Meet nicole middendorf

We recently connected with Nicole Middendorf and have shared our conversation below.

Nicole , we’re thrilled to have you sharing your thoughts and lessons with our community. So, for folks who are at a stage in their life or career where they are trying to be more resilient, can you share where you get your resilience from?
Aug 4, 2010 was the first time the 911 phone call went thru. My daughter was 6 mos old and my son was 2. I had to come to the realization that I was a victim of domestic violence. I was trapped. My now ex husband was my Branch Manager. We worked together. Little did I know I would have to get myself back financially, physically, emotionally, etc. I was in court with him for 10 years. I had to give him the company name, website, phone number and the 12 Financial Advisors we had built. I started all over as Prosperwell Financial Jan 1 of 2012. I now own my own building, have rebuilt my company, rebuilt myself. All with being torn down again and again and again. My ex is now facing 3 felony charges for assault and acts of violence so I have been doing lots of PTSD therapy. Resiliency is my middle name. I have learned the importance of taking care of yourself. For if you don’t it will catch up with you and affect you phyiscally and damage your health. I created the Live it List as a tool for myself and I now bring that to others.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
The Live it List. It is a positive spin on the bucket list. It is a tool I used to not be numb and to find myself. We now take people on Live it List trips, have Live it list journals, launched www.theliveitlist.com and inspire others to have happiness in life.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?
faith, organization and drive. get a mentor, journal, follow people you want to be like.

Thanks so much for sharing all these insights with us today. Before we go, is there a book that’s played in important role in your development?
Traction

It changed our meetings and our team structure and dynamics. It was a game changer for my business.

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