The Boundless Mindset Podcast

I had the pleasure of chatting with Anwin Mbah.

The  founder of Wealthfluency and Gender/Racial wealth gap advocate helping business women gain clarity and control of your business finances so you can get more F-words (fun, freedom and family-time)

Take the Quiz and find out how to leverage your money archetype to build more wealth : https://www.wealthfluency.com/wealth-booster.quiz

Connect with Anwin

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/anwinmbah/
• LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anwinmbah/

We’re so over with the New year resolutions!  

Every year around this time we’re filled with so many mixed emotions that we often feel emotionally defeated. To the point that the whole idea of creating a new year resolution triggers us and brings up so many past disappointments and shame of all the things that we said we were going to do, but never got around to it 

 I 'm guilty of this! I remember getting to the point of not even attempting to try because I felt like what’s the point!  I’m never going to do it anyway! And the problem became bigger than the New year resolutions, I stopped trusting myself.  I stopped believing that I will do what I said I was going to do.  I stopped being impeccable with my word.

 This only started to change for me when I found a strong why. A strong desire of what I wanted to do.  You see it wasn’t enough to just want to go to the gym because I want to look cute, or start a business because I liked the lifestyle of rich and famous CEOs

 No, I had to find something deeper in my goals.  That’s the only thing that truly helped me in the things that I eventually ended up sticking to doing.  And I’m still on that journey of finding deeper meaning for somethings in my life that I haven’t found the consistency to follow-thought.

 In addition to finding a deeper meaning to what you want to accomplish for the new year. It’s also important to monitor your progress.

 You want to first think about what’s important to you to prioritize this year.  What you focus on, grows. 

 This is why creating a YES list is so effective.  So what is a yes list?

 A  YES list is a list of priorities that you decide to focus on this year.  For example in your YES list, you could have: ·

•  Health and Wellness
• Career and Business
• Finances
• Relationships
• Spirituality
• Adventure
• Contribution
• Growth

You want to strengthen your spirituality this year, whatever that means to you.  Put that in your YES list. … etc

 Think about how improving in these areas can impact your life.  What does being physically and mentally well mean to you?  How can that enhance your life? 

Do that for all the areas in your life

You also want to create a NO list this year in order to become aware of the things that you want to move away from this year so that you have more time and space for the things that are actually helpful to being your best self.

 You might put the following in your NO list: 

• Toxic relationships
• Self-sabotage
• Lack and scarcity
• Playing small
• Negative energy
• Other

 Once you create your Yes and No list, now you decided what you want and what you don’t want in the general sense

 So it’s not about going to the gym, it’s about feeling healthy and well.  t’s not about getting that promotion by this time, it’s about advancing in your career.

 It’s not about generating certain revenue as an entrepreneur, it’s about being consistent in your growth.

 Unlike the traditional New Year's Resolution, you’re not measuring how many times you went to the gym or how much money you saved, or if you got that promotion of finally created that dream business.  Instead, you’re measuring saying YES to your priorities this year

 Each day you want to ask yourself, how did I say yes to the things that are important to me.

 As you say more YES to your priorities this yes, you start to build health habits and start to feel confident in your progress.  With just one YES, you're able to impact all areas of your life to improve and move in the right direction.

Create your YES list today!  

What a year! I have mixed feelings about 2021.  I felt the weight of the Covid 19th as it continue to restrict our lives and I also went through couple of challenging personal situations that offered some really good lessons for growth and learning. But also took a lot of energy and time to deal with

Wins:

• This is was the second year running my business on a full-time basis.  This is the year were things got real for me past the honeymoon phase
• I felt that I gave myself the permission to try few things and just go for it.
• I enjoyed renting an office space for the days that I didn't feel like working from home
• Establish partnerships with some of the local service providers such as Invest Ottawa, The City, World Skills and the YMCA supporting their teams and clients.
• Another big win for me was also revamping my signature program to offer more value, I extended the program to 5 months with optimized coaching not only on business but also on mindset development which I was not able to do in the 12 week program.
• Hired a growth partner. This was a big win for me because I was on this one woman show for some time and I realized in order to grow further I needed another thinking partner.

Lessons:

So many lessons ….

• Prioritize  ME time. Being in business of helping people, I find myself that I was putting others needs before my own all the time. I was not being as intentional about planning time to enjoy by myself
• Time to do more fun things, learn new skills and hobbies and just discover me in a different way.  Looking forward to time with me in 2022
• Create systems to make my day to day tasks easier.  I realized implementing automation wherever it makes sense can make life so much easier.  Simple thing like sending people the link to your calendar so that they can book time with you was so valuable in cutting the time of going back and forth and scheduling.  This something I’ll be looking to do more of this year
• Frequent feedback and evaluations.  I felt that the year was going so fast and so many things happening< I didn’t take enough time to evaluate and reflect
• Bring back the fun! To make sure that I’m having fun with everything that I’m doing.  I don’t want anything to feel like a lot of energy wasted.  I want to rather align and enjoy the process.  If I’m not having fun, then there’s an indication that something is off .

What to expect in 2022

 Podcast:

•  More Mindset, abundance, and mindfulness themes
• Planning on offering some practical tools that you can implement and add to your toolkit.

Coaching Business:

• Rolling out mindset mastery E-course again stay tuned for more info on this
• More workshops, and online events
• The Boundless Mindset Journal will also be available.  I’m putting the finishing touches on it.  I can’t wait for you to try it and let know your thoughts
• More collaborations with other WOC professionals, entrepreneurs and agencies

 I feel like this year will be huge … a lot happening! Kids are growing doing their own thing! Super proud   of them.  I’m grateful for everything. I feel blessed and loved.  I’m grateful for you being part of this journey with me. It's not always perfect, but I do it because I feel I can offer some value. Thank you for receiving and sharing.

Here’s to us! Happy 2022!!!

Kick off the New Year with a Bang and Book your Discovery Call HERE

Another HOT topic! 

What are you supposed to do if your partner does not support your business goals and vision.

    was recently delivering my Manifest your Magic vision board workshop when one of the participants asked this questions.  It also kept coming up when I asked on social media what topics listeners are interested in.

 Becoming an entrepreneurs is a big decision that affects your partner in more ways than one.  So it’s crucial to communicate and include your partner. 

 You want to make sure your partner understands and is on the same page with the changes and the disruption that will happen.

 Two things that might cause stress in the relationship are finances and lack of time attention.

 Your business will probably require investments that might come from the family finances and cause it to be point of conflict.

 And if you’re leaving your 9-5, you’ll have to deal with the loss of your pay cheque and income consistency and how that’s going to affect your partner and family.

 You want to make sure you clearly communicate the financial impact and figure out a way to deal with it.  You don’t want to make unrealistic expectations and not letting your partner in the loop of what to expect when your business is not generating as planned.  You want to communicate and find solutions before it becomes a major problem.

 The other thing that might be causing issues with your partner is that your lack of availability and attention for him and the relationship.

 It’s important that let your partner know that they are important to you and that you are prioritizing the relationship.  Ways you can do that is setting time to spend together.  Being present with your partner and unplugging from your work and other distractions such as social media.

What if you do all this and your partner just doesn’t want to be on board with you pursuing your dreams.  In that case, there’s underlying issues that may have nothing to do with you becoming an entrepreneur.

 This can provide an opportunity to work on your relationship and discuss some expectations.  Because partners are supposed to support each other.  

So why aren't they?

That’s something you’ll need to address if you want the relationship to work for both parties.  It can’t be just one person giving all the time and not receiving.

If both parties and committed to each other, the relationship can grow and they can find a way to grow and flourish.

 What happens often is that one partner takes the backseat and becomes supportive for the sake of harmony while the other partner expects to just reap the benefits without giving the same in return.

Then there's the societal and cultural expectations that expect women to always take the supportive role and stay in the shadows.  So when the women starts following her dreams and shining, that makes some feel uncomfortable.  

 You might get a lot of criticism and hateful comments judging your actions and intentions.This experience can help you grow as person and help you tap into your inner strength and conviction about what you want and what’s important to you.

 At the end of the day, you can submit to the cultural and societal pressures, pressure from your partner and extended family or choose to feel fulfilled to follow your dreams and creating the life that you want.

Whatever decision you make, it’s the best decision for you at this time.

Share your thoughts on this topic.  Has this been an issue for you? How did you deal with it?

Thank you for sharing and being part of the Boundless Mindset Community.  

For those of you who have a strong desire to create their own businesses and want to start taking the steps towards that, here’s what you should know:

What do You Care About?
What topics get you fired up! You find yourself being gravitated to? Start with your interest.  Don’t overthink this.  An easy way to find out is to write down everything you did this week. Where was the bulk of the time spent?

A business coach that can guide you through this process.  Book your FREE Discovery Call with me to discuss how to make this possible.

Create Content about What you Care About
Once you know your interest, then you need content creation. Content is how you find your customers.  How you build your tribe and how you become a magnet to your ideal clients to buy from you.  As a new or aspiring entrepreneur, content creation is your bread and butter.  You can’t survive without it.

Show-up Big, Bold and Boundless
One negative side of a 9–5 job is that we’re taught to filter what we say. Because telling the truth in the corporate world can get you in trouble or cause you to lose your job.
Standing for something builds an authentic engagement and loyal followers.
If you find yourself unable to express your views freely because of your job, then that will factor into your choice of leaving your 9-5 sooner rather than later.

Your Job is to Serve
Becoming a successful entrepreneur is all about offering service.  You might see the glamourized version of being an entrepreneur online, but the reality is that it’s not about the glitter and the glamour.  It’s about finding ways to effectively serve others and offer value to your audience.
Without being helpful, nobody will want to pay you a dollar. In the beginning, You will have to offer free service to learn more about your target market and give them a chance to get to know you and find out if you’re worthy of their investment. That’s how you will get referrals and grow organically

Find a way to make $20
You probably won’t start something tomorrow and be earning 6-figures next month.  If that’s your idea of entrepreneurship, then sorry to tell you that may not happen.
What can help you is if you can create something that people are willing to purchase at a low price. This’s a validation that what you’re offering is needed and from there you can make higher ticket offers.  It gives potential customers an entry point to you products and services.

The Golden Rule - Be Kind
Treating people with kindness and respect is such an underrated step.  You represent your business and your brand.  You have to be careful about what you say and how you interact with others.  Being friendly, kind, fair and humble is what will help you become a trusted partner and a brand.
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou

Time to Cut the 9-5 Cord?
If you spend enough time outside of work hours, during lunch breaks, and on the weekend, doing the working on your business, there will be a tipping point. When you earn same or more of what you earn in your 9-5.  That’s the tipping point.  When you reach your tipping point, you want to create a buffer so that you’re not running back to your 9-5 at every setback. That way you leave the 9-5 permanently.

Book your FREE Discovery Call  HERE to learn how you can create a business that will allow you to leave your 9-5.

Dina is a certified Yoga teacher and Mind and Body therapist. She worked in her yoga practice with a variety of people from every walk of life – from sports athletes and martial artists, to people dealing with depression and addiction. Coupled with her life-long passion for psychology and personal development, she continuously strives to design comprehensive programs to improve well-being and quality of life, such as stress and pain management programs.

Dina's passion is to weave yoga and its practice and foundational philosophy with her own background in psychology and psychotherapy, to empower her clients and encourage them to be mindful, kind and compassionate, and to tailor comprehensive classes that promote the mental health and recovery of her clients

She adopts a holistic and  integrated approach that combines solid principles from Yoga Therapy (for physical improvement), effective techniques and practices from Cognitive  Behavioural Therapy and other Mindfulness techniques, meditations (for optimum mental health and emotional well-being).  As well as creatively guided imagery and visualization techniques  and progressive relaxation and hypnosis.

I'm honoured to be Co-hosting with Dina  in the upcoming Manifest your Magic Vision Board Workshop  Weekend Retreat taking place online on December 4th @ 10AM EST.

Join us and Register HERE:

Connect with Dina:

• Instagram: @practice.with.dina
• Facebook: @practice.with.dina

Nike has almost a decade of experience working in African family businesses, as a NextGen in her parents’ businesses and also as a co-Founder of several others. This inside experience as a NextGen birthed a passion to help others in similar shoes as herself in being effective change champions that collaborate with other family members and stakeholders in co-building legacy businesses that would outlive them.

After graduating from University College London, United Kingdom, with a degree in Economics in 2008, Nike worked at Deloitte London for 3 years in Corporate Tax International where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Thereafter in 2011, she relocated to Lagos, Nigeria to work in her family’s businesses.

She is the co-founder of African Family Firms, a pan-African association of family businesses, and the author of “Building Resilient Family Enterprises”. She is a member of Family Firm Institute. Nike is rated as one of the top 100 Consultants globally in the Family Enterprise World by Family Capital, a leading online publication for Family Businesses.

CONNECT WITH NIKE:

• Website: www.nikeanani.com
• Facebook: @nikeanani
• Instagram: @nikeanani
• LinkedIn:  @nikeanani
• Twitter: @NikeAnani

I had the pleasure of interviewing Caelen Love.  A Certified Financial Coach from Montgomery, Al. and the creator of the  Raising The Bar Consulting, where your personal finances matter. 

At The Raising Bar Consulting,  Caelen helps aspiring female entrepreneurs become the CEO's of their money and money mindsets.  Caelen has over 15 years of Information Technology and Project Management in the United States Air Force.   After being in the military, and seeing other parts of the world, Caelen realized that personal finances is an important topic that's often neglected.  She says, "Think about it like this, how many days can you go without spending money?  I want to make sure that we accomplish our financial dreams, and understand how to manage our money effectively".

CONNECT WITH CAELEN HERE:

• Website: https://www.rtbarconsulting.com/
• Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/rtbarcon 
• Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/rtbarconsulting

We’ve all been there!

You get excited about your product or program launch, you put it together, start promoting it and then you eagerly launch expecting the sales to come in…..then nothing happens!

You give it some time – do more marketing – Still nothing happens!

This’s one of the biggest reasons why entrepreneurs feel defeated and decide to quit!

Before you quit, consider the following:

• Who did you create this product or service for? Yourself or your target market?  Sometimes we get great ideas that we fall in love with, but we forget that we should be falling in love with our target market not our products.  So ask yourself is this something that my target market wants, needs and will appreciate?
•  Is the timing right? Depending on the product/service and your target market, timing might be an issue.  If you are launching a program for mom’s don’t do it during the Summer when the kids are home.  So timing might be a factor you need to consider because if you do everything right and the timing is wrong, you won’t sell.
• Are you pricing right? This is perhaps the simplest, but also the trickiest part of a product launch.   A high price tag item which has other alternative products with competitively low prices can cause the launch to fail. Consumer demand and the value placed on the demand along with supply should dictate price.
• Did you take enough time to market and prepare for the launch? Getting your customers attention takes intention, time, and planning and effort.  You want to make sure all your marketing channels are optimized for the launch.  The timeline for your campaign execution should be well thought out and planned well.  You should also consider working with affiliate partners to help with the launch. You want to take your time and consider everything to make sure your message is reaching your target market and facilitating sales.
• Do you have the right technology and system in place for the launch? Nobody has the patience to deal with system crashes when trying to purchase something when there are many other options available. You want to have enough time to do a soft launch so you can test your systems and procedures before you launch officially.  This extra can save you a lot of headache and lost un-happy customers.
• Did you include Testimonials?  and social proof from you past clients/customers? This can give reluctant buyers the reassurance they need to make a purchase.  Video testimonials are effective way to demonstrate how this product or service have helped others and will do the same for you.

After you re-examine all this you can launch again.  It may happen that you will be able to hit your target second time around.  If not, do the process again and keep trying.

You want to fall in love with the process not just the results.  That way you will be adjusting and pivoting as long and as many times it takes.

The thing to remember is that, even when you don’t sell, you still gain so much value form the launch.

What you develop will be an asset that you can repurpose again and use it as an asset in your business.

You will be able to gain more visibility and grow your audience as result of the launch.  The data you collect will get you closer to what your target market really wants and offer it to them.  Thus helping your business stay relevant and effective.

Are you launching something soon? Do you have some questions?

Get some answers.  Book your discovery call NOW

In this episode I had the pleasure of chatting with Maureen Mwangi.

 Maureen grew up in Kenya where entrepreneurship was not the norm. In fact, her mom and dad were the only entrepreneurs she knew.  As a little girl, Maureen listened with fascination as they discussed their product strategies around the dinner table almost every night.  As she got older, she became acutely aware of the financial freedom business ownership afforded her family, along with access to more opportunities.

Maureen quickly learned that the secret to her parents’ business success was the reputable, trustworthy product-based brand they created. While others were taking shortcuts and selling commodities on the cheap, Maureen’s parents focused on developing a reputation that was unparalleled in their market. Her curiosity for building breakout brands became the seed for what would become her voyage overseas in search of higher education in the U.S.

Years later, armed with a Master’s Degree in Marketing, Maureen quickly ascended to leadership and began to build some of America’s most beloved brands - from Lays to Chobani to L’Oreal to Dove. She mastered the billion dollar brand building strategies that most entrepreneurs never have the resources to access, and in doing so, she discovered her zone of genius - the rare ability to connect with a market and turn real data into
brand growth strategies that drive multimillion dollar growth.

Today, Maureen is one of the most sought after brand growth experts because of her unique track record for launching and scaling recognizable brands. She is the creator of Big Brand Academy, The Product Profit Lab, and Startward Consulting. 

CONNECT WITH MAUREEN:
[email protected]
www.startwardconsulting.com