Meet Army combat veteran and small business owner Jennifer Allain. She talks about the Affordable Care Act, being a woman in the Army in the late 90s, and how it feels to represent your community at a Michelle Obama event.

On this week’s show, I talk with Army combat veteran and small business owner Jennifer Allain. She talks about the Affordable Care Act, being a woman in the Army in the late 90s, and how it feels to represent your community at a Michelle Obama event.

This episode consists of excerpts from a two-and-a-half-hour conversation between Jennifer and me.

I picked out a few of my favorite moments, including excerpts to help you move your business forward.

Learn about instant gratification in business, how change actually happens, and the power of celebrating small wins.

Learn about instant gratification in business, how change actually happens, and the power of celebrating small wins.

• Women Conquer Business
• LinkedIn

• Lilypond analogy comes from Systems Thinking for Social Change by David Peter Stroh: Kindle, Audible,
• paperback
• The Power of Small Wins: Why Celebrating Your Progress is Crucial for Long-Term Success
• The top 10 reasons why leaders should celebrate wins
• How To Celebrate Small Wins To Achieve Big Goals
• 10 Reasons We Rush for Immediate Gratification
• The Culture Of Impatience And Instant Gratification
• Customers Hate Waiting. 6 Ways How Businesses Offer Instant Gratification

What if I told you procrastination wasn’t about self-control? Before you buy another time management app learn why you procrastinate.

What if I told you procrastination wasn’t about self-control?

Before you buy another time management app learn why you procrastinate.

Whether you consider procrastination to be your spirit animal or people who procrastinate drive you nuts you’re going to learn a few things (it might be a good time to spring clean your business!).

• Women Conquer Business
• LinkedIn

• Procrastination: A Scientific Guide on How to Stop Procrastinating
• Procrastination
• Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control)
• The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Things Done by Piers Steel, Ph.D. (Kindle; Audible; Hardcover; Paperback)

You are evolving. Take small steps every day. Those steps turn into big actions. And those big actions turn into huge results. And sometimes it just starts with the smallest step forward.

You are evolving. Take small steps every day. Those steps turn into big actions. And those big actions turn into huge results. And sometimes it just starts with the smallest step forward.

• Women Conquer Business
• LinkedIn

Kronda Adair talks about creating marketing systems to scale your business.

Are you a small business looking to grow? Look no further. On this week’s show, Kronda Adair talks about creating marketing systems to scale your business.

• The ActiveGrowth Podcast
• Obi’s Instagram

• Karvel Digital
• Kronda’s Personal Blog
• Marketing Tools
• Kronda’s “How I Learned to Run a Successful Web Business” blog post
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn

We've all heard, do the work you love, the money will follow. But do you believe it? Do you really believe it? Even if you run your own business are you doing what it takes to flourish and get paid? Or do you hold back your true talents because deep down you think there's NO WAY you could make money doing what you love? Craig Tennant will help you get out of the rat race and make more than enough money doing what you really love.

About Craig Tennant

Craig Tennant is passionate about training and supporting successful professionals to get out of the rat race and to make more than enough money doing what they REALLY love. He worked in the corporate world consulting for Finance and Technology executives for over 3 decades and has trained and supported thousands of individuals and over 75 groups to connect with their purpose. Today Craig brings his passion and experience to help people connect with and bring their biggest vision to reality.

Engaging Breakthroughs: https://www.engagingbreakthroughs.com/

People and Things We Mention

Digital Distractions eBook: https://www.jenmcfarland.com/ebooks/

Office Space: Case of the Mondays: https://youtu.be/uiik3zS4y4I

"I say, follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be." - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell) (https://amzn.to/2Cmxvqd)

"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." - Henry David Thoreau, Walden (https://amzn.to/2O6EjwR)

Vulnerability TED Talk, Brene Brown, "The Power of Vulnerability": https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability

After two blockbuster interviews with Senta Scarborough and Gerald Jones, Jen and Liz recover from a taco emergency to discuss what it's like to podcast for a year, how freaking awesome our listeners are, and what's in store for the next 52 shows. Oh, and we also live-streamed the recording on Facebook and IGTV, which led to some serious high hilarity.

Jen's Digital Distrations eBook: https://www.jenmcfarland.com/ebooks/

Facebook Live link: https://www.facebook.com/jensmcfarland/videos/317002508951148/

Tacoma, WA (is not code for taco coma): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington

Zoom H6: https://amzn.to/2XG52Vx

Chatcolab: https://www.chatcolab.org/

Tim McCain episode: https://www.jenmcfarland.com/transformational-journey-make-you-better-leader/

Brian Fowlie episode: https://www.jenmcfarland.com/how-to-release-yourself-from-limitations-with-brian-fowlie/

Wayne’s World - camera one, camera two: https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/74817417-548a-4325-aceb-c70605434402

Tea Time with Tajuana: http://teatimewithtajuana.libsyn.com/

Women with Moxie: https://www.womenwithmoxie.com/

eWomen Network: https://www.ewomennetwork.com/page/homepage

Tanner Campbell, Portland Pod: https://portlandpod.com/who-are-we/

Explore economic resources for black business communities, and the importance of creating a broader community so we can all rise together.

Leader, coach, speaker, and training facilitator Gerald Jones, host of the Buy Black Podcast | The Voice of Black Business, shares how the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile led to his podcast.

We also discussed creating economic resources for black business communities, and the importance of creating a broader community so we can all rise together.

So many insights your head might just explode.

• Two Days, Two Deaths: The Police Shootings Of Alton Sterling And Philando Castile
• Dr. Claud Anderson: PowerNomics : The National Plan to Empower Black America
• Black Wall Street: The African American Haven That Burned and Then Rose From the Ashes
• Here’s an article about Vanport: The Time Nature And Racism Teamed Up To Wipe Out A Whole Town
• What Can Be Done to Get More Funding for Black Women-Led Startups? (PS – .0006% of the nearly $500M in tech/startup/VC funding is $2.5 million going to black women-led startups. We can do better.)
• Harvard’s Implicit Bias tests
• Example of light sentencing for a white male rapist
• Another example of light sentencing for a white male rapist

• Free Business Owner Assessment: “From Self-Employed to CEO: How Close Are You”
• Free Training: “From Self-Employed to CEO: How Close Are You”
• Facebook
• Twitter
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Listen to Buy Black | The Voice of Black Business

• Stretch Yourself: Network Beyond Bias with Amy Waninger
• How is #MeToo Changing Business?
• Truth in Business and the Impact of Women-Owned Business

Senta Scarborough was nominated for an Emmy®️ for her production work at E! News on a piece about Joan Rivers. Whether it’s producing for E! News, being a crime reporter in Arizona, or writing screenplays about Al Capone in Appalachia, storytelling is in Senta’s bones.

Senta Scarborough was nominated for an Emmy®️ for her production work at E! News on a piece about Joan Rivers. Whether it’s producing for E! News, being a crime reporter in Arizona, or writing screenplays about Al Capone in Appalachia, storytelling is in Senta’s bones. You’re not going to want to miss this week’s podcast — our 50th episode!!

• Civil War at 150
• Civil War Facts

• Sentamatic Media
• Twitter
• Instagram

• How to be Shamelessly Feminine with Jen Rozenbaum