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! Welcome to Week 287! Don’t forget to follow me on social media to continue the challenges, questions, and opportunity for continued growth. Last Monday’s podcast was about how it takes money to make money, and also clarifying that what you are doing daily and IS or is NOT a good use of your time. Because time is money and if you’re NOT doing things that are a good use of your time, remembering that you’re also wasting your money. I also talked ideas to look into to get the help you need that may not require you to use your money! Today, as we kick-off the first week of October, and the 4th quarter, I asked financial advisor, Beth Correll to talk about how important it is to also do a financial check-in, and the things to look at to save money. As you continue to progress toward your goals, doing a financial progress check is important, as many times your go

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! Welcome to week 287! Don’t forget to follow me on social media to continue the challenges, questions, and opportunity for continued growth. Last Monday’s podcast was about DELEGATING! Yes, that very necessary thing, but hard to do! Next week we start the 4th quarter, so the countdown is on, so look at "if", "how," and, "how much" you will LEVEL-UP! If you’re doing work that isn’t at your pay rate, how is it helping you? Listen in today as I talk more about that damn to-do list and why it's so important to see what's STILL on it, what's NOT getting done and, also what IS getting done, but WHO should be doing it. We’ve all heard the phrase: “It takes money to make money.” And, that is SO TRUE! But I've also read that it does NOT. Well, TIME is MONEY. And if you're using your time to do things that are not a good use of YOUR time, then you're wasting your mone

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! Welcome to week 286!  Last Monday’s podcast was about BURNOUT! It happens quite a bit, and I just saw it last week in my networking group. Remember when I talked about the guy who has been snarky because he had only been sleeping 2-4 hours/night? Well, now he's SICK! That's what happens! There’s a fine line between really needing to work your ass off one more hour or multiple sleepless nights to get something completed, and that you’re just overdoing it. As I mentioned last Monday – if you’re burning the candle at both ends, what will it cost you? My men’s group last week discussed this, and I share in today's podcast about what they all have in common, and how it is hard to create healthier boundaries. And, well, why people tend not to! I’ve had it ALL happen to me! What about you? If you’re flying solo, that probably means you’re “doing it all” and are at

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 to continue the challenges, questions, and opportunity for continued growth. Last Monday’s podcast was not just about checking your progress, but more about giving yourself credit for the baby steps or the HUGE steps you’ve taken. And seeing how that motivates you. I shared about my frustration. Did you listen? What about you? When have you not given yourself enough credit? When has your progress motivated you? And then... sometimes you have to give yourself a break. In podcast 279 when I talked about how if you’re not operating at 100% you’re not giving your clients, customers, family or yourself 100%? You constantly must check yourself to make sure you’re not close to burnout. Listen in today as I share how two people I spoke with recently were both at that burnout phase and one guy who constantly bit off more tha

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 to continue the challenges, questions, and opportunity for continued growth. Last Monday’s podcast was about figuring out what really motivates you. Whether it’s checking things off a list, or like one of my clients who aligns consequences and accountability with what she needs to do. Motivation comes in many forms! Well, and with today – in ‘Merica – being Labor Day, let’s take a moment to celebrate the hard work you’ve done and will do to achieve your goals. Last Monday I asked you to complete the sentence: By the end of the year, I will [have] ________________________. Well, what did you say? Listen in today as I share what I WILL have done by the end of the year, and what will keep me motivated! As I've mentioned, the motivation can come from a progress check and seeing that you actually HAVE made progress! Some

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! And a HUGE shoutout to listener Nadya in Texas for reaching out! She’s looking to give her social media marketing biz a boost or as she said, “You called me out in a sense to get my “ish” – aka SHIT - together” THANK YOU! For the rest of you, reach out – email me at sandi@sandiballard.com or DM message me on social! I have one listener in Congo… who are you?! Message me! Last Monday’s podcast was about figuring out if you’ve just been busy doing shit or productive doing amazing things that are really helping you move toward your goals. It doesn’t matter if you think you’re ON-TRACK (as last Monday’s image quote said) "You’ll get run over if you just sit there!" So, let’s ALL get up, get moving and do something our future selves will be thankful for! Yes, that’s an old one I’m pulling out to put back in your faces! What’s on YOUR list? I know I have a ton of

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! This is week #282 – almost 5 ½ years of talking, sharing, and hopefully help you get out of your own way, stop with the excuses and achieve some amazing things! Last Monday’s podcast was about how UNHEALTHY BOUNDARIES, and an UNSUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT devalues YOU! Did you look around or look into yours? I like to have the choice to hit the beach for a couple hours and work at night instead of working at night because of allowing people to steal my time! Which would YOU prefer?! It’s all about taking a good look at what’s going on in your life vs. being afraid to face what’s going on! That’s what happened to many of us last year. We may have been on the right track, but were we just sitting there? Listen in as I share how many of us got complacent and so when the panDAMNIT hit us, shit really went sideways and what to look for! As now it’s time to regroup, r

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! This is week #281. Crazy how long it’s been since I started yet it seems like not that long ago!  Last Monday’s podcast was about having a strong, healthy environment and boundaries. These are two of the hardest things for people to do in general, NOT just business owners! Especially those pesky notifications that are addictive and have made us all like Pavlov’s dog! They keep us from being able to FOCUS! FOCUS IS my favorite (ok 2nd favorite) F-Word! In this week's podcast I share how I challenged someone on LinkedIN to create healthier boundaries and I hope you'll do the same after you listen in! And this discussion leads me to what happens when you don’t have a healthy environment and your boundaries SUCK.  UNHEALTHY BOUNDARIES and an UNSUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT devalues YOU... and causes a lack of RESPECT! How? Well, you'll have to listen in to find out!

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! This is week #280. Crazy how long it’s been since I started yet it seems like not that long ago! Last Monday’s podcast was about mindset. The mental chaos that we all deal with on some level and at some point. By reviewing what shit is going on, and facing it – taking care of things, you can relieve some of it and become mentally stronger. And more importantly, operate at a higher level! After dealing with the mental chaos I had going on, I'm definitely operating at a much higher level! The important thing is to recognize triggers, habits and even common occurrences that seem to come in and knock you off-track. Remember, even weather can affect you! OR other things in your environment… like PEOPLE! Listen in today as I talk about making sure you’re MENTALLY set up for success as well as ENVIRONMENTALLY!  I share what happened with a client, and how this "ch

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! This is week #279 for those of you new here or have lost track… like I do sometimes! If you’re new here, and your listening with little kids around, I never know when I’m going to drop some colorful language, it just flows, so consider yourself warned! And HAPPY AUGUST! Five months left… so much time to keep pushing, challenging and achieving! Last Monday’s podcast was about digging deeper than you thought you could – challenging yourself to finish July STRONG as F! How’d you do?  In today's podcast, I share how I did. And well, that's what gave me the fodder for today's podcast! There's a HUGE difference between "life" and “self-inflicted distractions”. MINDSET and MENTAL CHAOS. I was talking with a client a couple weeks ago, and have mentioned it many times on these podcasts, any my talks – if you’re not mentally operating at 100%, how are you showing up

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 had my quarterly guest and CPA Savilla Beam on to share her wisdom about the "3 mistakes most Entrepreneurs make", especially during the start-up phase! But trust me, I’ve spoken with MANY that have been in business and are doing silly-shit still that just blows my mind. If you haven’t listened into last Monday’s podcast, please do. She share’s some great ways to easily check to see if you are making these easily fixable mistakes! I’ve talked a lot about mistakes, and we’ve all heard the guru’s say – and yes that includes me – if you aren’t making mistakes, you aren’t trying and you aren’t learning! No one likes to make them. With this week being the last week in July – month 7 of 2021, we’re facing the countdown. Last year at this time, we were in the middle of the never-ending lockdown, the panDAMNIT.  And now here we are, one year l

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION!  Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses! Thank you for being here, for listening, sharing this podcast with others! And don't forget to check out my website www.BadassBusiness.Coach! And connect with me on social media! Lately I’ve been really challenging you to dig deeper to play bigger. In last Monday’s podcast, I harped on habits. I shared a tip from the book "Atomic Habits" about temptation bundling, and I shared how some of my habits were hurting my progress toward my goals and others were helping! Yes, even I half-ass shit from time to time. Did you look at your habits? Which ones are helping and which one’s aren’t? In today's podcast I share how things are going for me! But the biggest thing to remember is... Things take time. People want an immediate ROI, satisfaction, instant gratification.  But people, there is NO magic pill – as my 3rd book is titled "Magic Pill"! It takes TIME... and WORK! Listen in today, as I talk about how I do understand you need some "mag

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here! Click here to check out my website, and connect with me on social media to continue the podcast theme throughout the week with additional questions, challenges, articles and MOTIVATION! Happy July 5th people! Some of you may be off work today. I’m enjoying a beach day and relaxing, so hopefully you’re doing something fun or relaxing or BOTH as well! And yes, last Thursday, July 1st, I posted on my social media and asked what your 30-day challenge is. Did you see it? If not, well that’s why you need to be following me on the social!! Last Monday’s podcast was all about checking your progress by completing not just a monthly review, but also a Mid-Year review.  It's important to do MONTHLY reviews, but even more-so at 6-months.  As we look at things for the next six months, especially as things are still "different", you must realized you can’t level up if you’re just chugging along and not paying attention! L

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION! Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses! And well, yes, it’s Monday again and the last Monday in June. So, it's time to really REVIEW, reset, and then redo if you must. In last Monday's podcast, I talked about FRUSTRATION and finding the source of it. How'd you do? Or did you? Or perhaps you're saying, "Sandi, I'm not frustrated at all!" GREAT! Then keep on keeping on! Today's podcast is going to get you really thinking about your year, as it did me, and will probably help you with identifying some of those frustrations. Today and this week in my social media posts, I’m going help you do your mid-year check-in AND see how you have LEVELED-UP or how you CAN! So, you'll need: Your GOAL worksheet Your favorite pen UNINTERRUPTED time! Today I do more than just ask you to review your year, I share my 30-day (June) goal and MY "year in review", where I feel I am and I give you actuals!  Listen in and remember, if you need help talking through things, click here to schedule you

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here!  Click here to check out my website, and don't forget to connect with me on social media! Thank you to listeners Susan and Gina for connecting with me on social media and for listening! And if you haven’t reached out yet… please do so! Last Monday’s podcast was all about thinking DEEPER about your goals and identifying WHO you’ll become by achieving a specific goal. I shared that I’m listening to the book "Atomic Habits". In this book, author James Clear, talks about the science behind habits – good and bad. If you haven't listened to last Monday's podcast click here to do so, then come back!  It's important to break down your goals and focus on smaller month-by-month goals vs. being overwhelmed by the BIG yearly goal or even 3-5 years out. Yes, I always ask clients to identify big goals, but not all have been able to. That’s why I say, “I meet my clients where they are, and help them get to where they want

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for listening, sharing the podcast with others and connecting with me on social media. And most importantly, investing in YOU! Are you HAPPY? Well, then you didn’t listen to last Monday’s podcast! Go do it now! We all deserve to be happy with what we do for a living or, if it’s a means to fund your PASSION, then what about your side-gig, hobby or favorite past-time makes you HAPPY? What SKILLS are you using? As we enter June, yes, I’m on my soap box, I want you to DIG DEEPER so you can PLAY BIGGER the rest of the year! No matter if you were slow, shut down or busier than hell last year, we can all LEVEL-UP! You ready to play? Yes, I missed the mark to make you all do a 30-day challenge, but really, we should do that EVERY month, right? So what are you doing to best utilize your skills, knowledge, expertise to be happy every day? How can being happy help you LEVEL-UP? You know how you feel when you’re happy and you know how

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, listening and connecting with me on social media! Happy Memorial Day. That is a very weird thing to say isn’t it? “Happy” when you’re honoring those who aren’t with us any longer. Not to start off on a weird, somber note, but well, it is Memorial Day here in America, so please take a moment to HONOR those who gave so we can have. Last Monday's podcast was about [RE]focusing on you and your priorities. How have you been doing with putting you and your PRIORITIES first? In today's podcast I share more about how my clients has been doing and by his refocusing on him, how it's helped his team! SO EXCITING to see my coaching working! Last Monday’s podcast was about digging deeper, stop doing shit that isn’t helping you grow and learning to SLOW down to SPEED up! So many things. But hey we’re 5 months into the new year, and with hopefully a mask-free breath of fresh air, we can all do a little more than we thought

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, for listening and connecting with me on social media, but most importantly, for taking the time to invest in YOU! In last week's podcast, I talked about focusing on YOU. Self-care, as well as just focusing on, and taking care of YOUR priorities in your business or job. So... how'd you do?! It’s so easy to push yourself and YOUR priorities down the list. I’ve done it as well! Listen in to today's podcast as I share how my client did that I talked about in last Monday’s podcast once he focused on HIS priorities, even just for that one week, and how by him “slowing down to speed up”, it helped the whole office! Today I also share about how I sometimes need to slow down, and how I've screwed some shit up!  SLOW DOWN to SPEED UP! What an anomaly! But it really does work! Yes, it’s so hard to keep yourself in-check sometimes with so many things going on, so many balls in the air, and so many people tugging at you

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here!  Don't forget to check out the DIY resources on my website, and also connect with me on social media for continued challenges, tips and articles! So, tell me, how have you been? Did you experience that “Spring Cleaning Feeling” I talked about in last Monday’s podcast? I had a full WEEK of that feeling with my new screaming-fast laptop. Even though it’s a refurbished, it’s eight years newer, more memory and just... WOW! It’s definitely helping me feel more productive and efficient as I’m not having to wait for programs to open, the computer to “think” and it’s most definitely not stressing me out! I’m able to do so much more research for articles, tips and ideas and just faster! That Spring Cleaning feeling will help you LEVEL UP! How? The energy will help you stay focused, which increases your productivity. You’ll see your progress and that is what gets you excited, and then that circle of amazingness helps

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses. Thank you for being here, listening and sharing my podcast with others and for connecting with me on social media! It’s only May 10th and I feel like it’s been a MONTH! It’s been full of distractions, progress and FIXING things that have been a long-time distraction! And man it feels good when you sort of clean things up doesn’t it? Like spring cleaning your home! Think about that first beautiful day in Spring when you open the windows and let the fresh breeze blow in and you do a deep clean, perhaps even move things around, and yes, start that list of “home improvements”! Got that feeling yet? Feels good doesn't it? In last Monday's podcast, I talked about how it's OK to just have a great week, nothing crazy happening, no distractions. But, that also comes from handling things, fixing broken shit and getting rid of what doesn't serve you! It's ok to take a breath. It's that same feeling. Because you were able to FOCUS. Remove DISTRA