Greetings from Liz George, Mel's Guest

Elizabeth George - The Opera Singer
Borders Blog entry 6/14/07

Early April 2007 -- I was crying in the bathroom stall of my workplace when my cell phone wrang. Now mind you, this was standard operating procedure for me. I pretty much cried every day for the past year in the bathroom stall. This day was no different...or so I thought! I recognized the area code as a call from the Boston area. When I answered, I was shocked to her Mel Robbins on the other end. She finally called back! Her schedule is PACKED with clients but she found five minutes to call me back. She explained her services to me. When she mentioned the FREE coaching I could receive on her Sirius Satellite Radio show, I was hooked. After my first day on the radio, working with Mel, I knew my life was going to change. The timing was perfect. I was fed up with my job and KNEW that there was something bigger out "there" for me. I kept saying to myself ‘Is this ALL THER IS?'. "I can't possibly work in this corporate 9 to fiver for the next 40 years....I AM AN OPERA SINGER god dammit!!! That was the beginning of the end....I fell MADLY in love with Mel and we have been together ever since.

Mel is not my therapist. Mel is not my friend. Mel is the ASS-KICKING voice inside my head. She is there to make sure I do what I say I'm going to do. NO EXCUSES! When you have to answer to other people, it's a whole new ballgame, my friends. I lost 96 pounds 3 years ago and I've kept it off. When I was dieting, I couldn't do it on my own. I KNEW I had to check in with someone in order to stay the course. I knew that I had to stand in front of someone and answer to them. When I called into the show every Monday, I had to run down my list with Mel and let her know if I accomplished everything we agreed upon for the week. When I had an excuse as to why I didn't do something, she would not accept it. She told me that I was either going to "stop making excuses, change my life, go after what I want and work my ass off doing it" OR I was going to "sit behind a computer doing a job that left me feeling empty and worthless for the next 40 years of my life". "YOUR CHOICE", she said. WOW....now if that didn't hurt! PLUS, it was being broadcast to a national radio audience. Eeeeeeeeekkkkkk!!! That was all I needed. I am on the straight and narrow now. I am going to be an opera singer and I'm going to have a successful singing career.

My accomplishments thus far: I gave a recital that I planned and learned in one month on 05/19/07. This was my first assignment with Mel. Thanks to Mel and BORDERS I am currently studying voice with Diana Soviero, one of the biggest name voice teachers in the country. She is PHENOMENAL. The work I have done with Diana in the last month is astounding. I would never have been able to afford myself the luxury of studying with Ms. Soviero if it weren't for Borders.

I am sitting at work now. It's 2:36 PM on 6/14/07. I am typing information onto a spreadsheet....I might as well be typing the phonebook. I mean really. I will tell you this though.....I haven't cried in the bathroom stall today. Actually, I haven't cried in the bathroom stall since that fateful day I received the call that would forever change my life. I thank the universe everyday for putting me in touch with Mel Robbins. She led me to Borders and Borders led me to Diana and Diana will help me achieve my dream. All of these people are helping me to MAKE IT HAPPEN!!! I am so grateful to each and every one of them.

More to come....

Liz