I know who I am but, who are you?

So then I followed the rules, and stuck to four sentences this is what it boiled down to:
“I am Ellen Yale.
I am a life coach.
I help people become more amazing at being themselves.
Because if you can figure out how to think, you can change the direction of your entire life.”

That is what I do.

I follow the wonderful writer, Alexandra Franzen. Not only does she write with heart, but also she helps others write with their own voice. And she makes business writing seem like a gift rather than snarky.

So I decided to use the writing prompts she offered to craft a four sentence “elevator speech” to use when someone asks me what I do.

I thought you might have fun playing on the home version.
You can write about who you are and what you do.

You will notice below that it is more than four sentences. What can I say? When she delivered a prompt, I just relaxed and put the first thing down that came to mind. It seems to work better that way.

I was only supposed to pick one of the prompts in the middle section.  I narrowed it to 20.  (What a rebel I am.)

I am Ellen Yale.

I am a life coach.

I help people become more amazing at being themselves.
I help people be less “in their heads”.
I help people be more joyful.
I help people be more confident at facing their truth.
I help people embrace their divine discomfort.
I help people experience staying in the moment.
I help people feel connected.
I help people free themselves from their same old stories.
I help people have less frustration.
I help people have more of what they want.
I help people learn how to stay in their own business.
I help people learn how to show who they really are.
I help people unlearn how to push through to make things happen.
I help people reframe the way they talk to themselves.
I help people simplify the way they do everything.
I help people start doing nothing.
I help people stop doing nothing.
I take action towards relieving the world’s pain.
I understand that each person has their own answers.
I help people find the greatness inside them.

Because if you can figure out how to think, you can change the direction of your entire life.

So then I followed the rules, and stuck to four sentences this is what it boiled down to:

I am Ellen Yale.
I am a life coach.

I help people become more amazing at being themselves.

Because if you can figure out how to think, you can change the direction of your entire life.

That is what I do.

That feels right.

If you want to try it here are Alexandra’s prompts:

(You don’t have to work for pay to have your what and why together. In fact it may even be more meaningful to have your “elevator speech” together if you are not labeled by a career.  In fact, my next challenge to myself will be to write my elevator speech without focusing on work.  Ha!)

My name is ________________.

I’m a ________________, ________________ and ________________.

Ultimately, all of my work is about helping people …

{choose one}

… be less ________________
… be more ________________
… become amazing at ________________
… become more confident at ________________
… experience ________________
… feel ________________
… have less ________________
… have more ________________
… learn how to ________________
… (un)learn how to ________________
… reframe the way they ________________
… simplify the way they ________________
… start doing ________________
… stop doing ________________
… take action towards ________________
… understand ________________

(Because ________________.)

That is what I do.

Have fun!