She's Creating An Empire Podcast

Develop a Marketing Mindset

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0700

When I started an online business, I was trying to figure out how to make everything look perfect. I really focused on the tools, like the website and things that were innate or inanimate. But then I realized marketing was the key.

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about how to make a shift today from being the person that is building a business to actually attracting business. Below we share some of the episode’s highlights and tips to market your online business:

Attract your ideal client. Why do I want to attract them? Because I want to change their life. So we want to get into attracting to ourselves our tribe - our ideal client.
Know our truth. We're going to start to market. In the other video called Your Brand Voice, I talk about brand pillars and how to identify those pillars….and how you can start telling your brand story.
Show up to social media. You want to make sure you're putting in your schedule each and every week to create content and post on your social media. Make sure that you're on brand with your social media.

So whether you're a network marketer, coach, consultant, or you have your own business, this is your time to shift from trying to show the world how amazing you are to creating solutions for your ideal client.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

Your Brand Voice podcast, Episode #27
30-Day Content Map
Rock Your Week Like a Boss Weekly DMO
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The Power of Failing Forward

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0700

Failure is a part of success. You don't get to succeed without having failures in between.

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about a topic that is a little bit touchy. We're going to talk about failing forward. I want to make sure you understand that failure is part of the process and how to pick yourself back up when you feel like you just can't do it anymore.

Many of you have had businesses that have failed, especially in the economy that we're in right now. You've had partnerships that have failed, marriages that have failed, kids that won't talk to you. Don't worry, you're not alone. We all go through these things. Well, if you can get back up one more time, your legs will get stronger. Your body will get stronger. Your mindset will get stronger. And the stronger you get, the faster you go.

Here are some of the episode’s highlights:

At She's Creating An Empire™, we believe in you. We believe that just because you've made mistakes in the past, does not mean it equals your future. We actually believe in no judgement.

You can wipe your slate clean as long as you're not doing the things that continually lead to hurting other people or hurting yourself. Then you can start to rebuild the faith that you have lost in yourself.

You can forgive yourself. You can release yourself; bless yourself. You don't need other people's forgiveness. Maybe they're going to hold a grudge for the rest of their lives. That does not need to keep you in prison. You can release yourself through forgiveness.

Read Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. There's an entire chapter on persistence and it talks about how it feels like as you're trying to climb your mound, there's an invisible force or a guide whose job is it to hold you down. And when you persist and persist and persist, finally you're going to break through.

Get a coach. Get in our community. Join our free community. We have over 5,000 women that are there cheering each other on, learning to build businesses, create multiple streams of income, and pay off their debt.

We believe in you. So put your failure away today. I want you to dust off your knees. Right? I want you to get back up off the mat and I want you to take one step forward. So coming out of this episode, what's one thing you can do today?

Forgive yourself, release yourself, bless yourself, and choose to try again. There is no failure so long as you don't quit. So get back up on your feet.

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Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Failing Forward by John C. Maxwell
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Finding Your Divinity

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 06:00:00 -0700

Have you been taking the actions that you think are necessary but then ending up stuck on repeat over and over and over again?

So the reality is that your internal, spiritual game is actually going to determine your results and a lot of people find themselves stuck. Ask yourself this question:

Have you been taking the actions that you think are necessary but ending up stuck on repeat over and over and over again?

And maybe you've been doing the right things or you seem like you're doing the right things. Meaning, your coach, your mentor says - do this - and you do it, but ultimately you're not getting the results that you expect or you know what to do in your head. Then it’s time to take the appropriate actions.

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about belief, commitment, and consistency from an internal perspective and how to break through that place in you that's resisting your own success. So I'm going to ask you guys a couple of questions:

Do you feel like you could be getting better results now than you are currently getting and you're not sure why that is?
Do you know what to do to break through those barriers?
Are you aware that you're a spiritual being on an earthly journey?
Are you taking full responsibility as the co-creator of your life?

If you want to become the CEO of your life, you want to become the CEO of your business, you want to become a manifesting boss. You want to release all that past trauma and move into being a divine being who is like literally creating whatever you want.

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Five Steps to Create a Winning Mindset

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0700

We have to maintain a positive mental attitude because what we think about comes about, right? The frequency that we're on, what we're thinking and feeling about…that's what we attract into our lives.

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about the steps you need to take to create a winning mindset so that you can actually explode your results and win big.

You see, 95% of the population controls 5% of the money. The reason 95% of the people control 5% of the money is because their mindset is stuck in a rut. They have been taught to go to school, get a good education, and get a good job. And although that's one way to live, it is not the way to create financial freedom.

Episode’s Highlights:

First you have to give yourself permission. Don't wait for permission from other people because you're never going to get it.
Keep a positive mental attitude. A positive mental attitude is going to move you forward faster than anything else that you can do.
The growth mindset. The environment that you're in is absolutely everything. You can control what you're reading, what you're doing, what you're putting in. Turn off the news. Turn off the negative radio. Turn off those negative books and the negative movies. Instead, put into your mind things like You Were Born Rich by Bob Proctor.
Financial freedom is a journey, not a destination. Lack in our mind determines the lack on the outside.
That's what we're talking about here today. I had to close my mind tightly to anybody who would come against my dream. And that is not easy, right?
But that's why we've got to be putting the books and the tapes in, getting a coach, getting into a community so that we have people around us so that we're not hearing the negative voices.
We drown them out with positivity. We stay in that positive mental attitude. And when you do that, I promise you your whole life will change.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

You Were Born Rich by Bob Proctor
50 Ways to Make Money from Home Freebie
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
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Episode #27 - Uncover Your Brand Voice to Attract More Clients

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0700

When you want to be able to create social media branding, you want these things to be in line with who you are and what you believe.

In today's episode, I'm really excited because we're going to be talking about your brand voice. We're talking about social media matters. How do you create a social image that's in line with the authentic you? One that allows for you to show up in a way that you feel really good about so you can reach your social media BFF and actually create a long-term relationship with your tribe.

Here are some of the episodes highlights:

Make sure you are really targeting your brand at the pillars that matter to you. So the best way for me to say this is, what is your truth?
Start to identify your brand pillars, and I would recommend to start picking five.
Now, once you have those five pillars, go ahead under each pillar and write down two or three topics that you can talk about on that subject.
Building a personal brand in this area of business is not negotiable. You do not have a choice. If you want to be in business for yourself or if you're in real estate or you're in, you know, sales of any kind, it doesn't matter anyway. You have to have a personal brand.

When people go to your profile, they need to know who you are, who you serve, what it looks like. They need to see consistency. They need to be able to hear your brand voice, not only in the images, but in the content and the posting.

So just keep in mind that as you move forward, part of your personal development and business development plan needs to be creating a personal brand and getting clear on your brand voice. We are so excited to be able to deliver content to you that helps you move your business forward and your brand forward each day.

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Episode 26 - The Power of Brand Storytelling for Profit

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0700

You have value to add to the world. It's important to me, and it should be important to you, that you're able to share that value with others.

Do you know who you are as a brand? Maybe you do, but have trouble communicating that to others through the content that you create? Or are you just creating content for content’s sake, but not sure if it’s actually helping to serve your business?

Today’s podcast is for you! My special guest is Melanie Deziel. She is a keynote speaker author, award winning branded content creator and a lifelong storyteller. Melanie is the author of the best selling marketing and business communication book, The Content Fuel Framework: How To Generate Unlimited Story Ideas, and the founder of StoryFuel.

She’s an expert at helping people figure out how to make their content, represent who they are, share things really aligned with their business values. In this episode, she shares one area of her framework on which you can focus today…and it works for every kind of business.

Episode highlights:

Oftentimes you become an entrepreneur because you love a particular industry or product or you know the service that you offer. Not necessarily because you like talking about that product or service.
What is it that I should share to help other people understand who we are? I know my brand values, but you can't just post your price list every day and sit and wait for folks to come to me. So how do I create content that's going to align with those values and attract the right audience and hopefully help them stick around?
I think anyone who tells you they didn't experience any kind of imposter syndrome is lying to you or is not challenging themselves enough.
How Melanie and her husband are helping independent business owners with financial challenges in a unique way.

If you’re struggling with your content and relaying your message to your audience, I encourage you to spend a little time with us and take some great notes.

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The Content Fuel Framework: How To Generate Unlimited Story Ideas
StoryFuel
The Convoy
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Episode 25 - Take a Quantum Leap

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0700

In today's episode, we are going to talk about how to take a quantum leap? If you've been stuck or you simply want to accelerate your results? How do you create a financial freedom revolution or movement? And how do you go from where you are now to where you want to be?

Maybe you're like me and you have that desire as well. You want to change your life. You want to move forward. You want to start creating a life of your dreams. Well, here is literally how I did it, and I hope that you'll find a few tips that you can take away for how you can do it, too.

Episode's highlights:

I took a look at my life and I decided that if I was going to do something different, I had to do something different. So I shut off my TV, I turned off the radio, I put on personal development. I cleared 15 hours out of my schedule. I decided that I was going to focus on my business with enthusiasm, joy, and I fell in love with the process.
So you guys understand that your quantum leap is going to require your energy and your focus, and so you need to get your life straight now. That's actually why I ended up building the She's Creating an Empire Success Planner and time management system.
The other thing that you can do to create a quantum leap is actually start to utilise business builder statements or as I like to say, boss statements.
So if there's anything that I can encourage you on, don't get stuck in the doubt. Don't get stuck in fear. Don't get stuck in not being able to create results.
When you take massive immediate action towards your goal, your goal will move towards you. So I just encourage you to dream bigger, faster. Don't think that money doesn't.

You just have to decide that you're going to take the leap. You have to not wait for the bridge to appear. You've got to jump because you can't wait to see the whole staircase. You've got to take that first step. That's when the rest of the staircase is revealed. And remember, quantum leaps means that there is no particular time. You don't have to wait ten years to become a millionaire.

Energy is not created or destroyed. So when you act, think and talk a certain way, that brings about more energy of the same kind. So if you want to raise your vibration, careful with your words, decide you're going to talk about quantum leaps. You're going to walk about quantum leaps, and pretty soon you're going to have a quantum leap.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Boss statements
You Squared by Price Pritchett
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Episode 24 - 5 Secrets You Need to Know About Money

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0700

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about the 5 Secrets you need to know about money.

Did you know, we make the same average of the five people that we hang out with? So if you think about the five people, your closest five people take what they make, divided by five. That's most likely close to what you make. And that's because money is energy. So when we want to create a higher income, when we want to step out and gain more money, well, then we have to raise our vibration so that we're literally getting into a new mindset or a new flow.

After these secrets I hope that you'll start to adjust your mindset, what you think is possible for you. Keep in mind that you really can be doing anything you set your mind to. Here are the five secrets about money you should know and put in place ASAP:

You're going to want to make sure that you're actively creating a money mindset. You're actively getting an education when it comes to finances.
Seek out coaches that can help you or courses or programs. Of course, you guys will find some links below. If that's something that you want to do, go ahead and dove in. We've got our financial fitness academy. We've got coaches that can help you do just that.
Become aware of what's possible for you.
Really get clear on what it is that you want.
Get around opulence. That was another secret. Get around something that's more than what you have right now that's going to expand your mind. And once you expand your mind, it will not go back.

It really is just at your fingertips. When we become aware of what's possible, then we can put a plan in place to create what's possible. But we have to become available to what's possible first. So I hope that makes sense to you.

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Episode 23 - Entrepreneur vs "JOB" and Other Dirty Words with Joan Sotkin

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:00:00 -0700

“My purpose is whatever I'm doing today because as long as I'm learning to love myself and love others and to me it's more of an inner journey than a journey because who you are determines what your outcomes are going to be.”

Joan Sotkin is a Money and Mindset Mentor who presents a holistic approach to business building. Joan is THE expert when it comes to understanding how emotional habits developed in early childhood affect a person's business and financial outcomes. Thousands have benefited from her groundbreaking book Build Your Money Muscles: Nine Simple Exercises for Improving Your Relationship with Money, her podcast, The Prosperity Show, her online courses and the unique guidance she offers her clients.

In this episode, Joan shares:

“And so who do you want to be? And if the world isn't telling you what you want to hear, sit down and listen and see what comes from inside of you as to who because you're not going to be at age 50, who you are at age 40. And each decade is different. And as I said to you in the green room that it takes till you're 50 just to find out what you're not.
“Pay attention to that place inside, that's uncomfortable because it's telling you what to do next and there's so much advice now that's part of the problem because it's hard to know who to listen to.
“Money is like people. It goes to people who take care of it. And the thing that money loves best is to be counted.
“It's about you and your relationship with yourself. So what matters more than anything else is taking care of yourself so that you're treating yourself like a person you love.
“Your habits are nothing more than these neural pathways in your brain. When you do something new and you want to make that a habit, you have to build up this new neural pathway in your brain. So when you go to change a habit, whether it's internal or external, it gets uncomfortable because you're going to be disorientated. And you have to understand that it takes about three months to get through the moving stupids.”
“If you're yearning for money, if you are longing for money, then longing is your habit and you'll never be satisfied."
“I measure my life not by my money, but how much peace of mind I have and how much love I have to offer and how much love is coming to me from other people and I had to learn how to feel loved and how to to understand this thing called love living on my own.”

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Joan Sotkin’s Freebie - https://ProsperityPlace.com/freebymm
Joan Sotkin’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joansotkin/?hl=en
Joan Sotkin’s LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joansotkin/
Joan Sotkin’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/joansotkin?lang=en
Joan Sotkin’s Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Sotkin
Joan Sotkin’s Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/MoneyMuscles
Joan Sotkin’s Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joan-sotkin/id1493381494
Joan Sotkin’s Book - https://www.amazon.com/Joan-Sotkin/e/B001JS52KK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Joan Sotkin’s Website - https://www.prosperityplace.com/
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Episode 22 - How to Set Goals Like a Boss

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:00:00 -0700

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about how to set goals like a boss. We are going to show you exactly how you can level up your income, level up your lifestyle, and level up your results all by creating a simple system.

And so maybe you're in that position where you, like, constantly been trying to you know, hit a financial goal, hit a ranked goal, hit a customer base goal, whatever your goal, hit a weight goal. And you've gotten to the point where you get goal fatigue. This is super normal when you're not following a simple system for setting your goals.

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Episode 21 - How to Crush Debt in a Few Easy Steps

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 05:11:44 -0700

Are you struggling with overwhelming debt and feel trapped in a never-ending cycle of working just to pay it off? In this episode, we'll provide you with a roadmap to pay off your debt, including your mortgage, in just five to seven years, without needing to increase your income. Join us as we embark on a debt-free revolution and take control of our financial future.

Have you ever wondered how you ended up in such a stressful situation? The truth is, it's not entirely your fault. In this episode, we will explore the societal factors that contribute to our consumer mindset and the pressure to accumulate debt. By shifting our perspective, we can break free from this cycle.

If you have been around for any amount of time, you know that I believe 100% accountability is the only way to live life. I believe that we are trained in a consumer society. I believe that at a very young age, we are taught to consume.

We grow with a consumer mindset. And so if we move away from being a consumer more into being a producer, things start to change.

How can you pay off your debt and become completely debt free, including your mortgage cards, student loans in five to seven years without even increasing your income?

Here are three steps to creating true wealth and achieving debt freedom:

Step 1: Mindset Shift from Consumer to Producer: Discover the key to financial transformation by embracing a producer mindset. We'll show you how to change your relationship with money, enabling it to work smarter for you rather than being a source of stress. This mindset shift is the foundation for achieving lasting debt freedom.

Step 2: Conduct a Bank Audit for Financial Clarity: Take control of your finances by conducting a thorough bank audit. Examine your bank statements from the past 90 days and carefully evaluate your spending habits. By identifying areas of unnecessary expenses, you can make informed decisions and optimize your budget.

Step 3: Cultivate the Habit of Saving: No matter how modest your income may be, it's crucial to prioritize saving. Start by setting aside a percentage of your monthly earnings, even if it's as little as 5%. Consistency is key, as this habit will gradually empower you to save more and expedite your journey toward debt freedom.

We value your feedback and invite you to share your thoughts and experiences as you transition from a consumer to a producer, from a spender to a saver. Our aim is to facilitate your transformation and empower you to achieve the financial freedom you desire. Together, let's unlock the path to true wealth and attain everything you've set out to accomplish.

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Episode 20 - How to Be Wildly Wealthy Fast with Sandy Forster

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 24 May 2023 12:00:00 -0700

“There's nothing that I love more than inspiring other women to get out there and know that you don't have to be someone special. You just have to do the work, and you just have to rewire your mind. You just have to continually be focusing on what you want and everything it can change.”

Sandy Forster is a renowned money mindset mentor, dedicated to empowering women worldwide and helping them achieve abundance and freedom in their lives. With her own remarkable journey from welfare to millionaire, Sandy has been featured in Oprah's Aussie Secret and is passionate about inspiring women to overcome obstacles, manifest wealth, and pursue their true passions.

Her internationally acclaimed bestseller, "How to Be Wildly Wealthy Fast," has been translated into 11 languages. Sandy also hosts the popular Wildly Wealthy Women podcast, through which she has positively impacted the lives of countless women across the globe.

When faced with challenges that seem insurmountable, what steps can you take to overcome them? Here are some techniques to help you move past your fear:

Close your eyes and tune into your body.
Visualize yourself in a state of peace and serenity.
Find an activity or experience that brings you a sense of calmness.
Play soothing music in the background.

Engaging in these practices will help regulate your nervous system and alleviate fear. By creating a safe and stress-free mental state, you open yourself up to brilliant ideas. Research has shown that stress impairs cognitive function and shuts down certain parts of our brain.

During this episode, Sandy shares valuable insights, including:

"Positive thinking alone is insufficient; true transformation involves aligning body, mind, and spirit. The Law of Attraction delves deeper than mere positive thoughts."
"For those seeking a mindset shift or business education, network marketing is an excellent starting point. It offers abundant support and insights into sales psychology."
"Many individuals expect financial success solely through meditation, but it requires a combination of thoughts, emotions, and actions. You are the catalyst for change."

By incorporating these strategies into your life, you can foster a positive mindset, embrace new opportunities, and create the fulfilling life you desire.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Sandy Forster’s Freebie
Sandy Forster’s Instagram
Sandy Forster’s Twitter
Sandy Forster’s Facebook
Sandy Forster’s Book
www.WildlyWealthy.com
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Episode 19 - Overcoming Guilt

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 17 May 2023 12:00:00 -0700

"Adopt the idea that you're actually supposed to be wealthy. It's not a side note or that there's something wrong with you, but in reality, you're supposed to be wealthy, you were born to build wealth. You were born to do business. You were born to do it. So, if you are born to do it, doesn't that change the dynamic away from guilt and shame around feeling like you want to do it?"

In today's episode, we're going to do something a little different. We're going to talk about how you overcome the guilt and shame of past problems or mistakes that you feel like you made and actually break through to the next level.

I’ve made so many mistakes in my life in the past and I was carrying a lot of shame in my life. That shame was attached to all kinds of things, financial losses, financial mistakes that I had made, jobs that I had gotten and quit, boyfriends that I had dated and broken up with and all the other things.

Let's talk about how we really create a double minded situation in our world. When we want to have wealth we desire to have a lot of money. But at the same time, we feel like maybe we aren't worthy.

That feeling like you're working all the time and you're working for money that you don't have yet. And you're trying to build your social media. You're trying to do sales, you're trying to get clients, but it's just not working quite yet.

And so you don't have the money to prove it to yourself that it's going to work. And so that's usually when the doubt, the shame, the fear, the guilt sets in. So here's a couple of things that you can do to calm patterns that combat that in your own life:

There is a scripture actually in the Bible called Proverbs 31 - it talks about how a woman is supposed to have business, run her household, trade spices, meaning products, buy land, invest in real estate, plant vineyards, and create cash flowing out.
Adopt the idea that you're actually supposed to be wealthy, not that that's a side note.
Set healthy boundaries with yourself and with others. If you are born on a day and you die on a day, what do you want the dash in the middle to mean to you? Do you want to leave a legacy of wealth for your kids?
Wealth can be anything. Wealth can be money, love, experience or anything else and so define for yourself what wealth looks like. We can make that really look any way we want. So how do you want yours to look?
Forgive yourself. You have a list of mistakes and things that you feel like you've done wrong or failed, that it's really really important that you forgive yourself.
Realize who you are.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Create An Empire Success System™ & Planner
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Episode 18 - How to Become a Marketing Superstar

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 10 May 2023 12:00:00 -0700

"Are you frustrated with not having enough clients? Are you looking at your social media thinking, how do people actually get clients on social media? Are you looking to up your brand and improve your exposure? Well, this episode is for you how to become a Marketing Superstar. A big part of what we do within the company is teach women how to use the power of marketing to gain influence."

A big part of what we do within the company is teach women how to use the power of marketing to gain influence. Why is influence important? Because influence equals impact. You actually have to have an audience to be able to influence, to create impact in their lives.

So, whether you're a coach, network marketer, affiliate marketer, or you want to be an online course creator, or you simply want to make a difference in the world, this episode is for you. We are going to be talking about the things that you can do to become a marketing superstar.

A big part of that is, of course, your mindset, the way you view and look at your social media, the way you communicate with the world and what your messaging is. You see, a long time ago I figured out that people don't actually join you because of pretty pictures on social media.

They join you because they resonate with your message. They join you because they feel like they know, like and trust you. This means that you actually have to put yourself out there. You actually have to step out and let them get to know you.

Now, here's a couple quick tips on making that happen:

Allow for your authentic self to show up on social media.
Think about how you think about your social media? Are you trying to get it perfect and make it look pretty? Or are you actually talking to the one person, the one person that you want to attract as a client or customer?
Identify your ideal client: how old are they? Are they male or female? What do they need from you? What do they need in life? Where are they at? What do they enjoy? Where do they shop?

The clearer you get on your ideal client, the clear your messaging will get, and the more attractive you will become on social media. So let's talk about some of the things you can do to become a marketing superstar:

Quantity matters. We all know that social media has an algorithm and that each platform is slightly different. you're going to have to create shareable content that is trending, a little bit entertaining, a little bit educational and maybe two to three posts a day to really get your account firing.
Choose a platform and really get to know it.
Never be afraid to pay for education.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Create An Empire Success System™ & Planner
Goal Digger Podcast - Jenna Kutcher
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Episode 17 - Ending the Solo-preneur Struggle to Become an Empowered CEO with Shelagh Cummins

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 03 May 2023 12:00:00 -0700

"I believe that all women need to have multiple streams of income. They need to know how to invest their money. They need to know where their money is and where it's going. Like we need to be in a position of control"

Shelagh Cummins is the Founder and CEO of The Road to Seven™ - a coaching, training, and financing company that guides women entrepreneurs in building a profitable and fulfilling business. Driven by an unwavering belief in the power of women entrepreneurs and their impact on both society and the economy, The Road™ provides the tools, the support, and the community needed to achieve their wildest dreams.

For the past decade, Shelagh Cummins has helped women entrepreneurs transform from struggling solopreneurs to thriving CEOs. They learn to shift to empowered action while removing the barriers to their success. Shelagh inspires her students to park the excuses and become #womenofaction. She is not afraid to kick out the crutches, make over mindsets, and flatten fears – always with a healthy dose of humour and candour.

The Road to Seven™ works tirelessly to rewrite the rules when it comes to capital access for this resilient and highly dedicated group of entrepreneurs. We must stop asking why women are not good investments and start asking how we can better invest in women.

In this episode, Shelagh shares her biggest obstacles that she had to overcome going from that spot to where she is right now with a thriving business:

“The biggest learning I had was that it's actually quite expensive to run a company”
“The biggest mistake that I made right when I started charging was I wasn't charging enough to actually run a company, and I was only charging for the hour that I worked, not the 2 hours prep that I had done the hour post, the cost of having a website, having some softwares, I wasn't taking into account all of those things.”
“Another mistake is I didn't pay my tax account and pay off that credit card right away and at 18% to 22% interest, you know, money's going to go one of two ways. It's either going to snowball into huge profits if you're investing or it's going to snowball into huge debt.
“Another one of the biggest learnings was figuring out what it was that I was teaching and putting it into my unique process and then being able to turn that into group programs and that's where I have focused for the last probably six years.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Shelagh Cummins’ Website - The Road to Seven
Shelagh Cummins’ Instagram
Shelagh Cummins’ Facebook
Shelagh Cummins’ Youtube
Shelagh Cummins’ Podcast
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Episode 16 - Ignite Your Creativity

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0700

"Our dreams, I believe, are always knocking at the door of our heart, and it can actually cause dissension because we are not thinking about them directly. But our souls try to communicate to us that there's more to life than what we're doing."

So, today's episode, we're talking about how you can ignite your creativity. How would you like to feel on fire for your life? To actually be in love with the process?

I was privileged to be introduced to a book called The Four Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss. What I love about the book is that he really approaches his business from how do we work way less and get way more results?

I want to show you one of the things that I did to regain my passion and my purpose in life.

In one of the chapters, he talked about writing a list of 300 goals. Now, I don't know if you've done this before, but what a powerful exercise. I thought, “OK, Tim, I'll take you up on that challenge.” I got out my paper and pen and I started writing down goals. Well, the first like 20 or 30 came pretty easily, then you really start to dig deep within yourself.

As I went through that list, I was able to make it to 210 goals on a list. I picked five goals in that list that I can do, those that weren't too big because I didn't want to fail at them.

So I started to execute on those goals. Well, what happened was my creativity was almost instantly ignited as I was writing the goals. I was getting more and more excited about my life, my future, and what was possible for me. And so I know this can work for you, too.

So I would love to see the list of your 30 goals if you guys want to, you know, go over to social tag me.

Links mentioned in this episode:

The Four Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Create An Empire Success System™ & Planner
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Episode 15 - Multiple Streams of Income and Where to Start

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0700

Network Marketing is a great way to start building an income from home outside of what you are currently doing because it allows you to start with very little investment and very little risk.

In this episode, we're going to be talking about multiple streams of income and where to start. Have you ever wanted to make more money and just not sure what to do?

You know that more hours at your job isn't the answer, and you know that you can only have so many traditional businesses. So what do you do next? What do you do moving forward to start to shift, to start to make money, either through investing or becoming a business owner?

Well, there's a couple of things that you can do:

I believe that for the average person, the easiest way to start to earn extra money is through either affiliate or network marketing. Get paid a percentage of every sale you make of a product or service that is already built. You can become affiliated with multiple businesses.
You can become a coach, which we have a turnkey business for. There's lots of coach certifications that you can take that will get you going in the right direction.
You can monetize your expertise by actually selling mentorship or masterminds or creating retreats or any other online program.
Trade cryptocurrency or become affiliated with educational platforms.
You can sell courses online, this generates steady income and you can generate multiple ones.

Now, the key is you have to start something, right? You have a full time job or business but you must start somewhere. Why do I think multiple streams of income is important? It is because if something happens to one or two of those streams of income, your family is still secure in the knowledge that there is money flowing towards you through other streams.

So, hopefully that gives you a little peek into the world of multiple streams of income. I want to break it down so that you understand it's not really a mystery. It's just any stream of income that will bring you dollars to your door.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Book: The CashFlow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
Create an Empire Success Planner and System
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Episode 14 - Creating Ride or Die Fans for Life with Megan Brame

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 12:00:00 -0700

“As entrepreneurs, the most valuable thing that we can do in our marketing is to identify the platform that we need to be on for our business, where our people are hanging out and how they're interacting on that platform.”

Megan is a 5x award-winning Advanced Digital Marketing Strategist and author. Megan is now doing what she truly loves: helping entrepreneurs like you! Marketing can get really overwhelming quickly, especially when you’re not used to it. That’s where she comes in: to help you create ride-or-die fans for life through organic marketing tactics and 1:1 coaching.

In this episode, Megan Shares:

“I realized it was marketing. It was all about creating a message and creating a voice and using that voice as a way to connect with people.”
“People have to be able to look at their business from a strategic standpoint and think about where are my customers, how are they using any kind of platform, email, Twitter, TikTok, how are they using it?”
“So pick one or two platforms that your people are on because you've done your good little marketing research and use it the way that they use it.”

So if you're feeling nervous and often say “I feel like I'm not really sure where my people are, so I'm going to go everywhere.” That's more of a problem of your marketing research and not social media strategy. Here are some questions to ask yourself to help you find your audience:

You really got to know who your people are
where they're due
what their pain points are
what they're doing
how they're utilizing things
what problems you're solving for them

Links mentioned in this episode:

Megan Brame’s Youtube
Megan Brame’s Website
Megan Brame’s Pinterest
Megan Brame's Book - Day 1: A Practical Guide to Launching Your First Business
Megan's Freebie: meganbrame.com/melanie
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Episode 13 - Financial Breakthrough & Transformation

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:00:00 -0700

I really want you to understand that to reach a breakthrough you actually have to come through something. The word breakthrough in itself means that we have to break an old habit, belief, idea, vibration and get through it to the other side.

Hey there. Now, on this episode, we're going to be talking about how you create financial breakthroughs at any given point in the year. Before you get one step further and frustrated with your results, take a listen and we'll see if we can create that transformation you've been looking for.

So how do we create that breakthrough? What do we need to do?

Well, I think oftentimes what we try to do is we try to figure out what's wrong and then we start thinking about what's wrong. Thinking about what's not working really brings negative emotion and negative feelings. Instead start to focus on the things that are bringing in, the reality is, if you can change the feeling that you're in, you can actually change the result that you're getting.

When we get that first bit of negative emotion, we can take a minute. We can stop. We can literally take a nice, deep breath in. Sight on the way out and let your mouth smile.

Because the reality is your mind can't fight a smile and neither can anybody else's. As you start to say these things out loud, the way you process your day, the way you're feeling is going to start to change. And of course, you'll attract more and better things to yourself because you're feeling more and better.

If you want to create a financial breakthrough, How are you currently feeling about attracting more money, having more than enough, not just enough or not enough money, but having more than enough money . Are you creating feelings that are leading you towards the right, you know, mindset to be in attraction mode?

So here's a couple of things that you can do that will help you to shift your mindset quickly and create that breakthrough that you're looking for.

Get your mindset manifesto and read them twice a day.
Give yourself a five minute U-turn for when you catch yourself feeling bad.
Ask yourself, Am I serving myself? Am I serving my end results, my end goal by having this emotion? If not, release it and bless whatever is going on.
If you need to forgive somebody at that moment, do it. Whether they ask for forgiveness or not, whether they're still doing the thing wrong or not. Forgive, release and bless them.
Make sure that you are focused on your end result.

When you go to work for money, you are a slave. But when money goes to work for you, you are the master. So with that, Do all the things we want to reach a million women with the message of financial independence, branding, business and bank accounts that they love.

Link/s mentioned in this episode:

Feeling is the Secret by Neville Goddard
Millionista Mindset Manifesto
Podcast Episode 7 - Money is Energy, Put it to Work
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Episode 12 - How to do a Life Audit for Total Transformation

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 12:00:00 -0700

A life audit allows us to make course corrections quickly so that we don't get so far down the road that it's a lost cause and put a little bit more energy into the areas of our life that need improvement.

I'm really excited because on today's episode we're going to talk about doing a life audit. Now, I don't know if you've ever heard that term life audit, but it's like a bank audit at work, except you're actually auditing your own life.

A life audit, it's really quite simple, but kind of complicated. And I'll tell you why I say that. A life audit is like looking at the buckets of your life, right? We have friends, family, fitness, friendship, finances.

The point of a life audit is to make sure that you never get to the end of your days with regret. But instead you are rejoicing. Look at all the important areas of your life and ask yourself this questions:

Am I currently happy with the results that I'm getting?
Rating yourself on a scale of 1-10 with those results, 1 being very low or 10, crushing it.
Do you want the best version of yourself ten years from now?
Are my current habits going to get me there if I stay on this track?
What happens if you get the money and the freedom? But you don't have your health? Or what happens if you have your health and don't have the money and the freedom?

It’s important to find balance and rhythm because whenever you focus on one thing, you naturally draw your attention away from something else. So as you're learning to build a business brand, and bank account that you love, of course your energy is going to be shifting to different buckets.

Practice doing your life audit every three to four months, you actually are going to see a compound result and you will be astonished at where you can be just a few years, months, or even weeks from now.

Now you're going to hear me talk about education, learning, mentorship, coaching, a lot because it's really how I've transformed my life from being a broke homeless single mom to doing and living and wherever I want.

And it's how you can do it, too. Let me know how it goes.

Link/s mention in this episode:

Create an Empire Success Planner and System
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Episode 11 - Creating an Online Business By Design with James Wedmore

Melanie Greenough — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:30:00 -0700

“Be able to develop the inner game, as we like to call it, the mental, emotional toughness, the resiliency. It's so crucial. And if you just look at how most of us were raised from a traditional education standpoint, none of us were prepared for a life of entrepreneurship.”

-James Wedmore

James Wedmore was born and raised in sunny Laguna Beach, CA and now resides and runs his business in the beautiful red rocks of Sedona, AZ. For the last 15 years, James has leveraged his expertise to help teach Digital CEOs how to build and scale their online businesses through courses and trainings like his signature program, Business By Design, other programs such as Sales Page By Design and Nail Your Niche, as well as many other business-building trainings inside of James’ abundant course library.

Along with being notorious in the online space for his unrivalled online courses and content, James also facilitates Next Level - a strategic, group-coaching experience as well as his high-level Mastermind, The Inner Circle. When James isn't working, he can be found hiking, flipping homes for Airbnb, or off-roading through the rocky terrain of Sedona. His motto is simple: Work hard, play harder!

In this episode, James Shares:

“I've really stepped into a much deeper, more fulfilling place that really aligns with my purpose, which is helping people to do what I've been able to do, which is to step out and to be an authority and monetize your expertise and really turn it into a thriving seven figure business.”
“Most people, especially as they go into entrepreneurship, they've been sold on this idea that no pain no gain, nothing worth having. You know, it didn't come without struggle and sacrifice. That is the most bogus B.S. backwards nonsense I've ever heard in my life.”
“I believe everyone's success is inevitable. And like I said, time and you are the only thing that gets in the way. But what really gets in the way is fear.”
“We're afraid of people's thoughts about what they are thinking about us. But here's the sad but true reality. They're already judging you. They're already thinking things about you, whether it's good, bad, neutral, whatever. So if everyone's already judging you, you might as well just do what you love and be happy doing it because you can't control what other people say or think about you anyways.”
“Where's that momentum going to come from? It's not going to come from you hiding behind your computer and not doing the things that are going to get you out there. And so you got it. You gotta start somewhere.”
“There's no such thing as failure. However, I do believe that failure does happen when you give up.”
“Simply put, great businesses are built with a great team, plain and simple.”

Link/s mentioned in this episode:

James' podcast: Mind Your Business Podcast
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Episode 10 - The Millionista Morning Money Routine

Melanie Greenough — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:30:00 -0700

So feeling those things in your heart and seeing them already done gives me a vision. It inspires me for the day.

In this episode we're going to talk about the millionista morning routine. So let's go through the steps that I take in the morning, which are one part personal, one part business so that you can check where you're at, and see what you need to do to take the next step to make your morning worth $1,000,000.

OK, what do we have to do in the morning to create a $1,000,000 routine? Well, it's a lot simpler than you think:

Make sure you get up in the morning before the household, I recommend getting up an hour and a half before your family.
Sit down with a book and a journal. Now, the book is, first of all, mindset. Always work on mindset first. Below you will see some book recommendations.
Get really quiet and envision how you want your life.
Add in any extracurricular learning of your interest, for example learn how to create a funnel, email list, social media.
Write out your “I am statements”, which is your millionista mindset.
Pick a day to plan and review your week .
Do a half an hour of exercise of some kind.
Set your alarm in the morning and or make notes to yourself.

Ask yourself what do I want my life to look like in ten years? What are my goals, what am I looking to achieve? Now, this being part of your morning routine, it'll actually inspire you to work a little bit sharper throughout the day. You can take 15-20 minutes, or a half an hour to do that. Whatever feels good to you.

Some of my favourite books are:

The Master Key System. I love that book.
You Were Born Rich by Bob Proctor.
They can grow rich by Napoleon Hill.
The Quantum Leap is another great book.
So there's several things by John Maxwell.

Now, in your morning routine, it's really important that you are feeling good. You want to make sure that you're saying the right things to yourself, taking time to admire the things that you did really well yesterday. And at the end of your day, it's also a good thing to celebrate the things that you did well that day so that you're constantly giving yourself positive feedback.

Links:

Episode 9 - Self Care Hacks for Busy Women

Melanie Greenough — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:30:00 -0700

There was a fire that ignited my soul to build a business even bigger and better to help more women. You can't give from an empty cup. We have to fill our cups first.

Hey there. Today we are going to be talking today all about self care hacks for beautiful women just like you. I can only imagine you taking the time to love yourself so that all of your results increase.

Do you have a self-care routine? Have you put in place the things that you need to feel good about yourself, your life so that your results can increase and can naturally be better at what you do? Well, if not, or even if you have.

Here's a couple of quick tips to help you:

Set really good boundaries around your time somewhere.

Learn how to say NO without seeming rude. You do not have to offer an explanation. This allows for you to put yourself first. Imagine being the person that you care about the most so that you can care about others even more.
Know yourself. What is it that you want? Brain dump 300 goals and things you want for you.
Write a love letter to yourself about the things that you admire about yourself. How you appreciate and are proud of the things that you do.

So we have to take a step back and ask ourselves how much better of a mom, wife, sister, daughter, spouse I would be if I actually loved myself, took care of myself?

It's important for you to do things, even if you have very little money to do things for yourself. Know that self-care is a journey, and I know that self love is an even bigger journey. But if we don't start somewhere, what will happen when we look in the mirror?

You can always improve. I know, but you are doing a really great job.

Link/s mentioned in this episode:

The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferris

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Episode 4 - How to Create a Master Plan to Hit Your Goals in 10 Years

Melanie Greenough — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:18:02 -0700

"I was around 35 when I realized that I didn't know where I wanted to be in ten years. I had no clear plan."

-Melanie Greenough

I was around 35 when I came to realize that I had been working so hard, doing everything I knew how to do, such as building the business and learning online marketing and doing all this stuff. The reality is that I didn't know where I wanted to be in ten years. I had no life or business master plan.

As I pressed on, spending my quiet time in the morning, I started to really listen to my soul and hear my heart, and realized that there were some big dreams and goals I wanted to achieve over the next ten years. I created a master plan philosophy: what did I want my life to look like in ten years, five years, three years, and two years? Your ten-year plan, which is the thing you're working towards, should be kept in front of yourself at all times.

In this episode, Melanie Greenough shares keys to mapping your 10 year masterplan:

Braindump all of dreams and goals and take the limits off yourself
Focus on abundance, ideas and opportunities, then the right people come to us
Invest in your education
Make adjustments to your activities, focus, mindset, energy and vibration.

Okay, so do your ten years, do your five years, do your three years because you can start to backtrack your life and see how far or close you are to those goals. As you're creating these goals, they can change along the way; they can shift, grow, and change. The success system will teach you how to break that down into quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily habits and goals that will get you moving in the right direction.

Link/s Mentioned:

Create An Empire Success System™ & Planner

Episode 3 - Becoming the CEO of Your Life

Melanie Greenough — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:17:48 -0700

"This is a place where we incubate your dreams, desires, and ideas. We help you with your mindset and how to effectively get your vision and mission out into the marketplace in a way that attracts your consumers and converts them to raving fans."

-MELANIE GREENOUGH

In this episode, we're going to focus on becoming the CEO of your life and your business in a way that truly matters. Imagine being able to create systems in your life that guarantee success.

Many times, what I believe happens to current or future entrepreneurs, or even accidental entrepreneurs, is that we have an idea or a desire to step out and do something different, but we allow fear to stop us in our tracks. Remember, fear is false evidence appearing real. We should not allow this false evidence to stop us from taking what could be a life-altering, life-shaking first step.

In my experience, I really didn't want to work for someone else. So, for our listeners out there who may have a good job, a good career, or even run a couple of businesses, but don't feel satisfied and don't feel it is their end game, I want to challenge you today with these questions:

Where are you in your life? What am I doing? Do I love what I'm doing?
If I don't love what I'm doing, what could I do that I would love?
Are you at a place where you need to innovate? Have you found yourself in a rut?
Do you do the same thing every day?
Do you feel you are not growing or changing or moving to the next level?
Do you think that that's the best version of you and is that where you want to go?
Do you have any ideas that you need to really dig into and take hold of and be brave about?

We have the CEO Success Planner to help you start creating a perspective if you are not sure. It allows you to identify how you are investing or spending your time and transform it so that you feel you are working towards your mission and purpose with absolute love.

As CEOs, we should close our minds tightly to anything that comes against our goals. People may try to discourage you, not because they are being mean or malicious, but because maybe they are not chasing their own dreams or goals, and they don't understand the sacrifice, the amount of mental tenacity, and/or education that is required to level up. Therefore, be very careful who you take advice from.

Links Mentioned:

Episode 1 - Homeless, Single Mom Turned Leading Business Strategist & CEO

Melanie Greenough — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:55:18 -0700

“Real transformation takes time. It takes investment. It takes you focusing. It takes learning, growing and doing things differently.“

~Melanie Greenough

My name is Melanie Greenough, and I’m a broke homeless single mom turned highly successful online CEO who is obsessed with helping people break free and create empires online. My mission is to show you how to transform your business brand and bank account into one that you love by becoming the CEO of your life and business. And, of course, to master all things business, marketing, automation and mindset. I will warn you, though,I do have a tendency to go on a rant or two usually when it comes to creating freedom and the obligation we have to become better humans.

If you are an ambitious entrepreneur, coach, consultant, and or marketer, or one in the making who is looking to create an impact and wants to fast track your success, then you can think of this as your one stop shop for mentorship and coaching mixed with business and marketing CEO School. Show up and take notes so that you can accelerate your success and increase your profits with ease. This is the Creating Empires Online podcast. Let’s dive in.

At She's Creating An Empire™, we have all kind of resources to show you how transform your business brand and bank account into one that you love:

Financial Fitness Academy that teaches women how they can actually get their finances working for them instead of against them.
Grow multiple streams of income. Learn to brown this themselves online.
University that helps people with branding and marketing.
Certified coach program.

Now, this podcast is not about that company, but I want you to know that my heart is for women. I want to see women succeed at a much higher rate than they've ever thought possible. The reality is that we can be, do and have anything that we set our minds to. But all of us have limiting beliefs. We all have ways that we hold ourselves back.

As you go through the upcoming episodes, you will meet some amazing experts. You will learn a lot about money mindset, unlocking your potential, and taking steps forward. I believe in taking immediate mass action. You will learn strategies and tips, fundamental strategies and tips on marketing and sales, and the skills you need to hone to increase your income over time. As you change your mindset, your results will change.

Link to Millionista Mindset Manifesto: https://shescreatinganempire.com/mmmanifesto

Episode 5 - The Journey of Mom-preneurship with Dana Malstaff

Melanie Greenough — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 13:30:00 -0700

"Business and entrepreneurship is just about testing; you know, we're all out there trying to figure it out and it takes a significant amount of trial and error, and even more for some than others."

-Dana Malstaff

Dana Malstaff is the Founder of Boss Mom and the creator of the Nurture to Convert Society. She is a mother, author, podcaster, content strategist, template architect, blind spot reducer, engagement facilitator, and movement maker. She helps moms with beautifully unpredictable schedules grow successful and sustainable businesses that don't take up all their time, and keep working even when they have to step away to be a mom (or any other important role).

In this episode, Dana Shares:

“When my son was born, I felt massive amounts of guilt because I would absolutely love our time together. And then I wanted him to take a nap because I wanted to work on my branding and my website and figure out what I was doing and how I was going to make money.”

“One of the things as you make more money is that you'll see people shift from trading time for money. Right to give up money for time.”

“I made what I was doing just as much about a movement as I did about a business, So the movement of Boss Mom was about shedding this guilt and embodying the dreams that we have so that we can show our children and the next generation that it's not about sacrificing ourselves for our children. It's about living a good life.”

“I went and made it a goal to get featured on a podcast every single week for an entire year. Three years later, I had done it. I've been on hundreds of podcasts. You google my name, you are ten pages deep.”

“The biggest thing about getting over fear is don't look at it as I put it out into the world and it's pass or fail, right? You look at it as a test, and when you're out testing things, the goal isn't for it to succeed. The goal is to know.”

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Episode 2 - Purpose-Driven, Multimillion-Dollar Business with Kara Goldin

Melanie Greenough — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:05:00 -0700

“The more we actually share our stories, the more we help others to do the tough things and the crazy things, as Steve Jobs used to say, the things that are critical for us to see.”

Kara Goldin

In this episode, we meet the successful Kara Goldin, the founder and CEO of HINT Inc., a San Francisco-based healthy lifestyle company best known for Hint Water and, most recently, Hint Sunscreen. Kara has been an operating entrepreneur, growing her brand into one worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

She has created a purpose-driven business focused on the end consumer. Hint is best known for its award-winning water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. She has received numerous accolades, including being named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017, Northern California and one of InStyle's 2019 Badass 50. Previously, Kara was the Vice President of Shopping Partnerships at America Online. She hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show, and her first book, Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters, was released in October 2020 and is now a Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller.

Have you ever felt like you think too much about the end and become overwhelmed with starting? In this episode, Kara shares her most significant lessons on her path to success and how she overcame doubts and doubters to create a unique product. You will learn:

The reason why Kara wrote the book Undaunted
Keys to keep your team’s innovation mindset as a CEO
Why do CEO’s focus on customers
What entrepreneurs really do
How to overcome doubts and fears to take that first step

Notable quotes from Kara:

“That's when I realized that giving up my diet soda, all these things changed. I lost 24 pounds in 20½weeks, my skin cleared up, my brain fog was gone, all of these things. And I thought, why is this happening?”

“You've got to manage your own life in that way to find those things that interest you, whether that's, taking up quilting or to read new books, make a habit of trying to figure things out for yourself that you're really, really interested in.”

“You have to be able to believe in what you're doing. If you're sort of on the fence or you don't have that idea yet, you're not ready.”

“Always stay curious, be passionate, and ask why.”

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Episode 8 - Breaking the Cycle of Employee to Become an Entrepreneur with Eleanor Beaton

Melanie Greenough — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:40:09 -0700

“So what did I do? I started to analyse my audience and I was like, who brings in the most money? Who is the easiest to sell to? Who are my best clients? And I literally cut 60% of my audience and since then, my whole business growth has been about looking constantly.”

Eleanor Beaton is the founder of SafiMedia, an education & coaching company for women entrepreneurs. Through SafiMedia and the podcast, Power + Presence + Position, Eleanor and her team are committed to advancing global gender equity through women’s entrepreneurship. They're on a mission to double the number of women entrepreneurs who scale past $1M in revenue by 2030. Eleanor's work has been published or quoted in publications including The Globe & Mail, The Atlantic, CBC, Chatelaine and more.

In this episode, Eleanor shares:

“You know, she feels hampered. And she's driving me to basketball practice, she was grabbing the steering wheel. And she's like, ``Right, Eleanor, money is power, always make your own.”
“She says to me, Eleanor, I just think it's really important for women to design their careers in a way that gives you freedom. If you want to have the kind of life and be the kind of mom that you want to be and do the things that you want to do, you're going to need to have freedom and a lot of nine to five will allow that.”
“Listen, we understand that one of the big reasons that we're not able to fight climate change is that right now there's not a lot of models of how to accomplish economic growth and environmental sustainability at the same time.”
“So we have our programing for women founders over here and it's all about helping them niche down, get really, really focused, prune their businesses so that they can scale them up.
“I need to change how I'm operating. I need to actually become a CEO because up to then I was like a startup founder. I was not really a CEO. I wasn't acting like that. I was acting like a freewheeling founder, which is great. And you have to.”
“What I had to understand is what's on the other side of coaching, which is accepting all the parts of who I am, talking with myself every day and being like, Hey guys, this is what we're doing. We're doing something we haven't done before. It's kind of scary, you know, and, and I want you guys all with me”
Why should entrepreneurs focus on growing from a sufficiency mindset over a scarcity mindset? because when you grow based on scarcity, it's never enough.

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Episode 7 - Money is Energy, Put it to Work

Melanie Greenough — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:29:07 -0700

Have you ever been standing at the cashier going to pay for something and thinking, Oh, my gosh, I hope this card works? Not even knowing what the balance is.

In this episode, we're talking about how money is energy. And a long time ago, I didn't know this was true. I thought money was the paper, my wallet, or the bank card that I would take to the machine. And sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn't.

You will learn how we shift our mindset around money and really realize that money is energy and energy is everywhere all the time, which means money can flow to you easily and frequently from multiple sources on a continuous basis.

Quick tips to shift your mindset from thinking that money is finite, a piece of paper to realizing that it's energy:

Money is circular. Money is meant to go in circles. It's meant to flow. It's meant to go to work. And when we don't have our money in circulation or in a way that actually allows for money to do its job, what happens is it becomes stale and stagnant.
We have been taught to go to work for money, to trade your time for money. The issue is that you always run out of time before you make enough money.
You're going to work and giving them your life force your energy, which means it's an exchange of energy. You're giving them a certain amount of energy and they're giving you a certain amount of energy back.
So we have to shift away from that trading time for money paradigm, away from the idea that we have to do or be something to be worthy of money. Money is simply energy.
Keep High Vibration when your vibration is negative full of messages like I don't have enough.. There's never enough money. Nothing ever works out for me. You can feel that, right? That is going to propel money away from you. But when you're walking around saying everything always works out in my favor, I have more than enough money flowing to me easily. Money starts flowing and working for you.

When you start to realize that your service renders the money, the more service you provide, the more money you make, you start to realize there's ways to create leverage through different business models. So ask yourself, currently, are you treating money like its energy? Are you giving more than enough energy? What do you believe about money? Is money hard to earn? Is it hard to get? Is it hard to find? Or are you ready to transition out of that mindset?

Leave your lack behind and really grab on to an abundant future. Remember where your attention goes, your energy flows, and when you give out energy money will come back to you if you're giving it in the right places.

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Episode 6 - Five Steps to Become Financially Fit

Melanie Greenough — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 01:56:31 -0700

"I think the biggest lie facing society today is that if you go to school, get a good education, and get a good job, you will somehow reach financial independence. The reality is that, after working for 40 years, you will hopefully retire on 40% less than what you could live on in the first place.

-Melanie Greenough

In today's episode, we will be discussing the Five Steps to Financial Fitness and how you can set your family up for financial independence in five to seven years without increasing your income.

I had to read a lot of different books, take a lot of different courses, and finally, piece it all together to create something that was simple, easy to apply, and would work for a very busy mom who doesn't have a lot of time to set aside trying to figure out how to get off the wheel.

If you feel like you are working hard and doing everything you know how to do to succeed, but still not achieving the results you want, know that you are not alone.

Today's episode highlights:

Create a debt freedom plan, pay off your debt in 5 to 7 years, start with credit cards and make sure that you're staying on top of that.
Discipline is the beginning of all wisdom and financial independence actually comes out of discipline.
Make a list of all of your debts and really face it, make sure to include your mortgage.
Create multiple streams of income. Having your eggs all in one basket is actually a relatively dangerous way to live. It's important to have upwards of 15 streams of income.

We know that becoming the CEO of your life in business is important. It is important to be a good leader, and to be a good leader, you need to be a good follower. Therefore, learning and growing is very, very important. Make sure that you are assessing your income streams and really deciding on one thing you can learn and start today or tomorrow, that would allow you to move forward. CEOs do not leave their results to chance; they know that the decisions they make come from the data that they collect.

Become the CEO they've always wanted to be.

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