Are you ready to throw in the towel? Stop right there! Have you taken time to celebrate your small wins? Acknowledge all the hard work you have had on your way to success.
The Power of Your Desires Can Propel You to Success
Can you harness the power of your desires to ensure your success?
What do you want to achieve? The path is paved with the clarity of desires.
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Habits Determine Your Success
Are your developing habits of success? Your habits determine how successful you will be.
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9 Great Reasons to Hire a Coach
The world of coaching is a growing profession. You can hire a coach for many different areas of your life. Olympic athletes have a coach. Businesses hire business coaches to build their leadership team. Life coaches can help you through life’s challenging lessons or transitions. Career coaches can help support you in discovering a new career or changing your existing one. Coaches help you see challenges from a different perspective and see situations from a more forward thinking position.
Coaches provide a safe confidential space for you be share your challenges or barriers holding you back from the outcome you desire. They ask the right questions to help you get unstuck and move forward to get the results you want. Coaching is about working in partnership helping individuals work toward a common goal.
Coaches help you to:
- acknowledge your successes
- encourage action steps
- hold you accountable for following through on what you say you are going to do
- brainstorm strategies to move through challenges
- improve performance and productivity
- develop clarity when assessing decision making and direction
- set clear goals and achieving them faster and for effectively
- move ahead professionally
- create balance and improve well-being
- increase your income
The coaching experience is about gaining awareness about what your priorities are, creating strategies to create a life or business you want, and knowing how and when to shift gear when you get off track. The action comes from you. Coaches do not have done what you are planning to do to support you.
Coaches ask the right questions based on what you share that you want to discuss. Coaching is an investment but the return on investment can be infinite and overflow into many other areas in your life. My experience with coaching was positive. I learned to get clear about what I want, set boundaries, speak up for myself, or as Sheryl Sandberg would say, ‘Lean In to the Table” and let my voice be heard. You would be surprised how coaching sparks the motivation to go after what you want. Hiring a coach has been of my best investments in myself and my business.
What gets me is that there is so much support to be had from coaches but not everyone takes advantage of the opportunity to have someone there to help take them to the next level of reaching their goals.
What have you gained from a coaching experience?
9 Surefire Money Saving Strategies to Create a Life You Love
I want to dedicate this post to all the women entrepreneurs I have met and coached over the years and my past self. Oh how much I have grown! As entrepreneurs, we know that the flow of money can ebb and flow; this is why it is so important to know your numbers in business. You may not like numbers and yes you can outsource to a bookkeeper but you need to know enough about your numbers so others are not taking advantage of you. Do not give the power of monetary decisions without knowing about your return on investment and the risks involved. This deferred action can mean financial suicide. You are a strong independent woman – be in the know- think like a business owner. Whether we are talking personal or business numbers, the same principles apply.
Too many women are saying but I have no money…but you see them shopping regularly, going to get their nails done regularly, and even going to the spa regularly. I am not saying that doing these things are not fun and rewarding. I just do not want to hear how hard up you are for cash when there are things you can be doing to get what you say you want. Yes, I know not all women are doing these things but if you track your finances and pay attention to where the money is going you can identify the “leaks” – in other words, where frivolous spending may be occurring.
During a recent trip, I read an article in the Financial Post – Personal Finance section, The Small Things are Sinking our Budgets. The writer wrote about a 25 year old real estate agent and her room mate who frequent a high end frozen yogurt shop 3-4 times a week costing them up to $4160 per year. Shocking I know! A little treat here and a little treat there -all add up!
Just think of all the things you could do with all the extra money – take a vacation, invest in real estate, hire a coach, pay off your mortgage or student loan, or save up for your child`s university or college fund.
Here are 9 money saving strategies:
- Make & Take Your Lunch. Some women will try and justify this with I work so hard at work and home I should be able to treat myself. I know you work hard but this alternative is easier on the pocketbook and healthier for you. Plus, you know what you are eating. Personal trainers and other health and wellness experts share the same philosophy of packing a cooler especially if you are running errands. If you find taking a lunch daunting, start gradually by decreasing the amount you are eating out to 2 times per week. Track your money and weigh scale. Take leftovers. Better yet, put food in a crockpot – seriously, a mom`s best friend.
- Cut out or cut down on the daily lattes or teas. Have you ever looked at the extra number of calories in a double double. Drink water; it is better for you!
- Avoid buying in bulk. You may think you are saving money but there are times that by the time you actually use all you have purchased that it has spoiled or gone stale and then you are just throwing it out.
- Cut out on convenience foods. Think about the price you pay for a bag of salad versus a head of lettuce. Big cost difference.
- Avoid going out for drinks regularly. Drinks often cost anywhere from $8-12 per glass. Have a glass of wine at home before going out and ensure you have a designated driver. Do not drink and drive.
- Take out books, movies, and magazines from your local library. Many women have multiple magazine subscriptions or buy books and movies but never get a chance to read them. Donate them or sell them if you do not plan to read them.
- Shop intentionally for what you need and want.
- Consign household items, jewelry, and clothing that no longer fits or you no longer want. What you do not want, can be another person`s treasure.
- Declutter your space. Sell off items that no longer have value to you.
Start putting your money into creating a life you love. Your money is a tool that needs to be used wisely so you can be, do, and have what you want and need. Let the SMALL money strategies lead you to the BIG things you want in your life.
What is one strategy that you have used to gain more control over your money Comment below.