We all need to be smart about the ways we spend our time and sanity, and tonight my littles gave me full proof that taking them to the grocery with me is…. Not smart. Listen as I share the story, and why I will be changing my grocery shopping procedure drastically!
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“The most important thing is to change your mindset, to realize that you can … create a healthy, energetic body.”
Living and teaching the Ageless Living Lifestyle for 35+ years now, Rico Caveglia opened up one of the first modern, personal training studios in San Diego in 1981. Listen in as Kim and Rico discuss his passion for a healthy lifestyle which can produce ageless living. Why? As Rico explains, our bodies have a genetic potential to stay healthy until 125 years old so our life expectancy could have many more years of good living!
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Highlights:
10:58 30-Day Clarity Exercise
19:56 The critical importance of the right food, enough sleep, physical movement and spiritual balance
22:17 Mindfulness - being aware of what we’re feeling, thinking and believing
23:18 Your conscious mind can override your subconscious mind
24:10 Master the seven essentials of life - breathe oxygen, drink water, eat real food, eliminate waste products, move our body, get rest & relaxation, and use our brains
Are you segmenting your email list from the moment someone opts in to your initial offer? Tune in to hear why this should be part of every entrepreneur’s marketing funnel.
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“We have to be able to decide whether it’s right for our business or whether we’re trying to live up to somebody else’s should’s.”
First, Heather Cameron worked as an electrical engineer in Australia and then the technology bubble burst. Faced with the question of “what now?” Heather returned home to Canada and earned another degree - this time in Adult Education. Later, Heather was asked to travel to Zambia to lead a local leadership conference. She quickly said yes! During her experiences at home and abroad, Heather learned she had a passion for helping people - specifically women entrepreneurs - find their focus and help their businesses reach their true potential.
Listen in as Kim and Heather discuss Heather’s work with women entrepreneurs and how many are susceptible to the world of “should’s.” As in, I should be doing this or I should be doing that. Sound familiar? If so, grab a cup of coffee, listen to this podcast and learn how you can get your own “should buster” meter!
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Highlights:
9:48 Life was good and then it changed, almost back at square one
10:50 Discovered passion for working with women entrepreneurs
11:53 We’ve got so many “should’s” coming at us
18:11 Social media is one of the biggest should’s out there
46:16 Start to create your own “should” buster
Is your personal/professional development reading list feeling stale? Listen as I share my summer 2018 reading list!
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“The common thread always is the people.”
Natasha Todorovic is a trained consultant who has worked with a diverse group of international clients from many different industries and at all levels of management. She uses an approach called Spiral Dynamics which, as the name suggests, requires one to get to the core of who you are similar to how DNA (which rotates around in a spiral) is at the very core of who we are. Natasha is fascinated by the relationships she sees between people because - as she says - that’s where the magic happens. Listen in as Kim and Natasha have an inspiring conversation about people, collaboration, and clogged pipes. Trust me, you will be inspired!
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Highlights:
9:56 Getting to the core of who you are
20:20 50% of projects fail because of lack of collaboration
25:30 Spiral Dynamics
27:18 The DNA of our business
30:35 Sometimes the pipes get clogged
31:51 There’s a magic in seeing what’s between the people, rather than focusing on the people
Are you duct taping together problems in your business rather than investing in the proper solution? Listen as I explain why this could be more costly in the end.
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“Having one good reference is one thing, but if you have a book of screaming references, that is something you can really sell against.”
After experiencing anxiety to the point of not being able to communicate in his soul sucking cubical, owner of Bare Knuckle marketing, web designer, author, and fellow podcast host Phil Singleton decided to take two weeks to pack up his bags and move to Taiwan for an unexpected ten year stay. Listen in as Kim and Phil discuss web design, successful and not so successful experiences with bartering, and the importance of having a web page for your business.
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Highlights:
1:15 How Phil got to where he is today
9:38 An opportunity was discovered
18:58 Successful and unsuccessful barters
26:08 The importance of a website
35:10 Local niche magazine
44:24 Game changer: being a guest on podcasts
Do you ever find yourself spinning in circles because you haven’t taken time to plan your tasks or your day? I have! Listen as I share a recent example -- and why we need to remember to slow down.
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“Even though our hardest times, what can get us through is remembering our past successes.”
Following the death of her mother at age 12, Dianne learned to tap into her young entrepreneur self in order to help supplement her father’s income. A firm believer in the philosophy that your past successes can help you overcome your current obstacles, Dianne went on to experience relationships with both a non-functioning alcoholic and a meth addict. Needing to remove herself from those situations and to provide for her children and herself, she found her true calling in life and became an entrepreneur, a mindset coach and a motivational speaker. Listen in as Kim and Dianne discuss all of this!
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Highlights:
7:05 Somebody has to get it together here
8:11 Now what can I sell? Finding ways to make money in a now single-income household
17:37 I had a breakdown
19:24 What gets us through our hardest times is remembering our past successes
29:43 Research, find & use any available resources
33:20 From $1,600/month to $12,000/month
34:30 Even though I had vision, I still didn’t value myself
43:10 Life coach certification
45:52 Entrepreneur by Design
Sometimes entrepreneurs can get hung up on their own insecurities rather than take the little leaps of faith which may take them to great success. Listen as I share why we need to go beyond our comfort zone and have faith in ourselves.
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“I started my life over … with two suitcases, a dog, two cats, and $35. It hasn’t been easy but it’s been a lot of fun. I got my joy back.”
Lifestyle coach, speaker and author Olivia DeMoss lives to make a positive impact on the people and the world around her. Her smile is so bright you can hear Olivia smiling as she and Kim discuss how she hopes to help people create true happiness and a life of joy or “joie de vivre” by their own design.
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Highlights:
1:11 The difference between happiness and joy
1:28 Happiness is a state of being that comes from the outside
2:04 Joy is an inside job
4:15 Joy is a choice
4:21 “Joie de Vivre” - the joy of life
8:10 You are like a well, you need a source. Joy makes your well overflow
26:32 Remember to be in gratitude
42:13 Always be in integrity with yourself
In 2015, I hired my first business coach, who asked me, “Kim, where’s your Faith in your business?” Listen as I share why I wasn’t sharing it before then, and why we should all be true to ourselves rather than worry about offending others.
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“When you’re raising a village, it takes a village.”
As an entrepreneur, lawyer, business consultant, creator of online niche blog sites, a wife and mother of five children, and a Team USA Athlete in Triathlons, Rachel Brenke is a wearer of many hats. Listen in as Rachel and I relate to the hustle and bustle of family and work life juggling of schedules and how we are able to keep them organized, the importance of setting up proper legal structures in a business, and some useful advice on copyright infringement.
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Highlights:
00:52 Who is Rachel?
3:55 How does she do all that she does?
9:27 Time management
14:27 Most common legal mistakes entrepreneurs make
22:09 Copyright infringement
31:49 Knowing your business
41:08 Tools to help run businesses successfully
46:27 Archive those emails
In this episode, I share a major celebration from the Sutton Family, and expand upon the lesson about why it’s so important to keep moving forward -- no matter what challenges life throws at you!
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“Silent people do not leave lasting impressions.”
Born in the country of Georgia, a young Isaak Gelbinovich moved to America at the age of 23 without speaking a word of English. Over time, he not only learned to speak English but he also became a public speaker and story teller and started teaching people how to speak. Listen in as Isaak shares some of his own life stories with Kim and as they discuss the need for people to share their stories. Remember, as Isaak says, “silent people do not leave lasting impressions.”
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Highlights:
2:31 Everybody has a story and only you can tell your story
14:31 Three Stages of a Story: finding it, crafting it, delivering it
20:37 Don’t quit yet & the importance of education
26:11 Excellence is desirable and attainable
36:21 Silent people do not leave lasting impressions
Do you ever find yourself scrolling social media for hours, just to see what your competitors are up to and how they are succeeding? Well, it’s time for that to stop. Listen to hear my thoughts on the nonsense of nosiness.
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“Every situation that is at our feet is always a gift and the best gifts are not wrapped in pretty packages and bows.”
The founder and CEO of Mind Like Group, Esther Weinberg primarily works with leadership teams of entertainment technology companies on implementing cultures of dignity at work. Tune in as we discuss the importance of having those difficult conversations and how the small things build up to making the bigger problems. The education of healthy boundaries needs to be enforced in the work environment to allow for a safe workplace for both men and women.
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Highlights:
00:48 Introductions
7:09 Work life balance
11:38 The farting monkey
16:17 The five “A’s”
20:28 You can say “no”
31:09 Trust, respect, and safety
35:05 The tools to building your team with dignity and respect
42:34 The next 90 days
Have you ever noticed that sometimes it’s hard to accept good in your life because you’re waiting for the bad that occasionally follows? If so, it’s time to be good with having good!
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“There are ways to be empowered to move toward taking the best steps for your physical, mental, and spiritual well being.”
Have you ever heard the term “hijackle”? This word is trademarked and explained by Rhoberta Shaler, a relationship consultant, mediator, author and speaker from For Relationship help. Hijackles are people who hijack relationships for their own purposes and then relentlessly scavenge them for power and control. Listen in as Kim and Rhoberta dig in deep and discuss the traits of hijackers, how to handle them, and step up and move forward.
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Highlights:
1:12 What Rhoberta does
2:15 Trademark of “hijackles”
3:52 Hijackles paint perfection
7:35 Seeing the signs
12:02 What to do if you find yourself in a relationship with a hijackle
16:44 Safely reach out
18:50 Law of attraction
23:56 Personal weather reports
27:30 Stop the shoulda, woulda, coulda’s
29:38 Avoid becoming a hijackle yourself
Are you pursuing your heart’s desire? Or are you merely chasing the next dollar? Listen as I share how pursuing my heart’s desire has made all the difference in my personal and professional life!
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“You gotta quit that stupid job.”
Former mailman turned real estate investor, Tom Nardone used a secret weapon to his advantage: As a mailman, he could tell which properties were receiving certified foreclosure letters before anyone else knew the property was available. Listen in as Tom and Kim discuss how Tom went from “mailman” to “millionaire mailman” in just under 10 years.
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Highlights:
12:17 Look for problems, not properties
13:27 My simple goal: to buy 3 houses a year
13:53 You gotta quit that stupid job - how Tom decided to leave his job as a mailman
28:35 Self-care: make sure you’re running the business and you’re not actually doing the business
When was the last time you performed an audit of ALL your recurring business expenses? If you can’t remember, I guarantee it wasn’t recent enough. Listen as I discuss spending freezes, and why you may need one!
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“If you control the business, then you control the lifestyle and therefore you have a lifestyle business”
From never owning a computer and having no prior knowledge of internet marketing, self-taught business owner John Lamerton speaks about his journey and what he has learned about life. After the birth of his first child in 2009, John realized his business was not what he wanted it to be and therefore launched his Ambitious Lifestyle business. Listen in as Kim and John discuss “aha” moments, what exactly a lifestyle business is, and some hiring lessons learned along the way.
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Highlights:
1:00 What John does and what he did to get there
3:00 Running the wrong kind of business
8:09 What a lifestyle business really is
11:53 Hiring lessons learned
15:40 Creating hurdles when hiring
23:00 The need to hire support
29:11 Hiring new VS experienced
33:08 High intensity fitness training in a work concept
39:29 Let go of the MD (Managing Director) level
47:22 “Rich people spend money to save time, and poor people spend time to save money”
51:51 One thing John cannot work without
Have you ever allowed a “Momma Hair” day prevent you from getting on to social media and sharing your message? I know I have! Listen as I explain the injustice we are doing to ourselves and others by allowing our “imperfections” to hold us back.
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