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Episode #77 The Accidental Author with Danielle Watson

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Today I am pleased to have, for the second time, Danielle Watson, the creator of The Purse Process and the Pocket Muse, and author of the new book, Dear Self, I Love You! Keep Going!: 365 Inspiring Notes from My Bittersweet Year of Heartbreak and Healing.

Danielle Watson has had a lifelong dream to be an author.  In 2016 she did just that, however, the circumstances upon which she wrote her first book were nothing that she could have imagined. It was in fact, almost accidental…

Flash back to 2015, a mere 48 hours prior to her departure to give a Ted Talk, Danielle received divorce papers taped to her front door.  She decided to put her big girl panties on and kept going.  She found a way to get the support she needed to get through that very important event in her life.

A few weeks later, reality had set in, and she wondered how she was going to get through this difficult time.  She did what she could to stay positive, and take care of herself.  One day, on her soon-to-be ex-husband’s 40th birthday, she saw her reflection in the mirror, and realized she was still living her life, and still had a sparkle in her eyes.  Her pride in herself led her to post about her feeling in Facebook, like a sticky note to self, and people started to respond to it in a big way, calling her an inspiration.  

As a form of self-care, she decided to write a post every day for a year.  In January 2016, while revisiting one of her post from a year prior, she finally realized that her series of posts could become something more.   And so was the birth of her first book, Dear Self, I Love You! Keep Going!: 365 Inspiring Notes from My Bittersweet Year of Heartbreak and Healing.

Danielle shared that she has plans to create a tear away calendar, fridge magnets from the most special notes and eventually a hardcover version of her book in the near future.  In addition, she plans to write a memoir of the stories behind the notes that led to the writing of this book.

Danielle has closed down the Purse Process and the Pocket Muse, and now has a daily Facebook Live Show called The Danielle Daily, which airs every weekday at 3 p.m. EST.  With the goal of helping people to think of themselves in a more positive way, attendees will find something positive, inspiring and powerful.    

Danielle Shares Her Message Here  

Speak more kindly to yourself, love yourself, embrace life, and no matter what, keep going!  In moments when life feels the hardest, there’s an easy decision to make: continue to criticize ourselves for our failings, or open ourselves to the possibility that, yeah, we’ve made (and will continue to make) mistakes, but we just might be lovable anyway.

Quotes 

  • “I think it is a pretty amazing feat to almost accidentally write a whole book”  – Jen Turrell
  • “We’re the only person who is going to be with us throughout our life” – Danielle Watson
  • “Sometimes we just have to be able to soothe ourselves”  – Jen Turrell
  • “There is a lot we can do by taking actions to affect positive outcome”  – Jen Turrell

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Danielle WatsonDanielle Watson is a TEDx Speaker, Author, and host of the LIVE Danielle Daily Show where she provides her positive, inspiring, and powerful Notes to Self to people seeking freedom from self-critical thoughts. Her book, Dear Self, I Love You! Keep Going!: 365 Inspiring Notes from My Bittersweet Year of Heartbreak and Healing serves as a reminder to her global fan base that even when life feels painful or hard, you are stronger, braver, and more powerful than you think, and no matter what you have done or will do you are worthy of your own love.

Episode #70 Build Your Hustle-Free Business with Amy Birks

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Today’s episode is a Book Club episode! I’m here with Amy Birks, author of The Hustle-Free Business: A Simple 7-Step Plan to Grow, Get Results, and Have FUN!. Also known as The Strategy Ninja, Amy uses her GPS brain to help mission-driven, heart-centered coaches create customized strategies to grow their businesses and get the results that matter to them FAST, and with fun, ease and purpose.

In our conversation, we cover her wildly popular Motivation Mondays, how they make participants blush, (you have to be there), a huge shout-out to the inimitable Yola, (who I can put you in contact with, just send me an email), and the finer points of what it takes to get a hustle-free business.

Quotes 

  • “I make it my life’s mission that everyone knows the most epic version of themselves, and everyone around them knows that as well.” – Amy
  • “We need to set the intention to start with ourselves to be the best we can be, and then it trickles down into all the different parts of our lives.” – Amy
  • “What is that thing that comes so easily to me that I would just discount that nobody can do it?” – Amy
  • “If you aren’t sure what you want the business model to look like, let’s see what you want your life to look like and let’s create a trajectory to get to that.” – Amy
  • “I know what I’m doing now is helping to get more eyes on people in my community who are doing really powerful things and don’t necessary have the platform themselves yet.” – Amy
  • “Without financial equality, [women] will never have all the other kinds of equality we need.” – Jen
  • “The Western Woman Modern Entrepreneur is going to save the world.” – Amy
  • “You gotta be really clear on who you are, and then create a strategy based on you.” – Amy

To grab a copy of The Hustle-Free Business head over to hustlefreebusiness.com/jen. To connect with Amy, check out her website, her facebook page, and her instagram.

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Resources

Amy’s Book: The Hustle-Free Business: A Simple 7-Step Plan to Grow, Get Results, and Have FUN!

Marie Forleo – B School

To contact Yola for energy work and/organizing help email Jen at Jen@jenturrell.com

Adrienne Dorison

Todd Herman – 90 Day Year

amy-2016-bouganvilla-4Amy Birks can see the future. No, she doesn’t use a crystal ball or some time-travel device. Amy was born with the ability to see the biggest, brightest, most vibrant potential in everyone and everything she encounters. Also known as The Strategy Ninja, she uses her GPS brain to help mission-driven, heart-centered coaches create customized strategies to grow their businesses and get the results that matter to them FAST, and with fun, ease and purpose. Her new international-bestselling book, The Hustle-Free Business – a 7 Step Plan to Grow, Get Results, and Have Fun!, is the purposeful entrepreneur’s secret weapon for growth.

Episode #62 Women in the IT Workplace with Cat Lam

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When it comes to women in the IT workplace, Cat Lam is here as living proof that it doesn’t take anyone especially talented, brainy, or extra-special to go into business for themselves as an independent IT contractor or freelancer. There is a way that you can use your current expertise, make a bunch more money, and have a whole lot more control over your own time and career.

This year marks her 12th year as an independent IT contractor / freelancer. She now call the shots. The day she became self-employed, and got that first contract, she instantly more than doubled her income, and was 100% accountable for her own career. Now, she assists others in finding their own way in that transition.

We speak about her career evolution, how she helps those starting out in an IT workplace, especially women going through the negotiation process, and the value of developing multiple income streams, no matter your industry.

In our conversation about negotiation and income equality, Jen mentioned the 3/5ths compromise, read more about that here.

Quotes

  • “I’ve actually had to learn a lot of stuff on my own.” – Cat Lam
  • “Being in IT, there aren’t a lot of “people” people, so if you have the soft skills you will be that much better than the rest of your peers.” – Cat
  • “Sometimes being a freelancer with multiple clients is more secure than having one job, because if you lose one of them, it’s not like a pink slip and all your income is gone.” – Jen
  • “It’s so easy online now to read bad reviews.” -Jen
  • “The art of the negotiating to being able to read people and figure out what is important to them in order to get what you want.” – Cat
  • “Pair your passion with money making potential, then you get to do what you love almost on somebody else’s dime.” – Cat

To connect with Cat Lam, follow her on her blog at itsolopreneurs.com, and catch up with her on Twitter or Facebook.

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Cat Lam 11Cat Lam is living proof that it doesn’t take anyone especially talented, brainy, or extra-special to go into business for themselves as an independent IT contractor or freelancer. There is way that you can use your current expertise, make a bunch more money, and have a whole lot more control over your own time and career.

When she moved from accounting into the IT workplace, it meant a big change for her. When you sign up for Oracle, or any consulting company for that matter, you sign up for 100% travel. It was fun at the beginning. But eventually, you start to schedule your life months in advance. Marriage meant a big change, and a break from consulting to work briefly with her husband and in the fitness industry. She grew bored of that and returned to her previous work as her own boss.

This year marks her 12th year as an independent IT contractor / freelancer. The day she became self-employed, and got that first contract, she instantly more than doubled her income, and was finally accountable for her own career. Now, she assists others in finding their own way in that transition.