Founder of CEO of Your Life

About Melissa Dawn

Melissa Dawn is a Certified Professional Life and Business Coach (CPCC), Motivational Speaker (Canadian Association of Professional Speakers – CAPS) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm).

She is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and Entrepreneur.com and has been featured on many podcasts and talk shows such as Entrepreneur on Fire, Breakfast Television, CJAD Radio and more.

She is the Amazon international bestselling author of I Attract What I Am: Transform Failure into an Orgasmically Joyful Life and Business.

Entries by Melissa Dawn

This is How You Attract Clients You Love Through LinkedIn

November 20, 2015/in Infographics/by Melissa Dawn

Putting your true self out there on Facebook or Twitter is pretty easy. Those networks are more casual, more “anything goes.” Being you on LinkedIn, a professional network… that takes bravery! But it can pay off in a big way.
Being real on my LinkedIn profile was a big leap. The result of taking that plunge, was that I started attracting clients I truly love working with. It has been an integral part of my success as an entrepreneur and in building my orgasmically joyful life and business.

What They Don’t Teach You About Marketing in Business School (But Really Should)

November 12, 2015/in Being True To Yourself, Blog, Business Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

When you sit down to plan your marketing strategy, what do you start with? If you work from the traditional business school model, you’ll start by analyzing your target market and the competition. From there, you’ll choose to either piggyback your marketing on what’s been successful for others, or you’ll try something completely different so […]

How Listening Can Be Your Greatest Failure (And Most Valuable Lesson)

October 27, 2015/in Being True To Yourself, Blog, Business Coaching, Heart Based Business Coaching, Life Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

Can listening to others be your greatest failure? It was mine. When I first set out to start my own business, I hired a top business coach who specialized in teaching entrepreneurs how to “sell”. This coach had clients all around the world and had several successful companies. She was making millions. She came with […]

Where Do You Go For Inspiration?

October 9, 2015/in Blog, Business Coaching, Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Life Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

Who are your biggest sources of inspiration? What books, articles or talks have had the greatest impact on how you live your life?

Throughout my journey, I have been blessed to come across many people and resources that have taught me really valuable lessons, both in life and in business.

I believe in sharing good things, so I want to share with you the sources that spoke to me and my journey the most.

Do You Make Decisions From Where You Are? Or From Where You Want To Be?

September 27, 2015/in Being True To Yourself, Blog, Business Coaching, Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Heart Based Business Coaching, Life Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

Someone asked me the other day, “If you had to name one thing that helped you build a successful business, what would it be?” I answered, “Making decisions from where I want to be, and not from where I am.”

What Do You Need to Say “Yes” and “No” To?

September 15, 2015/in Being True To Yourself, Blog, Business Coaching, Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Heart Based Business Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

When your inner voice, your intuition, your gut talks to you… do you listen to it? My intuition had been telling me for months that I needed to make certain changes in my life and business. I kept pushing this voice away and telling it, “I am too busy. I will deal with this later. Everything is okay.” I don’t know about you, but whenever I push this voice away, life has a way of…

5 Steps To Make What Seems Impossible…Possible

July 23, 2015/in Being True To Yourself, Blog, Business Coaching, Life Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

Are there things you would really like in your life, but you keep telling yourself it’s just not possible? That it’s too complicated or far-fetched? You’re not alone. I have limited myself in this way many times in the past. Yet, over the years, I have come to realize that there are steps we can […]

Are You Embracing The Mud?

July 7, 2015/in Being True To Yourself, Blog, Business Coaching, Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Life Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

The other day, my friend and I decided to try out a new hiking trail. I was so excited. I even got new hiking shoes. When we got to the mountain, we just couldn’t find any signs for the trail we wanted to take, so we decided to take “the road less traveled”.

How Do You Choose to Eat An Apple?

June 5, 2015/in Being True To Yourself, Blog, Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Life Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

Seriously, how do you choose to eat an apple? I was always taught to eat around the apple and to leave the core behind. One of my friends eats the entire apple to the point where only the stem is left.

How Do You Shift Your Emotions?

May 12, 2015/in Blog, Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone, Life Coaching/by Melissa Dawn

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by your emotions? Like they are not allowing you to think, feel and act the way you would truly like? Or maybe you have built walls around yourself and are not allowing your emotions to surface? Either way, it’s just not healthy.