come to my soul whenever I’m tempted to wait, hide, shrink, withhold, or more dangerously, “hope” without a solid plan…

Nothing will change until we rise from the ashes of our own self-denial and take authority over our life-script.

It’s time for Life Reset

Are you ready to make a shift in your life?

Your career/calling?

Your relationships?

Your health?

Your thoughts/beliefs?

Are you ready to SHOW up in a new level of courage, clarity and power? Then I invite you to connect with me privately.

NEW! “OPEN Office” Day!

Under the direction of my team, I’ve recently started holding one “OPEN office day” per week, on Wednesdays. On this weekly “OPEN office days” I’ll be offering a select number of complimentary 20-minute Life Reset appointments via phone. Together, we will tackle your most pressing issue, and I promise after our private, 20-minute Life Reset session, you will SHIFT immediately into new depths of clarity, power and breakthrough.

If you are ready for a new beginning, and you are TIRED of waiting, let’s tap into your birthright, your power to change anything in your life that no longer accurately reflects the woman you’ve become. I’ll be your partner in Life Reset. I’m living the principles of Life Reset NOW and it’s an amazingly brave, powerful and dynamic place to be!

CLICK HERE to select a time to speak with me. These weekly complimentary appointments are on a first come, first serve basis, so don’t wait.

I am excited and honored to partner with you on the wholeness journey. Reclaim your power. Rise to the occasion of your destiny. And remember, no one is coming… We must find the courage to release what is no longer healthy, right or relevant for where God’s love is leading us now. As Nelson Mandela so famously stated: We are the ones we’ve been waiting on.

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