Dare To Begin - Small & Mighty

The world is changing quickly and as a business owner, you need to adapt and shift with it. This is the first of the free Facebook Live videos I'll be hosting every Thursday for the next few weeks (maybe longer) where we are talking about how to pivot your service-based business. I provide real examples from my own business as well as from others as well. If you have a question about how to adjust/shift/pivot your business to stay relevant and serviceable in this new global environment, please email me at amy@daretobegin.net. Tell me about your business, give me a bit of back story so I understand your service type and then ask your questions. Please keep emails within 2-3 short paragraphs.

We are in challenging times and everyone on the planet - for the first time in history - everyone on the planet is feeling similar emotions. We are all, all 8 billion of us, faced with a situation that is bringing up all kinds of emotions and patterns for us. || On the podcast today I'm sharing a bit of what I've realized I've been doing trusting that as I speak honestly about it and bring clarity and healing to what I've been moving through, it will also bring clarity and healing for you. || I believe we are in an incredible moment in time right now. The opportunity for the world is astounding! Let's take full advantage of the offer of this opportunity so as the situation eases and normality returns in society, we rise out of it higher and more powerful than ever before. || We are being called up Changemakers! Let's respond to the call with a resounding, 'HELL YES!'

How good are you at taking full responsibility for all aspects of your life? No matter what is existing in your life, or what you're calling in, are you fully taking responsibility for it all? || I was recently confronted with a new level of responsibility during my latest session with my coach. It was .... revealing. || Today I'm talking about two levels of responsibility and how we can recognize them.

Of all the jobs I have, one of my most favourite is that of being an aunt. To a few very special humans, I am 'Tante Amy' - and I love it! Being an aunt has been such a fun adventure! I get to watch little ones grow and learn and practice navigating the world - without the stretch marks, sleepless nights and overtaken schedule. || When I get to hang out with the pumpkins, I love observing them move through the world. Recently, I had the opportunity to go watch my niece in her gymnastics class. As her group moved around the room doing different exercises on different equipment, it was neat to watch these littles practice. || I was especially fascinated when they moved to the balance beams. On today's podcast, I share with you why I was so fascinated and how my observation of these littles got me thinking about us as adults and how we move through the world. || Special note: today's episode has been recorded in a car as I'm on the move this week and that was the only 'quiet' space I had available.

I recently revamped my morning schedule (routine?). I knew as I was figuring out how to work in what I wanted to do in the morning that I needed to make sure it was both a sustainable plan (meaning I could do this somewhat indefinitely - ie. not burnout) and that it was effective. || I also knew that I wanted to be in my office by 9am. How to do everything I was thinking of and do it pre-9am? || Today I'm talking about the power of 20 minutes. I'll share how I worked in the two main things I wanted to accomplish and how I was able to use the power of 20 minutes to ensure I was both effective and did not create a situation of overwhelm. || Thanks for listening today! If you like this episode and found value in it, please share it out. If you post a screenshot of the episode on Instagram, feel free to tag me as well: @idaretobegin.

Let's be honest - nobody really wants to lean into discomfort. It's ludicrous. Millions of years of biological programming tells us its life threatening to lean into discomfort. So why do it? || I'm sure you've seen the quote, 'Everything you want is on the other side of fear'. How do you move through fear to get these fabled things? By leaning into discomfort. || You can create phenomenal change and upleveling in your life if you're willing to lean in. So on today's podcast, I'm sharing how I'm leaning into discomfort and of course, giving you some insights on why it's so good for us to do so.

You are in for a treat today my friend! I'm thrilled to share this interview with you. I sat down with my friend and colleague Katie Browner and there are very few topics we did not cover! || We talk about Katie's own entrepreneurship journey, about her recent successes with her brand new shop, Discount Dungeon, and we also talk about CEO's holding a vision, supporting other entrepreneurs no matter their industry, how to connect with people over Twitter (in a real, not slimy salesperson kinda way) and the very real option to have a full time (or part time) job AND a successful business if that is your choice! || There is so much good stuff in here! || If you'd like to connect with Katie further, you can find her here: || Twitter : @dungeondiscount || Video Games : rezu.media || Discount Dungeon : discountdungeonsupply.com (P.S. This one is NSFW

Straight up: what are your feelings about Taylor Swift? I find she's quite the polarizing person - some people are raving fans, others are dead set against her. However you feel about her, on today's episode, it's almost an all-Taylor-all-the-time situation because I'm sharing my thoughts and insights of her documentary: Miss Americana. || Even if thinking of Ms. Swift has you frothing at the mouth with anger, I challenge/encourage you to listen to today's episode. Because the documentary is a brilliant visual of a person in transformation. || Come hang with me a while, let's find some deep learning in this together and let's make the world a better place while we're at it.

Over the past few weeks a number of people have said to me, 'Amy, you're so brave. I really admire you for what you're doing.' However, I don't feel like I'm being particularly brave. || While it's wonderful to receive that message, I wanted to talk about the idea of being brave and ask you, Do you feel brave? || On today's podcast I'm sharing that as well as dropping the news I've been hinting at the last few episodes! Tune in to hear the news and, if you aren't subscribed yet, subscribe to the podcast to get a coupon code to use with this big news! > daretobegin.net/blog to subscribe.

If you've experienced friction in your life, you probably have a less than positive view of it. Anytime you've felt like something is incredibly hard, is not working, does not come naturally to you, argued with someone, had your feelings hurt, you've experienced friction. || I've been thinking a lot about friction lately and it's effect on my life. I've also started to look for positive friction in my life - where is it showing up and serving me or creating an even enjoyable time? || We're going to talk about skiing today to give you a concrete example of positive friction as well as how to identify positive and negative friction in your life, and what to do when either or shows up. || If you haven't yet, please subscribe to the podcast by going to daretobegin.net/blog and clicking that 'Subscribe' button. If you find value in this episode, please share it out so others can benefit from it as well! || My deep gratitude for hanging out with me today!

I know you've heard this before: the quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask. Maybe that makes sense to you, maybe it doesn't. // Today we're talking about the questions you're asking yourself and looking at whether they're high quality questions or low quality questions. If you're thinking, "I'll skip this one, I've heard this before", friend, get yer hiney in here because then you definitely need to hear this episode. // 2020 is a year of massive levelling up. I believe the world is in a state of friction that occurs right before a massive change. My world is changing, your world is changing. The question is, are you actually levelling up or just talking about it? // It's time to start moving in the direction of your dreams. Our world needs you to be moving into your highest vibe version of yourself. Tune in and let's start raising the vibe around here.

Happy 2020, new year, new decade, to you! I've missed you and have been loving the break I've had over the last few weeks. >> Today's episode I'm sharing some of what I've been focusing on these past few weeks, including the podcast I've been soaking up, the course I am just finishing and a new experiment I will be trying this year. >> I'm also sharing how I'm preparing to level up this year, and the questions I've been asking around who I want to be. May it inspire you as you continue to grow and level up your life as well!

Only two weeks until we're ringing in the new year! In today's podcast I'm sharing some of the things I'm excited about for 2020!There are relationships I want to heal, manifestations I am working on and goals I'd like to see realized.I'm also talking about manifestation in your life and the importance of taking responsibility and ownership of all the things we have manifested into our lives.I encourage you to follow Kathrin Zenkina, aka Manifestation Babe, on Instagram for more manifestation insight and inspiration to wholly support you as you enter 2020.

It is officially 3 weeks - 21 days - until we change our calendars over, raise a glass to celebrate the year to come and get ready for all our New Years resolutions.Before we go skidding into the holiday season though, let's take a moment to look back on 2019 - the good, the bad, the uneventful.Reflection is important in all seasons but as we don't often give ourselves the time throughout the year, the end of the year is a beautiful reminder to look back.Today I'm sharing some of my insights as I look back over the year with an encouragement to take an honest look at all the aspects of your life.Let's wrap this year up with clarity, so we can be fully prepared to launch into the New Year!

In business, one of your main responsibilities is managing the expectations of your clients. Doing so well means that for the most part, you business runs smoothly, your clients are relatively happy and you don't feel stressed all the time.Today let's talk about how well you are managing the expectations ... of yourself.I came head to head with unrealistic expectations I had for myself a few weeks ago. Whenever we try something new or move into a new role, we always go at it with some kind of expectation of ourselves.When I first went ziplining, I expected to love it! Then when I stood on the platform with nothing but open air before me, I was terrified. It took a few zips before I felt mostly confident about jumping off the platform - not entirely what I expected.When I was learning to ski in the mountains, I knew it would take time but my expectations of myself became unrealistic as I'd watch my guy rip down the hill with ease and I'd wonder why I was still so slow. A gentle reminder that he'd been on

One of the careers I briefly flirted with was that of an Air Traffic Controller. I've always been fascinated by airplanes, airports are one of my favourite places and I thought to be part of that as a controller would be really cool.So imagine my excitement when a ride up the ski hill on the chair lift had me sitting with a recently retired air traffic controller!Our conversation was much too short for my liking but I did have the opportunity to ask a few quick questions. And the answer to one of my questions got me thinking...... about making mistakes.Mistakes are part of life, they're part of what makes us human and trying to avoid them at all costs is simply not possible.But what if making mistakes is actually good for you and for your business? What might you be missing out on if you never ever made mistakes?That's what we're talking about today friends. So grab a coffee, and let's get cozy.

So you've been working on your biz for a while now, you're about ready to go live and you want to do some Facebook marketing to help bring clients in the door ASAP. Fantastic! Now let me ask you:Have you defined a tight target audience (your perfect client)?Have you set an affordable and sustainable ad budget?Have you observed ad sets from highly successful businesses like yours and have a solid ad set of your own?Have you set up your Facebook page, ads manager & business manager?Feeling overwhelmed right now? Good. Because these are important considerations. Overwhelm means you're not taking this lightly, it means you're not painting rainbows in the sky with your unicorn brush and it means that you still have a few things to work out!You're in a great place! So bring that feeling along if you like, and let's have an honest chat about each of these things. Just press play. For full show notes, go to daretobegin.net/blog/43

Podcast inspiration can strike anywhere. This week, it came while I was on the rowing machine, for some reason thinking about the thighmaster (remember that thing?).I realized that I was well on my way to creating a much more complicated exercise plan in my mind - one that would surely set me up for failure. And with blazing clarity, I could see this was a pattern I was well-used to repeating. Start simple, layer on, create complication, fail because I've overcommitted. // So on today's episode, I'm talking about how I'm practicing simplicity in my life and how the commitment to my 40 hour job is giving me a wonderful opportunity to do so. // If you're really good at layering on the work, or if you're drowning in the "to-dos" you have every day, this is for you. // If you haven't already, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts OR share out this episode on social! Be sure to tag me @idaretobegin.

What does my gym membership have anything to do with starting a biz? And how the heck did I 'receive' a home gym for $35?If you've been following the podcast for a while you know I've been on a journey this year to heal/improve/build a healthier relationship with money. One part of that has been releasing costs that were 'unnecessary'.Some costs were easy - monthly subscriptions for things like Canva for example - but others, like my gym membership, took me some time to come around on.Today I share a bit of the journey, how I am viewing 'debt' now, and the actual story of releasing the membership and receiving three amazing pieces of exercise equipment.Also, I talk about Manifestation Babe's podcast episode #62: Manifest Your Way Out of Debt, be sure to go have a listen!

How often do you say something like this: 'I am sad.' 'I am disappointed.' 'I am frustrated.' Seems like a simple statement of how you feel at that moment right? What if, by stating your feelings like that, you're creating more of that feeling? What if by saying, 'I am frustrated', you're calling more frustration into your life? Rather than call more crap into your life, let's talk about how you can honestly express your feelings (not just the happy-happy-rainbows-are-coming-out-of-my-butt crap) and still create positive momentum. // If you haven't yet, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Also, share a screenshot of this episode on the 'gram and be sure to tag me @idaretobegin. Thank you so much for listening!!!