by Cassie Howard | Nov 18, 2016 | Planning |
I had a hustle VIP date with my client Courtney Bedore yesterday and although most of the day was pure fun, laughing together, drinking way too much boozy lemonade and moving from presidential suite to restaurant, to club house, to coffee shop – We also had some BIG stuff come up. While we were talking together, getting our hustle on, grinding it OUT, one thing that came up a lot was how most entrepreneurs spend their time. And let’s be honest, most don’t spend it in the best way they could. Maybe you’re the same. Maybe you feel stuck Maybe you feel overworked Maybe you feel frustrated Maybe, deep down, you KNOW you’re wasting your time and you WANT to fix that, but you don’t know HOW. You sure as hell don’t want to RESEARCH how to spend your time more wisely, because hello, you don’t have TIME to do that! And so you guess. You hope. You cross your fingers that this new method you saw a 2 minute Youtube clip about is going to change your life. But then you get stuck again And you feel overworked And frustrated And to be honest? REALLY fucking pissed off that you keep doing this to yourself. That you’re spending all of this TIME on your business, but truly HATING every minute. How would it feel to wake up every morning, EXCITED to work on your business? How would it feel to know you are making a huge impact in the lives of thousands or even millions? How would it feel if you didn’t have to worry about money because you...
by Cassie Howard | Nov 17, 2016 | Work At Home Mom |
What you do daily MATTERS. What you DON’T do daily also matters. Whether or not you get the dream life you want, that’s your call. That’s your choice. That’s your GIVE. Your pull. Your push. Your shove. Your EVERY FUCKING THING. You showing up doing the DAILY You showing up doing the HUSTLE You showing up doing it ALL There is no magic fucking bullet. Success? It comes from hard fucking work. It comes from the HUSTLE. Don’t be afraid of the hustle! If you’re trying to separate life and business, what the fuck kind of business do you have? Is it a JOB or a LIFESTYLE? And which one sounds more appealing to you? The hustle happens because the hustle can’t NOT happen. You LIVE FOR IT. Because the hustle doesn’t just equal results and success, but the hustle also equals living LIFE. What most people don’t realize is that “hustle” isn’t a bad word. It doesn’t mean you grind 24/7 on “building” a business, it means you’ve learned how to monetize YOU and your LIFE and therefore, you never really “work”, but instead LIVE, and get paid for it. So the hustle is gonna happen anyway because that’s just what you do. That’s just your LIFE. So fuck the naysayers and get your hustle on, daily, and focus on the DAILY DO’S. This is the stuff that YOU need to do for YOU, for your life, for your community, for your lifestyle, for everything. For me, that’s the following – Daily, I show up and do the work. Daily, I sell from a place of service and integrity....
by Cassie Howard | Nov 5, 2016 | Business Basics |
No matter what’s going on. No matter how I’m feeling. No matter what I think. I get to work. Every day. Sick, tired, busy, bored, frustrated, scared – I do the work. Maybe not all of the work. Maybe not to the best of my abilities. But I do it. Daily, without fail. Because why? Because I want the results and I won’t stop, I won’t slow down, until I get them! I was talking to my mastermind sisters the other day and I mentioned that I noticed I had a “free day” on Friday because I only had one short call scheduled, and at first I was excited for the white space on my calendar, but then I quickly felt sick to my stomach. And I was confused, because, HELLO FREE TIME, but soon realized that the reason I felt sick to my stomach was because I don’t LIKE white space! I want to have a lot on my plate. I want my to-do list to always be unfinished because there is so much on it. I want to always have something more I can do. I don’t enjoy free time. It annoys me, pisses me off, makes me feel depressed for not accomplishing as much as I know I could have. And I get that a lot of people don’t think this way. A lot of people WANT free time, they want to take long breaks, they get excited when everything is crossed off their to-do list. Not me. Not us. We’re different. We live for the hustle. Can’t stand life without it! Breaks? What breaks? Vacation?...
by Cassie Howard | Nov 3, 2016 | Planning |
Pay attention. Open your eyes to opportunities. If you’re blind to what’s in front of you, then you’re letting potential wins fall by the wayside. You’re leaving money on the table. You’re leaving IMPACT on the table. And you? You are here to change the world, yes? But how can you expect to change the world if you are letting opportunities pass you by? Meaning – Things don’t have to stay the same. Stop trying to be perfect. No more playing by the rules. Do your OWN thing! Know that you are surrounded by an infinite number of opportunities. Your only problem is that you’ve been ignoring them. That stops now. Sit with this. Sit with this. Sit with this. THINK: What do you need to share right now? What do you need to do to get your message out there? Are you making the effort? Really going all in? Let me share a story with you. This morning, I had a call with my mentor, Kat Loterzo. I told her that I felt as though this was a week that I needed to “get through”. Immediately after saying it, I felt sick to my stomach. I shouldn’t feel this way. I shouldn’t have these feelings. I shouldn’t have these thoughts. I should be happy and excited and super driven all day, every day, forever and ever! But here’s the thing – It’s HIGHLY unlikely that this will happen. To anyone. Including me, someone who IS happy, excited and super driven, about 99% of the time. But that other 1% of the time? I feel like “getting through” the...
by Cassie Howard | Nov 2, 2016 | Work At Home Mom |
It’s time to unlock that inner power that you know you have but can’t seem to access. You’re always go, go, go, and part of you loves this, while the other part of you feels guilty. Guilty that you can’t slow down. Guilty that you’re not always present for others. Guilty that you like to be alone. Guilty that you’re always working. But that’s okay. The guilt will subside and you will eventually get to the point where you can actually learn from it and use this guilt in a positive way. You’re doing this for YOU. For your community. You’re doing this so that you can be free. Free from mundane work. Free from the struggle. Free from fear. Free from everything that holds you back and stops you from living the life you want to live. And there are times when you doubt yourself. “No way this will ever work for me!” I can work hard, but not THAT hard. Is this really the life for me? Can I do it? Do I WANT to do it? Am I faking it? Showing up is easy. But you feel like you’re always behind the 8-ball. Always far behind. Never caught up. Is “caught up” a good thing anyway? Maybe you just need more structure. Maybe you need to let some things go. Maybe you need to only focus on what you’re good at, what you love, and nothing more. Of course you should! This is what makes you money, anyway. Being you and doing what you love. Give yourself permission to let go of the shit you really...
