In this episode of the Powerful Stories Podcast, we had the opportunity to hear from the vibrant, game-changing CEO of The Messenger Group, as well as founder and editor-in-chief of Collective Hub, Lisa Messenger.
Lisa is a big picture dreamer and starts by sharing how she made it a reality. ‘Launching ‘Collective Hub’ as a print magazine was that dream for Lisa. ‘When you have a dream and then you take action, it’s quite extraordinary the synchronicities and serendipities that happen as a result.” Her magazine hit 37 countries within 18 months! Lisa says, ‘you have to be unafraid’– when you truly believe anything is possible.
In 2013 Lisa’s journey to trusting the universe began. ‘I was bumbling along and living my life according to other people’s expectations.’ Lisa overheard someone talking about the Hoffman process and signed up. ‘I needed all the resilience, the hard knocks and the failures to become strong enough to step into my power.’ She finally stepped into alignment and her destiny. ‘Now when something happens I can re-frame it by saying this is happening for me, not to me – and what are the lessons’ says Lisa.
So, what does it take to step outside our comfort zone to really embrace the challenges and step into our power zone? ‘Every single day I put myself into counter-intuitive and uncomfortable situations – things don’t always work but I am always asking myself who much are you prepared to lose? If we don’t push our boundaries and get comfortable in the uncomfortably, then we never truly allow ourselves to step into our power and genius zone.’
Lisa is known as the content Queen – a queen of inspiration. She gives us her process for creating compelling content for her social media feed in a fast, effective way. ‘Again, it is going against our comfort zone and trying new things.’ It is all just trial and error. ‘Work out who you are, what you want, what you stand for, what’s your purpose and then just do it’ says Lisa. The perfect post is authentic. ‘I believe we lift each other higher when we show warts and all. It’s important for people to see the non-polished side of us.’
When it comes to social media, we are always ‘on’ – Lisa shares how she manages the multitude of messages she receives and her approach ‘switching-off. ‘It has to be a conscious decision around boundaries. For me, there are no phones in the bedroom and no phones after 9 pm. I also have a no meetings before 10am rule, because that is my time to feed my mind body and soul’ says Lisa. ‘I call it proactive me time and reactive world time.’ By doing this Lisa can be grounded, calm and ready for her day.
When Tory started Powerful Steps, Lisa gave her a copy of her book ‘Work From Wherever’. This book changed Tory’s perspective on physical office spaces. Lisa explains she never plans to have an office again ‘I had realised I had a largely de-centralised staff of 35 –all my staff are now freelancers. Our productivity, revenue and profit are through the roof but also my team is so much happier.’
So, what is the next powerful step for Lisa? ‘What I am loving at the moment is doing project by project. I love creating products that inspire and educate entrepreneurs.’ Lisa also plans to release her ‘chunky’ magazine twice a year. ‘I really miss giving a voice to extraordinary start-ups and people who are doing good things on the planet.’ Lisa is looking forward to putting the love back on the page.
So, sit back and enjoy this powerful story with the extraordinary Lisa Messenger.
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