My failures, successes, finances in 2020

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Here is a (non) short summary of 2020 and the 2021 challenges. Why am I doing them?

To share your thoughts, conclusions – maybe it will inspire you.

To close 2020 yourself and set off in full swing in 2021.

To mobilize you to summarize yourself, it is very helpful for your mind, heart and soul.

So that our future graduates of the CVP School of Advisers should be inspired by what actions can be taken in this market.

So that the participants of the CVP Business School and the Leadership Mindset Community Club were inspired to make their own personal and business summary of the year.

It was supposed to be short, it turned out as always 🙂 You can’t see it on the blog, but we have a total of 20,028 characters without spaces, that is 8 A4 pages. I was supposed to sit down and write in 20 minutes. I was writing for 5 days, 1 hour a day.

A really spoiled thing happened in 2020. Remarkable 🙂

I divided the summary into:

2020 numbers at a glance
In person
News 2020
Happy and proud
Failed
Finance
Plans for 2021 (it will be revealed 🙂)

The 2020 numbers at a glance:

I conducted 23 training courses or online inspiring lectures for companies (with a turnover of 1 million-3 billion), for a total of 2300 people
10 companies took advantage of the anti-crisis sessions (2-6) in March-June – on what and how to communicate to employees and what actions to take
I conducted 8 live trainings for a total of 50 people (and as many for a pandemic :))
I completed over 490h of 1v1 sessions. 98 people trusted me and I was able to help them through business, coaching and therapeutic sessions. 12% of this is free of charge as part of the “Pay It Forward” concept. In total, since 2006 I have over 5400h
I organized 12 conventions of the 11th edition of the School of Advisers and the first convention of the 12th edition. We have 9 people in the 11th edition. We gathered a group of 19 people for the 12th edition. There are now 10 people at the Individual School, 2 of which are new
we conducted the 4th and 5th editions of the Inner Break, which was joined by another 130 people
we have won two large contracts that will be finalized and implemented in 2021, we are talking about 3 more. If all 5 burn out, it will give you 500-700k income. zlotys. We will see 🙂
together with our team, we did 6 online training campaigns for over 623 people enrolled
I conducted 32 webinars for a total of 10,534 people
I recorded over 150h of new videos for 10 different online training courses
I completed over 20 live’s and webinars in 4 weeks supporting our community
I posted 14 articles on my blog
I published 12 podcasts as part of Season 4 of Leadership Podcast
we have created over 20 new script graphics, training materials to make our materials more attractive
I saved about 34 thousand on PKP and plane journeys. PLN – or rather my clients saved – thanks to remote work
the e-mail database was over 11 thousand. new people, why not 110 thousand? Well, just a moment more 🙂
I spent more than 40 hours (in 3 months) on two new potential businesses, which (so far) failed and did not start. Lots of important lessons and lessons, but purely operationally lost time
I had 5 my own mentoring-coaching-therapeutic-supervision sessions
I slept 7h20min / day on average
I won 5/20 matches in FIFA 2021. I train. There is progress. Such a small thing, and it makes me happy 🙂
my vision defect is 0, so I don’t have a visual defect, but I bought glasses so that my eyes wouldn’t tire in front of the screen. So sometimes I will be wearing glasses at webinars and online trainings, because the light from the lamp also tires my eyesight.

That wouldn’t be possible thanks to:

Clients who trusted me and us
Kamila, who is a wonderful woman, wife, mother, business partner
Alanek, who develops beautifully
Patryk, who has grown enormously this year and who manages our IT and marketing
Tomek, who has made great progress in advertising, films and systematicity
Dagmara, who geniusly understands our graphic needs and helped create many projects
Mikołaj, who helped improve the quality of the Leadership Podcast with his professionalism
Łukasz for help in writing new articles
Ms Kasia, who efficiently took over our accounting in a pandemic
Beata, who is an important coaching and psychological support for me
Jarek, a friend for talks until the night, disputes, breaches, FIFA training
Marcin, a friend who is an inspiration on how to develop your passions other than work
Parents and in-laws who are always helpful always remember and are the best
My subconscious, which I thank for cooperation 🙂

Thank you very much , thank you, thank you.

In person:

our son is 7 years old. Is healthy. He has a resistant organism. He started playing tennis. Builds amazing Lego constructions and machines with motors. He is great at reading, counting and creating in his imagination. I am proud of him and every year I discover more and more layers of love between us.
in March I turned 35, Kamila in December also 35 🙂 in total 70 🙂 shot us 18 years together! Wow! We have been married for 11 years, parents for 7 years, and partners for 13 years.
our relationship is developing wonderfully. Each year is richer in good emotions and closeness. I admire Kama how much she embraces in the company, with clients, at home, with Alanek. She has time for her and my parents, for friends. About 24.5x she repelled me for not taking the keys out of the door again (they could have robbed us, but they didn’t steal anything after all), that I didn’t pay attention when parking (nothing happened, but it could, probably, probably not :)), that I made typos in the e-mail to the client (after all, she only sees errors, right? Who sees a mistake in the word “okek”, right?). She is an inspiration and a muse for me. I love and admire. Though it will piss me off a bit sometimes. But it passes after 1h34min12s on average. The result is distorted by one situation. Without it, it would be 12min18s 🙂
We found ourselves great with Kamila as a married couple and parents in a pandemic. Of course, there were many tiring moments by being locked in 4 walls. But that time made us stronger. We exchanged tasks, supporting Alank in his studies. We made home dinners interchangeably. I am proud of us to be so embraced. We run a company, advise large companies, conduct therapeutic sessions on serious customer problems, and 2 minutes after the session I can go to the kitchen and make Silesian dumplings, chops, cook soup or vacuum the apartment. We do not have a cleaner or a nanny, we take care of the house, shopping, business and we sleep 6-8 hours, most of the evenings are free (70%). I am proud of it.
we felt the lack of going to a restaurant, a concert or a cinema. But not as much as we thought 🙂
I feel a lot of peace and confidence in me. It grows in me every year. What is important is this peace and certainty that are strongly independent of financial and material issues. I have grown and this year has developed me emotionally, mentally, business and spiritually.

I felt

throughout the year, and I have a greater feeling of gratitude every day. It became a habit for me. Life is different, better when I have these feelings and this energy within me. This year it’s time for more fun and lightness.
I went to the gym with a trainer all year round. I kept the rhythm and regularity. This is a lot of progress for me.
I lost 2-3 kg. At the same time, the muscle mass did not increase, because I took care of my diet precisely enough for it. I took care of my health, but not the right proportion of protein, carbohydrates and fats. This year I am changing it. I already know that I need to provide my body with about 170g of protein every day. It turns out that the diet prepared by a dietitian alone (already in March 2020) was not enough for me to take care of it. Being aware of the more precise numbers that the proportion should be as follows: 30-35% protein, about 25% fats and 40% carbohydrates gives me more motivation to concentrate on meals.
I raised my English level. Thanks to this, I prepare the first online training in English. I have been giving lectures and coaching in English for a long time. Now it’s time for more training and coverage. In 2-3 years I want to sell online training to all over the world.
we went through Covid. Alanek only had a slight fever for a few hours. Me and Kamila: 3 days of strong fever, every 3-4 hours in the bathtub to warm up, because we were thrown from the cold. I lost my sense of smell and taste for a month. For two weeks, our strength was completely gone. A walk around the house made you sweat. Kamila regained her sense of smell and taste after a few days, but only after 1 month of strength.
despite many activities, weeks looked relatively healthy temporarily. Most weekends were off. Apart from the webinar evenings, most were free for themselves or their family – about 70% I think
we were on a total of 4 weeks of vacation in July-August and 3 concerts by Krzysztof Zalewski!
we bought a Playstation and 5 games. I’m starting to win (sometimes) with a friend in FIFA 2021. We’ve gone Uncharted 4 (brilliant) 🙂
I meditated and contemplated much more. I practiced the morning and evening gratitude ritual almost every day.
I had 5 my own mentoring-coaching-therapeutic-supervision sessions in order to reach deeper into myself and free myself from what inhibits, blocks and worries me. Important meetings. I have worked, among others that I would be able to express my emotions with greater freedom (it is not easy for an introvert), share what I feel, less logically and more from my heart. Each month brings new insights and progress
This year has shown that I have firmly tame the dark sides of my ego. That is, excessive ambition, self-comparison, excessive self-criticism and emotional hype. Contact with yourself and the deeper dimensions of yourself gives you a great sense of freedom, peace and energy. I have a lot more acceptance, letting go and trust in myself and life
all this meant that when many people were worried about their future, their own career, health, finances, Poland and the world, most of the year I felt calm and energetic to act. Where I have influence – I act. Where I do not have – I go with the wave or the wave.

What’s New for 2020

we launched KLMC, our community: Leadership Mindset Community Club. Every week, new psychological or business video material. Every month meeting of Club Members
the CVP Business School has started – so far I have conducted 1in1 mentoring tailored to the needs, but it was time to start a comprehensive over a year development program for SMEs – Small and Medium-sized Companies. This is our program proposal more than an MBA, with a focus on the development of the company. We have created a group and individual version
the CVP School for Leaders and Managers was launched, which was closed to companies. Now it is possible to join in an open form: group and individual
we published a very interesting report on the moods of Poles in the pandemic https://adamdebowski.pl/blog/sukces-w-biznesie/raport-nt-nastrojow-i- finansow-polakow-w-pandemic-covid-19-April-2020 /
with one of the largest Polish companies, we conducted a survey on 1000 Poles in terms of personality types and Graves value levels. We started working on a marketing analysis. We have representative data on the characteristics and values of Poles. Faaa fascinating. This year we plan to implement the first conclusions
a series of inspirational lectures was created – 12 online meetings every Wednesday at 10:00 – 40-50 minutes in the form of an inspiring lecture on psychological and business topics: https: // adamdebowski.pl/cykl-wykladow-inspirujacych/ While at the CVP School of Advisors I pass on all my psychological know-how, at the CVP Business School, all business know-how, the LMC Club is a mini version of both schools, and the Lecture Series is a mini version of the club. Inspirational pill of knowledge and practice for 3 months.
new online trainings have been created:
- Create your future
- Natural confidence
- Motivation 3.0
I recorded 10 new meditation-trance audio recordings that support the subconscious in internal and life changes
a new free course 60sekundHR.pl – it’s worth signing up
I developed LinkedIn a lot – incl. thanks to participation in the Business Intelligence Club, thanks for help and inspiration to: Witold Antosiewicz, Marcin Rutecki and Marcin Roczniak
I gave a lecture in English at the University of Warsaw for MBA students, and at the Warsaw School of Economics, as part of postgraduate studies in coaching, I conducted live and online classes in supervision in coaching and integral psychology
I started cooperation with one of the world’s largest consulting companies and I will give lectures for them in English
For 4 months we have been working with two new partners on a new company that will operate in the retail and shopping centers industry. I can’t say much, but the product is targeted at investors, owners of shopping centers in Poland and around the world
since July I have been working in small steps on a new business based on e-commerce as well as YouTube and TikTok targeted at children and parents. I thought that it would start in full swing from September, but a day is only 36 hours long and the body and mind have their endurance. As balance is key to me, I did not want to go beyond the boundaries that could lead to business growth, but years later, there may be emotional and health consequences.

Happy and proud

I am happy and proud of all the points above
the lockdown period in March stimulated our creativity. A lot of great solutions were created. I am proud of our team that was able to tense up, mobilize, face challenges and work together without conflicts and tensions
while many companies were failing, and our industry and many coaches had no or much less work, for us, among others, May and November were some of the best months in the company’s history. We have created solutions that will pay off in 2021+. January 2021 promises to be the best January ever and generally a very good month, while in the previous years it was often the worst month
I am ready to restart my YT channel in 2021, and thus also a new idea for the 4th season of Leadership Poscast, which will start in March (this is the plan). I hope and believe that in March you will see new interviews with entrepreneurs and leaders from small and large companies, where we will discover the secrets of business and the psyche of business people
I am ready to launch KLMC or the Leadership Mindset Community Club, our community. It took me 3 years to come to terms with building a community around ILZ. One year to work out an idea. In September 2020, we started. In December I felt its sense, power and willingness to develop very much! We will strongly develop our Club
I refined my approach to quality. I have always cared about quality when working with a person or a company. However, I had a problem with the quality of written materials: articles, scripts, PDF webinar presentations. This has changed a lot this year. I have created 8 new scripts for online training, the CVP Adviser School and the CVP Business School. A total of over 1,000 pages. Video materials are getting better quality, as are articles and presentations at webinars. It’s kind of a small thing, but important in my work and for me personally. I have had a tendency to be mediocre in some areas of my life. This has changed a lot, among others thanks to the principle that I teach and apply in the company: 3DO – press, close, polish
the 4th and 5th editions of the Inner Breakthrough took place. A total of over 130 people signed up. In total, all editions have been over 500 people (10,000 people are still missing by 2023, so there is something to do). The 5th edition includes completely new materials, recorded in 2020, new scripts. Powerful knowledge and many life-changing exercises! This is my best online training!
this year we are implementing the second level of the 11th edition and from the beginning of the 12th edition of the CVP School of Advisers. It is a great success that during the 12th edition, during the pandemic, 19 people trusted us and invested over PLN 15,000 in their development!
we’ve improved our online systems
- ads – the effectiveness on Fb and Adwords has increased, we are also testing ads on LinkedIn, thanks to Tomek Czajkowski!
- creating landing pages, processes in campaigns and email systems – thanks Patryk Kowalczyk!
I recorded a lot of new materials for online training and the School of Advisers and the CVP Business School. We already have one of the richest online training offers on the market. When it comes to quality and uniqueness, I subjectively believe that we are a leader 🙂 Probably no one has such (if they have one, let me know) a wide range of training courses, workshops, schools and the nature and types of topics: from therapy, through psychology, coaching, inspiration, management, business, strategy
we have built subscription systems and products that can be scaled thanks to online activities
my podcast has been awarded by Audioteka.pl and is available in the Lecton and Inspiro applications
with the help of my team I realized the 3rd season of Leadership Podcast
I have matured my mind to grow even more. For many years I was reluctant to be at anything, to be a bigger company, to be a market leader. Will I be? I don’t know, life will tell. Do I want it badly and push for it? Not. Is he getting more and more ready? Yes!

Failed

the School for Leaders and CVP Managers in a group form has not started. Plus, two companies signed a contract for this school in a closed form for their employees for 2021
has not started CVP Business School in a group form. But 3 clients decided to work individually. One of them joined the Diamond series and two years of work (PLN 200 thousand), two joined Platinum (PLN 50 thousand)
the series of inspirational lectures did not sell in the planned number of 100 participants. But the campaign resulted in a contract with an international consulting firm. Plus the recorded 12 lectures represent the potential for a super online product for future customers. So the investment will pay off.
we have a delay to start the Forum for LMC Club
I haven’t kicked off a new app-based business for singles. The idea was and is great. But there was not enough time, and I decided more that other topics were more important and less risky. Maybe I will return to this business. Another thread was that I was working on this project with two friends (graduates of the CVP School of Advisers at the same time) and we were afraid that our relationships and private time would suffer
I didn’t find the time to develop my YouTube channel and podcast the way I wanted. This year I want to change it
I didn’t write the fourth book that I wanted to publish in fall 2020. I had no mental space for that
I did not continue the idea of posts about books on social media, in which I was supposed to share conclusions from the currently read book, even though I read a lot. There was not enough time, and I figured that because it takes more time, it is not a priority. It’s a pity!
I did not pursue the idea of writing posts in Polish and English in order to reach my clients with whom I work in English. Time ran out, and I more felt that since it takes longer time, it is not a priority.
there were two 1-2 week periods a year (in April and November) when I fell into a series of excessive work and felt exhausted. Excessive number of sessions, meetings, e-mails, recordings. This is still not much compared to the years before. But still unnecessarily, what for 🙂
activities around cinematography have stopped. The video we made for a friend who sings brilliantly (for his 40) premiered in December 2019. Link: https://youtu.be/Sxgr17t3Yf8 I wanted to shoot another two and start writing a script for a movie. I didn’t do it.

Finance

since 2007, almost every year is 10-90% better than the previous year. However, in 2020, due to the pandemic, there were no several large contracts with large companies, and this resulted in a decrease in profits compared to 2019. Such one contract in previous years gave between PLN 20,000 and PLN 200,000 in revenue. Financial security and savings during such periods are extremely important and allow you to stay calm. The key is also that:
revenues from coaching, online store, CVP Adviser School, CVP Business School and lectures for companies increased. Only the orders for training and 2-3 day stationary workshops have dropped
because we have changed the business model significantly since 2019, 90% of customers pay a subscription. Counting LTV (Life Time Value) and revenue potential (strongly guaranteed), we have an increase of 13% in 2020. The condition is, of course, the continuation of subscription payments by customers.
And one more interesting fact: two months in 2020 were the best in terms of income and profit in the history of the company since 2007. 2020 brought many paradoxes. In business terms, the most important thing is how powerful potential we have built for scaling, how much larger ranges we have achieved. This is a huge foundation for the coming years.

Plans for 2021 (it will be revealed 🙂)

we want to launch a closed forum within the adamdebowski.pl platform for online store customers, CVP school graduates and LMC club members. The plans for 2021-2023 include the creation of an entire customer account portal called “L.E.N.A” where artificial intelligence will support our club members in personal and business development
we have already started the 12th edition of the CVP School of Advisers. We will be launching the 13th edition in the spring.
we are launching the VI edition of the Inner Break, our hit among online training courses this spring
- You want to join: http://adamdebowski.pl/wewnetrzne-przelamanie
we will launch the second editions of the courses:
- Create Your Future
- Motivation
- Build Confidence
there will be new courses:
- Managing time and yourself in time
- Public speaking
- Graves Value Levels
we are launching the open group version in the spring:
we want to expand the LMC club to 70-100 people, and maybe more? Do you want to join? https://adamdebowski.pl/klub-lmc/
I plan to record my stories frequently, almost every day (Insta, Fb, YT, LinkedIn) to share my thoughts, experiences, news and thus be closer to the community and customers
maybe the videos we published on Insta, Fb, YT, LinkedIn also appear on TikTok, which is growing strong
I want to create a closed space of holistic development for my closest customers. Project confidential and closed at the moment
I am thinking of launching the Inner Transformation Club for graduates of the Inner Breakthrough course to help people break free from the past and blockages through systematic online group work and with the support of our CVP Adviser School alumni

I plan to write book 4

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I am launching a new company in the retail industry with my partners
I want to start a new company based on eCommerce and YouTube, which I wrote about above
we will tightly organize the processes in ILZ to be ready to scale the company
I feel that I am starting to build something more than myself. After 15 years from the first presentation in front of people and conducting 1 training, I feel that I am ready to balance more focus on myself and others, to give more value to others, share, create something more. I accept more the possibility of greater success. I accept normality and ordinariness more. I am more ready for any scenario – there are more important and more important things.