Is Your Mind In The Way?   

Time, Energy, and Confidence are All Part of the Equation  Owing your own business is amazing and a big goal for many.  If you're on the business path you know all too well how your mind can get in the way of things.    LeAndra Foster shares a very personal ah-ha she had recently about how she's getting in her own way with the success of her business.  She talks about how much more you could do if you just got out of the idea that you have to fail or flail in business.  LeAndra explains, "But my point is, especially to women, especially women business owners, is how are you holding your business back and not making as much money in your business as you could be? Because you are carrying the second shift, you're carrying the emotional load, you're carrying the mental load? How much more could you do? "  Wow what a wonderful idea, you can do more! Remember owing a business isn't a sentence to doing more and more work all the time. It can be the freedom you are seeking as long as you open your mind to the possibilities of more.

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No Need to Go It Alone. 

Collaborating With Others Gets You Farther, Faster.  Writing long form content is a wonderful way to present yourself as an expert in your field. From articles to books you can put more information in front of your potential clients.  While writing may seem simple, the editing process can be time consuming.   Mike Woeckener, a content expert, shares his thoughts on adding collaborative tech to your editing process.   He says,"it's a really neat way to go because you can actually see the other person typing. And, you know, there may be a little bit of a lag, depending on how quick the internet is where you are. But it's a really good way like, say, you and I were working on a book. And, you know, we could go through and we could edit that thing together. And I could say, well, what do you think about this, and I type something on the screen and go, you know, I like that. But I think this word fits better there. And then you can type your word in that you like and to erase what I just did. And so that's, that's really kind of a, it's a very effective and efficient way [to edit]."  Eliminate the back and forth with your editor and look into some document sharing and collaborating technology. You'll get more content out in record time!

Business and Sales Don't Have to Wait Until You're Perfect

It's easy to think you have to have everything perfect before you go make sales. Well, our sales expert Alison Proffit disagrees.  In this chat she shares how showing up messy and imperfect will lead to more sales.   Why is that? Alison muses, "I think that it is more connecting for you to just be real to like, share the things that you've struggled with, share your mess share where the mess used to be, and how you got out of it, share where your mess is right now. Because I think it makes you human. And we want to buy from people we connect with, we want to buy from people that we can like maybe see some of ourselves in..." Be your beautiful messy and whole self! It's the best and easiest way to get to out of your head and get to selling.

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Gamify Your Money and Uncover Your Money Stories Through Play  

Playing games is more than just a great way to kill time. When you play games with your money you uncover things lurking in the shadows.   Our cash flow expert, LeAndra Foster, talks about her love of money gams and what she learned recently during a game exercise.  She shares, "Well, money games help you uncover your money stories because you find something that's uncomfortable and you're like, ooh, so I think I might have mentioned on last week's, that one of the money games that I was playing was to manifest $50,000 in 30 days. And that that concept just blew my mind. I was like, Okay, this is impossible. Oh, Note to self money story, right?"  What's hiding in your head about money? Try a new approach and play a game or two to stretch yourself and see how much your money will grow.

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Messaging Is Not About You. Learn To Speak To, Not At, Your Customers 

 When it comes to talking about what you do it can be easy to just say it in a way that you get. That may not work for your audience or potential customers.   Stephen Krausse, a business operations expert, shares his experience with missing the mark on messaging.   He explains that when you share about your business sometimes it's not the right words. 

 Steve muses,  "the person you're talking to may have that pain point. But they may not define it the same way. And so if you say, I'm offering services to solve this pain point, and they don't define it with those words, they might not make the association that you're trying to help them or that you're capable of helping them."  You don't have to know exactly what to say to start, but when you start talking don't forget to listen too. Your customers will tell you what they do and don't like about what you're saying.

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No matter what your life will show up in your sales  

Even the most professional human has stuff that takes them out of the game. Alison Proffit, as a sales expert, shares her thoughts on how to integrate your life and business.

She shares," So dealing with conflict and helping guide people through working, when things are not going well in the rest of their life is something that I had to do for a long time. And I think that we I still do it with my clients. And it's important to not ignore it. Like if you have things going on in your life, you have to pause and address it. Because your business is going to suffer your relationships in your business will suffer, you may slip and say something that you didn't mean to say, you may slip and do something that you didn't mean to."

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Align Your Actions In Business to Your Goals  

It's easy to have a full calendar in your business and still have zero clients. How is this possible you ask, well it happens when you take action for action's sake.   Mary Gaul, our productivity expert, shares how to better align your action to your goals. She muses, "[When] We're busy, we're taking actions, we're doing things in our business. But if they're not tied to an intention or goal, at the end of the day or the end of the week, at the end of the month, you're just like, okay, I did all this stuff. And now what, what did that do for me?"  Being 'busy' is not enough to have the business of your dreams. It's important to be action-oriented in alignment with your goals. Ask yourself, where do I want to be and how can I take action to get there?

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When you Use Your Money to Buy More Time You Are Really Buying Happiness.

  As a small business owner you know that the work life is never over when you get home. In fact you have to hop into the family work so fast there's no time to breathe. What if you could have more time in your day? Would you be happier?  LeAndra Foster, a business cash flow expert, shares her ah-ha moments around the topic of how to spend extra cash.    She shares,"... and so I was just reading something that said there's a Harvard research study that shows that money does buy happiness when you spend it on buying time. So getting a house cleaner, could buy you more happiness, then spending that two or $300 on say, I don't know maybe massages."  Try this on for size and ask yourself what happiness could you buy if you added time into your day?

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A Smaller Market Means Higher Quality Service 

 The term niche is thrown around a lot these days. All it really means is finding the best fit for your business. It's where your skills and your customers match the best.

  Stephen Krausse, a expert on running businesses, shares how a niche helps you in more than just marketing.   He states,"But operationally, narrowing your niche is a gift. Okay? It's a gift to your business and to yourself, because it allows you to focus your attention on the people that you can serve best with the products and services that you can deliver best."  Do you find yourself serving "everyone"? Then i's time to narrow down to just those customers that you can really help.

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Business is Not About Business All the Time  

You didn't start a business so you can work and be grumpy all the time. In this conversation between Alison Proffit and Flow CEO Megan Anderson, Alison opens up about why play is key to success.   She shares, "Don't look at your goal. And then think to yourself, oh, if I don't sit here and work, I'm not going to hit that goal. Um, because there is some truth to that you do have to be taking intentional aligned action, but that action needs to be inspired. And so if you go and live your life and add some play into it, and play doesn't need need to be, go spend lots of money on a vacation, a play could be put on some music and dance around your office, go for a walk, go for a bike ride..."  Ask yourself where you could put more play into your day, your business will be better for it.

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