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SDH 258: How to Own Your Mindset and Create Abundance with Molly Sapp May 07, 2018

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Today’s guest Molly Sapp, is a mindset strategist who offers mindset advice and strategies to high-performance women—so they can break through blocks, ranging anywhere from health, and romance to client interactions. Listen in on her journey, while you gain the tools and tips to strengthen your mindset and business.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL:

Discover how to become laser focused on a manifestation mindset

Hear 5 money blocks that stop you from going to the next level

Know the importance of creating space for receiving

Understand how to recognize triggers

Learn what a mindset coach does and the value from working with one

Uncover how to move past the fear of what others think

INSIGHTS:

“You have to believe what you want and it’s all in your mind.” Molly Sapp

“Receiving is the finish line. It’s the state of going from broke to wealthy.” Molly Sapp

“It’s a hell of a lot easier for you to just give, it takes way more strength standing in the power of love to receive.” Molly Sapp

RESOURCES:

Molly Sapp’s Website

Molly Sapp’s Facebook Group

“You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise Hay

“Chakras and Their Archetypes Uniting Energy, Awareness, and Spiritual Growth” by Ambika Wauters

Grant Cardone

SDH 257: 5 Money Blocks Keeping You From Reaching Your Financial Goals with Amanda Boleyn May 03, 2018

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Today we are talking about my experience in going through a money mindset boot camp with Molly Sapp, which she's also coming to the show next Monday! This solocast is one that is very personal and could be the most vulnerable one to date since I will be talking about money.

In this solocast I want to be completely honest and frank. When I first heard of the money mindset bootcamp through a friend, I was a little turned off, which in the later part of the bootcamp turned out to be a belief that stemmed from the early days of my childhood. Since this friend, whom someone I respect and value her opinion, shared some of the great things about the bootcamp, I knew it was worth keeping an open mind. I am hoping that my experience can also create an environment that you can relate and shed a light on some money issues.

In this episode you will...

Hear about my early childhood
Learn what causes money-block 
Discover the factors that block abundance from coming in
Learn that your emotion and energy can affect your money flow

To some of us, discussing the topic about money might be a taboo thing. which in this episode I wanted to bring some things to light and share experiences in hopes that if it resonates with you that it can be helpful, even if this just piques your interest about wanting to learn more about your own money stories. I want to share this in a way that is encouraging for wherever you may be when it comes to your relationship with money. Make sure you tune in for more!

SDH 256: Build Something You Believe In with Ariel Kaye Apr 30, 2018

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Are you ready to build something you believe in? Was there a point in your corporate career when you knew you had to take the leap? Are you at that point now? You know it’s going to be an emotional journey, a tough transition, but you also know it’s what you need to make a bigger impact and fulfill your purpose.

You’re not alone, lady boss.

Today’s guest— Ariel Kaye—is the Founder and CEO of Parachute, a home essential brand based in Venice beach. Tune in to hear how she went from brand development and advertising in New York to fulfill consumers’ needs for high-quality bedding and a good night’s sleep with Parachute.

In this episode you will...

Discover the qualities of a successful brand

Know why understanding and growing with your consumer is key

Hear about the first three months after the leap

Understand the benefits of investing in a publicist

Learn about raising capital

Dive into three actionable items for new business owners

INSIGHTS:

“You gotta put it all on the table because no one else is.” Ariel Kaye

“It’s important to follow your gut because the business is coming from you; so there’s going to be things that you know best.” Ariel Kaye

“Being positive, solution-minded and focusing on the big picture, is going to be helpful in order to move forward.” Ariel Kaye

RESOURCES:

Ariel’s Instagram

Parachute Website

Parachute Instagram

Parachute Facebook

Parachute Pinterest

SDH 255: How to Effectively Implement Profit First When Starting Out with Amanda Boleyn Apr 26, 2018

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Hi guys!

Today I am going to be diving into how to effectively implement Profit First when starting out.

Let's talk about the Profit First Method, Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine, a book written by Mike Michalowicz, this book completely changed the way that I manage cash flow in my business. I wish I had this at the beginning of my business even as a freelancer. When your income fluctuates so much from month to month, it's difficult to be able to manage that cash flow to create consistency within the business so there are no surprises. The premise of it is to help you build profits in your business.

Key things:

Setting up different bank accounts for your business
Using percentage to determine cash flow in your account
Determine your monthly expenses
Separate business from personal expenses
Bookkeeping
Tune in to hear more about how this book can help you with your cash flow, even if you are just starting your business, you are a freelancer or if you are in the middle of your business and need help with managing your cash flow!

RESOURCES

Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine

SDH 254: How to Keep Your Business Simple with Summer Felix Apr 23, 2018

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What should you do in the early stages of your business to have successful growth? How much should you be launching? When should you outsource?

Today’s guest, Summer Felix, is the Founder of Draw Shop and shares her experience answering these questions as she built her business nine years ago. Draw Shop offers full-service animation videos ranging from motion stop to VR, and are known for their stellar whiteboard animation videos.

In this episode you will...

Dive into the early days of building a business

Understand the positives of launching often during the start of your business

See why keeping it simple works for your audience

Discover why scheduling and sticking to it helps you stay accountable to important tasks

Learn why trusting people to outsource is beneficial

Hear about segmenting and connecting with an audience

INSIGHTS:

“You never stop learning and you never stop improving your processes.” Summer Felix

“I’ve never had something really good come from judging somebody else, but I’ve always had something good when I seek to understand.” Summer Felix

“We have expectations of something but it doesn’t always add up to exactly what you think it’s going to be, it might be something different and that’s OK.” Summer Felix

RESOURCES

The Draw Shop Website

Summer's Website

Summer’s Facebook

Summer’s LinkedIn

Summer’s Twitter

Get Leverage

The Strategic Coach

“High Performance Habits”by Brendon Burchard

“Ask” by Ryan Levesque

“The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success” by Deepak Chopra

“Four Agreements” by Don Miguel

SDH 253: 6 Ways to Enhance Your Morning Routine with Amanda Boleyn Apr 19, 2018

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Hi guys!

In this episode, I am sharing the 6 Ways to Enhance Your Morning Routine.

Having a morning routine, which doesn't have to be an hour long or 30 minutes long, it can even be just 5 minutes, is extremely important in priming for peak performance throughout your day!

Find out the best morning routine that works for you and take these 6 simple steps to enhance your routine, tune in!

SDH 252: Overcoming Resistance When It's Time to Leap with Danielle Robay Apr 16, 2018

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How far would you go to follow your dreams? Would you live in your grandparents’ friend’s garage for a bit? How do you put yourself out there and overcome fear to get what you want?

Today’s guest, Danielle Robay, has used her tenacity to not only follow her dreams but make them happen. She is a journalist, TV host—the youngest in Chicago—and has even worked the red carpet in Los Angeles.

In today’s episode you will:

Identify moments of fear and how to overcome them

Hear the benefits of meeting people in person versus email

Understand the resistance met when it’s your decision to make the leap

Learn about nervous energy and ways to combat it

Know the importance of enjoying the day-to-day

Discover how to feel comfortable putting yourself out there

INSIGHTS:

“You don’t lose by going for it… You either learn in the process or meet cool people that circle back at another time. You always win by just going for it.” Danielle Robay

“I’ve never let fear stop me from making a fool out of myself.” Danielle Robay

“I think reading is the key to life.” Danielle Robay

“It never ceases to amaze me we all love ourselves more than other people but care more about their opinion than our own” -Marcus Aurelius

RESOURCES:

-Danielle's Facebook

-Danielle's Website

-Danielle's Instagram

-Abraham Hicks

-Laura Sage Co-founder of Chill

“Beauty Sick” Dr Renee Engeln
“The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships” by Neil Strauss

SDH 251: 3 Foundational Things to Do When Starting Your Business with Lori and Elise Lefcourt Apr 12, 2018

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What stage are you on your entrepreneurial journey? Have you taken the leap or are you still in corporate America? Do you have a business partner on a different stage of the journey as you? What are some important practices you can follow to ensure you’re heading your business in the right direction?

Today’s guests' combination is a first for the show-- two sisters and business partners on different stages of their entrepreneurial journey. Elise and Lori Lefcourt created Unicreamer, a protein creamer to help busy women control hunger throughout the day as well as serve as an alternative to animal protein. Turn up the volume and listen to how their two unique stories merge into one natural, vegan business.

In this episode you will:

Hear sacrifices needed for entrepreneurship

Uncover three foundational things to do when starting your business

Know why you need to network

See what they learned about trust during the beginning of their business

Understand why working with family can be tricky and the best thing

Learn what they wish they could outsource

INSIGHTS:

“I am one of those people that I was born to be an entrepreneur. I’ve had all these crazy ideas, I think have 50 ideas that go through my brain a day.” Lori

“I think one of the hardest things that people go through when starting a business is where do you even start?” Lori

“If you feel like you don’t know anything about how to run a business, obviously research is huge and possibly finding a free internship of a company that you can actually work for so you can see the inner workings of how a startup works...if you don’t have the time to go all day and sit behind somebody and watch, I’d say sacrifice that night time instead of watching movies and TV shows do some research and listen to podcast of people who already did it.” Lori

“It’s crazy how many people will actually help you when they see that you’re executing and actually doing something.” Lori

“When I jumped into this, I jumped in with not a whole lot of savings but with all the knowledge and connections I had with networking to make this a successful business and actually start.” Lori

“I think we believe in the product so much that we won’t let ourselves fail at this.” Elise

“When we first started it was kind of a mess, you just have to kind of fail forward and be all over the place-- it’s like a beautiful mess I guess and then it kind of all comes together” Lori

“Something I think has really worked for us is being authentic and putting out stuff that we actually like and love, especially on social media and Instagram there are so many people these days that are all kind of doing the same exact thing to get these followers, for us it was really about staying true to ourselves and our brand.” Elise

“Our original target market was millennials, and it still us, but we’re also learning there is an older crowd of women that are also very interested in our product; that we hadn’t considered before. We will definitely look into tailoring our business to them as well.” Elise

“I always practice gratitude, almost every single day whether it’s in my mind or before I go to bed.” Lori

“I make sure to make time also for the people that are important in my life, my friends, my family, make sure I give enough time for my dog.” Elise

RESOURCES:

Unicreamer Website

Unicreamer Instagram

Unicreamer Facebook

“You are a bad ass at Making Money” by Jen Sincero

SDH 250: 5 Ways I Work Through the Social Media Overwhelm with Amanda Boleyn Apr 09, 2018

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Hi guys!

In today's episode, I'm sharing the 5 ways I work through social media overwhelm.

We’ve all been there. We open up any one of our social media apps, let’s take Instagram for example. We only plan to be on there for a few minutes but even within the few minutes we find ourselves consumed with other people’s content - content that makes us laugh inspires and truthfully sometimes can make us anxious.

Or maybe I’m the only one?

While social media is an amazing tool to help grow, connect and inspire others whether we’re a business brand or personal brand, it can get a little overwhelming at times. We tend to create these stories in our minds about how great and amazing someone else’s life/business is. “Look at her, she has it all together, everything is perfect.” “What is she doing that I’m not?” “Why isn’t my business “working?” “I should be further along.” “Oh shoot. Maybe I should be doing that technique on my platform as well.”

Tune into to hear 5 ways I work through social media overwhelm.

SDH 249: How to Generate Sales Through Authenticity with Amy Zitelman Apr 05, 2018

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What's your biggest struggle with your business? Is it managing cash flow? Is it customer related? How do you educate customers about your product or service and what's the best way to communicate with them and get feedback to foster authentic relationships? Maybe it's a combination of these questions, and you want to make yourself known in the market.

Today's guest and Tahini queen Amy Zitelman is the VP of Business Development and Co-Founder of the certified women-owned brand Soom Foods. Soom Foods speaks to the versatility of tahini by offering unique products and recipes to make tahini a staple food product in America. Tune in to hear how three sisters and one boyfriend developed a brand of love for food, family, and community.

In this episode you will…

Hear how her understanding of market and customer changed over five years

Learn ways to educate customers when your product isn’t well-known

Know about metrics of returning customers

Uncover the benefits of working with resellers on Amazon

Discover different ways to manage cash flow

Find out ways to stay focused during the day

INSIGHTS:

“I would say the lack of strategy created our strategy. Because once you go out there and realize what’s working and what’s not, it really helps define the strategy better than making these assumptions; because you have the product and it’s a real-life experience.” Amy Zitelman

“The challenge with selling to restaurants is you need several restaurants to want to buy your product or already be buying your product before a distributor will pick it up. That involves not only selling to the restaurant but delivering to it.” Amy Zitelman

“I’d say that was one of the biggest challenges at first, the operations and the supply chain, just doing it easier. It was not easy at first.” Amy Zitelman

“What we’ve been trying to prove for the past five years is that tahini is good for more than just hummus.” Amy Zitelman

“Restaurants influence retail these days.” Amy Zitelman

“What's amazing about the restaurant industry, and especially chefs these days, is that they’re celebrities and that kind of was brought into a wider scope of just finding the influencer for your product.” Amy Zitelman

“At the end of the day the best thing that’s ever influenced our online sales has been traditional press.” Amy Zitelman

“Our main goal is to create sincere relationships with people...Our press has been organic and it really led to our success. It’s the only thing we have been able to see a significant return on investment from.” Amy Zitelman

“The best ways we’ve been able to generate sales is through authentic relationships.” Amy Zitelman

“What's really great about these resellers are these are people that really understand the algorithms and ways to make Amazon more successful for a company, much more than we could’ve by just having the product up and hoping people would search for it.” Amy Zitelman

“After the first three years we went back and we looked at where we were spending our money and we projected out our budget based on experience.” Amy Zitelman

“Take a deep look at what is the most important thing for you to do to get more business and invest in that heavily.” Amy Zitelman

RESOURCES:

Soom Foods Website

Soom Foods Facebook

Soom Foods Instagram

Soom Foods Twitter

Soom Foods Pinterest

“Presence” by Amy Cuddy