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Success never seems to happen in solitude.
Great business leaders and world-class athletes all ask for and receive help. A lot. They have a personal board of directors that helps them climb, and so should you!
Before we can request help however, we must acknowledge where we are struggling. After spending the first quarter of 2019 speaking and training more than I have ever done before, I had a new problem. Actually, I had two problems.
Problem #1:
I was not saying "no", enough. I was so excited and honored to have these speaking opportunities that I was speaking many more times than I planned into my calendar.
Problem #2:
I was tired. Really tired. This wasn’t just rough on me, just ask my husband Scott what I’m like to be around when I’m tired. No bueno.
Are you too guilty of being a "yes" girl or guy?
Sometimes, even us coaches are not masters of Mental Toughness and Sustainable High Performance :). The good news is that we have a heightened level of awareness, and we know how to fix these challenges.
Here are two solutions:
Solution #1:
Ask for help. For me, I was not clear on what was involved for the larger scale events that I was leading, so it made it challenging to understand when to say ‘no’. Think about what you are taking on, how meaningful it is to you, and who you need to ask for help. I hired a business strategist who specializes in scaling coaching and training businesses. What do you need help with right now?
Solution #2:
What do you need? Not what do you need help with, but just what do you need? I needed some white space, being in nature and some rest. Scheduling this time is just as important if not more so than scheduling all our other commitments. Why? Because if you don’t, everything else comes to a screeching halt or at least starts to slow down.
Here’s to you confronting any challenges you are facing right now, asking for help and taking action. I’m here to make this content real for you or real for your company. Please reach out to me directly if I can ever answer any questions or provide any solutions on your or your team’s quest from good to great.
I hope to see you at one of my upcoming speaking events!
I am here to make this content real and actionable for you. Please reach out to me at sheryl@sherylkline.com with any questions, challenges or comments. I respond to all my emails personally.
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To your next level of success and joy!

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Certified High-Performance Coach | Mental Toughness & High-Performance Strategist for Female Leaders | Best-Selling Author | CEO & Founder, The Zone Lab, LLC
Sheryl Kline has spent 25+ years building Olympic-level confidence and FBI-grade negotiation strategies for world-class athletes, Olympians, and some of the most prolific female executives in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and across the country. Her proven frameworks in clarity, confidence, strategic influence and impact (Fearless Female Leadership Framework) have been deployed inside Fortune 100 and 500 companies including Google Ventures, Microsoft, Oracle, Schnitzer Properties, Autodesk, Capital One, Pixar, VMware, Bank of America, and State Street Global Advisors to name a few.
Hands-On Experience: Sheryl has personally coached hundreds of executives, team leaders, and emerging female leaders through high-stakes negotiations, career transitions, and performance under pressure. She has led mental toughness and high-performance workshops at organizations like Structured Finance Association, WIT Network, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, SHRM, CREW Network, Women in Cloud, and Jabra.
Credentials: M.A. degree holder and Certified High-Performance Coach (CHPC). Creator of the Fearless Female Leadership Journey enterprise digital curriculum and the proprietary frameworks including the ADD Emotional Agility Blueprint, Visual Optimization methodology, and the ZONED IN mental toughness system.
Published Work: Best-selling author of ZONED IN: The Mental Toughness Required for a World-Class YOU and The Fearless Female Leader: A Proven Process to Speak Up, Be Heard, and Have an Even Greater Impact. Speaker, mastermind cohort leader, and panelist for women's leadership organizations nationwide.
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