Day 7 of #fallbackintoshape2017. Week one of the 15 laws of growth with John Maxwell! This week's lesson (or last week's, technically, since I'm catching up): the law of awareness.

"You've got to know yourself to grow yourself." You can't pour from an empty cup. You can't give what you don't have.

What is your "why," your purpose, your legacy?

We were prompted with this question and given 30 seconds to write our answers. This is mine:

My purpose is to help and empower women. To advocate for survivors of rape and domestic violence and abuse. To lift people up. If time and money were no object, I'd sell (almost) everything I own, pay off all debt, and take my family around the world. All of our time would be spent sharing - our time, talents, our testimonies of Jesus Christ, our love of food and cooking, the very depths of our souls. I want to lend a hand, whatever form that takes. I want to spread love, understanding, open-mindedness, kindness and truth. I want to be an anomaly for people around the world. An American, Mormon wife, stay-at-home-mom, entrepreneur, a world-traveler with a couple tattoos, a well loved mom bod and a determination to change the world one person at a time.

What's holding me back from my dreams?

My mindset and attitude could use a tuneup every single morning when I wake up.

I'm not particularly comfortable with "selling" or recruiting in my business. So I'll learn to LOVE it.

I'm uncomfortable talking to strangers. I'll talk to as many people as possible.

Challenging ourselves and pushing past what we believe are our limits is what builds us the life we want. Amazing things happen when we step out in fear anyway.

So the next time a mentor says JUMP! Instead of asking "why?" I'm going to excitedly say "How high?"

Killer workouts today with blogilates: saddlebags & 8 min quick burn arms. 👍👍