3 Tips on How to Take a Sideways Step to Move Forward

3 Tips on How to Take a Sideways Step to Move Forward

I like being happy, like this cute pooch in the photo. Making people happy, makes me happy. I was not so happy a few weeks ago. How we changed that.

Recently, during a development (or lack thereof) over at our baby www.TheWellnessUniverse.com we had fallen behind in some releases we had hoped to unveil, honestly, months ago. Perhaps we were shooting too high? Perhaps we couldn’t find the right partners, funding, etc. to make it happen. This happens to too many of us entrepreneurs, businesses in big companies and small. Roll-outs just don’t always happen as they should, or as we plan.

C’mon let’s not kid ourselves! As visionaries, creators, business and project developers, we know we have an awesome idea and want the entire project built overnight! Then reality hits … Back down to Earth we come. Things take time.

So, who cares? Our community of WUVIPs (Wellness Universe Very Inspiring People) don’t have a copy of our business plan. They are not aware of how or what we are actually developing. Everything is chugging along swimmingly and our members LOVE us and TWU (The Wellness Universe). But, for myself and co-founder Shari Alyse, WE care and WE feel in alignment when we stick to delivering the goods we hope to.

In sticking with our core values of authenticity and integrity, we OWED it to our community based on our personal business goals and timeline to fulfil this addition to the opportunities we offer on TWU.

We made a promise to ourselves and to them that we are building the most epic platform for the wellness world and those seeking trusted help. The ‘one stop shop’ for seekers of well-being, health and a better life to come to and find any product or service under the sun that makes them healthier, happier and supported. Well, how can we do that without an interactive platform.

How do we solve this problem and leverage what exists? The love hate relationship with Facebook is our answer. How I do not wish to ‘lean’ on another technology to solve our problems … But is it leaning on or leveraging?

You see, as we are building an independent site, we can’t ignore the monster Facebook is. So, since it is at our disposal, we leveraged it to be the bridge between the WUVIPs connecting with the public and www.TheWellnessUniverse.com since we have not released this interactive stage on our platform yet.

Not only have we created a connection location for wellness providers to promote who they are through engaging in authentic conversation, adding value to people’s lives and WUVIPs getting closer as a family, we are bringing awareness back to the site as our stellar WUVIPs share their profile with the FB world in every comment and post! What we loathed turned into brilliance. A very happy Anna, Shari and WU.

Authentic Problem Resolution in 3 Steps:

1. What is the actual goal? In our case, healing and educating the world through the resources of The Wellness Universe.
2. What promise have you made to yourself and others? In our case, the platform and directory like none other (Accomplished) Direct interaction with wellness seekers; Fell behind in our technology to fulfill the goal to ourselves.
3. What can you leverage to fulfill your goal and promises without compromising the project? In our case, a new Facebook group connecting WUVIPs (members of The Wellness Universe) to WUFriends (the general public).

Since we took action, I feel so in alignment with myself, my business and our members. Finding authentic solutions to issues can be easier than to keep chomping at the bit without forward movement.

I hope to have inspired you to take a look at how you can take a sideways step to move you forward.

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