SENIOR DIRECTOR 4 ADVANCEMENTS NEW
Carole Sellar South Australia Ten seconds of courage
a phone call. My heart would be in my mouth and I’d start talking myself out of dialing the number. But, once I forced myself to muster up ten seconds of courage and dial the number, I realised I was doing what I wanted to do: help people! Then, when I started talking, the fear just leaked away.” Armed with this simple but highly effective tool, Carole set the ultimate goal: Executive Director. With three advancements so far this year she is well on her way. “This idea that small bouts of courage work so well in my business is because we are all the same—we let our fear of the unknown dictate our actions. When you break through that barrier and show others what’s possible: to be afraid, and still give it a go, their mindsets change - that’s where the magic happens.” says Carole. Carole recently attended Melaleuca’s Fiji Fast Track, a trip of a lifetime. Even in paradise she continued to apply her ten seconds of courage mantra pushing herself—literally — to new heights “When I first saw the raw beauty of Fiji, I turned to Hayley (Director 8 Hayley Harding) and said, ‘this week I will conquer my fears’,” says Carole. Before Fiji, Carole had never been swimming or snorkeling in the ocean. The first thing she felt when she witnessed other qualifiers jumping off a twenty foot ledge into the ocean, was paralysing fear. “My first through was ‘Heck no! I’m 59 years old, I can’t do that!’ But as I saw the others take the leap of faith, I started to think, ‘Well… why not?’ time to stop watching and start living.” She gathered her ten seconds of courage and did something she never thought possible: jumped off the ledge of the pontoon and fell twenty feet into the crystal blue Fijian ocean to the rapturous applause of her Melaleuca family below. “I felt so empowered! I looked my fears dead in the eye, and even though I was really scared, I did it anyway. It was the most
Ten seconds of courage has transformed Carole Sellar’s life, once shy and fearful, this former domestic cleaner is now a brave, independent Senior Director 4 with a six-figure income. How will this powerful yet simple concept change your life? How many times in your life have you said to yourself, “I CAN’T do that?” Where the thought of trying has increased your heart rate, made your palms sweat and set your mind running with the consequences of failure? You’re not alone. In fact, new Senior Director 4 Carole Sellar explains how the word ‘can’t’ impacted her past “When I look back I realise that I’ve lived a sheltered, safe life! The daily rituals of work and sleep, never trying anything new, never giving anything a go, never challenging myself. I just accepted my fate, telling myself that I just wasn’t capable of doing any more.” All this changed when Carole attended her stepdaughter's birthday party. At this unlikely moment, the way Carole was building her business changed, thereby changing her life. “During the speeches, my stepdaughter said, ‘to achieve anything great in life, all you need is ten seconds of courage’. When I heard those words, a light switched on in my head!” This concept, when applied to her business, made a big difference. “One thing that was really holding me back from being successful was the gut-wrenching fear I felt right before making
exhilarating feeling of my life—if that didn’t stop me, then nothing will.”
“When you break through that barrier and show others that it’s possible to be afraid, and still give it a go, their mindset starts to change—that’s where the magic happens."
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