After hearing Kristie’s story, this was the first image that popped into my head! (I do not own copyrights to this image) Your next move may be your best move. As long as you keep moving, you are moving closer to your dream! I repeat this to myself at least once a week. It is your duty, to share the knowledge and the passion about your service or p…

Chris’ shares his story on firing a high paying, high stress, high maintenance client. These clients can be detrimental to your business, your health, and your all around being. Imagine hating your job. Hating going to the company YOU built because of one client. I have had these and I know I have been this client (not going to lie to you)! From pe…

STOOOOPPP WHAT YOU ARE DOING! If you have ever thought I’m nervous what blah blah blah will think. What if people unfollow me. What if they talk bad about me this interview is for you! As I interview people, it is the exact message I needed to hear that day. It has been the craziest circumstances, but very eye opening. Monique hit on perfection and…

Business can be very fun and lucrative! It can also be soul crushing all around money, family, and friendships. Let’s be honest, being an entrepreneur has some REALLY good days and some REALLY bad bays. What makes you an entrepreneur is the fact you keep going and conquer all days! One would never ideally think about a family member or friend purpo…

This takeaway is a little different. I normally like to give specific actionable steps on how to avoid the type of failure we discussed. I don’t want you to think, ugh I am wasting my time there’s no steps here, but this is something I had to do myself to really determine my journey. In this take away I want you to dive deep! We can give millions o…

Investing money without a plan on how you will get a return on investment. We need to be aware of how we are feeling. Money is a hard point for many people, and realizing that we have been spending our money in the wrong places. Learning lesson on how she was showing up and why she was investing in the wrong places without having a strategic plan. …

Establishing your business. Ready to prove you are the best in your niche. You have it all figured out, and you are ready to go. Now, just minor details… How do you get paid? Do you get paid at the beginning, middle or end? Do you get paid on a payment plan. Will you always be ahead or even? These are questions you will want to think about. I love …

If I could, I would delegate my life. After my burn out, I spent HOURS learning about delegation. My mentor told me about it, told me I needed help, but never explained how to find it or how to train and actually delegate. My doctor kept telling me I needed to unload my schedule and make my life less stressful. Basically, delegation is necessary, b…

Whether you are pitching for a potentially life changing event, like Joshua was for TEDx, preparing for an interview, or pitching your services to a potential client you should know about your audience. Event Pitch: Choose the event you wish to be apart of. Do your research on HOW TO APPLY. Most of the time, you can Google the event and someone has…

Do You Need a Business Partner? Have you lost time from a bad business deal? What about thousands of dollars? Ugh, what a stomach wrenching situation. You may be losing a relationship with a family member or a friend. This is someone you trusted to build your dream business, and they failed you. They potentially failed employees, your community and…

When opportunity presents itself, take it! Showing up is more than half the battle. Side story: A while ago I was hiring an assistant. After multiple no-shows I got excited when someone showed up. Good interview or bad, they showed up! That says something. This wasn’t some minimum wage job out in the sun job either; good pay, health benefits, 401k,…

Monetization is an interesting topic for me. Any time I start a project, I think, how am I going to get paid IF I continue with this project. Often, I lose interest in the project or have a “shiny object” syndrome where I find something better to occupy my time if I’m not making a return on time/value as fast as I would like. Let me hear yaaaaa if …

10 Ideas to Pick Yourself UpI am going to start by saying...100% of people are “salesman” at some point in your life. Whether you like to think of yourself of not in a position of sales, you are. You are selling yourself to the world daily. It can be how you carry yourself - are you confident are you shy? People can read your body language, you may…

How Refuse Defeat Came AboutAHHHH — I am so excited to be sharing failures of people that seem to have their sh*& together! Seriously, I hate watching all these people on social media looking like they didn’t want to run away from all their problems at some point.I started Refuse Defeat to share business owner’s failures that almost ended their bus…