No More Excuses: Monday Motivation Podcast

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! If you are new here, message me who and where are you? Last Monday’s podcast was about focusing on priorities to give you the opportunity to make progress on your goals and FEEL FREE because things are OFF your to-do list! And also making sure that you really expect to do great things before you even try! We all want more time, so by getting shit off your list that is NOT a good use of your time, you'll end up finding not just MORE time, but more of the RIGHT time! I talk about this in chapter two of my upcoming book, “Leverage”! I’m very excited as it is close to being published and ready for you to read! It’s not just finding, making or somehow magically creating more time in the day, it’s about what you do with it. Although I do love "FOUND TIME!" In last Thursday’s social media post I shared a quote by Dr. Seuss, “The more you read, the more things you

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. I honestly cannot believe it’s Mid-August already! Thanks again to long-time podcast listener Steve Andert in Arizona recommending his wife, Christine of The Picture Lady Photography to take the photos for my upcoming book titled Leverage!  It's exciting to think after a few years, I FINALLY am about to publish my fourth book. I set it as a goal for this year, and although it was a little late, I DID IT! Well… it’s close. And I didn’t give up. But what I did do is practiced what I preach. I made the book a priority. Like I talked about in Last Monday’s podcast, reviewing your to-do list. What is NOT getting done? And, like the theme of my fourth book, learning to LEVERAGE other people’s talents, skills, superpowers, so you have the time to focus on what YOU want and need to do to help you grow your business or career! Listen in today as I share what I heard from a few people about what they learned during their reviews and what they

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Last Monday’s podcast was about reviewing your processes and procedures. Yes, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it, but do REVIEW it! Make sure it’s still the BEST way. The most PRODUCTIVE and EFFICIENT way! In today's podcast, I share a few things people I heard from identified that needed updating and streamlining - for example one is using an employment agency now instead of trying to do it themselves. A couple others streamlined their services, one reduced the products they offer. What about you? Did you do your review? If not… why not? What are you afraid of finding? That shit’s broken?! It happens! There is never a bad time to review your “world”, just make sure that you do it! Just like reviewing your progress on your goals, are you on the right path? Are you doing the right things? Are the right people around you to help and support you? Listen in today a

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others!  Last Monday’s podcast was about stopping to really look into what’s happening, what we are focusing on, WHO we are focusing on and who is around us. I suggested that you review review and REVIEW some more. And this week will be no different, except for WHAT you are reviewing. Doing things the way they’ve always been done can sometimes work, and other times, the complacency can stunt our growth and keep us from achieving the results we desire.  Are you open to new ideas and ways to do things? In today's podcast, I talk about how I ask clients that and how that is a big part of my DiSC® workshops. It's important to be open-minded. It's also OK if you still do things “The xyz-company way”. However, make sure you ask yourself, and allow others to ask: "Is it still the BEST and most PRODUCTIVE and EFFICIENT way?" What needs to change, upgrade, or be simplified?

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others!  Last Monday’s podcast was about making sure you’re focusing on the right goals and learning how to play BIGGER so you can achieve BIGGER goals! Last Monday I also touched briefly on the 80-20 rule in business. Which goes along the lines of making sure you’re focusing on the right goals, but also the right tasks and even clients. Many business owners will spend 80% of their time on clients that only bring in 20% of the revenue. So, what should you do? Just like taking the time to review the progress on your goals, clean up your environment and make sure you’re focused on the things that will help you achieve those goals, it's a great idea to take the time to review your clients, customers, patients; whatever you have! As well as your vendors, sub-contractors, partners of any kind – the people you need to help you. And you honestly you could do a staff or v

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Don’t forget to follow me on social media as I continue to get you thinking and taking action! Last Monday’s podcast was about Dreaming BIGGER! Thinking about what you would do if money was no object and if fear didn’t exist! What about NO fear for you? What have you been holding off doing for fear of failure? Fear of those pesky “what ifs”? What did you come up with? In last Monday’s podcast, I shared my BIGGER dream and it has helped excite me about the possibilities! Like I told myself about my BIGGER DREAM, don't let yours distract you, I want it to MOTIVATE you! I want you to think about it so you realize you can have BIGGER dreams and you can do bigger things! We all can do a little more! But first DREAM IT! Create the VISION. Feel the excitement, happiness, and the MOTIVATION that you would get from achieving the success and bringing that dream to li

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Last Monday’s podcast was about Freedom and Independence. Does your job or business give you what you need to feel and experience both of these things?  As I mentioned in last Monday’s podcast, it’s such an amazing thing to have the freedom to help others, for example business owners who provide their staff with paid hours to volunteer, or do so as a group. With both, you can take the necessary steps to grow both personally and professionally and achieve the SUCCESS you desire! What could more freedom and independence help you with, or do? We’ve all heard the phrases, “What would you do if money was no object?” or “What would you try if you had no fear?” Time to dream... and dream BIGGER! If you don’t have the freedom that you’d like, or perhaps you aren’t as independent as you need to be, if you had NO FEAR and MONEY wasn’t an issue, what would you do? I’d

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others!  Happy Independence Day – 4th of July for us ‘Merican’s! Last Monday’s podcast was about reviewing your year so far and identifying if things are important enough for you to find a way to get them done or find an excuse! What did you do to finish June and the first half of the year strong?! I wanted to get my book to the editor, and well that did NOT happen for a couple reasons.  I did NOT achieve my goal, and I am a bit disappointed, but I did not, and I won’t give up! And I certainly didn’t say, “well there’s always next year or next month and stop!  What about you? Did you achieve your 30-day goal? Did you make progress toward your overall yearly goals? As we begin July, we can really think about how to make shit happen!  Listen in today and think about how can what you’ve set your mind on accomplishing help you achieve your INDEPENDENCE? What can you do

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! If you're a new listener, or perhaps just haven't let me know yet... message me who you are and where are you? Last Monday’s podcast was about accountability!  We all need accountability to help us, and some people are better at holding themselves accountable than others. I understand, it’s not always easy to do. And that’s why I love what I do and have a job helping those who need more accountability! I also shared how there are consequences for not staying accountable, and how I have punished myself! Considering this week is the last week of June, and we have just four more days left in the halfway point of the year, there’s still time to dig in and make progress! I know I’ve been working hard on my goal! I FOUND A WAY! As the image quote today says: “If it’s important to you, you’ll find a way, if not, you’ll find an excuse”? What are you working on that

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Last Monday’s podcast was about envisioning your success and focusing on how it would FEEL to achieve it! Visualization is a great tool for people to help them really see what they want to achieve, and when you focus on that image, tapping into the FEELING you want to have by deciding the RESULT you desire as well as achieving the goal or whatever is in the photo. A few weeks ago, I talked about sustaining the actions that are getting you the RESULTS you desire. And all of that takes focus as well as the plan. Keep going, keep checking progress, keep focusing on the result and that feeling of success… EVEN IF you take a step backward! As my friend Carrie says, “Don’t quit before the miracle happens!” Listen in today as I share what I accomplished last week and how it's helping me stick to my plan! And this week, the PLAN to SUSTAIN my progress is ACCOUNTAB

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram and my Facebook page BadassBusiness Coach – if new, message me who/where are you? Last Monday’s podcast was about breaking the cycle of “saying” you’re going to do something and actually DOING it! Stop talking and start doing! Not just set the goal, but create the action steps, the PLAN! AND, check your progress so you can stop making bullshit excuses and start making amazingly BADASS things happen! How’d you do? What did you do? In today's podcast, I share what I heard from some listeners and clients who did some great things! And, even I DID what I said I was going to do! I STOPPED TALKING and DID IT! I worked on my book three different times! And the next step… SUSTAINING that action! Really making sure you FEEL and SEE the RESULT of your actions and how it is helping you get closer to your GOAL! When I work with cl

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! If you're a new listener, message me who/where are you? Last week I gave myself permission to relax, rejuvenate and get refreshed as I knew I had been feeling “off” about the podcasts and didn’t want to just toss something out there and it not be worthwhile! But if you missed it... message me and let me know! So the previous Monday’s podcast was about having the mental capacity to do the shit you don’t want to do, but know you need to! Learning how to take the time to clear your mind so you can and will think and DO proactively versus reactively. Which… I did! Last Wednesday, June 1st, I started a 30-day Challenge for myself… and for anyone out there that wanted to join in! It’s FREE! CLICK HERE to JOIN in! You still can still START! You can do it for ANY 30-days. Doing a challenge, is a great way to FOCUS, refocus and really dig into making progress on a g

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others!  Last Monday’s podcast was about avoiding BURNOUT! Making sure you are taking care of yourself, taking time off to give yourself a mental break and all-in-all, just not working yourself into a state of being sick and tired! In the end, all it does is cause you more stress as you lay there exhausted, and think of all the shit you “need” to get done! It’s so much easier to pace yourself as you go! Listen in today as I talk about how last week I was off schedule with my workouts and by Friday I could tell! I was antsy and just out of sorts. It was crappy outside and I didn't want to go do my run. I didn’t want to, but I DID! And because of that, my day was SO MUCH BETTER! We’ve all been there! We’ve all had to do things we didn’t want to do. Yes, my first choice of the day was a personal one, but as you’ve heard me talk about, our personal shit affects our pro

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram and my newly renamed facebook page BadassBusiness Coach! Last Monday’s podcast was about about taking a look at your business – your career AND yourself – from the OUTSIDE-IN! Making sure that you’re seeing what your clients see and experience. Identifying what needs to be upgraded or purged. What did you see when you looked at things from the outside-in? It can be stressful to “see” and accept that shit isn’t what you thought it was. It can be frustrating and eye-opening and overwhelming realizing you have “MORE” work to do! In podcast #285 I talked about how working all the time, with the mindset of "it all has to get done” or "I’m doing whatever it takes to make it” and never giving yourself a break ends up in burnout. Listen in today as I share about the three people last week that were at that stage! Yes, BURNOUT!

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Don’t forget to follow me on Insta and Growing Forward Facebook. And, if you're a new listener, message me who and where are you? Last Monday’s podcast was about realizing we ALL suck at something… at least at the beginning! And, well, maybe forever. But whatever it is, may be something we “have” to do as part of our job, business, life. The question is, “Why do YOU think you suck at it?” And why worry about it? We work through it, improve if we can and carry on! We aren’t all meant to be great at everything! Just the fact that you tried, perhaps tried something new, or did something that you previously felt you sucked at is BADASS! It proves you’re not afraid to take that step! As you’ve heard me talk about MANY times, we get in our own way! Our minds… our mindset is what can keep us hiding vs. shining! The last few years at this time, I've noticed a patte

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others!  Last Monday’s podcast was about understanding how to STEP OUT from behind the cloud and SHINE brightly to SUCCEED! And, as I mentioned, only YOU can decide. Understanding that taking that first step, especially if you’re introverted, shy, “not-good-at”, or whatever other reason, aka bullshit excuse you have, can be scary as hell. But you, and ONLY you can determine how badly you want to achieve that goal – your SUCCESS! I help clients work through the fear and uncertainty all the time! In today's podcast, I talk about a client session I had on Friday when I heard my client say, “I’m not good at presentations. I get nervous and just hate them!”  We talked about the format and timing, what things she’s tried, and then I gave her some tips and tricks that I use!  And, I also shared with her that I even get nervous, which made her felt so much better!  I’ve ta

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Last Monday’s podcast was about DISCIPLINE! And how discipline is what will help you see progress and will help you create the HABITS that will help you achieve your success! What can and WILL you do to get, and more importantly, stay disciplined? Where in your life do you feel disciplined or Undisciplined? Thank you to everyone who commented and emailed me to share where they feel the most discipline! What about you? Where are you doing great and where do you need help? It’s ok to ask for help. It’s ok if you aren’t 100% – aka “perfect” – in one area of discipline.  Being disciplined helps you recognize when something is off, didn’t happen or are behind.  As we look at the last week of April, what have you accomplished? What are your routines? The weather helped me write today's podcast! With the sun popping in out of the clouds, reminded me of the last couple weeks of coaching sessions. I have clients that shine brightly and others

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram and my Growing Forward Facebook – if new, message me who/where are you? Last Monday’s podcast was about prioritizing! Including YOURSELF and your health and wellness! Yes… ME-TIME. Self-care. To be successful and stay focused, you need to prioritize your TO-DO list. Not just pick and choose what you “want” to do! Everything needs to get done, but to put yourself into a situation where you’re behind on things that have a shorter deadline or you need help with isn’t going to help you, is it? It’s actually going to cause you stress and anxiety like it did my client! And yes, there's shit we don't want to do, but there are consequences for NOT doing! And it all starts with DISCIPLINE! And discipline is how you start holding yourself ACCOUNTABLE! How disciplined are you? Being DISCIPLINED is what will help you see progress

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram and GF Facebook – if new, message me who/where are you? Last Monday’s podcast was about setting up your 30-day and 2nd quarter goals and then figuring out what you need that can help you. Did you set yours up? Did you figure out what can help you achieve them? As I mentioned, I LOVE when clients are aggressive, but my job is to make sure they don’t bite off more than they can chew! My April goal is to make BIG progress on my 4th book and the help I need to achieve that goal is by doing work-sprints! Yes, I’ve already had one and have more scheduled. Today I share my 2nd Quarter personal and professional goals and what is already helping me! Again… what about YOU? In regard to the aggressive part, I want to once again, warn you about it! There’s a fine line between PUSHING and overdoing it! Much like working out, eh?! W

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram and Growing Forward Facebook page! Last Monday’s podcast was about finishing the first quarter strong – doing a review and setting your goals for this month and quarter! What did you come up with? Are you on-track? Did you achieve your short-term first quarter goals? Have you made any progress at all toward your overall yearly goals? Listen in as I share what MINE are, and what got me off-track from achieving this goal before now! So now, what about you? What’s your Q2 goals? Spring is a time of change. I’ve talked a lot in the past “Springs” about spring-cleaning your goals. It’s also a good time to spring clean everything! For some that means your mindset, your environment – maybe even staff! And don’t forget to look at your marketing, the services or even products you offer and yes, your habits. When you’re reviewin