[30 Days of ROI] The ROI of Rest

Day 2 | Healing, first. Kicking down doors, second. Dear {NAME}, [TW: death, loss, grieving] On May 27, 2023, my family and I received a call that no one ever wants to receive. My sister-in-law was in the hospital on life support after a sudden medical episode on her way back from a beautiful vacation in Bali. After four days of medical interventions, emotional turmoil and countless conversations with doctors, the heart wrenching decision to accept that she was already gone was made. She was removed from the machines on May 30, 2023 and passed moments later. My sister-in-law was a vibrant adventurer. She loved to travel. She took risks. She always showed up for her family and friends (literally never missed a milestone moment) and she truly was my biggest cheerleader as I built Hello Seven. She died at 49 years old. And it was a complete shock to the system. I needed time just to be able to accept it. I knew what had happened logically. But mentally and emotionally she was still here, just off on another adventure. What I didn’t realize is just how much time I would need. I took a few weeks off and then went back to my regular work schedule. But nothing was the same. Everything felt like it had a gray film over it. The sun was still shining but not nearly as bright. My solution? Work even more. I took on a new project, The Billion Dollar Creator podcast and tour, and got busier. Turns out you can’t outrun grief. And you can’t resolve sadness with more projects. By December, I was too tired to keep running. And the months of therapy started to work. I was ready to feel my feelings. I decided to leave the Billion Dollar Creator podcast, I ended my beloved mastermind program, I asked my right hand at Hello Seven, Brittany Martin, to hold down the fort and stepped back from all work that I could to rest. That rest lasted a whole lot longer than I wanted it to. Yes, I still showed up to my obligations (during this time I had a speaking gig which I absolutely bombed - probably should have canceled it. LOL). I was still an author, business coach and CEO, I was just doing a whole lot less of it. Past projects I had worked on previously, like my Audible books, finally dropped. That meant to the public, it looked like I was producing more than ever. But behind-the-scenes, I wasn’t doing much at all but feeling my feelings, trying to remain present and healing with my family. In the end it took six months of rest to start to feel like myself again. To care about things again. To feel connected again. And to have the desire to get back to my purpose in life. Unfortunately, things take the time they take. It wasn’t until May 2024, when a former client invited me last minute to a retreat on Necker Island and I said “fuck it, I’m in,” that I got reconnected to my purpose. At that retreat, I met new friends who were going to Greece together with their families for the summer and I said “fuck it, I’m in” again. In Greece, I had a major breakthrough, created Hello Seven’s $100M Plan, came home and shared it with the team and we have been off to the races executing this plan ever since. This clarity cost me six months of productivity and saying no to millions of dollars I could have earned. That was the short term cost. But the ROI? It’s pretty spectacular. The ROI of Rest is that I have never had a clearer vision for my business, my team and I have never been more aligned, and I have never been more lit up about my work than I am today. We have a $100M Plan and we will become a $100M company over the next four years and it’s all because I took the time to rest. Now let’s talk about you. I want you to feel lit up about your work and life, incredibly focused and forging ahead with a plan that brings you joy to execute. If that feels really far away from how you are feeling today, I get it. Let’s talk about how to get you there. You can engineer a breakthrough. But not before you rest. Not before you feel your feelings. Not before you heal. Healing, first. Kicking down doors, second. Step 1: Make room for rest. The first step is to think about how and when you can rest with the least consequences possible. Can you cancel weekend plans? Can you cancel evening activities? How much vacation time do you have left for the year? Can you step back from a project you just took on? Can you ask a family member or friend to come over and watch the kids for a day? Make whatever space you can for rest. It doesn’t need to look like 365 days of nothingness. Just not continuing at breakneck speed can change your life. Step 2: Take your rest. Now that you have space for rest, actually do it. Put down your phone. Stop refreshing. Allow yourself to nap, get lost in a good book, go for a slow walk while looking at nature. Rest isn't always lying still. A Kit Kat bar in the closet while your kids are being too much can be rest. A trip to connect with a like-minded community can be rest. Do restful things, do healing things and get some sleep. Step 3: Be present. Stop obsessing over the future and what’s gonna happen next. Obsess over this very moment you are in right now. Look around the room you are in. Touch your skin and see how it feels. Take in the smells and the light. Notice how your body feels. Live your life right now. And stop thinking about the future. That’s all I want you to work on today because the ROI of Rest = Clarity, Purpose & Profits. With love, hope and restful vibes, Rachel PS: If you’d like to be in community with a group of like-minded people who share your values and want to build a brighter future together, let ROI be your Necker or Greece. At ROI: The Millionaire Summit, my conference for millionaires in the making, you will experience a celebration of diversity, you will learn how to increase your income significantly (so we can write big checks to politicians we believe in!) and you will experience joy through good food, good (or bad) dancing and a good time. Fun can be healing. [Get your ROI ticket here.](113/d2M4P904/VW9RRK79_LJgW55jZ8Y61BCJxW1YzZHS5n5Qp_N5d8yPT3qn9gW6N1vHY6lZ3nKW6csz9W7XpsbVW1CF60M8gYM-NW6spg8r3LgFK2W47zvKr1DxVkTV4Pt2L1-xJ86W1P5czJ8hjT8bW6pSB6C591Fp3W4wg_0l80xnM-W8mcpBF5075gMW4Ck_KD2QhJKfW4M0lvW19gl4fW8BvYmY8vCZF2W8d6ynh74XjVFW2Rh8sw2Hjpj2W1Q4HqT3kylnDW3vpSNh17-vn8W3--VVk35hKnbW25yzv_5SB0QPW7zwwy93Hfm8cW7xn_Cz1cMnrHN3GZKJZCSBBbW7P-qlY3JC0xKf57lSn-04) PPS: Here’s what an attendee said after their first ROI experience: "ROI was amazing. 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