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by Cassie Howard | Jun 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous |
I sometimes sit and wonder how I got here. It wasn’t that long ago that I would spend days at a time, locked inside my basement office, trying so hard to just “hurry up and finish” getting my work done.I had so much to do. So many tasks to complete. But none, after awhile, that made me happy. In fact, most of what I was doing felt like a damn chore. It was taking away time from other activities I wanted to participate in.It took me away from my family and friends. It took me away from myself, most days.I was work, work, workin’ for the dollar. And the dollar came - many dollars actually. That business did very well for me. But in the end, I couldn’t continue because it felt as though it was sucking the life out of me. Truth be told, I’m not in this for the money. The money is a nice bonus, and of course I’m not against it, but I don’t show up, I don’t write, I don’t create, I don’t grow this business because I want to make MONEY.I do it because, quite frankly, I can’t not. Because it’s work that lights me up, work that fuels me, work that makes me feel ALIVE. Work that doesn’t feel like work in the traditional sense. I no longer work from a home office in my basement. I work from the couch, my backyard, on airplanes, at hotels, in cafes, from my bed.. and my home office (that is no longer in the basement, haha!). And I do it because I WANT TO, not because I think I have to. Your problem,...
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by Cassie Howard | Jun 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous |
If you could let go of the idea that this needs to be hard, it will actually start to be EASY. There will be hard MOMENTS, yes. There will be many times when you feel like screaming into your pillow and possibly even pulling your hair out (it’s more tempting than you’d think!). There will be moments when you will question your sanity, wonder why on earth you ever thought this was a good idea. There will be moments that will break you. And there will be many of these moments, yes. That said – They will feel like nothing when you get to then experience the ease. The ease doesn’t just HAPPEN. The ease follows the hurt. Pain first. Pleasure next. Over and over. Until pleasure becomes your baseline and pain becomes something you rarely experience. But this takes practice. This takes YOU, getting up to the plate, over and over, day in and day out, taking the hits and getting RIGHT THE FUCK BACK UP and screaming “IS THAT ALL YOU’VE GOT?!?!”.This doesn’t have to be a long, drawn-out process, like you’ve been making it. It can happen straight away. But first. A decision. To change your reality. A decision. To elevate your normal.If you simply accept that “this is just the way things are” when it comes to your success, your income, your sales, your life, your clients.. anything – That will continue to be your normal.If that’s what you want – For things to stay the same – Cool.But if not? You need to elevate your normal. Decide what is normal for you NOW. If you want more money, ASK for more money. Decide it’s done. Decide it’s normal. If you want to be...
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by Cassie Howard | Jun 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous |
The other day I caught myself. I was talking about the weather to one of the mom’s at the park after school. And then we started talking about summer plans. In the middle of the conversation, my face must have shown my disgust at the realization of what was happening, because all of sudden she said she was going to be late for a meeting, screamed at her son that they had to leave, and booked it outta there. As soon as she left I was able to breathe a sigh of relief. And then I got down to business – The business of reminding myself who the fuck I am.And I am not “one of them”. I know you know what I’m saying! If you follow me, you likely also feel as though you’re not one of them. You’re not like the others. People think you’re weird.You’re called anti-social or stuck-up or bitchy, because you’re often off on your own, avoiding small talk like the weather and summer plans like the plague. It’s a terrifying feeling isn’t it? The feeling of being one of them?Of getting caught in their being of mediocrity. Being at the park after school with my kids is one of my worst nightmares. It’s almost a guarantee someone will try to talk to me. Even with my headphones in!And I can feel it, too. I try to fight it, I try to energetically push them away, because I know, I just KNOW – We’re gonna end up talking about shit that ain’t important.“Oooh it got a bit chilly this week, didn’t it?” (Dunno. Didn’t notice.)“What are your plans for the weekend?” (Avoiding human interaction, what...
by Cassie Howard | Jun 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous |
Every time you tell yourself that you have no money, you send a message to the universe that you want to continue having no money.Every second you believe making money is hard, making money will continue to be a struggle.Evert time you believe money is going to be hard to hold on to, money will constantly slip away from you and you will dig yourself into a deep hole of debt.You need to train your subconscious mind to think differently.There is a FEAR around spending money. As if the act of you spending it means you will never see that money again. When in fact, the more you spend money, the more money you shall receive in return. The only catch? What you’re spending money on has to either –Make you happyMake you more money Make feel good Make your life easierIf you went out and spent a bunch of money on stuff that didn’t do any of the above, but you bought stuff that you thought MIGHT make you happy, or on stuff other people told you that you should have, or even worse, to IMPRESS other people –Well, then all you’re doing is adding more and more debt to the pile.However –If you spend money on things/experiences/people that enrich your life and make it better, you can expect more money to return in it’s place.So long as you believe it will happenExpect it to happenAnd consistently call it inFor example –One thing I regularly journal on every morning is MONEY. I list multiple money affirmations that I desire to be true. Beliefs I want (or currently have) around money....
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by Cassie Howard | Jun 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous |
The last time I stayed at this hotel it was June 2016. I was co-hosting an event, where we invested well over $20,000 to host over a dozen women entrepreneurs and show them how to scale their online business. It was the first time I’d ever set foot in a 5-star hotel, let alone one that I was shelling out over $20,000 to for just one weekend. I remember walking into the hotel and just being in awe. It was so beautiful. Way different from my usual Howard Johnson hotel visits, LOL!! Even those rarely happened.. Because I was cheap. I wasn’t broke. But I was broke-minded. I thought of money like something that was only for others. Something that was hard to get (and even harder to hold on to). I’d look at wealthy people walking in and out of these hotels and think “must be nice”. I’ve even had bitter family members say “must be nice” to me when they find out where I live, how much I travel, and what I do with my time. Yes – It is nice, actually.Very fucking nice. And it happened because I decided I was worthy of it. I decided that I was sick and tired of always struggling. I decided that I wanted something more for myself and my family. I decided to free myself of the broke-mindset. I hired coaches with money I didn’t have to teach me the lessons that would forever change the trajectory of my life. I invested in team members, paying them way more than I could afford, to help me do the things...
