by Cassie Howard | Aug 18, 2016 | Making Money |
Putting in the hours. All hours of the day.All hours of the night. Never stopping, no matter what my head is telling me. No matter how tired I am. No matter how much I feel like giving up. Running the days into nights, the nights into days, hustling like my life depended on it. Because the reality is, it does. If I want to support myself, my family, my business, my community, my team - the hustle never stops. Ever. Do I sleep? Hell yes I sleep. I love my sleep. But do you know what I love even more? MONEY. Freedom. Getting to do whatever the fuck I want, whenever I want, in whatever way I want. And you don’t get that with mediocre action-taking. I used to be one of those people who believed you needed to have set work hours and separate your business from your life. I quickly started to hate that idea and realized that my business WAS my life and that I had to find a way to mesh the two together. I was never going to find balance. I was never going to “shut off” at 5pm. I didn’t even HAVE an “off” switch at all! Once I realized that, my life changed forever. I soon came to understand that I wasn’t really selling my programs, my courses, my packages - I was selling ME, my message, my lifestyle. That’s what people bought into. That’s what they wanted to see. So I started to infuse more of myself into my work and what do you know? More money. More freedom! Freedom to...
by Cassie Howard | Aug 17, 2016 | Planning |
There’s a difference between SAYING you hustle, and actually putting in the work and doing it. So you think you hustle? Fucking prove it then! Show me your calendar, bursting at the seams, overflowing with appointments, calls, meetings, creating time, selling, traveling (for business AND pleasure, duh). I want to hear you brag about how little you sleep, how much you’re in front of the camera. I want to know exactly how you spend every second of every day. Tell me. Show me. PROVE that you’re a true hustler. You can’t, can you? It’s okay, I was in the same tight spot you are right now. I thought I was hustling. I thought getting on the phone with 4 clients a day was a lot. I thought selling every morning was enough. I thought writing one email a week would do. Boy, was I ever fucking wrong. Here I was talking about how damn important the hustle was, and totally slacking on my very own hustle. There are going to be times you’re sick, you don’t feel like it, you’re tired, you’re feeling over-worked, you’re just DONE. And you’ll want to quit. You’ll want to rest, take a break. And maybe you will. And maybe you won’t. But if you’re even THINKING about stopping, don’t tell me you hustle. Because you really only hustle when it feels good to you. Those that are anti-hustle and anti-grind are anti-living. Listen, there are going to be times that you have to GRIND and do shit you don’t want to do. In fact, there’s a lot of grinding necessary if you ever want...
by Cassie Howard | Aug 16, 2016 | Business Basics |
I wish I could say that everyone in my life is super supportive and understanding of my all day, every day hustle & grind, but that would be a lie. The truth is that the majority of my family and friends just don’t get it, nor do they even CARE to get it. Thankfully, many of them just stay out of my way and let me do my thing, but some of them, mostly those that are closest to me, like my parents, are always trying to talk me out of doing what I do. Not because they want me to be unhappy (which I damn well would be if I stopped doing the work I love so much!), but because they just don’t understand my passion, and so they want to protect me by telling me to “quit while I’m ahead” and “get a real job that is more secure” (I guess they don’t realize that the most secure job in the world is the one you give yourself). While I was talking to someone the other day, I mentioned I had a stretch goal of a million dollars this year. They asked me why I wanted to make so much, why did I need all that money? No one was really going to pay me that much, would they? I try not to get into negative conversations like this, but this time, I gave in and validated my reasoning for wanting to make a million dollars this year. This person went on to talk about how they definitely didn’t need a million dollars, they just wanted “enough...
by Cassie Howard | Aug 15, 2016 | Work At Home Mom |
People always seem to think I’m super organized and I just wish they could see that’s REALLY going on behind the scenes. That I DON’T have it all together (no one does). Maybe I look put together from the outside looking in, but in reality, my life is messy and chaotic and all over the place. (And if I’m being honest, that’s exactly how I like it!) I never cross everything off my daily to-do listsI always forget things that I need to buy, do or sayI can’t keep my house clean for more than 24 hoursMy accountant gets pissed at me every year because my tax papers are never organizedI rarely tackle every task that needs to be tackled each dayI let projects sit until they’re due the next day, and then I work under pressure to get them done in time And though I may look as though I’ve got it all together, I can assure you that I absolutely do NOT. WhatI do have, though, is determination, drive and FOCUS, three things that have allowed me to build a multiple six-figure business in just MONTHS, doing work I absolutely adore. So, although my life is crazy and messy, and I always have a million things on the go at once, I still get my shit done, make an impact and make amazing money. I can do this because I know what to focus my time and energy on. You see, most people don’t have a clue how to get (and stay) focused. They either get overwhelmed by an insanely long to-do list and give up before...
by Cassie Howard | Aug 14, 2016 | Business Basics |
It makes me so sad when people tell me they’re doing to “wait” on their dreams. Waiting until they have the moneyWaiting until they have more timeWaiting until they get one more clientWaiting until their website is finishedWaiting until the kids are older They just sit around and fucking WAIT. And it’s depressing and lonely and honestly makes me sad and to be honest with you, really fucking angry that these people aren’t taking action on what it is they want in their lives. Don’t have the money? That’s bullshit. We find the money for things we need. You bought those clothes you’re wearing, you bought the food in your fridge, you bought that car that you drive and the gas you put in it. You needed those things, so you found the money to pay for them. And you’re telling me you can’t find the money to fund your dreams, something you NEED to do if you’re ever going to be truly happy? Don’t give me that shit. There are plenty of ways to find the money for the things you want and need. Any time a money excuse comes up, it’s not usually about lack of money, but lack of belief. Deep down, do you really BELIEVE your dream life is possible? I’m guessing no, otherwise you likely would have made it happen by now. Do some serious mindset work around why you don’t belief what you want is within your reach, and then CLEAR THAT SHIT as quickly as possible, because I’m here to tell you that anything you wish for is possible! (And that’s not some...
