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...
by Cassie Howard | Nov 1, 2016 | Work At Home Mom |
This morning as I was doing my daily journaling, I asked myself what I needed to say to you today. What I needed to share. What I need to shout and get you to really LISTEN to. And what came up was not a surprise because I KNOW this to be true and know it for myself, but I don’t think I’ve really made YOU aware of it. And that, is that you are POWERFUL. You are a force to be reckoned with. You are capable of impacting the lives of millions. You are worthy of everything you desire. And most importantly, you are going to achieve your dreams – If, and only if, you are willing to do what it takes to achieve them. And of course, there will be times when this is not easy. Life will knock you down on your ass constantly, and you need to get right back up again each time and keep moving forward. You have the power to get through ANY obstacle that stands in your way of success, and the sad thing? Is that you don’t see it. You don’t know just how capable you really are. All you see is the roadblock. All you see is the setback. All you see is the uncertainty. Actions speak louder than words, and if your actions during these times is to back down, to regress, to give up? Well, then you aren’t going to end up in the place you want to be. You have the power. Remember that you have the power. KNOW that you are a powerful woman and that...
by Cassie Howard | Oct 31, 2016 | Blogging |
A little over a year ago, I sat down to write a really vulnerable post & email that I was not only going to send to my community, but also to my friends and family. I was scared. Nervous. Second-guessing. Thinking maybe this wasn’t such a good idea afterall. Maybe I should just keep my mouth shut and say nothing. But something inside of me pushed me to go through with sharing this part of my story, the part of my story that I was SURE would turn people against me, but also the part of my story that I knew people needed to hear. More specifically, I knew ONE person who needed to hear it. I knew that it would impact ONE person’s life in a positive way. I didn’t know who they were, but I was sharing my story for THEM. As I finally mustered up the courage to WRITE, to be open, honest and vulnerable, I spilled my guts and let EVERYTHING out. I made it very clear that although I may appear as this “nice” girl who is super shy, I have a wild side and I’m NOT as nice as you think I am. I was hiding this “secret” for almost 8 years and now, I was ready to share it. Not for me. Not for anyone in particular. But for that ONE person, whoever she was, that I KNEW needed to hear me say that – HEY, I WAS IN PORN! I LOVED IT AND I AM PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING I DID WITH ME LIFE. As soon as I...
