Positive Productivity

"Ultimately as a parent we want our kids to be successful whether it is at home, in business, or their career of choice."

A young entrepreneurial at heart with her own childhood lemonade stand and homemade Italian cookies as an up-sale, Muddy grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. With thorough administrative experience and know how, she developed Muddy Megabytes, a business that offers administrative services and all things technical. Tune in to hear Kim and Muddy hit topics on husband delegation, teaching children life skills at a young age, and multitasking VS serial tasking.

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Highlights:

00:04 Where "Muddy" came from

4:05 Biggest technical oversight

10:59 Husband delegation

14:23 Home Incorporated

16:35 Yes, I am WORKING from home

22:36 Teaching Kids life skills and business skills

34:19 Multitasking is a lie

39:39 I can't do it all

With so many social media platforms taunting us to lose hours scrolling through feeds, I've recognized that it's important for me to choose my primary platform carefully. Listen to hear the platform where I'm spending most of my time… and why!

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"I am a student of the world, I love learning new things."

An entertainment lawyer once told Amy that she is nothing, a nobody, and has no money to make it in the entertainment industry. His free advice to her was to write about what she knows, create a blog, a book, and get out there. Now she is an author of a Best Seller "Book of Failures", appears on a local talk show, has been filmed in a movie, and Amy's own film is now in development. Listen in as Kim and Amy have a lighthearted conversation about failures, how kids can be a handful, and their advice on embracing your heritage!

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Highlights:

3:31 How her book came to be

9:06 Amy's words are making people feel, more normal

16:53 The need to be searchable

23:40 The three calls

27:43 Visiting a friend in China

36:57 #Podernfamily

39:04 Now what does that entertainment attorney say??

46:07 Push past the "no's"

As a marketing automation and business strategist, it would be almost an understatement to say I have been through a few marketing training programs. One common teaching I have heard, however, is that we should post rants on our feed to get more attention. Listen to hear my thoughts on this!

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"The most important gift you can give a person is the unconditional belief in their ability."

Tim was pictured as the poster child of success but in reality, he was miserable in his career; it wasn't what he had expected. One day he woke up and decided to walk away from it all, leave corporate life behind and started an education software business. Listen in as Kim and Tim discuss core values, developing relationships and social skills, and how opportunities tend to present themselves once you stop chasing them.

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Highlights:

2:30 Biggest regrets

7:30 Core Values

12:40 Stop fighting, and just let things happen

14:19 This is how it has been done and should be done

25:25 Building relationships and social skills in this digital world

32:34 Haters are going to hate

39:05 Just believe

46:53 Supporting the community

We all need to be smart about the ways we spend our time and sanity, and tonight my littles gave me full proof that taking them to the grocery with me is…. Not smart. Listen as I share the story, and why I will be changing my grocery shopping procedure drastically!

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"The most important thing is to change your mindset, to realize that you can … create a healthy, energetic body."

Living and teaching the Ageless Living Lifestyle for 35+ years now, Rico Caveglia opened up one of the first modern, personal training studios in San Diego in 1981. Listen in as Kim and Rico discuss his passion for a healthy lifestyle which can produce ageless living. Why? As Rico explains, our bodies have a genetic potential to stay healthy until 125 years old so our life expectancy could have many more years of good living!

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Highlights:

10:58 30-Day Clarity Exercise

19:56 The critical importance of the right food, enough sleep, physical movement and spiritual balance

22:17 Mindfulness - being aware of what we're feeling, thinking and believing

23:18 Your conscious mind can override your subconscious mind

24:10 Master the seven essentials of life - breathe oxygen, drink water, eat real food, eliminate waste products, move our body, get rest & relaxation, and use our brains

Are you segmenting your email list from the moment someone opts in to your initial offer? Tune in to hear why this should be part of every entrepreneur's marketing funnel.

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"We have to be able to decide whether it's right for our business or whether we're trying to live up to somebody else's should's."

First, Heather Cameron worked as an electrical engineer in Australia and then the technology bubble burst. Faced with the question of "what now?" Heather returned home to Canada and earned another degree - this time in Adult Education. Later, Heather was asked to travel to Zambia to lead a local leadership conference. She quickly said yes! During her experiences at home and abroad, Heather learned she had a passion for helping people - specifically women entrepreneurs - find their focus and help their businesses reach their true potential.

Listen in as Kim and Heather discuss Heather's work with women entrepreneurs and how many are susceptible to the world of "should's." As in, I should be doing this or I should be doing that. Sound familiar? If so, grab a cup of coffee, listen to this podcast and learn how you can get your own "should buster" meter!

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Highlights:

9:48 Life was good and then it changed, almost back at square one

10:50 Discovered passion for working with women entrepreneurs

11:53 We've got so many "should's" coming at us

18:11 Social media is one of the biggest should's out there

46:16 Start to create your own "should" buster

Is your personal/professional development reading list feeling stale? Listen as I share my summer 2018 reading list!

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