The Samuna KC Podcast

Are you an actor? or an entrepreneur? And struggling to manage money? 
“Samuna, I don’t have any money, how to make a budget? I am an actor or an entrepreneur trying to build my career as an actor and business from scratch, I don’t have a single penny.”
Then my friend! go get a day job, any job, be humble, work on a grocery store, wait tables, babysitting anything that puts a roof over your head. “Do what you have to do, until you get to do what you want to do”
And be extra nice at your day job, because of many times when we are grinding and doing odd jobs, we get frustrated and not engage in the job, which is only natural, but, if you do your job nicely and maintain good relationships,
1. You will have your peace of mind
2. You may even get a raise
3. And most important you will have a flexible schedule to work on your business and art because when you have a friendly manager and supportive co-worker, you can get as many breaks and day offs to go on an audition.
4. Make a connection with your customers and co-workers. They are your potential clients and business partners. 
5. You can create podcasts and videos to document your journey, that as a result may inspire other people as well.
How is that for a benefit from a job that you may not like.

Secrets of Millionaires Mind, Free audiobook- https://youtu.be/orRuoCqSgs4
Richest Man in Babylon Audiobook - https://youtu.be/ehCVLRHOxBY
Relationship Red Flags Video - https://youtu.be/XVgUUT8hUOc

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How To Manage Money as an Actor
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mindset by carol Dweck | summary | for entrepreneurs and actors

Researches have shown, most of the acting school graduated actors, especially the toppers, struggle to make it as a successful actor, because they leave school with a fixed mindset, that they have learned whatever they needed to learn in order to make it into the world of acting. 
The similar principle applies to entrepreneurs

I am not saying training in acting is not needed, that’s the last thing I would ever say, but we actors need to understand learning doesn’t end with the degree we had, ten years ago. 
I highly recommend this book, regardless of what phase you are as an actor or entrepreneur. Reading this book will set you on the path to becoming an infinite learner. I am going to talk about some of the key concepts from the book today. 
# Growth mindset vs Fix mindset

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Mindset By Carol Dwek| Summary for actors and entrepreneurs
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Get Out Of The Rut And Take Action 
Here are a few easy steps you can take to get out of the rut and start taking action.
1. Get up an hour earlier
 than your usual time and you will see the magic of that one hour of empty space that is available only for you. See! I didn’t ask you to sit and meditate. It’s upon you what you wanna do in that extra hour, but just have that time for yourself. And get up at the same hour every day.
2. Write journal,
 remember when we were young we used to write some secret diaries? Yeah! Start doing that again. Keep track of your thoughts, emotions and daily activities.

3. Exercise I remember I told you I will give you only those tips that you can do without leaving your house, and I am in it, believe me. You don’t have to leave home to do exercise. Skipping, staircase and free yoga videos available on youtube, just for you. And if for some reason you feel like going out take a stroll around the block.
4. Read
Read and listen to some audiobooks on the topic that you usually don’t go to. It will re-wire your brain to think in a different direction.
 
5. Social media, If you are wondering where to start, let me give you a tip that I wish someone has given me 10 years ago, when I was starting out into the real world after college, and that is, start with your phone and social media.

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An Unshakable Personal Brand
https://youtu.be/16ppY_NbR7M

10 Steps to Build a strong personal Brand
https://youtu.be/cUTCpnNWImc

Coach VS Therapy
https://youtu.be/jOOKoE1xMcw


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https://youtu.be/16ppY_NbR7M

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This is a short summary of the audio ‘Cultivating An Unshakable Character’ by legendary Jim Rohn. The process of Personal Branding starts with cultivating a strong character. Listen to the full audio and follow Jim Rohn’s Teachings for a happy and fulfilling life. 

Samuna KC, expresses her journey as an actor and entrepreneur in this episode. 

Video by Jim Rohn. - https://youtu.be/hpKII1Wcqqg

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https://youtu.be/16ppY_NbR7M
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This year we have decided we won’t give any gifts to each other. 

Welcome,

If we can’t give each other some expensive gifts like a dream house or a car, then there is no point spending hard-earned $20 $50 on some perishable items. We want to save for our financial freedom. And it can save money for vacations because experiences are always better than stuff. 

That doesn’t mean I am anyway against Valentines’ day or romantic gestures. 

Most of the relationships around us are situationships and people are highly cynical about proposing a girl, to go on a date, and doing things together. People think it’s lame. The most amazing thing is when two people in a relationship get cynical about love itself. Cynicism has developed as a coping mechanism in people. Most of them don’t have a relationship, and one who has it, feels “this is not what I want”. Something is missing.  I am missing some big gestures and expensive gifts in my relationship. This has been my complain in all my past situationships.

This brings me back to my present man, this was another situationship. He proposed to me when I asked him to, but I don’t remember any expensive gifts. He did have big gesture situations, however - when he surprised me with cakes and gifts on a movie set, I was working; million years ago. So, not exactly lame. 

The decision to not giving each other any cheap gifts sounds like I have given up. I know it’s never going to happen; I would let go of the hope altogether. 

However, in this 6-7 year, our relationship has grown at a compound rate. It has turned from a situationship to a soulmate situation. 

The sexiest thing about him is, he is very self-sufficient. I don’t think I could stand a guy who can’t cook or clean behind himself, though it would have been more fun to have a man in life who had housekeepers to do that. 

Since we have agreed upon our common goals, we feel we have developed the strongest and the most secure place for both of us. He is not only self-sufficient practically, but also, emotionally and mentally. 

I can talk to him about any other man that hit on me, my ex's and my present crushes. Last year, a man gave me a Michael Kors purse as a gift for no reason, I told him, we both were like that’s great we got an expensive purse for free. In most relationships, this could have been a reason for a huge fight. We both knew how insignificant the other person was, who knew I was committed but wanted to impress me with an expensive gift. 

What if someone desirable had given it to me? He would have reacted different. But any desirable man wouldn’t force a gift to a woman. At the same time, it has been my life long complain, no one desirable gives me any attention, well, it’s a topic of another….

 The ideal man shown in the movies are either rich with all the money and people in place to do whatever the girl wanted, or romantic roadside Romeo who does nothing but impresses the girl. 

My relationship with my partner is a balance between the two. He has a potential and desire to become soothing big and at the same time the romantic naivety. The fact that we are growing together is the beauty of our relationship. We shouldn’t pressure our hardworking men to perform the way the hero performs in the movies. Our men and women work hard all day and provide for the family. Amidst all, whatever they can do for each other should be highly appreciated.

Having said that none of us should give up on romance, it shouldn’t turn into a rose without fragrance and food without the flavor. 

Do you think your romantic relationships are messing up with your personal branding,  career, and business? Watch the video to find out. 

Romantic relationships closely affect our process to build our personal brand. They impact us emotionally, mentally and physically.

3:08 The red flags start.
1. Feeling confused in a relationship
You are either happy or not. Period. If you have to figure out what is happening in your relationship every day, then it’s a red flag. It’s even exhausting. You are either appreciated or not. And you will know if you are appreciated. If you feel someone is not appreciating you, then trust your feelings. This applies to not only romantic relationships but all the other kinds of relationships. There is something called ancient wisdom that all of us have. That’s our guts, the sixth sense. Never ignore it. I have wasted most of my 20s figuring people out while people who understood me were standing right next to me. I hope you don’t waste your time as I did.

2. You are consistently unhappy
Red flags, in the beginning, will turn into bigger problems later. You can’t rely on someone else to make you happy all the time but if you are consistently unhappy, then maybe it’s the time to leave. Because you might have heard if someone is making you cry all the time, then you should ask yourself you are in a relationship with a person or an onion.

3. Toxic Communication
Researchers have shown three ways to communicate in a romantic relationship: Mutual constructive; Demand withdrawal, and Mutual Avoidance. Mutual constructive communication strengthens your relationships where couples talk about the solutions. If you are doing that, congratulations, you are doing great. Demand withdrawal is when one criticizes, and another always has to explain themselves. And one person always avoids communication. It’s a very significant red flag. Mutual avoidance is when you are happy at the moment, but there is always an underlined anxiety that there is something unsaid, and you are not talking to each other about that. That is when two people, slowly, grow apart.

4. You are the one putting all the efforts
This point is self-explanatory. So, I’m gonna stop here. (chuckle) Nope, I’m not. There is no certain way you can measure the amount of effort both of you put into your relationship. But, if you are the one who is always open to communication and the other person is not; the other person always focuses on the problems and not the solutions, and tests you constantly, then it’s a red flag too.

5. They only appreciate your ideal self
This hits me home the deepest. I come out as this confident, focused, and put-together woman with the leadership attributes, but I am a human being with flaws. And when someone appreciates only the fearless persona of mine, but not when I am vulnerable, I should definitely see the red flag. I stayed in the relationship longer than I should have when I wasn’t appreciated for who I was. I hope you are not doing the same. As the saying goes, “If you don’t love me at my worse, then you do not deserve me at my best.”

6. Values
It’s a huge word. First of all, you should define your values and if your values don’t align with theirs, then you may not wanna stay in the relationship. RUN!!! Or, CHASE THEM AWAY… 

Psych to go. It’s full of relationship advice and all the other psychological contents.
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How to know if you need a therapist or a life coach?  And how it's important for personal branding.
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In a nutshell, therapy is when you go to the therapist’s room and talk about your past and in life coaching, you plan your future and work towards it. Personal Branding is a tool to achieve those goals that you set during the life coaching sessions.

You set goals in the sessions with your life coach. Then work on a step by step process to achieve those goals. Your coach keeps you accountable to do the things you need to do in order to achieve your goals. 

Now you have made peace with your past, and know what you gonna do in the future, that’s when personal branding comes in. That’s where you wanna package yourself, your business and idea so that you will be able to communicate better and people will understand.

I started going into therapy since I was a teenager. I had this HUGE BREAKUP and I was hurting so much. Luckily, one of my very good friends introduced me to therapy. 

Recently, I casually mentioned my therapy sessions, with my girlfriends. We were on a conference call and one of them went silent for about a minute. I said ‘hello’ a few times. Then she quietly said, “Yes, I’m here and listening,” but in an utter shock. I asked, “Why?” She said, “First of all, don’t believe you go to the therapy. And you are sharing about it in a group chat?” I replied, “Yes.” I looked somehow put together, that doesn’t mean I don’t need counseling. As a matter of fact, I had my shits somehow together because of those counseling sessions. And there is no way I have everything figured out. It’s a process.

The point is, therapy is still a taboo in Nepal, and even in the United States. I haven’t experienced South Asians talking about therapy openly. I was fortunate enough to get started early. Ever since I am in and out of therapy several times. It is similar to the routine annual physical checkup. We need to get our mental, emotional state examined regularly to make sure everything is functioning right.

Recently, I have started my journey with a life coach. I figured out what my goals have been, what I was doing right or wrong. There are some big goals I wanna achieve in the coming decade. We broke down the goals into small actionable steps so that I wouldn’t choke into the big piece of reality. My coach is keeping me accountable to make sure I achieve my goals in the coming decade. Talking about a decade, I have done my decade-in-review in episode 3. Please listen to it, which may help you to look back into your past and learn from it as well.


I am not a life coach, let alone a therapist. I am a personal branding consultant. I can work with you to build your brand online. The idea is, you should be able to promote yourself, your art, products, and services on your own. Personal autonomy is a great quality to develop. It helps you to connect and collaborate. If you are thinking about going into therapy, your insurance should cover it. Many non-profit organizations offer it for free. If you are into school, your school must have some kind of counseling services as well. Comparatively, life coaching is a little expensive. It is still considered to be a luxury. You can google for them. Almost all of them offer a free first session. You should take advantage of it, regardless of wherever you live because most of the services are online. Life coaching is one investment you can make on yourself that gives you the highest ROI (Return on Investment).

Do not hire a web developer before you hear this. What is the right time to add people to your team?
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Let me tell you a story, a little bit different from our topic but it relates to our topic. 
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. During the initial days on Amazon, they had only 10 people in their team and they were doing packaging on the floor. And because they had to do it on the floor, they had to kneel down and because of that, their knees hurt. And Bezos said, let me order some knee pads. Well… since Amazon was in their initial phase I am not sure if they could order it from Amazon. Well! Bezos said I wanna buy some knee pads, but someone else in the team, who was apparently smarter than Bezos, said, “why don’t we buy a big table? We can do our packaging on the table.” Then they bought a table and become more productive.
Anytime you think you can do more but there are some limitations you wanna invest in your business and hire someone in your team. 

Also, if you don’t enjoy doing something but it’s necessary for your business you wanna add someone in your team, for example, I don’t enjoy SEO, but it's essential for any online business, that is when I hired the SEO person. 

Then I hired a web developer, my very good friend Jordon Reynold. I ask you not to build a website until and unless you have a product and service to sell. This sounds like a no brainer but whenever we think about doing something online, we think about building a website. But you can work with a free template that is available on sites like Word Press, Wix, and square space to build your brand and online presence. 
But keep posting blogs. It’s again a great long-term investment. And share it on social media that can bring some attention to your website and your brand. 

Even if you wanna have a landing page, and collect emails, you can do it through the free services like mail chimp. There are other similar free apps that can help you to expand your online presence and personal branding for free. Talking about expanding, whenever you feel you can achieve more but feeling some kind of resistance and don’t understand what to do and how to break through your limitations, you wanna hire a life coach. 

In the next episode, I am going to explain in detail the difference between the coach and the therapist. So please stay tuned. 

I hired a life coach through another app called Thumbtack. I work with him every week. During the sessions, I came up with the idea for the business. Sessions after sessions, my brand and purpose became specific. 

You might have heard of the book “The Four-Hour Work Week.” Four Hour Work Week! Another make money and get a rich quick scheme. I was skeptical. But recently I read it. It’s the first book on online business that I read, is full of actionable steps. Actually, step by step process to build an online business. Theories without actionable steps are like a chicken without the head. This mus