by Cassie Howard | Mar 28, 2017 | Planning |
What you spend your time on each day really matters. What you DON’T spend time on each day also really matters. Because let’s face it: There are a ton of things you COULD do each day. Your entire day could be filled with tasks and you would still get to the end of the day feeling unfulfilled and like you accomplished nothing. Wait… You mean that’s how things feel NOW? Of course you can’t enjoy life more! Of course you can’t make more money! Of course you can’t feel completely free! Of course everything feels hard! Because you’re doing the things you don’t need to do and avoding (or half-assing) the things that are important. I’ve created multiple businesses in the past 13 years and most of them failed. Not because the business was bad. Not because the idea behind the business was bad. And definitely not because I was bad. They failed because my strategy was bad. It took me over a decade of trial and error (and a lot of money, time, tears and frustration) to learn the proper strategy. A strategy that allows me to – Work when I want to Make money being me Create/say/do/be/have anything I want Cultivate meaningful relationships Enjoy my life more Travel business class always Spend hours writing and reading every day (2 of my favourite things) Eat whatever I want Buy whatever I want Make money easily Work with people I really LOVE I mean, I could go on. I just wrapped up an hour of journaling time where I filled up 2 pages of things I’m grateful for in...
by Cassie Howard | Mar 27, 2017 | Business Basics |
Enough is enough with the wandering around aimlessly. If you’re not ready to really WIN at this game of entrepreneurship – If you’re not ready to give it your ALL – If you’re not ready to be the BEST – Get the fuck out of the sandbox. Go and get a “regular” job and live like the normals: dreading Monday, praying for Friday and spending each day wishing they were doing exactly the opposite than they’re doing in that moment. Listen – If you weren’t born to be an entrepreneur, you just weren’t born to be an entrepreneur. THAT’S OKAY. Stop trying to be someone you’re not. You may very well live a normal life that you love. You may enjoy being normal and just like everybody else. It’s possible that that’s your thing. It’s not my thing though, and I don’t associate with people who enjoy that kind of life, so it’s probably best to unsubscribe, unfollow, unlike, straight up IGNORE everything you hear from me because you won’t like it, nor will it resonate with and help you. I can’t help anyone that isn’t already IN IT. You just KNOW deep within your gut that this life you’re living is the one you’ve been striving for. Sure, it may not be perfect and you’re probably nowhere near where you want to be (and let’s be honest: you likely won’t ever be there because your goals will just keep getting BIGGER), but you KNOW that this work you’re doing? What you’re spending your time on right now? Is what you LOVE. Is what you’ve always wanted. You just...
by Cassie Howard | Mar 26, 2017 | Blogging |
How many times are you going to say you’re gonna do something and then back out? How many times are you going to let another helpful opportunity pass you by? How many times are you going to take the easy route, the cheapest route, the safest route – Instead of going all in and taking the route that gets you what you want FASTER? Aren’t you sick and tired of the roller coaster ride you’ve been on for ages now? Are you ready for some stability, some security, and less FEAR about what’s gonna happen next? The uncertainty can be debilitating, can’t it? I think one of the biggest mistakes I made with ALL of my businesses in the past is that I did things WAY slower than I had to. I would try to figure everything out on my own. I didn’t want help, I was way too much of a perfectionist to have someone else doing something for me, and I was way too cheap to hire someone to support me. I did it all myself. Even the stuff I wasn’t good at, which is why it took me FOREVER to get results. In my last business, it took me 6 years to hit $100,000/year in revenue. In my current business, it took me about 6 MONTHS. Why such a drastic difference? Because in my last business, I was so caught up on saving money and doing everything myself, thinking I HAD to know how to do certain things, that I wasted YEARS doing everything on my own, learning each and every thing as I went, instead of...
by Cassie Howard | Mar 24, 2017 | Blogging |
I was always afraid of being myself. I thought people would hate the real me. They’d think I was too much. Too loud Too opinionated Too vulgar Too bold Too direct Too intense I don’t like it when people don’t like me or don’t agree with me. It makes me crazy! So I try to please everyone, even though I know it’s an impossible task. I’ve realized that in trying to please everyone, I end up turning into one of them.. The dreaded – NORMALS. *shudder* When you try to please everyone, you end up conforming to BE like everyone else. Like all the NORMAL people. Instead of just being YOU! And you, my friend, are NOT normal! You are loud You are opinionated You are vulgar You are bold You are direct You are intense You are a badass boss and people need to either accept you for who you are or disappear! Because what you need, what you deserve, what you require in order to be the very best that you can be and to achieve what you want to achieve – Is acceptance. From yourself. Accept that you are the way you are. Fully EMBRACE the way you are. LOVE the way you are! You are not normal, you weren’t made normal, you weren’t born to BE normal. Stop trying to be! Stop trying to fit in. Stop trying to be everything to everyone. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in life is that the more I show up unapologetically as ME – Say what I want – Do what I want – Be who I want...
by Cassie Howard | Mar 23, 2017 | Blogging |
It’s time for you to give in to what you REALLY want! It doesn’t have to be hard. It doesn’t have to take a long time. It doesn’t have to make you want to pull your hair out. You’ve just decided that it’s part of the experience, that’s “just how it its”, and so that’s become your reality. But you can change your reality in an instant. With meditation With mindset tweaks With books With people With journaling With mantras/affirmations With knowledge Decide what you want, how you want your reality to be different right now. What does that look like? What does that FEEL like? Why is it important to you? Why is it important to you NOW? Once you’ve decided, you need to commit. And then you need to be & do, meaning: be the person who gets what they want & do the things that need to be done to make that happen. Let’s break this whole “get what you want” thing down a bit, okay? STEP 1: DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT What do you want for your business? What kind of work do you want to be doing? Who do you want to be working with? How do you want to be spending your time working? Who do you want on your dream team? How would you be helping others/making a difference? What do you want for your finances? How much money do you want to be making each year, each month, each week, each day? How do you want to be receiving that money - where is it coming from? How often are you...
