No More Excuses: Monday Motivation Podcast

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to my podcast, No More Excuses! Today and this week I want to focus on COMMUNICATION! Yes, as a DiSC® certified business coach, communication is always in the agenda for a session with a client. Strong, clear communication can make or break a sale, an interview, and even screw up your relationship with staff, vendors and other colleagues and partners! We all get flustered or even have a “loss for words” sometimes, but taking the time to think or just pause can help! But, for the LOVE of all that's good and holy, please don’t say, “That’s a GREAT question”! I guess you'll have to listen in to find out WHY I, and my podcast coach, Jen Edds says to NOT say that! Good and effective communication is so helpful in being able to sell both yourself and your idea or product. Do you have to take the DiSC® assessment to have better communication? NO! But you should try something! Today you'll need to listen closely as I give you three tips on ways to check and improve your communica

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to my podcast, No More Excuses! Today I want to discuss the THREE D's For SUCCESS.  Why? Well, here in Huntington Beach, CA, the US Open of Surfing! Being dubbed as “Surf City USA” means there’s always some sort of surfing going on, and this week is a full week of lots of it! However, this weekend also brought something I had never seen before – the Nitro Circus! It’s a group of crazy-ass, BADASS dudes – although I read there have been some women – doing crazy stunts on dirt bikes! I got thinking about both the motorcycle stunt guys and the surfers. I mean ALL athletes in general, are no different than BUSINESS OWNERS and GOOD LEADERS! They all need the trio: Dedication, Devotion and Determination. Listen or watch the video on YouTube as I discuss not just the definitions of each, but how "The Trio" helps you, and why you need ALL three to succeed! Then follow me on social media all week to DIG DEEPER into each one and find out IF you have all three, and how it helps you

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! WELCOME BACK the the WEEKLY PODCAST, No More Excuses! I am your host, Sandi Ballard, The BADASS Business Coach! Last week I did a LIVE video from a golf outing my colleagues and I sponsored a hole at. It was fun to get everyone’s opinion on what MOTIVATED them. Watch it on my YouTube channel! From kids to challenges and good humans to just their job or business! Seeing how their clients, customers, or patients are being helped, are excited about their progress, how their products and services help them… and yeah, even if you’re the owner of a restaurant! How satisfied does your food make your customers?!  Motivation. It can escape the best of us, and yeah… me as well! I believe that if you’re feeling unmotivated, it’s due to a couple things: Overwhelmed, stressed, burned out. You aren’t doing what you love! You’re bored or perhaps feel unimportant.  I’m sure there are other reasons, but those are the two that I hear the most. It was surprising that the people I interv

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to my podcast, No More Excuses! This week I want to discuss EXPECTATIONS! YES! We all have them, and we've all had them given to us. We've probably all been disappointed at some point in our lives, businesses, or careers. And, well, I'm pretty sure we've all disappointed someone who EXPECTED us to do something, be somewhere, help somehow or just jump in when we had no clue our help was needed! As a DiSC® certified business coach, I'm regularly talking about CLEAR COMMUNICATION!! And this is a big part of EXPECTATIONS! Think about a time when you were disappointed in someone or you found out someone was disappointed in you. What was the circumstances? What didn't they – or you do? Were you CLEAR with your instructions - what you need or want help with or the job to be done?  Was a deadline given?  Are there strong boundaries in place?  There are so many more things in life and business that can cause disappointment due to expectations. You can't EXPECT someone to help if

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to my No More Excuses Podcast! We are officially in the last week of the month, and are now half-way through the year. You know what’s coming next! YES! Me asking you where are you with your GOALS! I started at the beginning of the month asking you to DIG DEEPER and really get focused to make progress this month. So, how did you do?  Listen or watch today as I share how I did, what makes me say, "OH SHIT, June's done!? HOW? But I am NOT done! Are you?  It’s easy to get off-track and tougher than hell to get back ON-TRACK! Unless, you really REALLY want to achieve that goal! “If it’s important you’ll find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.” Quoted by MANY! No More Excuses… right?! Let’s talk about what to do no matter where you are! • If you’re doing great, look at how you feel about that achievement. • If you’re disappointed, frustrated, overwhelmed, and you obviously have not achieved your goals, it’s time to look at that WHY! If you want help... contact me today!  Go

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! Which one sounds like your day? Frustrating, stressful, exhausting? Boring, unfulfilling, endless?  Energizing, fulfilling, profitable?  Obviously there can be a mix of days and sometimes even a few days in a row, but for this, I want you to think about on average, as we sometimes only focus on the shit days right? Like if you’re having challenges with staff turnover, an unhappy client, or an unreasonable manager, that’s probably what you are focused on. On average, how do you feel when you start your day? How are you feeling at the end of it? I’ve had clients go through every emotion possible over the years. Many times, it’s really just that they need a mental break – yes, a vacation, or just a few days off. And then there are times when it is bigger than that and a deeper dive into the business is necessary. We've all said, “I’ll be ok when… [fill in the blank].” And the problem is when does WHEN happen? And, you could be feeling like

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! Last Monday I challenged all of you to dig a LOT deeper the next 30 days and to focus on ONE goal or habit to make sure you finish the first half of the year STRONG AF! If you didn’t decide what you want to focus on yet, that’s OK, there’s TONS of time left! And you can click here to join my free 30-Day Challenge to help as well – OR just decide what you want to do! In today's podcast I share some things people have committed to doing, for example: Writing (or starting to write) their book. Getting clear on how to build their business. Losing weight / get healthier overall. Looking at your habits, your goals, your world – both personally or professionally, and deciding what you REALLY want to make happen can help you FOCUS, make progress and learn ways to hold yourself accountable. Today I’d suggest you take some time to think about how your business and life in-general is doing.  ·      Running a business or a team can be excitin

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses I am your host, Sandi Ballard, The Badass Business Coach. And a DiSC® certified coach. I’ve spoken at conferences and facilitated hundreds of team building workshops across the U.S. I just got back from facilitating a team building workshop for Johnson & Johnson in West Palm Beach, FL.  The team building workshops I facilitate are fun, interactive, and also educational. It’s very different from one-to-one and group coaching. And that’s why I LOVE doing it. The biggest thing about it, is weaving in the lessons without them really knowing!  I’m there to assign “fun” activities to have them come together, work as a team and learn to communicate more effectively to solve problems, overcome challenges. They get to relax and not be talked AT for a few hours and learn without knowing! Why am I talking about this on my No More Excuses podcast? Because no matter if you are a business owner, sole proprietor or work at a company, there’s al

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION  Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses I am your host, Sandi Ballard, the badass business coach. And a DiSC® certified coach which means I am a personality and communication specialist! I’ve spoken at conferences and facilitated hundreds of team–building workshops across the U.S. On that topic today, let me ask you: Do you ever get frustrated with the responses you get? Do you ever not know how to answer someone’s “ridiculous requests?”  Do you ever think, “This could have been an email instead of a meeting?” Communication, no matter if you’re a sole-proprietor or a huge company, it can be detrimental to your company’s success! As a DiSC® certified coach, I help people understand how they want to receive and how to better give information! Listen in to today's episode as I share a couple ways I have helped clients communicate more effectively, including ways to communicate with staff, customers, clients and even vendors and subcontractors!  CLEAR COMMUNICATION! It’s so

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses I am your host, Sandi Ballard, The Badass Business Coach.  I’ve been talking a lot about inspiration and motivation. It’s what helps you get things done both short and long-term. There are so many things about running a business or being a leader that can help and hurt you personally and professionally. Motivation and inspiration can obviously both help! But when you can’t find either of them, it hurts, doesn’t it? Honestly, I bet you can name more things that can hurt a business than help it. We all tend to focus on the negative things and what we don't have and get achieve, including me sometimes! Sometimes even GROWTH can hurt a business. Listen in – or watch – as I share examples of two clients I have helped GROW by reducing products and staff! ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION! Think about what you do. Or what the company does that you work for. Really look around and take note of what’s increased and what hasn’t. What stresses you out, an

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses I am your host, Sandi Ballard, The Badass Business Coach. And a DiSC® certified coach which means I am a personality and communication specialist! I’ve spoken at conferences and facilitated hundreds of team–building workshops across the U.S. And many times, I need some inspiration to create a talk or a new activity for a team building event. Sometimes that comes easy, and well, other times... I have to search for it! Inspiration comes in many forms and in many ways. And sometimes when it’s least expected! I talk a lot about motivation. It’s what gets you moving, making progress, helps you get shit done, right? If you aren’t motivated, more than likely you won’t achieve the goals. But... INSPIRATION... It's what will carry you to the ends of the earth! Inspiration tends to be associated with "Creatives", but it's really for ALL of us, no matter what we do for a living! I mean, I'm sometimes MOTIVATED to clean my house, but inspiration

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses Thank you for being here and for investing in YOU!    Running a business is hard work, but it doesn’t have to suck! We make it suck! And what comes with that… excuses! And yes, this is the No More Excuses podcast, isn’t it? If you aren’t excited about your job or business, what’s going on? Rate your business on a scale from 1-10. Rate your life in general as well. Where are you? Think about it. What do you feel you need to succeed? What do you need to be happy? More Time? More Money? More Education? More of you? Success and happiness tend to go hand-in-hand, don’t they? Or so it seems. People tend to say they’ll be happy if, or when. Listen – or watch – as I talk about shifting your mindset, and yes, identifying what you are grateful for regardless of how you rated your business and life. I look forward to hearing from you! Cheers! Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome Back to the Weekly Podcast: No More Excuses Thank you for being here and for sharing the podcast with others, and for investing in YOU! THANK YOU for SEVEN years! YES! Last Tuesday, March 21st 2016 was the launch of this podcast and the release of my very FIRST episode. And last week finished my SEVENTH year of podcasting! SEVEN YEARS... WOW!  As I reviewed my 2023 goals, I started thinking about the past seven years of podcasting, and took a look back at what I talked about each year at this time. Listen in today as I give you an overview of the last seven years! Yes, each March ended one year and a new one began.  What will year 8 bring for this podcast? For me as a coach? As a business owner and overall as a person? I'll say that I'm very excited about what year EIGHT will bring for the podcast, as many of you know I FINALLY started doing video as well. I'm excited about what year 11 will bring me as a Coach and in October, I'll end my 29th year as an entrepreneur and BEGI

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses! Thank you for listening – or watching – and investing in YOU! ENERGY! We need it to get shit done, don't we? Yes, MOTIVATION, but energy will help us sustain the motivation, make progress and succeed. But, sometimes what's going on in our lives, personally or professionally, it can SUCK it out of us, OR it can FUEL our fire! Is your ENERGY flowing TO you, or AWAY from you?  In today's podcast I ask some questions about your ENERGY and where it comes from. What is sucking it out of you, what GIVES it to you, and also WHO is in your world, WHAT your world "looks" like and if you're even LIVING in the "right" energy space for you. Listen in and then share about your energy! And, if you can't find your energy, contact me today! Cheers! Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses! Thank you for being here, listening, watching, and sharing with others! Most importantly, for investing in you! Today’s podcast title – and theme – came from my own personal lack of MOTIVATION! So, you’re welcome! Follow me on social media this week as I continue this conversation about self-motivation when you have shit to do. Most of the time, it’s just getting off your ass and DOING IT! Yes, in today’s podcast, I share how I wasn’t motivated to do today’s podcast and how the phrase “Just do it”, popped into my head, and well, I just got it done! We all have shit we have to do. Sometimes it’s stuff we don’t like to do and other times it’s that we don’t know how or are just don’t have the energy! Powering-through isn’t always the best option, but sometimes it really is the only one. We have stuff we feel like we “have” to do, “want” to do, “need” to do and, well that you GET to do! Yes, making that shift from “have-to” to “get-to”

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for listening and for investing in YOU!  Don't forget to check out my website www.BadassBusiness.Coach and connect with me on social media! This first quarter is always about LEVELING-UP! Originally interviewed in March 2021, I’m excited to RE-share this podcast interview with attorney Karen Young and her IMPORTANT and INFORMATIVE message on how an attorney can, and SHOULD save you money! As we start the first quarter, and I’ve been preaching about LEVELING UP, I wanted to bring an expert on to discuss with you how to make sure you continue to grow properly and don’t throw your hard work out the door by DIY-ing certain things with your business! Yes, DO IT or PAY for it, and also making sure you're not going to pay MORE by trying to do it yourself when you should hire a professional.  Listen in or WATCH as Karen shares her 3 Tips on How a Business Attorney should SAVE you money! Any questions you have for Karen, you can em

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION!  Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses Why do we do what we do? I’ve talked about this off and on over the almost SEVEN years of podcasts. YES!!! SEVEN YEARS coming up in March! Sometimes we need to review our WHY. As Simon Sinek talks about in his book “Start with Why”, if you’re not in it – whatever IT is – for the WHY, then you probably won’t be successful. I like to review the WHY’s with my clients. And this goes for personal and professional worlds. I’ve had clients not take action on many things in both categories and yeah, I’ll ask them WHY, but also – “is this really that important to you? Is it really YOUR goal?" If you’re feeling frustrated, overwhelmed, or even bored, perhaps your WHY isn’t aligned with what you are doing. Perhaps you aren’t in it for your WHY. I know a lot of people who just “do a job”, and sometimes that happens, and well thank you for working! And yes, I’ve also met people who make shit tons of money, but aren’t excited about their job.  WHY

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! We all do it! We try go through it or in deeper into it, We try to go around it and well, then we do the unthinkable... we OVER THINK it! When was the last time you were told, "You're OVERTHINKING it"? What was it? What were you overthinking? How did you make the thinking STOP?  How did you work through it? OVERTHINKING can really cause you to become overwhelmed and give up! It's hard sometimes to NOT overthink shit, especially when you're a solopreneur... like ME!   AND, it causes you – like me – to be UNPRODUCTIVE! I'm now so far behind on OTHER shit that I "thought" I'd have done! But... I had to do this FIRST!   Today I share what has been mentally straining me. What I did to overcome my overthinking and how it helped me prioritize and get back to bring PRODUCTIVE!   And, I look forward to hearing from YOU!   Cheers! Sandi The BADASS Business Coach!

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast No More Excuses! Thank you for being here to listen or watch. And I'd appreciate if you'd continue to share the recording with others! Yes, I LOVE rewards! I LOVE prizes! I LOVE treating myself for doing shit I don't want to do, and for achieving my goals. What about YOU? Today I talk about some ways I reward myself... and perhaps what I don't allow myself to do UNTIL I get my shit done! Last Monday's podcast was about FOCUS. And think about it... rewards can help you STAY focused, especially on the shit you don't want to do! Treat yourself when you get those pesky tasks off your daily or weekly to-do list. REWARD yourself when you achieve that monthly GOAL! If you "punish" yourself or perhaps don't allow yourself to hop on social media or watch tv or play Words With Friends [like I do] UNTIL you get things done, trust me, it will help! It helps ME! Listen in today to hear what is on my "I don't wanna do list" and how by DOING it, I'm confident amazi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses! FOCUS! It can be a very tough thing for people to find, let alone KEEP!  As the days, weeks and months fly by, we need to continue to build-upon what we have done. GOALS, big and small, give us something to focus on. And yeah, that doesn’t mean we stay focused 100% all the time. Sometimes if you don’t break the goal down into smaller goals, you can get overwhelmed and shut down. That’s why I always recommend for people to set the BIG goal and then work backward to make sure what you do weekly and monthly helps you make progress and is easier to stay focused. In today's podcast, I talk about what helps me stay focused, and how the "OH SHIT" list can get you into trouble and steal your FOCUS! I'd love to hear from you about what helps YOU, especially when shit goes sideways! Have a great, FOCUS-FILLED day and week! Cheers! Sandi