Carmen Ventrucci, the CEO of True SISU Life.

She is known as the International Business Ignitor and knows YOU have the POWER to DESIGN the LIFE YOU WANT. As a Business Ignitor, her Mindset Mastery and Action-Taking Tactics help YOU Achieve Professional, Personal, and Financial SUCCESS to live YOUR PASSION. 

She THRIVES on Developing and Supporting YOU. Say YES to Carmen...IGNITE YOUR BUSINESS, HONE YOUR CLARITY, and LEAD YOUR RESULTS that YOU DARE TO DREAM.

How to shift your mindset out of fear and into action.  Concept of SISU (grit, determination, tenacity, no matter the obstacle, no matter the odds)

Where to Find Carmen:

Web – https://www.truesisulife.com/

IG –  https://www.instagram.com/carmen_ventrucci/

LINKEDIN – https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmenventrucci/

FB Group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindsetactionpassion

FB Page – https://www.facebook.com/carmen.ventrucci

Email – [email protected]

OFFER: free book on how to harness your unconscious mind so you can take action in your business https://www.truesisulife.com/book

Get out of your head – the fear behind switching from wordpress to (any) other platform. Based out of the investment both in time and money you've already put into the site you currently have. How much more $$ could you be making, how quickly could you make back your investments, if you were using ALL that time to be MORE present in your zone instead of tweaking your website.

Sharing another topic I am passionate about. Wordpress is NOT for everyone and it frustrates me to no end when I see wicked talented entrepreneurs wasting hours on adjusting their website because it was built in wordpress and they are not a web developer person. I’m not a developer either. I’m a front end aesthetics only. Development never interested me. It’s too complicated and tedious. 

So, let’s go deeper shall we?

That girl 3-5-10 years ahead of you. You are not her. You are never going to be her. No matter how much you want to be, it’s not going to happen. Why, because you were not (born) Her. You were born YOU. The reason you will never be who she is, is because you are unique in yourself. No one else has the life experience you do, or the perspective on life that you have. This is why you can NOT compare yourself to anyone else in life. Not even yourself in the future or the past.

Each day brings new experiences, and with that a new level of knowledge. How we use that knowledge is different for everyone. If all you do is compare and say “but, I can’t do that cuz I’m not where she is” of course you’re not, she never showed you how she got there. The decade of self doubt and worry. The stress over if she should quit or not. No one ever sees that. All anyone ever focuses on is the current “Nancy” not the Nancy of 2010 when she was just starting out, working at 1 am while breast feeding her 6mo old. Laboring away at creating content while the baby napped instead of napping herself because she was exhausted and could barely keep her eyes open. NO one sees that. 

You want to know how to be relatable. How to connect with your audience. STOP comparing and just be YOU. Your story is how you are relatable. Only YOU experience life the way that you have but the similarities are how you become relatable and trustworthy. If you don’t take a risk and be vulnerable, you’ll not really get anywhere.

As you can tell, by these notes, I feel passionate about this topic. Be ready to take notes cuz this episode is a doozy.

What if? This is a question I started to ask myself. It’s a question I have asked many of my friends and family when they came to me for advice. I’m awesome at asking all the hard, awkward questions you don’t really want to answer but that are necessary to find the clarity you’re looking for. 

For example: what if you quit your job on Friday, what’s the worst that would happen (or) what if you stopped obsessing over perfection and let someone else who is better at the task than you, take over. What’s the worst that could happen?

The what if’s don’t end. The question can be applied to almost any scenario. But the BIGGEST one is, what if you have YOURSELF permission. What would that look like. Cuz you’re a grown ass adult and answer to no one but yourself. So. What if……

I’m going deep on this one in today’s episode. Buckle up, it might be uncomfortable but we’ll tackle it together.

Maggie Isley is a brand designer & strategist who fled corporate America, got tattooed and dyed her hair pink. She and her husband have a podcast where they muse about everything from pop culture to true crime. They're parents to two teen boys and a house full of animals.

Today’s show outline in Maggie’s words::

1a. Worked in Corporate America for 15 years, in sales and finance, and dying to be creative. Decided to start a blog (not my first - I was a blogger back in 2000!) on the side to let my creativity out. 

1b.  Blog monetized after just a few months, gaining sponsorships from Coca-Cola, Pier 1, and Unilever. 

1c. By the six month mark, people were approaching me and asking me for help with branding and strategy. 

1d. Was able to leverage the blog on my resume to land a different job in corporate America, this time as a marketing manager.

2a. Stayed in corporate marketing as I built my business on the side.

2b. SO HARD but worth every second.

2c. Now have 4 employees and a bustling studio.

3a. Launching programs to help other entrepreneurs with existing brands incorporate their brands seamlessly into their marketing efforts.

3b. After that, I'll probably buy a pony and ride off into the sunset.

3c. JK, I once made a joke about wanting a pony and my husband rented me one as a surprise so I have to be careful about pony jokes.

Where to Find Maggie:

Web – https://maggieisley.com/ 

IG –  https://www.instagram.com/maggiedisley/

FB Group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/extraentrepreneurcollective

FB Page – https://www.facebook.com/MaggieIsleyMarketing

Email – [email protected]

OFFER: https://extraordinaryextrepreneur.lpages.co/better-brand-bootcamp/

A brand is nothing without it’s words. By that I mean the words that define what your brand is. The adjectives used to describe who you are, what you do and why you are different than anyone else. Having these defining words will help you stay consistent, say no to things that don’t align with your [why] and allow you to have a blueprint to fall back on when you feel stuck.

I'm sure by now, if you've been on instagram for a minute, you have seen the feeds that look perfectly curated and the feeds that look .... well, not.

This is for all my DIY-ers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Artists.