by Cassie Howard | Sep 26, 2016 | Blogging |
You know those days where you don’t want to get out of bed? Where everything feels like a struggle and all you want to do is cry? Where you are constantly asking yourself “what’s the point?”? That was me yesterday. After an amazing week filled with women who just GET me, who understand the way I hustle, who love the way I do the work, I came home to people who didn’t seem to miss me all that much. Who didn’t care how amazing my week had been. I was home now, and so can you do this for me? Can you help me with this? Can you do that over there? Ahhh, home life. I forgot how much I was in demand here. I forgot how much most people in my life just don’t GET me or how I do things. And so my amazing week ended the second I walked in the front door at home. And then yesterday I just felt sorry for myself and wasted an entire day sulking in bed. This morning I woke up with a fire in my belly and I was ready to kick some serious ass again. I guess I just needed to have that one off day. Because if I’m being honest, I don’t have those days often. A few times a year, they happen, but most of the time, I am ON. 100% on. All the way on. I push through the hard stuff, I do the work anyway. I don’t let anything stop me. And that’s the real message here. There will be times when you don’t wanna...
by Cassie Howard | Sep 22, 2016 | Business Basics |
I’m here in Kelowna, BC to support my friend Chantelle, who is hosting her Shine Live event and have h,ad lots of conversations with the women here and one thing that has come up a few times already is that Canadians are always “so nice”. I’ve never understood this, because I’ve always felt the opposite! We do say “sorry” a lot, though. That I will admit! I actually paid close attention all day yesterday, with all of the interactions I had with people, to see if I could get them to say sorry, even for something that was my fault. Yep. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Fuck, we ARE nice! So I guess that’s a good thing. But what IS NOT a good thing, is apologizing for things you’re not really sorry for. And this can really be said for ANYONE who is an over-apologizer, Canadian or not. STOP apologizing for things you’re not, or you SHOULDN’T BE, sorry for! Stop apologizing for making money Stop apologizing for saying no Stop apologizing for buying yourself something Stop apologizing for asking for help Stop apologizing for disagreeing with someone Stop apologizing for calling someone out on their shit Stop apologizing for changing your mind FUCK APOLOGIES. You’re a badass bitch that can stand her ground, that has strong beliefs, that has a big opinion that you know MATTERS. You’re at the top of your class, you do what it takes to become BIG, a huge star in your industry. But you’re apologizing. And you need to stop. Your life is meant to be lived and loved by YOU, no one else,...
by Cassie Howard | Sep 20, 2016 | Visibility |
I’m at the airport right now, in the Air Canada first class lounge, and I just noticed that I’m one of the VERY few women here. My sister is travelling with me and actually walked around and counted 13 women and out of around 50 people. Every 1 out of 5 is female. What the fuck is up with lack of women in first class? WHY are there not more women travelling in luxury? I also couldn’t help but notice that when we walk around we get some strange looks from the men here. As if we’re in the man cave and aren’t welcome. Guess what - we’re not going anywhere. GET USED TO WOMEN TAKING OVER. And although I’m sure most of the men here are enjoying this experience on someone else’s dime (thanks to their J-O-B), it’s still hard to miss the fact that there are not enough women enjoying this experience, too. This just reinforces my mission of making sure women all over the world learn how to profit from their own self and their own life, so they can enjoy the same thing their male counterparts already get to enjoy moreso. It’s total bullshit. I’m done with men getting more than we do. I’m certainly no feminist, but I also believe in equality and the fact that women don’t get to experience the same luxuries as men (not as often, anyway) really just pisses me off. Feeling like you don’t deserve it? Feeling like you need to worry about others first? Feeling like you’d rather save money? You’ve got a mindset block, sugar, and need...
by Cassie Howard | Sep 19, 2016 | Social Media |
Feel like you’re just spinning in circles right now? Get out of your head. You’re blocking success by believing things have to be complicated. They don’t. In fact, success actually comes much faster when you’re working from flow, are in tune with your wishes and desires and actually just start doing what you want. Seriously. Internet marketers have RUINED us and brainwashed you into thinking being an entrepreneur is fun and easy all the time. Rewarding, yes. Exciting, yes. Worth it, yes. But easy? Not a damn chance. This shit isn’t easy. My business is actually a whole heap of CRAZY. It’s chaotic, it’s messy, it’s all over the place. But wouldn’t you know it, I make an average of $50,000 EVERY SINGLE FUCKING MONTH, and growing. This isn’t because things are easy and fun, it’s because things are HARD and fun and that’s the whole fucking point! The hard stuff is what will get you results. And you know I want the results, so I put on a smile and get the hard stuff done every day off the week, no complaints. And if we’re being completely honest, deep down I really love the hard stuff. I love facing something big, scary and unknown, looking it in the eye and saying YOU DON’T SCARE ME, I GOT THIS, I OWN YOU! It’s like getting results from exercise: If you stop when things start to hurt or feel somewhat uncomfortable, nothing will improve. Your body won’t change, your athletic ability won’t change, your mindset won’t chance. You have to push through the pain to get results! This is why...
by Cassie Howard | Sep 18, 2016 | Business Basics |
Lessons are everywhere. They’re a part of life. And they’ve definitely been a big part of my life and my entrepreneurial journey. Less than 2 years ago (and honestly, probably before that, too), I did something that I’m not proud of (but I don’t regret, as it taught me a valuable lesson) – I WAS LYING TO YOU ON A DAILY BASIS. Every day I would show up and put on my mask. I would be who I thought you wanted me to be. I would say the words I thought you wanted me to say. I truly just wanted you to like me. I wanted to stand out in a group of thousands. Tens of thousands. Hundreds of thousands, really. I wasn’t honest with you. It was all a facade. I created the “perfect Cassie” in my head and I delivered her to you every day, cringing every time because it just didn’t feel RIGHT. It didn’t feel like ME – And that’s because it wasn’t. It wasn’t ME, the real me, that I was sharing with the world. It took someone on the outside, someone who knew me offline, to notice and basically shake the shit out of me, saying “why are you one person online and a different person offline?“. Good fucking question. And so I stopped being two people from that day forward. I’ve never once looked back. I’ve never once regret it. I gave up trying to be perfect (fuck perfect, anyway). I gave up trying to please everyone (as if that’s even possible). I gave up filtering myself and sounding like a motherfucking robot...
