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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering more of your questions around building confidence.
@vivianamindful asks: How do you remain confident when you're at the start of your business and feeling overwhelmed?
@suzannelamoureaux asks: How do you gain confidence when starting something new that you've never done before?
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Are you ready to be an entrepreneur?
We have six questions you should be asking yourself — whether you have a business already or are thinking of starting one — to make sure you aren’t putting yourself into situations that are going to lead you to unhappiness.
Entrepreneurship is so trendy right now. While it’s a great way to make money and build financial security, not everybody is meant to be an entrepreneur… at least not right now. Use these questions as a guide to determine whether or not being an entrepreneur is right for you:
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Without Jamie Kern Lima in my life, I’m not sure that I’d be starting my company right now. She’s a cheerleader for all women and has so much belief in people. Her personal story is a billion-dollar success story when the cosmetics company she founded was sold to L’Oréal and became the first female CEO of one of their brands in history. Her new book "Believe It" is a must-read if you have big dreams, and she’s going to ignite your soul on fire and remind you that anything is possible.
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Jamie Kern Lima started IT Cosmetics in her living room and grew the company into the largest luxury makeup brand in the country. She sold the company to L’Oréal in a billion-dollar deal and became the first female CEO of a brand in its history. Her love of her customers and remarkable authenticity and belief eventually landed her on the Forbes America’s Richest Self-Made Women list. Today, she’s a mother of two and an active investor, speaker, and thought leader who is passionate about inspiring and elevating women. She’s also an active philanthropist who has donated over $40 million in product and funds to help women face the effects of cancer with confidence.
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So many of us are operating in life without a plan. That’s why whenever we think about our dreams or something that we want to do we start to freak out. When you don’t have a plan around the things you need to accomplish it can be paralyzing. There are just too many possibilities for you to get distracted with. So let’s talk about why you need a plan that’s going to put you into action and give you the confidence you need to keep moving forward.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions around building confidence.
@rowellty asks: How do you overcome being intimidated by being in the company of those you admire or are more successful than you?
@melissa_wucinick asks: How do I overcome people pleasing? I know I am doing it but can't stop, and need the validation on social media.
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There are some common threads between being a good leader and being a good romantic partner. Nobody is going to be great at either when they’re just starting out — just think back to your first relationship and I’m sure you’ll agree — but with some intentional practice, we can become better leaders and better partners at the same time.
Give feedback in the moment
Nothing is worse than letting a grievance sit and then coming back to it after the other person has moved on. Some people get over things much more quickly than others. If you try to bring something up later, the other person may get confused, defensive, or angry. And small things left unaddressed continue to build up until they become a huge roadblock in your relationship. That can all be avoided by bringing it up in the moment.
Being honest, open, and building trust
Building off of that last point, giving feedback in the moment is what is going to make people learn to trust you. Being honest also empowers other people around you to open up and be their best, and that is the sign of a good relationship in business AND life.
What gets recognized gets repeated
When you see the kind of behavior you want, you have to work to recognize it in a way that acknowledges the other person. This will help that behavior stick and give further clarity to the types of behaviors you want. This also opens the trust door for feedback and makes it easier to breach the conversation around what can be improved.
If you take in these three tips, you’re going to make it a lot of the way towards being great in both leadership AND relationships.
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Jessica Zweig is a girl on FIRE. Not just because she’s doing big things in the world, but because she’s truly tapped into the power of being herself. You hear it all the time: Being your authentic self is your superpower. But how do you do that? Jessica is going to show you how you can activate this power inside of you at this very moment, reminding you how to get out of your head and figure out what it is about you that makes you unique and apply it to everything you do.
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Jessica Zweig is the CEO of the SimplyBe. Agency, a premier personal branding firm based in Chicago, serving clients across the globe. Named a “Personal Branding Expert” by Forbes, a Top Digital Marketer To Watch by INC, and honored with the Gold and Silver Stevie® Award for “Female Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2018 and 2019, Jessica facilitates sold-out workshops and speaks on the power of personal branding to corporations including Google, Salesforce, Virgin, Nike, Motorola, Red Bull, and Bank of America. She also hosts the top-ranked marketing podcast The SimplyBe Podcast. Jessica’s debut book, Be: A No Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself, launches in February 2021 with Sounds True, an imprint of Macmillan.
After growing up in Highland Park, IL, and attending the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Jessica co-founded CheekyChicago, one of the premier lifestyle magazines in Chicago. The website was a huge success, and although Jessica was known as a Top 10 Chicago “It” Girl, behind the scenes her life was far from perfect. The website began to lose money, and Jessica’s relationship with her co-founder turned toxic, but she still strove to maintain the façade of success. After overdrafting her checking account and unable to pay her cell phone bill, Jessica realized she wasn’t being her authentic self. Instead, she was operating from a place of fear which prevented her from true success. This revelation led Jessica to found her own company, SimplyBe. Agency, in 2014.
At SimplyBe., Jessica and her team work with corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and creatives to become recognized industry experts and thought leaders. SimplyBe works with clients including Heineken, Morningstar, Blackstone, Mars, Vishen Lakhiani, Jason Rosenthal, Andrea Levoff, Larry Jordan, and many more to successfully develop their personal brands while highlighting their greatest business asset: their authenticity. Her business provides customized branding, marketing, and creative services with an emphasis on core values like kindness, truth, service, and of course, authenticity.
Jessica believes authenticity is the key to true success, and that being yourself opens up a new world of empowerment that’s not just about how much money you’re making. She’s also on a mission to debunk the perception that personal branding is an act of vanity; instead, when done right, personal branding is an act of service, a social responsibility, and a positive investment toward a positive future.
Jessica has brought her life-changing and trademarked methodology to clients around the world, taking many from unknown experts to recognized thought leaders. In her free time, she loves traveling, meditating, journaling, working out, and reading. She is involved with multiple charities including the Humane Society, The Human Rights Campaign, I Grow Chicago, Black Lives Matter, and more. Jessica currently lives in Chicago with her husband and two dogs.
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You are always going to be uncomfortable for one of two reasons: you’re either leaving your comfort zone or you are staying in it too long. They both create discomfort, so which would you rather choose? Staying in your comfort zone never creates the result that you want; you don’t grow, and still end up experiencing pain when the universe decides it’s time to wake you up. Or, you can choose to leave your comfort zone on purpose and move through the discomfort to reach the next level — you’re going to be uncomfortable either way, so you might as well have something to show for it.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions about consistency and greed.
@miss_evab asks: I'm struggling to be consistent with my business social media account!
@danigmorris asks: Can you talk about how to overcome GREED? I'm seeing it become an addicting habit.
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There are two types of pain points in life: The ones you are dealt and the ones that are chosen. If you aren’t choosing the pain that you face, life is going to choose for you — and it may not be the kind of pain you want. But any pain you face is going to help you grow, so if you need pain, make sure it’s the pain you choose.
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Felicia Alexander is the cofounder of BoxUnion, a boxing fitness studio sparked by her dream of empowering communities and helping others discover their greatness. In 2020, her business went digital in order to adapt to what was happening in the world, taking her reach from California to global. We talk about pivoting, opening a business, and leaving behind the life you thought you were going to lead. It’s an awesome, inspiring conversation that you’re going to get a ton of value from.
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Felicia’s love of community and fitness started at a young age. While her grandfather was an amateur boxer, it wasn’t until after the sudden death of her father when she was only 16, Felicia discovered her love of boxing.
A graduate of Stanford University and the UCLA Anderson School of Business, Felicia went on to have a successful career as a Sales & Marketing executive for companies including Sun Microsystems, Sony, Mattel, and Leaf Group, all the while recruiting friends and members of her team to come together through fitness.
In 2016, she decided to leave corporate America to chase her childhood dream of empowering the community through boxing and helping others discover their true greatness through fitness— no matter their age or ability. Together with her business partner, Todd Wadler, Alexander launched BoxUnion in Santa Monica, CA in April of 2017. After the success of the first studio, BoxUnion opened a second location in West Hollywood, CA in January of 2019. In April of 2020 BoxUnion Digital launched allowing consumers all over the world to stay healthy, de-stress, and build their mental strength from anywhere at any time.
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I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me about how I’m able to get so much done so fast in my new company. I want to dive into that topic, showing how I am getting some things done fast, what is taking me longer, and the things that need to intentionally go slower in order to do them right. Making decisions is a muscle that needs to be worked, so get flexing!
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions about overcoming struggle.
@sambamfarley: I hate my day job and want to quit but don't have enough income to support me. What should I do?
@samantha_haffner : Struggling with motivation! I have been lacking motivation and need to kick my own butt. Help please!
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Fear of competition scares a lot of people away from even taking the first step towards a business, but there’s no reason that competition should hold you back. So, we’re going to break down the reasons why you shouldn’t worry about competition and why you should actually be wary of starting a business that has no competition.
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After Dr. Sonja Stribling’s divorce left her bankrupt, both financially and emotionally, she decided to leverage her personal journey in order to help others. We have a great conversation about her past and how she used everything she’s experienced, good and bad, to create her business, and how you can use your personal story to propel you forward.
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Dr. Sonja is a Transformation Specialist, Influence Expert known as the General to Giants. This retired Army Major, recipient of Barack Obama Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award, National Speaker for the Think & Grow Rich The Legacy World Tour, and former TV Host on Bravo Network, now uses this training and experience to lead thousands of to their victory in dominating in their space and use their inner POWER to ascend to their Next Level in life and business.
Having overcome a series of life-changing experiences at a young age, a 21-year military career, a highly decorated combat veteran with a harrowing divorce that left her financially and emotionally bankrupt, Dr. Sonja has drawn upon her past pain to connect her closer to her purpose. Her mission is to use her leadership skills and her own journey as a means to help others ignite their inner strength and realize their true potential as human beings, business owners, and world-changers.
As the Chairwoman of the Born to Be Powerful Academy®, home of Kitchen Table CEOTM her firm’s courses, events, and results-based coaching & consulting programs equips emerging and established women, thought leaders, influencers, entrepreneurs, and game-changers to use find their POWER to have a fulfilled life, booming business and live life on their own terms.
From her one-on-one coaching, group training events to online seminars, thousands shift their life, career, and business from her teachings.
Her core belief is “don’t wait for others to invite you to the table, create your own table!”
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Get ready, because I’m about to preach. I have chosen to see that I am supposed to take every problem I encounter, every obstacle, everything that gets thrown in my way as a lesson to share with others. And that lesson today is all about having a vision and following through with it in order to live your purpose.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions about overwhelm and compassion.
@tracy_swselfcare asks: I get so overwhelmed about starting. How do I start taking action?
@officialnattig asks: Difference between compassion and feeling like you need to help?
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There are a handful of things that have just as much to do with running a successful business as they do having successful relationships. You obviously want your relationship to thrive just as much as your business, so start focusing on these three things and make strides in both.
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I love hearing about the raw, real journey it takes to build a company from the ground up. Bringing your passion to life despite all of the walls you hit along the way is a story I will never get tired of hearing. And the story of Josh Landan is just that. He’s the founder of Saint Archer Brewing Co., which he just sold to Coors for $100 million, and then he sold Ashland Hard Seltzer to Anheuser-Busch after only eleven months of building the brand. It’s truly inspiring and you’re going to take so much away from this conversation.
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Josh started his career telling stories from behind the lens – filming, directing, writing, and producing films and documentaries featuring some of the world's top surfers, snowboards, and skateboards. The passion for bringing his athlete friends’ stories to life led him to create Saint Archer Brewing Co. and later Harland Brewing Co.
Recognizing all of his friends were quickly developing a taste for hard seltzer, Josh saw an opportunity to create something different and tell a new story with friends from all walks of life. Ashland Hard Seltzer was brewed to bring together people from all walks of life, to share moments, and create stories as one. Moments are fleeting. Stories live forever. Cheers!
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I hope your new year is going awesome, but if it’s off to a bad start—like mine is—here’s your chance to reframe. I’m having a massive expectation hangover for how I wanted to start the new year, but all of the greatest lessons in life come from reframing things that didn’t go your way.
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Welcome back to Questionably Awesome! Today, Evans and I are going to be answering your questions about business.
@ilonavaro asks: Do you have any go-to templates for business strategy planning for the year ahead?
@kelsey.eyers asks: How do I connect with my affiliates in a time when everyone is so distracted?
@larissabayet asks: Does imposter syndrome ever seem to go away? Or do you just learn to deal with it? How can you overcome it?
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We didn't start the new year off quite how we intended. Our usual rituals and business plans went out the window when we both caught COVID. But in the midst of that, and feeling helpless, there were a lot of lessons learned that we can carry forward… some that we are actually grateful to have experienced.
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You’ve probably heard of Heather Dubrow from her time on “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” but she’s truly done it all. From acting to hosting, design to entrepreneurship, Heather is a powerhouse. Her podcast, “Heather Dubrow’s World,” has over 100 million downloads, and her YouTube channel, “Heather’s Closet,” had millions of views. We talk about how she developed such a diverse portfolio, what’s going on in her personal life, and what’s in store for the future.
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Heather Dubrow (née Heather Paige Kent) is an Actress, Author, Singer, Entrepreneur, Mom, and Wife. Heather is a veteran of scripted television and you may also recognize her from her 5 seasons as the Champs drinking brunette in a sea of blondes on the Real Housewives of Orange County.
She is also an accomplished host with credits ranging from newsrooms to talk shows. Heather’s top-rated podcast “Heather Dubrow’s World” has amassed a huge following with over 100.5 MILLION downloads!
Heather is also well known internationally for her sense of design and fashion as evidenced by her YouTube channel, HEATHER’S CLOSET, which has millions of downloads.
Heather is married to the world-renowned plastic surgeon, Dr. Terry Dubrow, star of E!'s hit TV series Botched.
Together, the Dubrow’s have authored three books together including “Dr. and Mrs. Guinea Pig present The only guide you'll ever need to the best anti-aging treatments", “The Dubrow Diet” and their latest book, “THE DUBROW KETO FUSION DIET” (Harper Collins, 2020). Terry and Heather have a top-selling skincare and supplement line called CONSULT BEAUTE AND CONSULT HEALTH.
They have four children together and live in Newport Beach, California.
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Ashley Stahl is equal parts brilliant and hilarious. She’s helping people discover their confidence, finding a career path that they love, and landing more job offers. If you are unsure of the career that you’re in, if you’re not sure what’s next, or if you’re looking to expand what you’re already doing by thinking bigger, this is the podcast for you!
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Ashley Stahl is a counterterrorism professional turned career coach, speaker, and author on a mission to help you step into a career or business you’re excited about and aligned with. Her book, now available on Amazon for pre-order, You Turn: Get Unstuck, Discover Your Direction, Design Your Dream Career, takes readers on her career journey into counterterrorism, offering an 11 step formula to discover their best career fit. Through her two viral TEDx speeches, her email list of 500,000 and her show, You Turn Podcast, she's been able to support clients in 31 countries in discovering their best career path, upgrading their confidence and landing more job offers.
She maintains a monthly career column in Forbes, and her work has been also featured in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, CBS, SELF, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and more. Ashley earned a Master’s in international relations from King’s College London, and another Master’s in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. She holds a Bachelor’s from University of Redlands in government, history and French.
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Are you ready to get some serious clarity on your life’s purpose? Because Sahara Rose is going to show you how it intertwines with everything that you do. Not only is she a bestselling author and thought leader, but she’s also a dancing queen that’s just trying to raise the vibes on this planet! She’s here to help show you your dharma so that you can blossom into your highest self and embody your fullest expression. She makes ayurvedic knowledge accessible to the masses, so get ready to be filled up with spiritual wisdom!
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Sahara Rose is an ancient soul in a modern body. She has been called "a leading voice for the millennial generation into the new paradigm shift" by Deepak Chopra, who wrote the foreword of her books. She is the best-selling author of four books, including the upcoming Discover Your Dharma. She also hosts the Highest Self Podcast, the #1 spirituality podcast on iTunes with over 25 million downloads. Sahara is the founder of Rose Gold Goddesses, the sacred sisterhood collective all about embodying the goddess within.
She is a keynote speaker, speaking on stages at Google and Facebook, as well as being featured as the nutrition speaker for Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign at Harvard Medical School and in Vogue, Forbes, NBC, and more.