We each have our own definition of success. The uber important thing is that we define that for ourselves. NOT someone else’s definition...we must be sure it’s our own!

1. Every week we will feature the adventures of one amazing woman. We aim to celebrate the varied and colourful roles
women play within industry and business. Experience inspirational, real stories by real women; Interested in being
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When I volunteered to submit my story for all of you, I had no idea how wonderfully humbling and empowering it
would be. For a second I thought, with so many powerful stories, how will mine be of impact? Then a little saying
bubbled to the surface to keep me in line. Maybe you know it, it goes like this: “This little light of mine, I’m going to
let it shine”.
My perception of how others see me, is a person who can tend to be direct, and sometimes even overly direct. For the
most part, I tend to get to the heart of the matter and sometimes forget the lead up to that. I like to spend time where it
matters most, and I would say my journey, and pursuit of happiness, has been about that. Learning for myself where,
and on what, my time makes the most difference, and sharing the possibilities for others to do the same. This could be
from a philanthropic perspective, and moreover having this show up in our own pursuits to let our light shine and in
our day to day interactions.
I have achieved a top income earner status with my company. I have a team of distributors thousands strong that span
over 50 countries.
We each have our own definition of success. The uber important thing is that we define that for ourselves. NOT
someone else’s definition...we must be sure it’s our own!
Success to me is about loving what I do, and doing what I love, and to daily spend time where it matters most. To be
successful to me is to be in full control of making choices. And to produce something of such value that I know, what I
am giving, exceeds the exchange I am receiving back. Success, to me is not a place to “arrive” at. It’s a place of
perpetual motion that through discipline and daily persistence comes around and stays around and can flutter away as
easy as a butterfly, if we let our thoughts deplete of richness.
I had always wanted to find the thing where I could do something of significance and work for myself, so I could
control my schedule. I wanted to be a parent and to me, being a good parent, means being around. That belief gave me
a strong desire to find something that allowed a flexible schedule and the opportunity for continual learning. I love to
travel so I knew I required something that allows possibilities to have the world be my classroom.
I had done many jobs from a loan officer to insurance sales to a nanny. I had done personal training, office
management and cocktail waitressing. To me, everything felt so restrictive. I would learn quickly what I needed to, to
excel, then cap out and stifle. I knew I required something expansive.
I take a stand for Entrepreneurial education. I provide an multi-awarded and accredited leadership development
curriculum that is responsible for educating a person how to create what they want. It bridges the gap between a person
having a strong desire for something to change; to actually making those changes and achieving their definition of
success!
I also provide an income solution for those who, like me, align with the premise of the education, and want to resell it.
Adventures of Lisa Rae Molina
Business Owner of Life Beyond the Rat Race

2. I can break my work day into 6 daily actives of success:
1. Income producing activities: Sharing our solution through marketing efforts. I spend time connecting with
inquiries, and exchanging with my team.
2. Personal Development: I use our success education curriculum and other self betterment books/ audios.
3. Visualize: Creating a picture of where I want to be is just as vital as taking the action steps to getting it. We
must know where we are headed, in order to get there!
4. Mastermind with other leaders: This doesn’t always have to be in person or a two way conversation.
Sometimes I listen to an audio book and consider this masterminding with the author.
5. Be the example: If you expect another to be a good person, or a friend, or you expect another to listen and not
interrupt, we must first be what we want in others.
6. Be Grateful: Each day I celebrate my wins (no matter how small) and I note the things I am grateful for. This
creates the space for more good things to come.
This last one, Be Grateful, could be the most important thing I have learned to be successful. Being grateful for the
results I do have (even when we seek more) is the only way we can attract more results to ourselves. I learned the
significant difference of being complacent (ok with my results) and simply accepting where I was and being grateful
for that. Also, always being the student. The student is curious, tries new things and doesn’t get complacent. I liken
myself to a student so that I can keep that thirst for knowledge and the continual motion of an upward spiral (growth).
I would say my archenemy: is my own stinkin’ thinkin! And I believe this is the case for all of us. The self doubt,
habitual de habilitating self talk, will make or break us. To me when we learn to be our best ally that is when success
becomes inevitable. Learning to have our own self talk assist us, allows us to partner with ourselves, instead of fight
against ourselves.
Also feeling entitled was a major hurdle to overcome. I had achieved a high level of result (six figure month) and was
well known as a top income earner. Over time, this allowed me a strong residual income. When our compensation
structure changed, it wiped out the residual income portion and had me feeling disgruntled. (Truth be told, I really
needed to get off my butt because I had gotten “fat n lazy”!)
Some of my darkest hours were when I felt I should have received more recognition for those results I had achieved in
years past. Those feelings of entitlement stifled my growth and were a perpetual downward spiral. Pointing the blame
out on another person or a circumstance, keeps us stuck to that non-changing energy, and takes away our very own
power to change.
Entitlement will rob us of the opportunity to learn. It’s like we land at a spot, stuck there, refusing to grow. When we
feel entitled, we go into each situation with already knowing it all.
I am not a person who lives with regrets I may not always make the right decision but I have and will continue to do
my best to make my decision right (by me and others). If I had to say something I would have done differently, I
suppose it would be, that I would have stood up for myself earlier in different situations where my boss or superior was
hitting on me. I allowed it to occur by not taking a stand early enough. Grateful that I found my voice in both cases
and stood strong (and in both cases moved on!).
Are there any job opportunities or careers I would have liked to explore? I am doing it; I have been fortunate enough to
do what I love and always wanted to do.
To keep the balance in my family and my life outside of my career, I have one secret trick that most people find crazy!
I recognized my cell phone was taking from my quality of life with my husband and my son. So, I decided to let go of
my cell phone as my primary means of business communication. Yep, I may be the only one, however I don’t have any
phone calls to get to during dinners or adventures, nor do I have any incoming requests. It’s one of the best things I
could have ever done and frankly allows me to be the wife and mom that I want to be: PRESENT! :) It takes a little
more time management and so worth it.
“If you don’t like where you are, Change it, You’re not a Tree!” says Jim Rohn. I believe when we see things we do
not find acceptable in our lives, it is up to us to find/use our courage, to use our voices, to use our compassion, and to
take a stand for what we want. And just by the mere fact we are women, I will say, when we stand for this change, to
use grace since we have the upper hand! :)
To know that who I am does make a difference, keeps me inspired every day. The only way I know to inspire others is
simply to be inspired! To be given the opportunity to use my voice to favourably impact another to make life changing
decisions, is HUGE!
Also the game of business is interesting to me. I didn’t know anything about marketing or using the internet to connect
with others. So to have learned what I have and to be able to continue to learn is fascinating and exciting.

3. There’s a song that goes like this, “Hold on TIGHT to your dreams!”
Surround yourself with those who believe in you. They may be strangers. Success occurs for those who put themselves
in the environment of success. Yes a good mentor and also those who you know will support you in getting what you
define as success. This sounds so obvious and is much trickier for most people. Sometimes the ones very closest to us
are not our best supporters. Sometimes we have to limit the things we will accept from our loved ones to begin forward
motion to our own success.
I believe we are always evolving and rather than creating some grandiose legacy I believe when we day to day do our
best to treat people as we want to be treated this in turn creates the butterfly effect. The butterfly effect is really in turn
how we create our legacy. It’s a movement. It’s in motion and it is always flying higher!
Some advice I was given early on in my entrepreneurial journey was simply lead yourself. Do this long enough and
you will soon have a group of people you will be leading. This advice has proven to be true.
Lisa Rae Molina
Business Owner
Life Beyond the Rat Race