Meet Emily Diaz... Founder and Creator of The Enlightened Warrior Book Club!
Dec 13, 2019
This week we are so fortunate to have guest Blogger, Emily Diaz, here to share & celebrate with us the 1 year anniversary of her incredible business, Enlightened Warrior Book Club!
From Emily:
My husband and I joined a company over 14 years ago that focused on personal development to ensure we would grow a successful legal insurance business by growing more of ourselves. Personal development to us meant attending motivational seminars, reading great books that included concepts and ideas that when applied to our life would inspire positive change and most importantly surrounding ourselves with positive, motivated driven mentors who emulated who we wanted to become. Through my journey, I was able to successfully build a business with hundreds of associates across the United States, build a strong foundation in my marriage and create a lifestyle that included time freedom and residual income. I attributed all of this to commit to becoming a student and advocate of personal development.
My life became incredibly full of blessings and self-creation that I wanted to find a platform that I could share this with the world. I came up with the idea to create a curated subscription box book club of the month business. Each box includes handcrafted items from local businesses, two bonus items that fit the theme of each book, a gift to give someone and most importantly a personal development book to read as a community each month. My subscribers join a weekly call where we can chat about the concepts and ideas from the books and be able to “evolve out loud.” The goal is to challenge my subscribers to grow with each book that comes along. At the end of every month, we host a Live book club to build community. The philosophy behind the Enlightened Warrior Book Club is that the more you can grow yourself in good and not so good situations the better person you can become and create ripple effects for others to do the same. We believe that the Enlightened Warrior Book Club can inspire each subscriber to become the best expression of themselves… one book at a time.
There are many subscription boxes out there and what sets us aside from other companies is that we focus on personal growth with every subscriber and we set a rubric of accountability pieces in place to challenge them to grow. We also focus on building a community that “evolves out loud.” What this means is that we set up platforms throughout the month to allow our subscribers to chat with other subscribers around the globe to talk about the books and how they might have been affected or unaffected with the ideas and concepts.
Enlightened Warrior Book Club is one of the most inspiring platforms that you will receive every month in a box. The idea is to inspire both Women and Men to have the desire to become the best expression of themselves one book at a time. The box contains an enlightening book, either fiction or non-fiction along with several items to help create a calm, peaceful, growing environment. There are always two new bonus items included in the box each month. It is a great gift for someone exploring their journey in life as well as for your self.
One of the biggest struggles, in the beginning, was to figure out scalability. Without having been in the industry purchasing enough products on hand for the demand was a process every single month. Mainly because every item in the box was different and unique each month.
Celebrating a year in business has been one of the biggest achievements in my career. This past year I grew and learned from struggles and achievements what works best for the majority of my subscribers. Looking forward, I have the vision to increase the number of personal growth books to many more households. It is my vision that individuals will be flooded with a great amount of positive information that when applied could impact their world positively from the inside out.
A professional win that I would say I am proud of is being a student of professional development for 14 years. I witnessed this with many encounters with my subscribers. Because I have done and continue to do the work on myself I am able to be an authentic example to all, that personal growth can change your life.
*Emily with a Spread of the first several books that went out, including the Manifesting 30 Day Guided Journal
The book, The Slight Edge by Jeff Olsen, is one of the best beginner books for those diving into their personal development journey. The message it sends is that, when an individual can master the basics of their habits by doing the mundane activities consistently over a period of time, that seem to make no difference in the act of doing them, in the end, can create major changes.
I have a morning routine that I follow that helps set myself up for success for the day. I wake up with the sunrise and immediately give gratitude for having another day of life. I kiss and hug my husband and give him gratitude for being by my side. I then head to my intention altar and light a candle and state my intentions for the day. I go to a quiet place in the house where I read 30 minutes of my current book and drink warm lemon water. I then head out for a workout for the day and join my husband thereafter for tea and breakfast before I begin my list for the day.
Social media has played a huge role in my business. When I joined social media in 2006 my current business taught me to brand myself. I bought into the concept and it has played a significant role in my success. I am consistent in who I am and what I represent on my social media platforms.
This coming up year, we will be releasing books that will cover 6 different areas of life that The Enlightened Warrior Book Club Team feel is effective for growth. Each area will come with tools and resources to guide our subscribers in the direction they desire.
The best business tool for us is "word of mouth." We have found that to create retention and new subscribers.
Success to me has meant that someone has applied the concepts and the ideas from the books, events, seminars, and calls we have hosted and have had small and big wins in their life because of it.
Fun Facts:
When I was in 7th grade I was picked to play on a soccer team that traveled to Wales and Portsmouth, England.
My sister, who has down syndrome, has been my greatest and wisest mentor in my life.
I grew up on a Fish Farm
My husband had a crush on me since 7th grade, but we didn't meet until Juniors in High School
Connect with Emily and Order Your Book Box Here!
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