No More Excuses: Monday Motivation Podcast

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! MERRY CHRISTMAS-EVE! You all ROCK! I appreciate you reading this, listening to the podcast (I think some of you actually do listen to it!) AND for those of you who SHARE the podcast! THANK YOU! If you don't share it... please do. It really only take a hot sec! :) It's been a FUN month for me. This was the first year I did the FINISH THE YEAR STRONG CHALLENGE and it's been fun hearing from those who took part, how it's helped them, and it's helped ME as well! Although I'm not quite in the Christmas spirit this year, the FUNtivities are still going on! I achieved my BIG GOAL of finishing my third book, then I kept going by hosting two book release parties! I've sold LOTS of books... and I am NOT STOPPING NOW!  One thing a day up until the end of the year. But... why stop there? Let's keep going! Like I talked about in last week's podcast, you have to BUILD UPON where you are and who you are TODAY! The progress and success you've had. W

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! We're down to two weeks left in the year! You're either excited or groaning! I know this year is definitely ending better than it started! It's been a lot of work, and the biggest change was my own mindset! And now, I'm not stopping! I'm FINISHING THIS YEAR STRONG! I'm thinking about, and creating ways to DO MORE! Whether it's this week, next week, well and next year, I'm building upon the successes I've had. What about you? Speaking of you... how did you celebrate the progress or achievements you've had? That was last week's podcast theme. I talked about my clients achievements and how they were taking the time to acknowledge their success. In this week's podcast, I share a few ways others celebrated! So... what about you? What have you achieved, or made progress on? And how did (or will) you celebrate? I'm celebrating my third book being published by having a party! (I'm sure you know by now as I've been talking about it for awhile

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! I appreciate you listening, sharing this podcast and connecting with me on social media. And yes, even emailing me with questions, answers and input from the weekly challenge! Last week was a big week of FUN and CELEBRATING for me! Friday was my quarterly Women's luncheon called TABOO! and Saturday was my first Book Release Party! Lot's of planning, prepping and executing went into the week and events!  As we're closing in on the end of 2018, what are you celebrating? What are you getting close to achieving? How can you play, prepare and execute so you continue to get closer to the SUCCESS you desire? In last week's podcast, I talked about my clients' hard work – consistent work – that helped them see results. And how I, in a sense, forced them to take the time to CELEBRATE! High fives, smiles, and quiet moments to relish in their success! Last Saturday was MY turn to celebrate the goal of finishing my third book. (Dec. 18th is my ne

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! The countdown to the end of 2018 is in full speed! 28 days from today to be exact. It's been an amazingly crazy good couple of weeks, especially last week! I saw HUGE results with all of my clients and it was a so much fun to help them SEE that the effort they put in DID reap the rewards they desired. They've lived up to their own expectations. They stepped UP and INTO their roles! But for many, it was hard to imagine this moment, as it is with so many people.  When you're in the middle of the madness, the chaos, yes the SHIT STORM, as I like to call it, usually you (myself included) focus on what's going wrong – the negative – and we forget to look at what we HAVE accomplished. We're working so hard to get out of the swirling madness that we don't step OFF the crazy train long enough to take a breath and enjoy our successes. Last week's podcast and social media theme was about checking to make sure your EFFORT matched your EXPECTATI

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! I appreciate you listening, connecting with me, and sharing this podcast with others! Click here to email me where you are! I always enjoy hearing how far the podcasts travel! Those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope it was a good one and you had time to relax. And for those of you who had to work on Black Friday, I hope you have had time to relax since. My Daughter worked 15 hours (retail)! YIKES!  Tis the Month of people asking others, and posting about what they are thankful for each day. I didn't do that this year, but I suppose it's because I've been focusing on... and bugging YOU about DOING one thing a day to FINISH THE YEAR STRONG! I'm still at it... how about you? Even though my latest book, The Magic Pill, has been published, it's now about marketing it, setting up book launch events, as it doesn't make any sense to write books if no one knows about them, does it?!! If I'm not going to be consistent in my efforts, I

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! I appreciate you listening and sharing my podcasts and connecting with me on social media. All ways to connect with me are you my website (except Instagram for some reason!!) The last few weeks podcasts have been about BLAME! Who & What we blame for our lack of progress. I've shared storied about clients who finally realized they were blaming others for their lack of progress toward a goal - their SUCCESS. And, I've also shared their success stories once they changed their mindset!  As I've also mentioned... CONSISTENCY is KEY! Once you stop the blaming, own your shit and create the PLAN, you will see the progress. But... what happens when you STOP doing what you "said" you were going to do? You saw the results! You were excited by the results, so what happened? Well, if you're not going to keep the consistency and newly formed habits you created, then you can't bitch about the less-then-stellar results now can you? We all need a

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! Thanks for listening, sharing and connecting with me on social media!  Last week was interesting! It was definitely a week of BLAME as I called it in last weeks podcast! I did hear some blame the time change, but I had three clients realize their blaming was what was keeping them from growing! It was great to talk with them, one actually called ME as he had a HUGE A-ha moment... so he realized it, but was now blaming himself for his mistakes. Yes, it's always our OWN fault! We just need to realize it, OWN it and them move ON! So yes, in a sense, I give you permission to "LET IT GO!" That moment when you realize what you've been doing is HUGE - it's such a big learning opportunity! But, don't stay there. All that does is suck away more time, more productivity and can stall progress. You'll have to listen in this week as I share with you what happened once my clients realized what they were doing... and NOT doing that was causing them

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses! Thank you for listening, sharing this podcast and for emailing me your input from the weekly challenge! Excuses, Blame and BULLSHIT is "what"! I'm sure you turned your clocks back! But did you complain? Did you BLAME the time change for your lack of motivation? It's always so funny to watch Facebook and listen to people blame the time change for them not achieving something. "It's too dark", "I slept too long", "I can't adjust"... it's interesting how this isn't new, but people use it as an EXCUSE! Last week I travelled and slept 9 hours two days (which is very unusual for me) and didn't have get time to work on my book (my 1-thing-a-day-to-finish-strong challenge), but I won't be blaming the time change or my work, I made adjustments and dedicated MORE time to it on another day.  What about you? How are you doing with finishing the year strong? This aligns with last week's podcast in regards to shifting your mindset, like my client

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses! I appreciate you listening, and sharing my podcasts! Sharing is caring... right?! As you well know the end of the year isn't far away! Last week when a client said, "Only two months until Christmas!" I was not excited! LOL! But what I AM excited about, is how I KNOW I WILL FINISH THIS YEAR STRONG! I'm making progress each day toward finishing my book. How about you? What are YOU getting closer to accomplishing?  In this week's podcast I talk about a client's HUGE successes! In just two weeks, she created a schedule that helped her finally complete a huge task that her department was way behind on and the ripple effect it's had on the whole office is truly amazing! The energy is most positive, people are being PROactive and she was smiling! You'll have to listen in for more about that as well as her other success and how she accomplished it! It's like she can see the forest through the trees now and she's ready to tackle more. Once y

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! I appreciate you listening and sharing this podcast! I'd love to hear where you are listening to this - what City, State, or Country! Post here or email me!  Last week was a looooooong week, but a fast one! With Birthday celebrations continuing, and some monthly meetings that happened to hit that week, I did not manage my show well at all! I did not stick with my habits and honestly I can feel it! What about you? That was the point of last week's podcast with being the Ringmaster of your own show, or having someone like me help you until you can manage it. And, once you do, you can look at what's going on and easily get back on-track and headed in the right direction! Like me, I know what it was and hey, birthday's only happen once a year, so I allowed those "distractions"! Listen in this week as I talk about how I felt like I was forgetting something, and well... I was! And, what I did to recover. However, today's podcast is late ge

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! Thank you for listening, connecting with me on social media, sharing this podcast, and... GIVING A SHIT! Last Saturday, Oct 13 was my birthday! Wheeee! And last Tuesday I went to lunch with some girlfriends from high school and one of them obviously has been listening! Among all my great gifts was a pair of socks with "Ringmaster of the Shit Show" on them! I LOVE THEM! It got me thinking about my clients, what they go through and, sometimes how I gain new clients due to what they are going through... as I tend to call it, a "shit storm" or a "shit show"!  No matter how successful you are, there will always be a time when shit WILL go sideways. And, it's how you handle it. Whether that's asking for help from someone (like me), your team, or a mentor, there's always a way to get a handle on "your show". There's a way to take over the reign. The socks gave me clarity about the role I play with my clients. I am the "Ringmaster", until yo

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back, thanks for listening, sharing and connecting with me on social media! What's the result? The result of what? Your actions, consistency and dedication to FINISHING THE YEAR STRONG! So, how have you done with the challenge I put on all of you? [The "do one thing each day toward an unfinished goal"?] Are you being consistent? I realize even myself that it's hard to fit it all in! I missed one day and that was because I really wanted to get my Halloween decorations up BEFORE Halloween and, well and stop avoiding house cleaning that I despise! I heard from some people on many different things they were doing and the result of their action. Consistency is key, right?! You'll have to listen in to hear what they did as well as what has come from MY CONSISTENT ACTION on ALL THREE of my challenges! It's truly amazing to hear from people, not just because I know a couple people listened, but to see how people are growing personally and professionally. It's great to see people takin

Happy Monday Motivation! Welcome back to the weekly podcast NO MORE EXCUSES! Thanks for listening, sharing and investing in you! I appreciate you connecting with me on all the social media platforms. If you have a business, message me to follow you back! Last week's podcast was the kickoff to finishing the year STRONG! Doing one thing each day toward your unfinished goal. Take five more steps, make one more call, do one more post each day to help you get closer to achieving that goal by the END of 2019!  I heard from some people/clients what they will do. What about you? One client said she'll reach out to five people each day. Another client said he will research shows and webinars/educational opportunities to improve his craft. I mentioned doing one thing each day to help me not just finish my third book, but to have a successful launch! And if you haven't decided what unfinished business you want to work on... WHY NOT? What's going on? What's keeping you from committing, from taking that first step? It's n

Welcome back to the weekly Monday Motivation pocast NO MORE EXCUSES! Thank you for listening, sharing this podcast and connecting with me on social media!  Last Friday was my quarterly Women's Luncheon, we call TABOO! It's a place where we have conversations all Business Women should have... but don't. This quarter we asked the attendees and the panelists, "What's the hardest decision you've ever had to make?" We had some pretty deep answers! What about you? (Men, you can answer too!) Email me, I'd love to hear it! And if you are in Indy and were NOT there, you better email me to get you on the list, as you're missing a fun time of great food, conversation and connections with BADASS women! Yesterday, September 23rd started the last 100 Days of 2018! If you did NOT sign up for my challenge, how will you finish strong? What will you do every day to make progress toward a goal? Aren't you worth it? Even if you did not sign up for my official challenge, I want you to dig deep to find your BADASSNESS and let it c

Happy Monday Motivation! Welcome back to the weekly podcast NO MORE EXCUSES! I appreciate you listening and sharing these podcasts each week!  The last few weeks have been about habits! Why do I keep talking about them? Because bad ones are hard to break and sometimes it can take awhile to have good ones become part of your life. Especially when it's attached to a BIG CHANGE in your life.  Two weeks ago I challenged you to create a new healthier habit and then practice it. Last week I asked you to let me know the result of the habit... shifting from "I tried, but... " to "I tried... AND here's what happened". I had one client who stuck to her habit for the week and then took my advice and rewarded herself! You have to listen in to hear WHY she kept going beyond the week! And then there's one client I have that made a change and got so excited it had a negative impact on her personally AND professionally! I've actually had a few clients do this. It's not a bad thing to get excited and go "all-in", but what hap

Happy Monday Motivation! Welcome back to the weekly podcast NO MORE EXCUSES! Don't forget to connect with me on social media, and also if you have a business, message me to follow/connect with you! Last week was about creating a healthier habit to support the new boundaries you have set up. Have you gotten any resistance to the new boundaries? What about the new habit? Did it stick for the week? Did you even try? (If you didn't, go back to #127 and listen in!) Did you try, but give up? So... what happened? If you tried and went for the full week, did you reward yourself? And... are you continuing?  If you quit, what happened? Bad habits are hard to break, and new ones are hard to keep! But now it's time for NO MORE EXCUSES! Why are you doing this to yourself if you don't want to grow? Achieve a goal? You need to evaluate what you were doing and WHY. If you need to lose weight and you're not a runner, did you try to go out and run 5 miles? If you needed to increase business and your habit was to network / conn

Happy Monday Motivation!  Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! Thanks for listening and sharing (you ARE sharing... aren't you?!) And as always, thank you for commenting and emailing me the answers to the challenges!  Last week you were to determine what was stealing your focus and how to reclaim it! If you haven't yet, go back and listen in and then come back! With being so close to the end of the year, it's a good time to get a handle on, and start setting up better boundaries and expectations.  Then, listen in this week as I talk about two clients who came in to meet last week, and their homework was to do just that... create boundaries! I was very excited to hear their successes with this and how they felt by creating these healthier and sturdy boundaries! It isn't easy as people will continue to try to knock them down.  This week it's all about learning HOW to sustain. How do you keep the new boundaries and clear expectations? HABITS! Yes, I've talked about habits quite often, but they tru

Happy MONDAY MOTIVATION!  Welcome back and thanks or listening to my weekly podcast No More Excuses! If you haven't connected with me on social media... why not?! And in the meantime... SHARE THIS PODCAST PLEASE! And while I'm asking for stuff... have you checked out the upcoming Biz at the Beach Retreat? The damn resort is releasing any unbooked rooms we blocked on August 31st so rates go up to non-group! YIKES! I mean it's $100 to reserve your room! Total cost? Really... how much are you willing to invest in YOUR future? (PS If I can afford it, you can too! Yes, I have to pay my own way... I'm not charging enough to cover my costs!) so check out www.BizAtTheBeach.biz NOW! Ok, NOW we can get onto the madness of the week! FOCUS! ha! I'm exhausted after "having to" focus so hard for so long to prepare for the two national conferences I spoke at! Which went very well! It's hard to STAY focused regularly let alone when you're preparing for something big!  Last week's podcast was about applying FOCUS to something

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses. Thanks for listening, sharing this podcast and INVESTING IN, and FOCUSING ON YOU! You are worth it!  Last week's podcast was about deciding which goal you hadn't made progress on and would like to apply FOCUS to, and see how far you can get before CHRISTMAS! Ahhhhh! Again, the kids should ALL be back in school, now it is time to focus on YOU and YOUR GOALS again. It would be great if we never got distracted from them wouldn't it? And as much as we do, we need to STOP BLAMING the kids, weather, all that shit that we "allow" to get in the way. NO MORE EXCUSES... right? So... listen in this week and then email me WHAT goal you are focusing on, and HOW you will FOCUS. When you focus on the action items vs. the big goal it will help you create that PROGRESS! I had to really stay focused last week as I prepared for my two conference talks. Creating the presentations is easy, preparing them, and getting the flow down can be hard without FOC

Welcome back to the weekly Monday Motivation podcast NO MORE EXCUSES! If that title doesn't motivate you to GET SHIT DONE, I don't know that anything will! Thanks for listening, sharing and connecting with me on social media.  And... now that "Summer is over" according to the kids back in school, and you've jumped OFF the crazy train, you can think about WHAT'S NEXT? Last week's podcast was to get you thinking about that. About re-focusing on YOU and your personal and professional growth and what you will do for YOU! So building upon last week's podcast, what is one GOAL from your list that you haven't made much (or any) progress on? (What? YOU DON'T HAVE A GOAL LIST? Lord... click here to download it from my website and do that FIRST!) And then yes... what WILL you DO, focus on and achieve by Christmas? It's merely 134 days away! (YUCK!) And even before Christmas, there's Thanksgiving, Fall Break, Labor Day - all kinds of "excuses" and "distractions", but it's time to FOCUS ON YOU! It's time for you to inves