Recently, Daniel “Mad” Martin of the very popular, www.madmortgageworld.com posted the following question on his blog: He asked, “What was your tipping point?”

He wanted to know what was the moment, situation, thing or event that pushed a person into their individual perception of good fortune and success.

This question rang sharply for me…literally struck a chord in my soul.

I believe in being transparent in all relationships…family, friends, co-workers and yes…clients and customers, too.

Thank you, Daniel for this opportunity…

Sometimes it takes an arm bar, a rear naked choke or good chopping leg kick (Yes, I am a HUGE UFC fan) to finally “tip” over into the realm of good fortune.

I will tell you that at the young age of 25, in my first “real”, Corporate job and through the next 10 years at other 40hr, no 50hr, wait, no..60hr per week, “real” Corporate jobs, I was always a star player, ladder climber, awards achiever, bottom line-growth-driver. I do not say this out of ego..NO! The truth is that I may have worked in leadership at “real” Corporate jobs, but I never made any “real” money…until the moment I was given that final spinning back fist!

I won’t bore the readers with the gory details, but will cite here a few phrases that will paint the picture, one you’ve likely heard before or lived through yourself…

“Ran under a bus” “Scape goat” “Political warfare” “C.Y.A”

This was the final round for me. Badly battered emotionally and searing with the injustice of it all I was FORCED to reevaluate just what the heck was I doing for the past 10 years anyway. Now after I threw myself a couple of raging self-pity parties, I realized that regardless of my corporate bumps and bruises, I had ALWAYS been tapped into my one true passion…leading people to their own vision of success.

After 10 years of supervising, managing, training, mentoring and then finally, purely coaching..all for other businesses, I immediately poured myself into building my very own coaching business model and platform. Here’s where it gets sappy…the floodgates opened and in less than 30 days I had developed a website, a business plan and suddenly had 4 clients, then 6, then 10…THE TIPPING POINT.

Moral of my story: Thank the next guy that gives you a real good a**-kicking, once you’re down on the mat, the only thing left to do is to RISE.

-Coach Victoria “Grateful for the a**-kicking” Del Frate