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Why should you journal? 

Think and communicate with more clarity. 

Learn faster and retain information better. 

Reduces stress and anxiety by helping you process emotions. 

It’s fun to look back on it. 

It gives you reverence for your life and helps you live in the present. 

Tips for journaling

Throw perfectionism out the damn window. 

Be vulnerable and honest with yourself. 

Set aside time every day to journal. 

Journal in the morning. 

My favorite ways to journal

Morning pages: 3 pages of stream-of-consciousness journaling that you do every morning. 

Gratitude Journal 

Shadow work https://scottjeffrey.com/shadow-work/

Vision journaling: Daydreaming in your journal

I sit down with Lee Rowley, the founder of Cage Free Marketing Copy. 

http://leerowley.com/

Instagram @theleerowley

It is so important as an entrepreneur that you can talk about your business effectively. This means being able to reflect your value with authenticity and enthusiasm. Lee is a master copywriter, and he has some great insights on how you can achieve this and build your business’s brand voice. 

Here are some key takeaways from our conversation… 

If you sound like everyone else, the only thing that distinguishes you is that you are willing to work cheap. I mean, who wants to be known for that, right? It’s so important that you find what makes you unique as a business, as a person, and put that front and center. 

The goal with promotional writing is to build a connection. The misconception here is that the goal is always to get to the sale, and that isn’t going to create a long-term customer base. Connection and trust between you and your customers equals sustainable business. 

I love that Lee calls himself a copybrander instead of a copywriter, because his goal is to help build trust in a brand. This kind of work is much needed, because people are becoming very cynical towards online businesses and online marketing, so trust is the most important thing to have. 

And one of the really valuable things Lee talks about is how to begin crafting your message. He talks about getting clear on your why, getting clear on your story, and determining where your story and your customer’s story meet. 

And lastly, we talk about how everyone should be a brand, regardless of what you are doing. When you are hiding yourself from the world, you are depriving the world from you. And building a brand isn’t necessarily about building a persona, it’s about going back to your essence as a person and amplifying that. 

Such profound wisdom shared by Lee, and I hope you got some stuff that you can bring into your business. 

I will be doing more interviews in the future, so that is something to look forward in the future. I think they are cool. And until next time it is time for you to go forth and be the bold, daring, courageous, reckless entrepreneur that you were meant to be and I will see you next week. 

This is my rant about education, career, finding your passion, and navigating life. Hope you like it! 

Continuing the money mindset series by a lesson about how thought habits form, and how you can take control of the automatic thought patterns in your head that control your behavior. 

Book cited: The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055PGUYU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

If you like the episode please subscribe on your favorite podcast app, leave a rating/review, and connect with me on Instagram @francescamamlin 

Hello and thank you for tuning into the podcast this week. Before we get into the topic at hand, I would like to make a quick announcement. The Reckless Entrepreneur Podcast has been a passion project that I have been working on alongside running my digital marketing business where I help my clients with email marketing, copywriting, and content marketing strategy. Now, I am ready for The Reckless Entrepreneur to become more than just a podcast. This means I am going to start teaching entrepreneurs (and aspiring entrepreneurs) how they can live up to their full potential in this life. So I have created a six week 1:1 coaching program where I will help clients design their business and life in a way that allows them to focus on the legacy they want to leave, the impact they want to have on the world. I am so excited to be entering this next chapter of my career and to be putting this offer out. This program is for you if you are interested in becoming self employed or if you are already self employed, if you are driven by service and you want to learn how you can start living your purpose, if you are ready to make some bold moves to create massive change in your life, and if you want some support and guidance as you chase your loftiest dreams. 

I truly believe it is my purpose in life to help entrepreneurs live up to their fullest potential, so if you are ready to make 2019 the year where you make big things happen for yourself, I might be able to help you out with that. So if this offer speaks to you, go to francescamamlin.com… I have an application for the program on my website. If you have any questions, go to my instagram page @francescamamlin and send me a message, and I will be happy to chat with you. This message will be in the show notes… thank you for sitting through this self promotion and let’s get to the episode. 

Gratitude is like the cheat code to life. Whatever it is you are trying to do in life, it starts with gratitude. 

For most of you, it may seem like the most obvious thing in the world that you should be grateful for the things you have. Most of my listeners, I am assuming, has a pretty good life. You were probably born into a country where you have at least basic rights, you probably always had food and shelter, and you probably had a lot of opportunity. And ya, it’s so important to be grateful for the things life gave to you, the things other people provided for you. But there is actually a whole other level to gratitude. 

It is the first episode of 2019, and I am revisiting why I started this podcast in the first place, why I call it The Reckless Entrepreneur, and some trait that I have found to be essential to entrepreneurship.