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How to Save Valuable Time and Money Using Systems and Checklists with guest Cindy Bidar

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If you’re feeling overwhelmed and struggling with time management and money issues, have an honest look at your backend … your business backend. Is it running smoothly and consistently? Or is it a jumbled mess of you trying to remember what you did last time and stacked up to-do’s consistently falling through ever-widening gaps? Cindy Bidar can help plug those leaks and bring order to that chaos.

Listen as she explains why systems and checklists are so beneficial to running your business. And discover one of her biggest pet peeves. Bet you can’t guess what it is.

Cindy’s my go-to resource for helping streamline my business operations. I’ve been a member of her Six Figure Systems program since it first launched … and have no plans to leave anytime soon.

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Cindy Bidar’s online career has spanned multiple specialties, including content and copywriting, marketing and operations management, coaching, and consulting. She’s had the privilege of working with some of today’s most profitable online businesses, and has helped train 7-figure marketing teams and overseen the set up and management of hundreds of marketing and sales funnels. Through her training programs and one-to-one consulting, she helps her clients scale their businesses by creating automated systems that improve conversion rates, increase sales, and add more profit to the bottom line.

Fun and Unusual facts about Cindy:

  • I am creeped out by sunflowers, and a couple of years after my sister passed away, I happened to mention that to a cousin, who told me my sister had been, too. I never knew we had that in common. 🙂
  • When I was in high school I wanted to be a writer, and I actually studied journalism briefly in college. Today I spend most of my time creating content, so I guess I was onto something even back then.
  • I have never seen the movie “The Princess Bride.”
  • I love to knit socks, but I don’t ever wear them, so I have a drawer full of hand-knitted socks that have never been worn.

Get the Free Resource

Click here to get a free copy of Cindy’s Funnel Review Checklist. It’s a 4-step checklist to plug the leaks that cost online business owners money, and add more value for your audience.

Other ways to connect Cindy:

Click here to check out her Six Figure Systems program.
Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/CindyJBidar/

Your Turn

Are you a systems and checklist fan? Or do you prefer keeping it all in your head? Do you have a favorite organizing or automating tool or system?

What do you think might change if you improved your systems and checklists?

Please share in the comments below or in the Rocking Your Path Community on Facebook.

What Fast Action Are You Prepared to Take?

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Blog Post Stop procrastinating

 

Have you reached that critical point where staying stuck is scarier than stepping into the unknown? 

Are you procrastinating?

More important, what are you doing about it? Are you making excuses … or progress?

Click the image to see how I was stuck plus what I did to finally move forward

 

 

Tired of the status quo? Choose your next step …

  • Contact me. Let’s set up a friendly chat and see if we can uncover what’s really got you stuck, stumped, or stalled. Click here and book a convenient time to talk. 
  • Read my post here about Why I Joined the 2019 Stretch Yourself Challenge.
  • This year’s live challenge may be over, but you can still create your own stretch yourself challenge. I highly recommend checking out Kelly McCausey’s SYC workbook. You can see all about it here.

UPDATE:

Check out the Facebook Live I did September 3oth where I share how the challenge really kicked my butt … in an awesome great way … I did ask for it and showed up to play big … for MY benefit, though I loved encouraging, supporting, and helping the other challengers, too.

So have a listen as I explain one of my BIG takeaways. Click here to go straight to the Livestream on my Facebook page.

Your Turn

Are you struggling and unclear about what to do next? Have an experience to share about how you got out of your own way? Want to give a shout out to a mentor, coach, friend, or anyone who you appreciate for the lesson they helped you learn that motivated you to take that next action step?

Please share in the comments below or in the Rocking Your Path Community on Facebook.

 

Discover a new take on ROI: Results-Oriented Inquiry with guest Jennifer Sutton

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Oh, what a treat it was having Jennifer Sutton as my guest for this week’s Fast Action Fridays show. She’s got a wonderful take on a business angle that everyone should be familiar with: ROI.

Traditionally, ROI is an acronym for the term Return On Investment. We all want to generate a good return on our investments of time, money, and resources, including labor and emotional expense.

A small business owner in upstate New York, Jennifer’s focus is on helping people let go of the things that are stopping them from being who they really are, and not just in business. “Each one of us is a huge gift to the world,” says Jennifer. “And I’m trying to help people see their gift and step into their gift.”

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If we aren’t being our selves totally, who are we being?

That’s a question I asked Jennifer and I loved her answer.

“Exactly,” says Jennifer. “Most of us haven’t asked that question (of ourselves). We don’t even know who we want to be much less who we really are underneath all of the things that people have told us that we are.”

Many of the questions we normally ask ourselves essentially keep us stuck because our brains tell us we already know the answer so we ignore exploring certain issues and situations any further. Same input = same output.

The Results-Oriented Inquiry program Jennifer has created works to break that same in-same out-cycle by prompting individuals to ask themselves the right questions in order to get new results, new answers. And she focuses on doing it in a fun way. Don’t we all want more fun in our work, in our relationships, in our lives?

Listen to our interview to learn more about Jennifer’s approach, how to phrase the questions you ask yourself differently, and her fun collection of What If cards. Be sure to see the link to download a free digital selection for your personal use.

Are you in touch with your “Fast Brain”? You’ll learn about that, too.

Fun and Unusual facts about Jennifer:

  • In my high school yearbook, I was named the senior with the Best Laugh. I think they meant the loudest laugh, but I’ll take it as a compliment that they heard me laugh and remembered it. People still recognize me by my laugh. I’ll be in a workshop and someone I haven’t seen in a long time will hear me laugh and come talk to me at break time. They didn’t recognize my face, but they remembered my laugh. That’s okay with me. 🙂
  • By the time I was 22, I’d already had at least five close brushes with death. It made me appreciate every moment of this beautiful life at a young age. Now that it’s been a long time since my last scare, though, I’ve lost that edge and I have to seek it more intentionally. Not danger…just appreciation for the gift of every day.
  • I was an exchange student in Liberia, West Africa, in the Fall of 1989. In the first month there, I was abducted by a man with an M16, in a major car accident (that left me with a very bad back – finally healed in 1996 by chiropractic!), had malaria, and had an adverse reaction to antibiotics I was given for an infection in an open cut on my leg. I lost most of my hearing through one or all of these issues – we don’t know which…I didn’t realize it had gotten bad until the spring of 1990. My hearing has continued to get worse and without hearing aids I’m mostly deaf. But I wouldn’t take it back. I’d still go to Liberia at that age and experience all those things again.

    I learned so much about ME in that period that it was all worth it. I also experience something I didn’t even know existed – unconditional love at a community level. I had no idea it was even possible. I hold that memory in my heart as I lean into the challenges in the US at this time in our history.

Get the Free Resource

Click here to get a free digital sample selection of Jennifer’s What If Wellness Cards. They will help you with your own Results-Oriented Inquiries.

Other ways to connect Jennifer:

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/whatifwellness
Instagram: @whatifwellness
Her website: http://whatifwellness.net/

Your Turn

What are some What If questions you could be asking yourself so you can change your future for the better?

Please share in the comments below or in the Rocking Your Path Community on Facebook.

Why I Joined the 2019 Stretch Yourself Challenge – Get the Guide and Replays

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It’s easy enough to challenge ourselves then let the minutes, hours, days, weeks, and … cough years cough… go by without stepping out of our comfort zone and actually going for it.

That’s happened to me more times than I care to admit even on projects I was passionate about pursuing. I let procrastination in its many forms block my path.

Has that happened to you?

Sometimes I let fear and doubt creep in to hijack a BIG awesome scary idea.

Sometimes it was that I just let life get in the way. I let the big idea fade away like dandelion fluff in the wind never to return.

Sometimes, the idea goes dormant ready to bloom again with a bit of prodding and nurturing.

Sometimes my priorities changed. And that’s okay. Making myself available when a family emergency pops up is important to me. Needing some dedicated self-care time is important to me. In the past, acute Chronic Fatigue Syndrome literally knocked me out of commission for months. I’ve learned to manage it and recognize trigger warnings. Self-care is a priority.

Freedom and flexibility within my life and business are important to me.

To me, choosing to let go or holding off on a project isn’t procrastinating; it’s being responsible for managing my boundaries.

When the old status quo needs to go

I’ve successfully tackled a good number of big challenges in the past all on my own. However, going it alone can be brutal. Why struggle alone when help, encouragement, and support are readily available?

One of the best remedies I’ve found to combat project procrastination is to participate in a hosted challenge. In April 2019 I surprised myself by rocking an accountability challenge with others in Jennifer Lehner’s Front Row VIP group. A few years ago, I was one of the grand prize winners of the 30 Day Video Story Telling Challenge hosted by Felicia Slattery and Lou Bortone.

The 2019 Stretch Yourself Content Marketing Challenge

2019 Stretch Yourself Challenge

This month, September 2019, I decided to join Kelly McCausey’s Stretch Yourself Content Marketing Challenge. There are 15 challenges to pick and choose from, in addition to any number of challenges you can design for yourself.

The goal isn’t to do them all … the goal is to pick a project and get it done start to finish during the month.

Participants (over 90 of us this time around!) are a fun, friendly, supportive, encouraging bunch. Some more competitive than others, which is totally fine.

My personal goal is to finish at minimum two of the 15 pre-designed challenges, starting with #3 Host A Facebook Live Series. It’s something that’s been on my dormant project idea for what seems like f.o.r.e.v.e.r.

I’ll be hosting the series over in my Rocking Your Path Community group. I’m still fleshing out exactly all that I’ll be sharing but those in the community will be among the first to know. So come on over and join us. It’s free.

Speaking of Free …

You may be wondering if Kelly’s is a free or pay-to-play challenge. Fair enough question. It’s a pay-to-play one. And I don’t mind forking over the bucks. Why? Because when you have skin in the game it’s harder emotionally to back out. You’re more motivated to get it done.

Getting things done is what helps you rock your unique path and prosper with passion and purpose.

That’s true for me … and I bet it’s likely true for you, too.

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It's too late to join the Live September Challenge, but it's NEVER too late to Stretch Yourself With The Guide & Training Replays.

Do the work ... you won't regret it. Check out the details here. 

What is Mindfulness? Can it really help you succeed? Guest Moira Hutchinson explains how

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This Fast Action Fridays episode originally broadcast live on the former Blab platform for Jan 15, 2016 show. The tech-gremlins were afoot. I was broadcasting out-of-town from my sister Lisa’s home near Detroit. For reasons unknown I could not get my audio feed working. My wonderful guest, Moira Hutchison in Canada, hosted the episode with me merely lending my support via the video feed. Our mutual and multi-talents friend, Cindy Freeman, from Wisconsin, joined us part-way with some interesting questions and comments for Moira.

Bypassing obstacles on our path

Whew! I love that we didn’t give up but found a solution that day.

The episode has been updated for Friday, August 30, 2019 with a new free Inner Peace Kit resource from Moira. Watch the video or see below for that link.

Moira’s advice on mindfulness is just as valid today as then. Listen as Moira explains what being mindful means … and how to bring mindfulness into our daily lives, and how can it help us be more successful in business and in life.

Meet Moira Hutchinson

Moira Hutchinson

Moira is a Mindfulness-Based Life Coach, Energy Healer, Best-Selling Author and Speaker. Her specialities range from helping people with broad goals such as life planning and personal balance, to specific goals like gaining motivation and overcoming issues such as procrastination, excess stress and self-sabotage. She has multiple certifications in energy psychology, hypnotherapy, personal growth, spirituality, and self-empowerment.

Using her own approach – The Letting Go Process – she helps people shift from feeling stuck, overwhelmed and thinking there must be more to life; to being in alignment with their life purpose, inspired, empowered and actually in control of their life experience.

Learn more about Moira and access her new Inner Peace Kit free resource here. Connect with her on Wellness with Moira Facebook page here.

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FAF with Moira Hutchinson

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How to Have a Successful Relationship with Your VA with guest Pam Langord

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The best successful relationships don’t just happen. So, if your experience working with a virtual assistant isn’t the best, it’s time to stop relying on karma to manifest your dream team. Instead, start stacking the deck in your favor with the advice and tips shared by this week’s Fast Action Fridays guest, Pam Langord.

Even if you aren’t working with a VA yet, as Pam pointed out, it’s good to bring help in before you really need one.

That’s where working with a good coach can help by pointing out which areas of your business could be handed off to someone else to handle, leaving you with more time and energy to handle only those tasks you are best suited for … the ones no one but you can do. That’s how you rock your path.

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More background about Pam:

  • She’s techie gal who admits to flunking her first computer class.
  • She’s a licensed mixologist … and used to be part-owner of a nightclub.
  • She’s a “hopeless list maker and makes friends laugh when she shows off her alphabetized spice cabinet.

Get the Free Resource

Click here to get a free copy of Pam’s free resource checklist: Let’s Stop SOS (Shiny Object Syndrome).

Other ways to connect Pam:

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/RidgetopVirtualSolutions/
Her website: https://ridgetopvirtualsolutions.com

Your Turn

How would you rate your relationship working with a virtual assistant? Where would that fall on a scale of one (the worst!) to 10 (rocking it!)? Do you have more than one virtual team member?

If you’ve never hired help before, what’s stopping you?

What advice would you share about hiring assistants and delegating tasks?

Please share in the comments below or in the Rocking Your Path Community on Facebook.