Woman Owned: The Growth Podcast for Women Entrepreneurs

Have you ever been in the situation where you are the expert, but you don't feel like you are presenting yourself as an expert? Perhaps you feel like people are doubting your expertise even though you know deep down that you are an expert in your field – you know your stuff.

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This happens a lot for high-performing, high-achieving women – especially when they are in the early years of growing their business.

So, what can you do to improve your communication and deliver the message that you are the high-achieving expert in your field?

Provide statistics.

On today's show, I explain how knowing your killer statistics and how sharing those statistics with your audience can help you drive home the message that you are trying to deliver as well as where you can research to find relevant numbers about your topic or area of expertise if you are unsure of what those numbers are.

"When you have the relevant numbers about the industry or problem you are trying to solve – your point of view, your argument, becomes very difficult to dismiss." – Eleanor Beaton

Here's a Breakdown of Today's Show:

• What are "killer statistics?"
• What are some examples of statistics to use in your communication strategy?
• Why are statistics so important in everyday and business communication?
• Where can you go to gather information and research statistics in your industry, field, or on the topic you are going to discuss?
• How many statistics should you have for your presentation, speech, in your marketing or workshops?
• Where to use your killer statistics within your business?

Where to Use Your Killer Statistics:

• In your speeches
• In your workshops
• In your marketing plans
• On your LinkedIn profile
• In your everyday conversations
• Simply put…. use them everywhere!

My Challenge to You:

Find your killer statistics. Use them in everything you do for your business or career.

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Are you ready to make a change in your life, your career, or your business? I'm talking about really ready to unlock your potential - to step into your power and achieve your dreams?

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I've talked with countless women throughout my career who have said "I'm ready to do whatever needs to be done to claim my power, to hit my income goals, and to achieve the next level of success."

All too often, though, these smart, powerful, passionate women talk the talk, but fall short when it comes to "walking the walk." They have the dream. They have the ambition. But they stop short of committing to doing what it takes.

Today, I want to talk to you about the importance of calling your own B.S. and making the commitment to put yourself on the line for you so that you can finally step into and own your power and achieve the freedom you deserve.

Here's a Breakdown of Today's Show:

• The Law of Attraction is a load of B.S. if it's not accompanied with the Law of Congruency.
• Actions speak louder than words. If you want something, you have to act on it. It doesn't happen by magic.
• Harboring self-doubt and fear negatively impacts your growth.
• The key to living in congruence is having the ability to call your own bluff, committing to attaining your goals, and performing the actions necessary to achieve them.

4 Examples of Committing Yourself To YOU:

• Cut back on your children's extracurricular activities like sports and cheerleading to commit time for yourself.
• Commit to investing in the accountability and support you need to actually launch the new product you've been talking about, planning, and designing for weeks, months, years.
• Commit to getting the coaching you need to move past your fears and achieve the success you've been dreaming about.
• Discipline yourself to make time for your own important activities. Make time for you before everyone else.

So, ladies, it's not only important to "talk the talk." You must also commit to "walking the walk" if you truly want to own your power, achieve your goals, and reach your full potential for success!

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Today, I'm joined by one of the most inspirational women I know throughout the business and finance industry, Barbara Stanny. I have followed her work for many years, and, after reading her book Sacred Success: A Course in Financial Miracles, I was inspired so much by the information and insight she shared that I just had to reach out and ask her to be a guest on the show.

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Barbara is a highly successful female in the finance industry. She is a best-selling author, having authored six books, is a highly-sought after speaker and coach, workshop facilitator, and has spent years as a journalist writing in the financial niche. She grew up in a wealthy family; her father is the "H" in H&R Block, but after a devastating financial bout due to her husband's gambling addiction – she lost all of her inheritance and was forced to figure out her own path to financial freedom.

Today, Barbara shares her journey through the ups and downs of her financial success, the fears she had to overcome, and the inspiration she is determined to use to empower other women to gain control over their life, their power, and their financial freedom.

"When you learn to face what you fear; it can never control you again." – Barbara Stanny

Here's a Breakdown of Today's Show:

• What does "Sacred Success" mean?
• How has Barbara discovered sacred success?
• What is the significance of the "dark night" in the soul when it comes to achieving success?
• What is the difference between surrendering and having a lack of perseverance?
• Why didn't Barbara have the courage to write the book Sacred Success: A Course in Financial Miracles earlier in her career?
• What changed her relationship with her power throughout her journey toward sacred success?
• How has she claimed her power?
• How does she want to be remembered in the world?
• How does she set goals for herself?
• What is the difference between a goal and an intention?
• What big things can women do to gain control over their finances?
• The Law of Attraction vs. the Law of Congruence
• The difference between the "profit motive" and the "comfort motive."
• What internal shift did Barbara need to make to reach the 7-figure goal she set for herself?
• Who inspires Barbara?

The 4 Stages of Sacred Success:

1. The call to greatness
2. Receive and surrender
3. Disciplined action
4. Modeling greatness by leaving a legacy

Barbara's Words of Wisdom:

• Do what you fear.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Sacred Success: A Course in Financial Miracles
• Women's Wealth Weekend: The Awakening
• Prince Charming Isn't Coming
• Overcoming Underearning: A Five-Step Plan to a Richer Life

Connect with Barbara:

• Visit barbarastanny.com
• Register for Monthly Money Monday – a free call every first Monday of the month where you can ask Barbara your pressing questions about money!
• Join Money Monday Facebook Group

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Let's be honest with ourselves for a moment. Have you ever felt like you were reaching the "burnout point" in your business or career despite the fact that you love your work? Have you noticed your business skyrocket beyond your imagination, becoming highly successful and being invited to amazing events, engagements, or projects, but caught yourself wanting to spend time sipping wine in front of the television instead of doing the tasks you've been asked to perform?

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Perhaps you've questioned whether you've slipped into the "Imposter Syndrome" even though you are consistently providing high-quality work.

Many high-achieving women around the world feel this way – especially when they are up-leveling in their business or career. This is not a case of Imposter Syndrome, nor are you going through a burnout phase.

Instead, you are outperforming your self-image.

Rest assured, many women experience this – sometimes multiple times throughout their careers.

Today, I want to share with you the story of when I was outperforming my self-image, how I felt it was affecting my work and the quality of my work, and how I overcome this obstacle.

"Confidence is the belief that you are up to the challenge." – Eleanor Beaton

Here's a Breakdown of Today's Show:

• Up-leveling in your business or career can significantly challenge your self-worth. Don't fear it. Embrace it.
• Your ego is meant to protect you – to keep you safe – but it can't tell the difference between an animal attack and criticism.
• If your self-worth is not matching up with your quality of work, your skills, your life, and your business, you are going to experience problems.
• You are capable of greatness, but you have to align your self-image with your potential.

If you are serious about aligning your self-worth with your potential, and to truly step into your fierce, feminine power, I encourage you to reach out!

If you want to learn what it takes to align your self-image with the incredible underlying potential you have as a Fierce Feminine Leader, visit EleanorBeaton.com/Discover and apply to my Feminine Mastery Discovery Session!

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Have you ever found yourself going into a meeting with the intention to stay quiet and observe what others are doing, listening to what your colleagues and peers are saying, instead of speaking up and asserting your own opinion? This is common with many women in business.

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"Women are often less likely to speak up, to step into their power, because they feel their perceived competence and compensation may take a hit." – Eleanor Beaton

Madeleine Albright, in 1993, was heading to her first Security Council meeting as the new U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. with the intention of staying quiet throughout the meeting to observe her male counterparts. To figure out "who was who" and identify who she could consider as an ally. She quickly discovered, however, that by not asserting her opinion, by merely observing others during this meeting, she was positioning herself – and the United States – to not have a voice in the important topics being discussed. She realized that she represented the voice of the United States.

"When it comes to influencing power, voice matters." – Eleanor Beaton

If you have experienced this desire to be a spectator at a meeting, to remain quiet instead of stepping into your power at the boardroom table or meeting with clients – know that you are not alone. But, remember, without speaking up, your views, your opinions, your amazing ideas cannot be heard or discovered!

So, how do you find and assert your voice?

Here's a Breakdown of Today's Show:

• Sometimes our voices are silenced by ourselves.
• Women are often less likely to speak up, believing that our perceived competence and compensation can take a hit.
• Interesting statistic: of the top-ranked podcasts on Stitcher, 71% of podcasts are hosted by men while only 11% are hosted by women. This is despite the fact that over half of all listeners are women.

How to Master the Art of the Set-Up:

• Be bold. Be assertive. Be professional – "I'm going to be very blunt, and it may be difficult to hear, but it is critical that I offer some specific feedback."
• Choose to link your directness to your underlying values – "Honesty and integrity are important to me, so it is vital that I express my opinion directly."

My Challenge to You:

• Lean into your power.
• Speak up, even when it may be difficult for others to hear.

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This episode was inspired by my article published in the Atlantic Business Magazine.

Today I am joined by Stacy Tuschl, public speaker, business coach, business owner, investor, and a wife and mom. Stacy launched her dance class business in 2002 at the age of 18 from her parents' backyard. Her business grew significantly by her junior year at the University of Wisconsin. Over the next 10 years she expanded her business to two locations and generates a healthy seven-figure income. As her business grew, she launched a second online business as a business coach, mentor and speaker. Today, she mentors other business owners on developing business systems to help them scale and grow their business.

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On today's show, she shares her experiences of growing her businesses from the ground up, lessons she has learned throughout the journey, and shares tips to help you avoid making costly mistakes.

Here's a Breakdown of Today's Show:

• What challenges she has faced while growing her businesses.
• What numbers she has made when she launched her online business.
• What her online coaching business model looks like.
• What would she do differently if she could go back to when she was starting her online business.
• What she feels she has wasted money on early in her business.
• What type of tasks does she delegate to her virtual team.
• What was the biggest turning point in her entrepreneurial career.
• What does she consider when making financial decisions.
• How does she measure her business success.

Stacy's Words of Wisdom:

• Stay focused.
• Have a 90-day goal. Do something everyday to put you closer to achieving your goals.

"Lack of focus in your business is the most common contributing factor to underperformance"

Stacy Tuschl

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Virtual Freedom Book by Chris Ducker

Connect with Stacy:

• Text the word "Moneymap" to 24587 to get your Mompreneurs Moneymap by Stacy Tuschl
• Visit www.stacytuschl.com

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Have you ever felt that nagging ball of nerves in the pit of your stomach when you want to ask your boss for a raise, but you're too nervous to actually confront him and ask for it? Or perhaps you've thought about talking to a loyal client about increasing your rates, but have put it off for months because you're simply not sure about how things will turn out or are simply too nervous to "go for the ask."

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You are not alone. In fact, thousands of high-achieving women would rather make less money or go without things they truly want instead of facing the tense moment of asking their boss, their client or voicing their strong opinion on a situation or topic they feel passionate about.

Today, ladies, I want to share with you a few stories on how not taming the tension can help you grow as a person and a professional and why you should get comfortable with it in your business and your life.

Make tension your best friend.

Tension is like the grit of sand in an oyster shell. When you let it sit, beautiful things can happen. – Eleanor Beaton

Here's a Breakdown of Today's Episode:

• Why is tension a useful tool for personal and professional growth
• Why women often avoid using tension as a powerful tool to help them achieve the things they deserve.
• How to use tension to your advantage, in business and life.

Key Areas That Women Often Avoid Tension:

• Asking for a raise in salary
• Raising their rates with clients
• Expressing their disapproval or opinion about a situation, topic, or idea because they don't want to "rock the boat."
• Making a change

My Challenge to You:

• Don't be afraid of tension. Embrace it.
• Become comfortable with tension. Make it your best friend.

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Last week, I took a vacation to spend time with my amazing husband and two boys. On this vacation, we went to New Mexico to attend my 19-year high school reunion. During my vacation, I have come to learn many valuable lessons about myself – one of which was how much insecurity has impacted my life all through school as well as my early adult life.

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Ladies, insecurity is a very, very common thing to experience. However, it also carries a huge price tag. Today, I want to get a little personal with you and share how my high school reunion has opened my eyes to "a whole new world," how I plan to stop doubting myself and being insecure, and how you can go with me along this journey to becoming a more confident you!

We can't change society without changing ourselves. – Eleanor Beaton

Here's a Breakdown of Today's Episode:

• Research shows that 7 out of every 10 girls believe they are not good enough or don't measure up in some way.
• Self-esteem in girls starts to plummet after the age of 10.
• Insecurity stops you from fully connecting with your experiences and the people around you.
• Self-doubt is a waste of time, energy, and potential.
• Be aware of your insecurities, kick them to the curb, and keep on truckin'.

My Challenge to You:

Join me in taking these steps to overcome insecurities, live to your fullest potential, and achieve goals you will be profoundly proud of 20, 30, or 40 years from now:

• Say "no more" to hiding.
• Say "no more" to trying to be nice when you really need to express your opinion.
• Say "no more" to worrying whether or not you look awesome. (Deep down, you know you always look awesome!)
• Say "no more" to doubting your abilities when you know your abilities are good enough for your purposes, or you have the tools you need to get them where they need to be to execute and fulfil your vision and purpose.
• Be aware and diligent about when your insecurities rear their ugly head. Call them out, dust them off, lay them on the side of the track and move on.

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It's always a good idea to identify potential problems before starting out on something, but it's not so great if you let them deter you from following through with your plans. Over the last month I've had several questions on this topic, all variations on the theme of "If I take this action, will this bad thing happen?" Often they're valid concerns – but should they stop you doing something that your intuition tells you is a good idea? I don't think so, and that's why I decided to make this podcast.

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How hypothetical problems hold us back – and why it matters

• Your intuition whispers; your fears scream.

• The voice of your intuition is worth listening to, but it's quiet. It speaks quietly and softly, and you have to listen carefully for it.
• Your fears, however, are really good at making themselves heard. Unless you make a conscious effort they can easily bulldoze your intuitive voice.
• Learn what the fear voice sounds like, so you'll recognize it when it tries to make you hold back.

• Deal with problems that actually exist.

• You need to deal with problems that are affecting you, but why be distracted by ones that might occur?
• Being prepared is good, but when you start to listen to fears you're leaning out, not leaning in.

• Create the problem, then deal with it.

• Often, problems arise when you take a step forwards. If you avoid the problems you're also avoiding the opportunity.
• Create the problem! You can overcome it, and it's a sign that you're getting somewhere.
• I find that the problems people are worried about are actually good ones to have. You're worried that you'll end up with more clients than you can handle? Fantastic! Go for it; if

• Real problems are easier to deal with than theoretical ones.

• When you're thinking about a problem you aren't facing yet, what can you do about it? The only real solution is to avoid taking the steps that might cause it – but what will you be giving up if you do that?

• Face the challenge.

• Work your way into having some good problems to deal with. Bring on those extra clients or packed schedule.

• I've never encountered a problem that I couldn't deal with or find someone to help me with. Notice your fears, but don't invest in them.
• …especially fears of your own greatness!

Resources mentioned:

If you want to learn more about how to focus on the problems that matter, send me an email at [email protected]. We'll send you all the free resources to help you see all the opportunities that are waiting for you, instead of the potential drawbacks that might be.

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Speaking engagements are a powerful strategy that many women thought leaders use to help build their businesses and position themselves as the 'go-to' expert in their fields. Many women thought leaders have the internal compulsion to get up on stage, share their stories, ideas, insights, and message to a larger audience – but are unsure of how to make it happen. They become perfectionists, focusing on perfecting their full-length speeches before they've even landed a speaking gig, or they have the desire to speak but aren't sure about what it takes to step onto that big stage.

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In today's episode, I want to share with you five insider secrets about speaking engagements that you will want to know before stepping foot on the stage floor.

5 Insider Secrets About Speaking Engagements

• The Business World Craves Women Speakers.

• Conference organizers are looking for women speakers.

• If you dream of speaking, make the internal commitment and just do it!

• Don't Expect to Be A Highly Paid Speaker… At First.

• At first, you may need to accept free speaking gigs. Although you're not getting paid to talk, you are getting something even more valuable: experience, reputation growth, and – potentially – new clients.

• Solve A Problem For Your Audience.

• Topics are boring. Solve a big problem for your audience.

• Find a unique angle. Tell some stories. Make sure your speech addresses a big problem that your audience is struggling with.

• Get Booked First.

• Land a speaking gig before creating your full-length speech. Work smarter, not harder.

• Create an overview, laden with benefits, then approach organizers about speaking at their event.

• Two great resources for finding speaking engagements:

• Meetup.com & Professional Associations.

• It's All In The Title, Baby!

• Create a bold headline that focuses on the problem.

• Compelling headlines work every time.

Resources Mentioned:

If you want to learn more about how you can start using speaking engagements to grow your business, your reputation, your track record, and use it as a client attracting machine, send me an email at [email protected]. We'll send you all the free resources to help you get on your way to becoming a powerhouse public speaker!

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