Lilou Mace | I Lost My Job and I Liked It

September 12, 2009

Dr. Kent: Welcome to Sound Authors. I’m Dr. Kent, and it’s a beautiful Friday here in New York. And it’s my honor to have four guests on the show today. Three are authors, and one is a musician. At the end of the show we’re going to talk to Wes Charlton. He’s a well-known folk singer and has a great sound. Then I’ve got three authors on the show. Life coach Shann Vander Leek. She’s got a book called Wake Up Women - Be Happy, Healthy &Wealthy. And before that I’ve got Elizabeth Fournier, the author of All Men Are Cremated Equal: My 77 Blind Dates. And it’s my honor here at the beginning of the show to have author Lilou Mace on, and she’s got a book called I Lost My Job and I Liked It. Welcome to the show, Lilou.

Lilou Mace: Thank you.

Dr. Kent: Now am I saying your name correctly?

Lilou Mace: Yes, it’s Lilou, Lilou Mace.

Dr. Kent: So you actually are French.

Lilou Mace: Yes, originally, yeah.

Dr. Kent: Very nice. Well, tell me about this book. I Lost My Job and I Liked It.

Lilou Mace: Yeah, well, that’s the story of, I got this job from the U.S., I lived for 8 years in the U.S. and then got a job in London as Internet Marketing Director. And I worked for the company for about 7 months and then lost my job in February. And I decide to record, well I thought that this is not a coincidence, you know. First of all, if this was happening, maybe that was the time to finally live my dream. So I saw it as an opportunity, and then I decided to apply all the principles on the Law of Attraction, and all those wonderful universal laws that I heard about, and I said this is the time right now to apply it and make my dream job happen and actually empower millions of people, which is something I’ve always wanted. And so, I really walked the talk and recorded this journey, and it took me 30 days to discover my dream job, find it, and now I feel totally blessed by the fact that I have lost my job.

Dr. Kent: And you’ve done a number of things. Talk about that for a minute, including some really popular YouTube videos, and you ended up meeting Oprah Winfrey. Tell us about those adventures.

Lilou Mace: Yeah, yeah. Well, I’ve done quite a lot of personal development seminars and things like that. And with some friends, we got together and thought how wonderful it would be to create a structure that would help people to really apply that for 100 days at a time. So we created something that is out there right now called the 100-Day Reality Challenge where for 100 days people apply the Law of Attraction, set some goals, and for you to declare on video on YouTube what you want your next 100 days to look like, what you want to attract in your life, and then you share with other people viewing those videos your successes and challenges. So I started doing those videos back in 2005 and I was very playful with them, and now I have about 550 videos, and two million views on YouTube, I mean it’s just been this amazing adventure where each season, each 100-day I see some crazy things that are out there that I have no idea how I’m going to attract. And one of them, I moved to Chicago back in 2006 and I declared I want to meet Oprah Winfrey, and I was having dinner with this new guy (inaudible), and I shared with him that I would love to meet Oprah. And he said, “Well, it’s funny because we’re right around the Harpo Studios,” so we go in for a carpool, I get my picture taken, and then that same night I declare on video, “I’m going to meet her before the end of the year.” And that was in November. And the next thing you know it’s two days later, this Brian ended up bumping into Oprah herself in the elevator of the Ritz Carlton, and he didn’t know what to tell her, but just, “Ah, I just met this Lilou, her dream would be to meet you.” And there we go. Oprah offered two tickets to be in the Oprah show the next day, which she usually doesn’t do. And it was just a phenomenal adventure, meeting this world leader that is totally, has always inspired me to meet her in person. And the show was on Dream Jobs. And that’s when I realized I want to do what she’s doing. So two days after meeting her I started my own (inaudible) store in Chicago called Live a (inaudible) Life. And (inaudible) meaning other offers and starring offers. And so before you know, this video is actually, probably has had a hundred thousand views, and I’ve run quite a lot of them. You see the before and the after, which is quite phenomenal. You see me declare, I have no idea but somehow it’s going to happen, and then boom, you have the manifestation. So when I lost my job I really thought this is the opportunity to empower quite a lot of people facing those challenges right now. And it is a tough time where you’re scared to, how am I going to pay the bills? How am I going to, you know. Dream job? What are you talking about? I just need to find a job to pay my rent, you know. And this is the fear, and all with the media and such injecting in us. But there is such a different path for us to choose, and I think this is the best time ever for us to go for our dream job and to realize our own potential. Because we have huge potential that we’re not even tapping into yet, I think.

Dr. Kent: Right, and it is a very negative time in the media and for a lot of people because they’re sort of taking stock of their debts, and it’s a time of a lot of fear. So tell me about what’s inside this book. What can we expect from this journey that you’ve taken, and how did you put it into the book?

Lilou Mace: Yeah, well what you can expect is really a frantic journey of someone that is going through this, and I share my fears. But at the same time I also share the different tools that I’ve been using for a while now that helped me to clarify what I really wanted to do, that helped me to shift my moods, and including creating vision boards, and visualization, and all kinds of things that really help you to get out of that negative mojo that is going on. And it is inspiring. You start reading the book, and you’re just taken by the whole story. It’s just very, very, it feels like a one on one connection here, and it’s just wonderful then to be holding the final manifestation ultimately of the journey. And so it’s form the feedback that I had so far since I got it out is that people are finding themselves and just are called in action. It does the mirror effect, you know, it’s a stream of consciousness diary. So it’s all the thoughts that you recognize yourself with those fears and those passions and some things that you would like to do, and then consequences. You need action and you attracting your dream job. And I have some already wonderful stories that are out there and it’s absolutely a blessing to receive the feedback every day, all the positive feedback.

Dr. Kent: Well, and where can folks find the book itself?

Lilou Mace: The book is on amazon.com. I also have a website I dedicated to the book called ilostmyjob-book.com. And then there’s quite a lot of videos also about the book. There’s also, on YouTube there’s a free visualization to attract your dream job. It’s a, I think 6 minute visualization where I guide you to start visualizing right now what your dream job is going to be. And then what you do is that you start anchoring that feeling inside of you right now and you start having new ideas on how you can go about it in those recap moments. You know, where you finally have this brilliant idea. You won’t be able to attract that idea if you’re coming from a face of fear and negativity. You have to really take control of that, and you are powerful. You’re a powerful co-creator. I always call people co-creators because we’re always co-creating. And I hope you’re going to tap into your power now. This is the moment.

Dr. Kent: So let’s say someone loses their job. What’s the first step that people take?

Lilou Mace: Well the first step I think is to really deal with what’s happening, and we have all have different reactions. For me it was a liberating moment. Anything is possible now. But that’s the kind of attitude I have. But some people, it’s about releasing that anger and dealing with it. I recommend journaling, getting out, taking some time for yourself, and really start re-connecting with what is important. I didn’t go personally to start talking to some friends because I didn’t want to go in the pity party and the victim mode, cause that was too easy. I’m a person that believes that we’re a hundred responsible in our life. And that’s one of the founding principles that you’ll discover in the book. You know, it’s really, this happens, I believe ultimately that we created because we’ve dreamt something bigger. When I got fired, that season 11 I had determined at the beginning of the 100 days that I wanted to choose the season. And by choosing I mean full of passion and purpose. So the next thing I know I got fired, and yes, that was a shock. I had everything from U.S. But what I know is that that wasn’t a coincidence and this, what was happening was the biggest blessing. So I dealt with it, you know, and that’s what I explain in the book, and you’ll see how I dealt with it and maybe get some new ideas. But it’s been an exciting adventure, and if you allow it, just really be with that, and it is, it can be the best thing ever.

Dr. Kent: And that is something that’s very interesting, you know, how do you take something that’s negative and turn it into something positive. I’ve heard that in times of economic downturn like this people actually spend a lot more time with their families, and they spend a lot more time, so people aren’t actually all that much worse off when they lose their jobs.

Lilou Mace: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. You reconnect, I think those times right now, in this economy and this hard time is really, we have to tap into something else inside of us. This is the time where we’re going to access our biggest potential and start helping each other start connecting in different ways. This is the time to go back to being human again. You know, and to discover what we’re really good at. Because I believe that until you really do something that you’re 100% passionate about, then somebody else is going to be better than you and you’re going to work at a different realm, and it’s going to be competition. But when you choose something that you love, let me tell you, there’s nothing that stops you, and it’s absolutely brilliant. And then you bring everybody with you along the way. So it’s connecting you to everyone, and to your heart, and it’s just really, really beautiful. And it’s worth looking at or at least trying on. And yes, people are connecting it, and you start attracting your team players, you know, the real people that really want genuinely to help you and you help them. It’s just like win, win, win. Not just two ways, it’s three ways, it’s just absolutely beautiful.

Dr. Kent: And talk about the concept of attraction. I know a little bit about that. When did you stumble across that, and what does it mean to you?

Lilou Mace: Well, the Law Of Attraction, I think the first book I read about it was Thinking (inaudible) from (inaudible) hill, an also Excuse Me, Your Life’s Waiting. And I remember sitting in my bathroom listening to that tape, cause I just, I hated my room, because at the time I was like, something better is out there and I can’t see it. And so I was looking for some new solutions and just tried it out. You know, I heard that you can attract the parking spot that you need, the money, so I’m like ok, I’ll try it. And then the print came out. And that’s such a great movie, I think to watch, or a book, to kind of get a sense of what the Law of Attraction can do. But the Law of Attraction is really like when you, what you focus on expands. So your thoughts are actually vibrations and if you put out there, if you can already be with what you want to attract, then you just attract that new type of people, you attract the resources that you need, and sometimes you make money as (inaudible), but really there’s so much more than that. Money comes when you, just money comes. And the Law of Attraction is always at work, no matter what. Like the Law of Gravity. And it’s a matter of focusing on what you want and visualizing, and the next thing you know you just follow the next inspired action, and it just unfolds, one step at a time, and then the whole staircase. The thing that’s (inaudible) that says that you don’t have to have it all figured out. You know, one thing leads to another and then to another and then to another. Just remain with that positive, strong mindset and do whatever it takes to keep on feeling good and focusing on what you really want and then the elements are going to come to you. So you’re already being that person, that if you want to be successful then you’re coming from that, you’re already visualizing your success and therefore you’re attracting the people that are going to help you along the way. Like right now I’m writing the second book on what it takes to actually become a bestseller. So it’s the whole Law of Attraction to actually become a bestseller. And just today I received an email and somebody wanting me to come connect with Ron Howard, and then next thing you know is that I need him and now he’s teaching me some principles and helping me to just roll in and out of 5,000 books. It’s just this unbelievable synchronicity that is beautiful and absolutely magnificent when it happens. And then gratitude just flows from there and even more then comes.

Dr. Kent: Well, it’s been an honor chatting with Lilou Mace, she’s well known on the internet, and by her first name Lilou. And you can check out her website ilostmyjob-book.com, and there’s some great links to all of her sites and videos. And the book of course is called I Lost My Job and I Liked It: 30-Day Law of Attraction Diary of a Dream Job Seeker. Thank you so much.

Lilou Mace: And you also have, by the way, the song.

Dr. Kent: And the song. Tell me about that.

Lilou Mace: Yeah, there’s a song because originally I was, I kept on having that song, “I lost my job and I liked it,” like the song from Katy Perry, I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It. So I kept on having that song and it would shift my mood and at the end I thought well, this is the title of the book, of course it is. And I changed all the lyrics, I took some singing lessons, I cannot sing, I don’t care. I just recorded it and posted that on YouTube, so if you want to have a good laugh, just type in I Lost My Job and I Liked It, or I Lost My Job song and then you’ll probably bump into it.

Dr. Kent: Wonderful. I’ll definitely check it out. Thank you so much for talking to us today about your book.

Lilou Mace: Thank you for having me.

Dr. Kent: And we’ve been talking to Lilou Mace, and my next guest on the show is another author, Elizabeth Fournier. She’s the author of All Men Are Cremated Equal: My 77 Blind Dates. Come on back for that, that’ll be in one minute.

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