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Welcome back to “Questionably Awesome!” Today, Evans and I answer your questions about moving on from a job where you feel stuck.
Janine Reader asks: “So stuck with my job! My heart wants more!”
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This year, we built what we knew we were going to need as a couple. Both of us are diving into new businesses, and we knew that if we didn’t make ourselves a priority, we would end up on the backburner. So we set up a couples’ mastermind where we went on dream date trips and we started tracking what matters most to us. Those simple things have made such a difference in keeping our relationship on the forefront, and that most recent trip completely shifted our energy.
If you need to make sure you’re setting time to do the things that are most important to you, but don’t feel urgent, you need to take these two points to heart:
As counterintuitive as it may seem, there are times when stepping away from your business or your work is the best thing you can do for your productivity and inspiration. You need to be changing up your energy to inspire you to do things at a new level. Switching things up doesn’t always feel good at first – in fact, it can feel very uncomfortable. But doing so opens up space for new opportunities.
Routines are powerful, but they can also get you stuck. You have to remind yourself why you are doing what you do, what you are working towards, and what levels there are ahead.
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Bridgette Boucha is someone near and dear to me. She helps me grow and expand my business in all the right ways. As part of my CFO, she helps me dial in my goals, manage my money, and grow both the vision of my company and me as a person behind it. I don’t know what I would do without her and her incredible team, and after hearing this interview, you’ll wonder how you ever survived without her too.
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Bridgette is a seeker of expansion. As a former corporate CFO turned CFO for entrepreneurs, she brings a unique style, voice, and methodology to help you run a profitable e-business while living a fuller life.
She and her team provide proven, sought-after strategies that she used to scale her latest business to multi-six figures in just five months during the global pandemic. Her soulful, energetic approach to numbers is refreshing to the heart-centered entrepreneurs she serves.
You can find her enthusiastically speaking, mentoring, educating, and empowering others through her online communities, programs, and courses designed with just the right amount of woo-woo and woo-hoo for next-level leaders.
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How do you manage your motivation? Even as naturally motivated people, we still have days where we wake up feeling no motivation to build a business, work out, or do anything. Even if you’re not naturally motivated, that doesn’t mean you won’t see success, and just because you don’t wake up motivated doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to turn things around. Whoever you are, own it, and implement the tools we’re going to share with you to manufacture motivation whenever you need it.
So many things can affect your willpower and motivation: your sleep, what you eat, how much you exercise, or just your levels of stress. There’s so much going on at any given time and you have to take inventory of it all. Try to mitigate the pain points where you can.
The first thing to do every day is shift into gratitude. Ask yourself, “What are three things I’m grateful for and three things I’m excited for?” These can be hard to answer when you’re feeling down or unmotivated, but that’s when answering them is most important.
It’s OK to feel a certain way and shaming yourself for not feeling motivated isn’t helpful. You feel the way you feel, but you can still make choices from that place. Giving up will only make you feel worse in the long term.
You have control over your destiny, over your mood, and over your motivation. Starting off on the wrong track never has to determine your day. Use these tools and get yourself going again.
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We can do so much more when we learn to be brave. Bravery isn’t as simple as not being afraid; it’s about not letting fear hold you back from doing what you need – or just want – to do. When fear keeps us from living as our truest self or following our life’s desires, it can prevent us from being who we’re supposed to be. We all want to be a little braver and there’s nobody better to show us how than Sarah Pendrick.
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Sarah Pendrick is the founder of GirlTalk Network – a women empowerment and lifestyle brand – and the creator of GirlTalk Foundation, a 501c3 that gives back to younger generations. She is a sought-after mentor, host, author of the book “Beautifully Brave,” and creator of the women's empowerment and self-development event GirlTalk Festival.
Sarah has dedicated her life to supporting people in living bravely as their true selves, teaching them to believe in their gifts so that they can fill their lives with abundance, love, and complete awareness of their worth. She's been featured in Forbes, NBC, “The Doctors,” E!, and Entrepreneur, and was called an “iconic woman creating a better world” at the Women Economic Forum. She has spoken on stages all around the world.
She lives in Manhattan Beach, California with her husband, Josh, and their fur baby, Titan.
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As a lawyer and fellow passionate entrepreneur, Andrea Sager knows, first-hand, how much blood, sweat, and tears goes into building a brand that is both meaningful and uniquely yours. She also knows the importance of protecting it. She left bigwig law and founded a full-service law firm specifically designed to provide affordable legal services for small business owners like you. She makes business law fun – who knew that was possible? You’re going to get so much value from her.
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Questions can be a powerful tool for leveling up in every aspect of your life. As they say: “Ask better questions, get better answers.” We’re going to talk about one question we each use as a tool in order to better our lives and our businesses.
For Chris, his goal is to be as fit as he can be this summer. To make sure he hits this goal, he had to develop some tools. One of those tools was asking himself this question before every decision: “How will this make me feel in one hour?” We make so many decisions hoping for instant gratification, but thinking an hour ahead is just far enough out for you to realize whether it’s something you truly want or something you’ll regret.
My question that I ask myself is: “How can I look at this differently?” We experience discomfort on a daily basis, but we rarely think about why we’re feeling that way or what it might be telling us. Often when we’re feeling fear, it’s actually a sign that we’re in an area with opportunity for expansion and growth. When there’s no problems and no fear, there’s no way we’re ever going to get better.
If you ask yourself these two questions purposefully and intentionally, you will make exponentially better decisions and see a wider set of opportunities. These two questions can change your life.
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Catherine Gray is truly an angel. The founder of She Angels Investors, she’s dedicated to leveling the playing field for female entrepreneurs since they are historically underfunded and underrepresented. Every venture in which she invests is working toward the greater good. We talk about investing, funding women, and creatively raising money.
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Catherine Gray is a producer, author, TEDx speaker, host of the “Invest in Her” podcast, the Founder of She Angel Investors, and Co-Founder of non-profit She Angels Foundation.
Her focus is always on empowering female entrepreneurs. Her passion is to utilize her multimedia platform to fund women and level the playing field since women are severely underfunded.
Currently, her dream project is producing a new original series for television called “She Angels.” It covers the exciting journeys of the female entrepreneurs who win funding and mentorship at the She Angels Pitch Fest. She Angels is creating a global initiative to fund women around the world.
She also produces and hosts a popular podcast “Live Love Thrive” and just launched a new podcast called “Invest in Her,” to discuss ways to accelerate the funding of women and provide resources and inspiration to our listeners. It features both female founders and funders! It is distributed on Apple, Spotify, iHeart, and wherever you listen to podcasts.
She has produced several award-winning films including the very first documentary film about gay marriage called “I Can't Marry You.” Narrated by Ellen DeGeneres's mom, Betty, the film aired on PBS in more than 60 cities nationwide. She also co-produced several documentary films for the LOGO network, which led her to start her own production company called Showbiz Shorts (aka Corp Shorts), and now her most current endeavor, 360 Karma Productions.
She Angels is my multi-media platform that creates everything from films and shows, to game-changing events to empower women such as the Live Love Thrive Conferences, podcasts, and the She Angels Pitchfest and TV series. Pitchfest is a collaboration with the city of West Hollywood, CA.
After 15 years, she left her position as the top producer of Miami’s cable television advertising to become Vice President of Advertising for the first-ever gay, cable network and decided from that day forward that all of her ventures would be working on projects for the greater good.
Her favorite quote is from Mahatma Gandhi: "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in complete harmony." She also believes strongly in the Dalai Lama’s quote, “The Western women will save the world.”
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The biggest battle you can fight in life is the one within your mind. If we can overcome all of the different thoughts and emotions that come with setting and pursuing our big, lofty goals, we can do anything. According to experts, winning is 80% mindset and only 20% skill. That shows us why this is where all of your energy should be going. When we master our minds, we master the game of life.
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What do you do when you and someone close to you – a friend, a business partner, a spouse – are in two different seasons? Sometimes you’re going to find yourself working closely with someone who’s in a different mode of life than you, so you’ve got to learn how to make the most of it.
First and foremost: honor whatever season you’re in. Whether you’re in a season of resting or a season of pushing, you are only going to hurt yourself if you fight against it. Those seasons are not going to last forever, so just remember that the best thing you can do for your success is to take care of what you need in the moment.
Don’t be afraid to ask for what you need. Tying back to that first point, if someone asks for something from you that would require you to dishonor your needs, you need to make that clear. In return, ask for what you need. Find some common ground, make your needs clear, and be willing to take different approaches to get where you want to go.
You need to make sure that you’re communicating your long-term goals. When you see the overall vision and know that you’re both working towards it, you’ll be more forgiving of the ebb and flow it takes to get there.
You also should find other people in the same season as you. It can get lonely when all of the people near you seem to be in another mode, so seek out those going through the same thing so that you can fuel each other up however you need to.
When you find yourself in different seasons with friends, a romantic partner, or a business partner, it can actually lead to great things. Follow these tips and you can accelerate your season, creating a win-win situation for everyone.
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Kareen Walsh is a brilliant strategist. Some people are dreamers with a huge vision to create something game-changing. And then there are people like Kareen who take the vision and say, “How do we make this happen?” She hit the glass ceiling at age 22 and saw that the path she was on didn’t lead to where she wanted to go. Her response? Leaving her successful career behind and applying the skills she had acquired into something that truly lit her up. These are the four steps she uses to help you create strategic alignment in whatever goals you’re working on.
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Kareen Walsh: Startup Advisor and Investor. Serial entrepreneur. Executive coach. Author. Podcaster.
She is the CEO and Founder of Revampologist, LLC, a seven-figure boutique consulting and coaching company. She has over 17 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience leading and advising industry leaders. Her unique approach to her service-based business is to shine a lens on people, process, and technology, all while maintaining a hyperfocus on leadership to help businesses scale.
Clients include trillion-dollar companies like BlackRock, Groupon, and Broadridge, as well as numerous startups preparing to launch. She has built her seven-figure business by helping source the expertise her clients need and coaching leaders on how to align what they love with what they do – and monetize it! She believes that if you are not growing as a person, then your business won't grow either. Her books “Lead with Value” and “Be a Badass,” along with her podcast “Your Badass Journey” share her methods of personal and professional growth with the world.
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Lily Laurore is the founder of Sage & Onyx Soapery. She makes hand-crafted body, bath, and hair products from natural oils and ingredients. Her products are fun, they make you look and feel good, and they make you happy. She has a love of chemistry which first led her to the military and, eventually, pharmacy tech work. That’s where she fell in love with making soaps, which she now does full time. We talk about getting over the fear of growth and finding balance.
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Lily Laurore combines her love of chemistry and art to create luxurious products with natural ingredients, offering an array of handcrafted body care items that will comfort the soul, delight the skin, and appeal to the eyes.
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It’s really easy to neglect our relationships when going after our big dreams. When I was writing my book “A Tribe Called Bliss,” I did a ton of research on what makes people happy. What is this place called bliss that we all strive for? Is it even worth striving for? Happiness is great, but it’s important that we don’t deny ourselves the full range of emotions just because we want to be happy. And one of the best ways to cultivate those emotions is through meaningful relationships.
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Welcome back to “Questionably Awesome!” Today, Evans and I answer your questions about proving your worth and finding balance between business and family.
Erin Kennedy asks: “How are you successful in achieving balance? I understand the notion of having to go all in and go hard and I love it, but I have a one-year-old and, now, I feel like I've bit off more than I can chew. I need to be there for my family, but I also want to grow this business.”
Keri Lintner asks: “How do I prove the value of my worth to a company or person that doesn’t understand my profession or business ? What are the key-points to share in an elevator pitch?”
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Lori inspired me to start my business, Law of Attraction Tribe. Lori is so motivating and always seems to know exactly what obstacle I’m trying to overcome and gives advice to get me over the hurdle. Whether you're an entrepreneur or not, you will feel inspired and energized after each episode.