The Bounce-Up™ Story with Mj Callaway, CSP, CVP

Like our world today, you and I have had many changes and challenges that have impacted us personally and professionally. As you know, what happens to us personally affects us professionally and vice versa.

Think back to your worst setback you’ve ever had to face? How did it impact you? How did it change you?

Since 2016, I’ve faced cancer twice. Yes. Twice. The first diagnosis came with a 20 percent chance of survival if “Magic Wand” (because it sounds so much better than chemo) didn’t work, and “Magic Wand” had a 50 percent chance of working. So, to share this story with you, I feel blessed. Although the journey (sounds better than treatment) was highly intense, it gave me a gift—my Bounce-Up™ message and brand.

Has that happened to you? Has a setback given you a gift?

Our Clients Tell Us What Business We’re In

If you’ve ever recovered from a surgery or illness, you know you get a lot of think time.  During think time, I could feel a shift in my business purpose. Life’s unexpected events will do that to us. I wondered, How can I share my gifts, knowledge, and know-how with others? What do others need? How can I serve them better?

I pulled a vast collection of past emails and testimonies from colleagues and clients to find commonalities. Surprisingly, there was a common theme. What continued to surface—was the “you can do it” encouragement clients felt they received, the simplified strategies they could incorporate into their professional lives, and tools that would improve their businesses. Over and over, clients stated they were equipped to “make their goals happen.”

Do you re-read your reviews and testimonies? Do you discover something unique each time?

No doubt about it, cancer sucks, and so does every other disease, illness, adversity, and setback. And today, each of us has faced adversity, whether it is a minor one or a knock-you-flat-on-your-face setback. Some get up, and some don’t.

Bounce-Up™ Instead of Bounce Back

What evolved was a new mission and vision called Bounce-Up™ and the reason for this heartfelt message to you. Bounce-Up is so much more than the common bounce-back phrase. When you bounce back, you go back to where you were before adversity hit. Think “react” like a defensive player or team. With Bounce-Up, you’re “acting” like an offensive player or team.

Bouncing-Up™ is about outpowering adversity, boosting resilience, and rebounding higher than you were before!

Compare bounce-back to the inflatable punching bag with sand on the bottom that keeps it in place. You punch it, and it bounces back to you. Maybe you had one as a kid or know someone who does. On the flip side, imagine you’re the basketball player who jumps up higher than anyone else on the floor to rebound the basketball. YOU control the ball, the play, and the floor. YOU bounced up higher than anyone else.

With a core focus around business resilience, team performance, and sales results, as well as a simplified sales training program, you’ll see a more robust mission to provide you and your team with the tools and techniques to Bounce-Up because everyone deserves to be a high performer.

Whether it’s about sales, communication, performance, or results, Bounce-Up has an inspirational/motivational approach based on true-and-tried strategies and tactics so that YOU can “move the needle” and Bounce-Up™.

Together we can outpower the setbacks and create our success.

Until next time, Power-Up, Play-Up, and Bounce-Up™!

Mj

April 2021

Mj Callaway was one of the first guests on the Learning from Smart People Podcast. Her "Bounce-Up™" concept provided my audience with a powerful message of positivity in the middle of a pandemic. She showed that adversity is not just something we go through and then return to our former self, it is an opportunity for growth and to be stronger and better than we were before!

– Rob Oliver, Podcast Host, Learning from Smart People