Dear Dolphins,

“What are you crying about?” asked the Scarecrow.
“Somebody pulled my tail!” cried the Cowardly Lion.
“You did it yourself,” said the Scarecrow.—from The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum

Nope, you didn’t miss the May newsletter. I just didn’t get around to writing that one. When I started this newsletter years ago, people asked how often I would be writing them. I thought about it and decided that the last thing I needed in my life was another deadline, so my answer was, “Whenever I have something I want to say” (which can be interpreted as “whenever I want to”). Who makes up the rules about when we have to do something, or how often, or how long it should be, or how much money we should be making, or how many people we should be serving, or how much PR we need, or how famous we should be, or….? I see so many people working so hard, for so long, and it’s never enough. We are caught in the habit of striving: for the fatter paycheck, the faster car, the richer wardrobe, bigger houses. And it made me think: “We have met the nightmare boss—and he is us.” And that gave me something to say—and that is my article for June!

Wishing you all smooth seas, sunny skies, and treasure ships at your docks!
Love and blessings,
Chellie

ARTICLE: We Have Met the Nightmare Boss—and He is Us

“Last spring, my new book, Zero to Zillionaire, was released by my publisher, Sourcebooks. Then in the fall, after many months of planning and creating with my fabulous team at Accent Digital, I upgraded my web site and introduced my online subscription-based Dolphin Club. In between these two big projects, I kept up with teaching my workshops three days a week, speaking at organizations, attending networking meetings, managing my 800+ emails per week, writing newsletters, making phone calls, enrolling the next workshops, writing articles for other groups, doing teleclasses, radio spots, and investigating new opportunities for new PR, new websites, new classes.

At the end of 2006, I reviewed my goals, checked off all the things I accomplished, and looked at the next goals on the list: create the Train-the-Trainer course to certify others to teach my Financial Stress Reduction Workshops, write another book (or two), create a video, record a CD, etc. etc.

Is this list making anybody tired?

But you have one just like it, don’t you? Aren’t we all so busy that our conversations revolve around how overwhelmed we all are and how complicated life seems? How all these labor-saving technologies we created have only serve to create more labor?

I hit the Wall of Overwhelm. And I saw that I had become the Nightmare Boss—the one that says that all you’ve done isn’t enough, that you aren’t rich enough, famous enough, or thin enough. You haven’t fully funded your IRA, you haven’t become a #1 New York Times bestseller, your buns aren’t steel, you didn’t win a World Series of Poker bracelet, and you weren’t in The Secret. You’d better hop to it, girl!

Wait! I cried. Didn’t I go into business to be my own boss so that I could be the Dreamy Boss I always wanted? So I could take naps in the afternoon, take Fridays off, go away for long weekends, and tell myself I was wonderful and beautiful? Where was that boss?

When I had that realization, I resolved to put a succession plan into effect. Like the Board of Directors of a mega-corporation, I retired the Nightmare Boss and hired the Dreamy Boss. I decided that this year I would undertake no new projects. I would take more time off to play, I would congratulate myself more on my accomplishments, and reward myself more often. I would award myself Employee Emeritus of the Month, and rest on my laurels. Ahhhh. And become a living, breathing, human being, instead of a human doing.

So when you don’t get your expected newsletter one of these months, remember my Dreamy Boss is in charge and gave me permission to play hooky. When I don’t do a teleclass version of my workshop, it’s because we decided that wasn’t as much fun as the live events, so we’re not doing them. Oh, new projects will come up, and I’ll do them—when I’m energized and they look like fun instead of just more work. But for now, I’m busy basking in the glory my Dreamy Boss is heaping on me for my job well-done…

Wouldn’t you like to join me?

CHELLIE’S UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

Radio and Teleclasses

Chellie’s guest teleclass July 31: Chellie will be the featured guest for Family Wealth Matters with Alexis Neely at 12:00 pm PST. For information, contact Kris Mazzini, 1-866-999-FWPI or email kris@familywealthmatters.com.

Chellie on the radio August 2: Chellie appears with host Meg Haworth, on her radio show, “Life Lessons from Your Soul” at www.bigmediausa.com at 2:00pm PST. For more information, contact Meg at 323-463-3636 or doctormeg@sbcglobal.net.

Chellie on the radio August 20: Chellie on the radio August 20: Chellie appears with host Wendi Liechty, The Bliss Chick, on her radio show “Everyday Bliss”at 12:00pm PST. For more information, contact Wendi at 951-371-1179 or wendi@everydaybliss.com.

Live Events

June 28, 2007: Chellie is the guest speaker for Women in Media, Entertainment & Technology dinner meeting at 7:00pm PST. This is an invitation-only membership group dedicated to developing relationships and making contacts. For further information on the group, contact founder Anne Marie Michaels on the web at http://businessnetwork.meetup.com/159/?gj=sj17 or email her at nasnit@gmail.com.

September 11, 2007: Chellie will be the featured speaker at the evening meeting of For You Network, a women’s organization and NAFE affiliate whose mission is to enrich the lives of women personally and professionally. The Santa Monica chapter meets at 6:30pm PST the second Tuesday of each month at the Harbor House restaurant in Marina del Rey. Contact Suzanne Mann at 310-441-9393 x114 or smmann@gmail.com for details.

September 19, 2007: Chellie is speaking at the Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce networking luncheon at the Braemar Country Club in Tarzana. Contact Susan Hamersky at 818-883-8550 or info@calconcierge.com for information.

Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops New evening classes begin Monday, August 13, 2007 and Wednesday, August 15 from 6:00 – 8:30 pm and the daytime class begins Tuesday, August 14 from 1:00 – 3:30 pm for the 8-week series. Achieve extraordinary results in your money and your life!  Call 310-476-1622 or visit www.chellie.com for more information..

A LITTLE ABOUT CHELLIE . . .

Chellie Campbell is a former musical comedy actress and past owner of a business management firm who’s been a professional speaker for over sixteen years. She’s the author of The Wealthy Spirit: Daily Affirmations for Financial Stress Reduction (Sourcebooks, 2002), a GlobalNet book-of-the-month selection. Chellie has been quoted in the LA Times, Good Housekeeping, Lifetime, Essence, Woman’s World and many books, and she’s featured in How to Run Your Business Like a Girl by Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin and Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash by Liz Perle. Her new book, Zero to Zillionaire: 8 Foolproof Steps to Financial Peace of Mind was released by Sourcebooks in the spring of 2006.

CONTACT CHELLIE!

Chellie can be reached at chellie@chellie.com or call 310-476-1622.

Campbell Consulting Company
409 Bonhill Road,
Los Angeles, CA 90049