#77 Overcoming Career Challenges with a Positive and Forward Thinking with Karla Lewis

Thinking That Matters with Elizabeth Mahusay

How can a positive, forward-thinking mindset help overcome career challenges and achieve success?

Today, I’m thrilled to be here with my friend and colleague, the remarkable Karla Lewis. We'll dive into the story of how Carla became the passionate and driven sales leadership coach she is today at Southwestern, and the powerful thinking that has shaped her journey.

Karla’s purpose is to be a positive difference maker, a mission she has pursued throughout her diverse career in sales. From running her own clothing store to selling various services, Carla's entrepreneurial spirit and desire to help others have always guided her.

As she recounts her journey, Karla shares the pivotal moment when she transitioned from running an online business directory to joining Southwestern.

Additionally, we’ll explore the concept of thinking that forwards us, and how embracing the power of "and" rather than "or" has been a game-changer for Karla.

Join us as we explore Karla’s journey, the principles she lives by, and how her faith and positive thinking have shaped her path to success.

Key takeaways from our conversation:

• Cultivating thinking that matters involves planning in a logical state to guide you through emotional challenges.

• Embracing the power of "and" rather than "or" helps in balancing priorities and staying aligned with your purpose.

• Utilizing confidence anchors and positive thinking can propel you forward in achieving your goals.

• Surrendering to God and having a plan for handling challenges can help maintain a positive mindset.

• Planning ahead and making conscious decisions in advance can lead to a more intentional and successful approach to life.

More about Karla:

As a professional Sales and Leadership Coach for Southwestern Consulting, Karla has a 30+ year sales record of being a top producer. She is most interested in helping people who want to take their lives and careers to the next level and become the most MARVELous versions of themselves! Her clients have enjoyed increased income, better quality of life, and improved leadership skills because of her coaching.

Karla is an entrepreneur and a leader at her core. She has specific experience as a sales executive, leader, and trainer. She is a former lead sales executive who was responsible for 80% of an ISP company’s entire annual revenue.

She led her own companies to success, as well as counseled other businesses to improve in areas such as business development and sales, marketing, event production, customer service training, image, and branding. She has worked with business leaders to improve their leadership through better communication, better questions, working to create their own individual “Vision-Purpose-Mission” statements and then a company creed. Currently she is the only person at Southwestern Consulting to have earned the title of “Coach of the Year” twice.

Karla currently lives in rural northwest Ohio and spends a significant amount of time in Middle Tennessee. Together with her adventure-loving husband Brad, they have a grain farm operation in Ohio. Karla and Brad have found success as parents to two grown sons and two amazing daughters-in-law and grandparents to five incredible grandchildren. Karla enjoys traveling and taking one of their five old show cars with them on their adventures.

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Know more about Elizabeth Mahusay:

Elizabeth grew up a self-starter who as a young woman prided herself on her independence and self-sufficiency. She found herself challenged to develop deep and meaningful relationships because of her prideful “know-it-all” approach to life and work. She projected that she was perfect yet struggled to deal with failure, thoughts of insecurity, and the feeling of inadequacy. Through her study of the Bible, time as an entrepreneur, and the accountability of some great mentors Elizabeth, is a transformed woman. Today, she passionately invests her time helping others transform their thinking.

Elizabeth is author of the recently published Transform My Thinking, God study on the book of Philippians. She has published over 170 YouTube videos and hundreds of Facebook Live videos ranging from topics of business building, daily encouragement/motivation, inspiration, marriage, and Bible exposition.

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