Podcast Welcome: A Toast to Truths is where I share the mental, financial and emotional frustrations of being an entrepreneur. This is Season 9 Episode 2, "You Achieve (or Don't) What You Believe."

Q: What do you believe about yourself?

Part I

• How Denika and I met
• What is a PoweHERful awaken woman?
• What I believe about myself
• Searching for Empowerment FB Live
• "Don't give people your power, give them access." – Denika Carothers
• Hustling is associated with struggling
• The stories you tell yourself
• Stop comparing yourself to others
• Different levels of greatness
• Reading Suggestion: "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz
• Touching that 1 person and saving a life
• Defining success to you
• Life lessons, mistakes, regrets
• Forgiveness
• Sabbatical year
• Reframing our words and thoughts
• "What you speak about, you be about." – Denika Carothers

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Part II

• The weight of the world on your shoulders
• Decide what you need
• Hire someone who is an expert where you are lacking
• Investing in yourself
• Help is not weakness. Unlearn the toxic meaning of seeking help.
• Stop making excuses if you want to do something like being a blogger, then take the steps to be one.
• My viewpoint on coaching and coaches
• Being transparent about saying I need help
• When you ask for help solutions will present themselves, so discern which one is best for you at that moment
• You're here for a reason and seek out the right help to help you put the pieces together in the right order.
• S1E5 Your Family Is Not Your Customer So Stop Finding Fault With Them
• Your belief is what you see and do. Then it becomes your reality.

Final Toast:

• Denika- You are what you think about. You have, do based on what you believe. So think carefully.
• Vernetta – It's okay to accept help. Remove and unlock things. Transformed my mind. Helped me realize that I must take care of me if I want to be here to help others.

This has been A Toast to Truths with me, Vernetta R. Freeney. This is season and the consequences I've encountered.

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