The Next Three Steps

Melissa Lanz is an award-winning entrepreneur and business coach helping other solo-preneurs achieve financial freedom. She shares the wake-up call that got her to give up the security of a high-paying corporate job for a kitchen-table start-up that she grew into a multi-million dollar company. By making value-guided choices, and focusing on the feelings she wants to have rather than the things she wants to have, Melissa achieved financial success and fulfillment. She insists that “It must be your ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ that frame your story.” Melissa gives practical strategies for blocking out the noise, listening to your intuition, and trusting yourself to overcome doubts, fears, and negative input. She emphasizes the value of strategic planning, personal audits, and investing in the little tasks to build momentum and confidence to stay on track. Then highlights rest, reflection, and leveraging your existing resources as fundamental elements that contribute to productivity. In this conversation, Melissa takes listeners inside the methodical way she guides clients to leverage the resources they already have and take the next three steps toward their goals.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Stay Close to Your Mission and Values: Melissa explains why making choices that align with your “WHY” lead to success and fulfillment.

The Fresh 20: Leveraging her internet knowledge, business acumen, and skills as a chef, Melissa built an online meal planning service to fulfill her mission of helping families eat healthy and reduce food waste.

Plan With What You Have: A firm believer in being scrappy, Melissa helps clients recognize what they already have, and gives them the next three small steps so they can take immediate action.

Relish the Grunt Work: Melissa shares the value of patience and confidence, and being invested in the process. Making mistakes and learning are a vital part of bringing your vision to life.

The Power Of Personal Responsibility: Give yourself permission to believe you can do it. Have the courage to trust your intuition, and own the consequences of your actions.

SOUND BITES

“It's amazing to me that people believe in a dream more than they believe in themselves.”

“So much of what happens in people's lives is instigated by external circumstances. People wait until something happens before they make a change.”

“Confidence without patience starts some really bad, very expensive mistakes in business and in life.”

“A lot of people get stuck when they have a drive inside of them, and nobody around them has gone further than they're getting ready to go.”

“You already have the answers. Do you have the courage to listen to yourself? It takes courage to put everything else aside, and listen to yourself and be willing to accept the consequences of your intuition.”

“The next step does not have to be big. It can be 3 simple things. You’ve gotta be willing to do the nitty gritty things to get you ready as a launch pad to go to the next level. People have big visions, but don’t see the little things.”

MELISSA LANZ BIO

Melissa Lanz is an award-winning entrepreneur and business coach. She launched The Fresh 20 with an investment of $2500, and grew it into an 8-figure business and a leader in the meal-planning space. Through The Subscription Lab, Melissa is on a mission to help others achieve financial independence and flexibility. With almost two decades’ experience in e-commerce ventures, Melissa is one of the go-to digital resources for individuals and companies looking to build membership sites and leverage their portfolios. A seasoned chef, Melissa is also the author of The Fresh 20 cookbook.

CONNECT WITH MELISSA

Meal Planning: https://www.thefresh20.com/

Business Mentoring: https://melissalanz.com/

How To Build A Membership Program: https://thesubscriptionlab.com/

Cookbook: https://www.thefresh20.com/resources/cookbook/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissalanz/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MelissaBakerLanz

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