The Hero's Journey to Financial Success

By Bryan Worn

Starting a new business can be exhilarating, hopeful, intimidating, frightening and daunting -- – especially during tough economic times. If you don’t have the right tools, education and information at your fingertips to guide you through the murky waters of setting up and keeping your business running efficiently and at full speed, you can struggle every single day while watching your hard work go down the rabbit hole of failure.

Bryan Worn (aka: The Clarity Coach in Brisbane, Australia) has taken 40 years of business and relationship experience and compiled it into The Hero’s Journey to Financial Success to light your way up the dark stairs of confusion so you can confidently run your business with the right people, the right practices, and the right mindset to build and sustain the business of your dreams.

Many resources are available via financial institutions, coaches, consultants, attorneys, marketing and advertising experts, recruitments firms, etc., to ease your way through the maze of business ownership and management. Unfortunately, there isn’t much about how to have a positive, organized and well-structured relationship with your staff, clients and customers ... and most importantly with yourself.

The Hero’s Journey to Financial Success is the beacon of hope you’ve been looking for to show you the steps to set goals and action plans, and assess what’s working and not working (and how to fix it so it does work!). Plus it gives you examples of the physiology and psychology of excellence so you can see that financial success is attainable with just the right guidance.

Bryan Worn is a professional coach and consultant who’s been there and done it successfully, and helps others around the globe to achieve the same kind of success.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryan Worn
• Release date: Sep 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9780992526818

Bryan Worn

Bryan Worn began his professional life as a Chartered Accountant in 1972. Over the years he has owned and operated several diverse kinds of businesses including accounting, retail, wholesale, manufacturing, financial planning, property and hospitality.The typical and atypical challenges during the rollercoaster ups and downs of being a business owner provided the invaluable experience and practical “street smarts” he shares in The Hero’s Journey to Business Success.One core affirmation is the cornerstone of his coaching program: Everyone can affect change in their lives when they really want to.Bryan believes that just as a city is a collection of smaller villages that creates one large identity, a large business is a collection of smaller ones with a common goal and culture. How a business flourishes or withers is determined by the quality of the relationships and teamwork of its staff, clients and customers.“Small businesses have many of the same problems as big businesses, but they often lack the necessary resources to deal with them. If every small business employed just one more person, unemployment wouldn’t be a problem.”Always seeking ways to become a better business leader, Bryan continues to educate himself about the machinations of life and the people who keep the world running. “When you’re green you’re growing,” he says. “When you’re ripe you’re rotting.”He also believes the cheapest mistakes to learn from are the ones other people make:“I was inspired to write this book for people who started (or will start) their own business to gain freedom from working for others. But their dream became a nightmare because they didn’t have the tools or information to succeed. The observations I made of successful business owners was a great source of inspiration for me to build my Hero’s Journey platform.Just like seeing your child take their first steps or hearing them say their first sentence, watching people flourish in new ventures or turning around existing ones by using the skills, techniques and inspiration I teach gives me a great buzz!”Bryan is an accredited EXTENDED DISC© Consultant and Trainer; master practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP); Certified Social and Emotional Intelligence coach; and licensee of Brian Tracy International. He is also a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and holds a diploma in financial planning.Though he was born in Ireland, Bryan has called Australia home for the past 30 years with his wife, four grown children and two grandchildren. He competes in half-marathons, and has retained his Irish love for the craic and enjoyment of many sports, particularly rugby. When he’s not developing new coaching programs he meditates, is an avid reader, and enjoys all kinds of music for inspiration.For further information about Bryan Worn – “The Clarity Coach” – you can email him at:[e-mail], and/or visit his website at: www.claritycoach.com.au

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THE HERO'S JOURNEY TO BUSINESS SUCCESS

Bryan Worn

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Copyright 2014 Bryan Worn

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ISBN: 978-0-9925268-0-1

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This book is presented solely for educational purposes. The author and publisher are not offering it as legal or other professional services advice. While best efforts have been used in preparing this book, the author and publisher make no representations or warranties of any kind, and assume no liabilities of any kind with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents. The author and publisher specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness of use for a particular purpose.

Neither the author nor the publisher shall be held liable or responsible to any person or entity with respect to any loss or incidental or consequential damages caused, or alleged to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the information or strategies contained herein, as the advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your own unique situation. You should seek the services of a competent professional before beginning any strategy or taking any action.

"Sometimes the river flows but nothing breathes.

A train arrives but never leaves, it's a shame.

Oh, life like love that's walked out of the door,

Of being rich or being poor, such a shame.

But it's then, then that faith arrives

To make your feelings alive.

And that's why, you should keep on aiming high.

Just seek yourself and you will shine.

In this life, long and hard though it may seem,

Live it as you'd live a dream.

Aim so high, just keep the flame of truth burning bright.

The missing treasure you must find.

Because you and only you alone

Can build a bridge across the stream,

Weave your spell in life's rich tapestry.

Your passport to a feeling supreme.

You've got to search for the hero inside yourself —

Search for the secrets you hide.

Search for the hero inside yourself

Until you find the key to your life."

Lyrics from Search for the Hero by M People

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

Managing Business Relationships

Why Was The Hero's Journey Picked For a Title?

Be Your Own Hero

CHAPTER 1: WHAT EXACTLY IS IT YOU MUST KNOW TO ACHIEVE YOUR OUTCOME?

Leave the Ordinary World Behind

The Need for Change

Fear: False Expectations Appearing Real

Creating Your Vision

Crystallize Your Vision

Post-It Planning

Establishing Your Vision

Clarity of Purpose

Dare To Dream

Finding a Mentor

What's Next?

Vision Statement: Conveying the Message

Seeing Your Vision Clearly

Your Mission

The Value in Visions

Your Mission Statement

Summary

CHAPTER 2: TAKE ACTION

Consistency

Why Set Goals?

The Effectiveness of Writing Your Goals Down

Keys to Goal-Setting

Define Your Goal

The Boarding House Story (continued)

Summary

CHAPTER 3: WHAT IS OR ISN'T WORKING

Inspect What You Expect

Correcting Your Course

Define What Is/Isn't Working

Hire the Right Employees

Tests

Uncovering the Enemy Within

Who's the Real Enemy?

Sensory Acuity

Using All Your Physical and Emotional Senses

Check in With Your Own Behavior

Achieving Outcomes Using Sensory Acuity

Intuition or a Gut Feeling

Reacting Versus Responding and Decision-Making

Behavioral Flexibility

Achieving Behavioral Flexibility

DISC Behavior Analysis

From Disaster to Opportunity

Intellectual Intelligence vs. Social and Emotional Intelligence

The Boarding House Story (continued)

Summary

CHAPTER 4: THE PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF EXCELLENCE

'Good Enough' Seldom Is

Standards of Excellence

Find a Role Model

Commit to Excellence

Understanding Physiology and Psychology

You Are Your Thoughts

Possibilities-Based Versus Necessities-Based Mindsets

The Face of Physiology and Psychology

The Voice of Physiology and Psychology

The Language of Physiology and Psychology

Create Rituals to Achieve Excellence

Change Takes Time

The Boarding House Story (continued)

Summary

CHAPTER 5: EVENTS OUT OF LEFT FIELD

From a Bump to a Boulder in the Road

The Boarding House Story (continued)

CHAPTER 6: SUCCESS IS MORE THAN JUST SWEET

Milestone Rewards

Serial Success

Learn, Earn and Return

Summary

CONCLUSION

What You've Learned

Closely Monitoring and Measuring Your Business

The Conscious Mind

RESOURCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INTRODUCTION

Our company is built on people - those who work for us, and those we do business with. ~Harvey S. Firestone

Managing Business Relationships

Although starting and operating a business can be rewarding, it can also have its fair share of challenges. However, since small to medium-sized enterprises and family-owned businesses are here to stay, there's a plethora of information that can help you achieve great business success and overcome any challenges and obstacles.

Regulatory organizations, banks, accountants, lawyers, marketing and advertising consultants, and staff recruitment firms all provide resources and tools to help you through the maze of ownership and management issues.

During my 40 years of working in and owning a number of successful businesses in diverse industries, I learned many invaluable lessons and skills. But the most important was there is no business without successful relationships!

The outcome of your encounters is often predicated by your relationships with others. After all, life is about the many types of relationships you have and how you manage them. Sometimes you have to have to develop relationship strategies, and at other times you need to rely on your gut intuition.

Whether you're running a business that employs people, or you're a sole operator, the information, advice and stories contained within this guide will help you better understand and manage your relationships that are the building blocks of a successful, sustainable business.

Why Was The Hero's Journey Picked For a Title?

The relationship with yourself is the main focus of The Hero's Journey to Business Success.

Traditionally, the Hero's Journey describes the adventures of a person who goes out into the world, and achieves great deeds for themselves or on behalf of whoever or whatever they feel they must do the deed for. The Hero treks through a series of confrontational experiences, and becomes the person they need to be to reach their 'pot of gold.'

As a good example, the movie The Matrix (1999) with Keanu Reeves follows Thomas Anderson's Hero's Journey (who's living a double life as the hacker, Neo). Neo launches himself into an artificial world where the protagonists use humans (connected by cables to an electrical system) to further their aims.

The movie opens with Neo living a very uninspiring ordinary life as a computer programmer. His call to adventure comes in the form of a mysterious phone call that gives him a series of instructions to follow. He meets his mentor, Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), who becomes an ally because he believes Neo is the one who will end the war between humans and machines.

Without giving too much of the storyline away, Neo crosses the first threshold into an alternate world, and engages allies and enemies during his journey to help free the enslaved humans.

His supreme ordeal comes when he must make sacrifices and risk death to save others. His reward comes in the form of acceptance of his true purpose: That he is indeed the one who will end the war. The road back is a return to his former world, and the story culminates with Neo returning with the elixir. (Please take the time to watch the movie if you haven't seen it!)

Be Your Own Hero

A hero is a man or a woman who defies adversity by doing what h or she believes is right in spite of fear. ~Anthony Robbins

In business, The Hero's Journey is a successful blueprint for achieving the results you want with important lessons along the way.

According to William H. Johnson (African-American Harlem Renaissance Painter, 1901-1970), If it is to be, it's up to me. If you continually rely upon people or external events to create change in order to make things better, you'll be sorely disappointed and you'll never achieve your potential. If you desire change, you need to make it happen. You need to be your own hero because no