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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

The List About You.

We have a critical message for you today. It will take you 60 seconds to read it. Don’t say there’s not enough time. For you or someone else (share it), this message will be life-changing. A few truths we’d like to remind you of: Asking to get paid when you’ve earned it is not “greedy”. Resting when your body needs it is not “lazy”. Making mistakes is not “dumb”. Being afraid is not “chicken”. Being proud of yourself is not “arrogant”. Sharing your natural gifts and talents doesn’t make you “self-centered”. Having money doesn’t make you “selfish”.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

BACKING INTO THE MONEY

We’re still in the Career category of the Building Your Legacy Series, so today is going to be fun! Why? Because we are talking about money and how to make it! This, perhaps surprisingly, is one of the most neglected conversations we see with women entrepreneurs. But we’re going to be clear here: Just because you “love what you do” or you are “so passionate about it,” doesn’t mean you should do it for free! And it certainly doesn’t mean you should take a loss! We are all in business to make money. Period.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

Have and Have Not... What We Should Have Learned in First Grade

When Andrea taught first grade, her students would often jostle for the coveted position at the front of the line. Anyone that was “less than” first in line would complain about their position. This is what seven-year-olds do. And guess what? It doesn’t change much as we grow into adults. We live in a world where even the most humble people sometimes look around and take note of what others around them “have” or “don’t have.” We are certain you can go to a store somewhere and purchase a premium quality iWant, or a fancy new iWish, or even better yet, an awesome new iEnvy.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

GET SPECIFIC ABOUT YOUR HEALTHY LIFE

We wrapped last time with you writing some action steps that you are willing to commit to in order to make your health a priority in your life. Its all part of our Building Your Legacy series. Today, we are going to get even more specific with some tips and tools to increase your muscle, decrease your fat, and increase your flexibility.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

How to Stay Motivated

It might be the number one question we are asked. “How do I stay motivated when I have all this bad stuff happening?” Its code for: “How do I get happy when everything is crappy?” One of the most difficult things about obstacles in your life is that they are often have the appearance of being endless. They are not.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

Turn Victim into Victorious

You are not a victim. The word itself is defined as “something or someone harmed by an act or circumstance.” The word is one of our least favorite words in the English language because it implies such helplessness. In the case of a violent crime victim, for example, the very idea puts our stomach in knots because it is innocent helplessness. For the purposes of our discussion, however, we mean to say that we must chose to never be a victim after the experience cards have been dealt.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

FAMILY MATTERS.

We are moving to the Family Category today. (Yes, even posted a pic from a favorite family weekend of Aly’s here). We were tempted to jump into the Career or Financial Category, but we want to cover Family first because when you begin to shape your career brand, you will want to first be clear on all the other priorities that matter to you. That way, you will be projecting to customers what you do (and don’t) stand for. You’ll be projecting your “Why” above and beyond your products and services, and THAT is proven to sell more.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

The Letter

Dear Incredible You, Yes, you. The one reading this. We are just stopping by to remind you how beautiful you are. No matter what circumstances exist, and no matter what others say, you are beyond beautiful. Your imperfections and the times you failed are what make you that way. See, your imperfections are the things that make your natural gifts and talents stand out. They are what make you uniquely you. The times you failed are the challenges that keep making you smarter with time. Your wisdom astonishes us every day because it keeps us growing.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

At Home Businesses for Women: Soapbox Warning

We get it. You work from home, so you have a free pass to spend the day in your pajamas behind the computer while juggling loads of laundry and dishes, right? Wrong. Fair warning, we are about to be on our soapbox and hold you accountable for the way you operate your business. If that makes you uncomfortable…. read on, anyway because we’re calling you out and that means you need it. (Yes, English teacher, we are using the word YOU today.)

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

It’s Not About Your Circumstances, Already!

I’m not waiting for the circumstances to get better. I’m simply using them as stepping stones through rough water. See, the break in our blog posts lately have not been without reason. On the trail of Andrea’s journey with her prosthetic eye, this week has set off yet another series of jou eys. I’ve spent the last 14 months watching my best friend from high school bravely fight cancer, which has now spread from his kidney to his spine and this week, to his lungs. Our dad had surgery three days ago for prostate cancer.r

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

HOW TO MAKE HEALTH HAPPEN

Busted. It doesn’t just happen. You have to take action and make choices to make your health a priority- especially when you’ve tied it to your legacy. This is personal growth 101. Oh YEAH, we forgot to mention: Aly is a former nationally certified personal trainer and has a degree with emphasis in physical therapy. She has trained hundreds of clients, including athletes and even an Egyptian princess! So listen up:

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

YOUR ENTOURAGE MATTERS.

Today, we are moving on to another category in our Building Your Legacy series: Friends & Colleagues. As we’ve said before, these are in no particular order of importance. We’ll spend plenty of time talking about your Career, your Health, your Finances, your Faith & Love, your Family, and the other categories. But for now, let’s get a few things clear about your friends and colleagues. If you have not yet read our blog post about “When and How to Un-Friend” yet, now would be the perfect time - check it out on our website.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

How To Build Your Coaching Practice

We think coaches are great. We believe everyone should have them. In fact, even having been named “among the best coaches in the nation,” we still hire coaches ourselves. So it goes without saying that many of our clients are coaches, too. It sounds easy: Know what you know, share it with others to grow their lives and businesses, and you have a career, right? Not so fast. To have a profitable coaching practice, just being good at what you do is not sufficient.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

Self Help: When and How to Un-Friend in Your Life

We are not beating around the bush today. If you want your business to limitlessly grow to both big profits and big fulfillment, you have to start with what makes you joyful. Including the people around you. So we gotta’ ask: Why are you agonizing over that consuming “friendship” that exists in your life right now? Why are you trying to figure out how that relationship went wrong, or how you can make it right?

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

THE LOVE TUNNEL

Have you taken the Love Language quiz? We hope so! This article will be quick, really to just get you straight to your work: Define what you want your love relationships to look like. Write a separate definition for the top 3-5 relationships in your life. This definition cannot be a “what it looks like now” definition. We want you to write your ideal scenarios.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

AND THE GREATEST OF THESE….IS LOVE

The need to love and be loved is one of the 6 basic human needs we teach about in our Heart & Sold series. Because the need to love and be loved is so fundamental to humanity, it often explains the motivations behind our behaviors. We act in certain ways…. we do and don’t do things often for the payoff of either experiencing love or experiencing validation by giving love to others.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

7 Reasons Why You Should Just Say No

You know what its like. You’re racing around the office to get that last stack tackled- yes, the one that your boss just handed you 5 minutes ago, even though you needed to be driving home 10 minutes ago. As you race, two colleagues fly in and ask “if you have just a minute” to review the 43 page report they are working on. “Well, actually I have to get to my son’s baseball g…” you say/gulp at the same time. That’s your “I’d-like-to-help-and-I-feel-bad-but,” reply. “Oh, it’ll just take a second.”

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

A Dozen+ Free or Low-Cost Resources for Entrepreneurs

We know what its like to be an entrepreneur. Like all businesses, you’re just trying to increase revenue and decrease expenses. Meanwhile, it’s just you juggling it all… or at best, you have a few folks helping now and then…which of course does the opposite of decrease expenses if you don’t see an immediate measurable, profitable return on that help. So we thought we’d throw you some resources that really can help you increase your efficiency, your offering capabilities, and your bottom line. In no particular order, here’s our first bakers dozen or so:

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

WHO’S IN? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO’S OUT?

If your friends are making things feel like too much work and things are going nowhere, its time to unfriend. We are continuing our discussion in the Building Your Legacy series today. If you are here for the first time, start here. If you are ready to add on, we are building on the last lesson from the Friends & Colleagues category, “The Entourage.” Your homework for today: REFINING THE TEAM: WHO’S IN AND WHO’S OUT? Today, we are going to define who’s in and who’s out. Straight up– who is in your Entourage… and who’s not:

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

On Being Joyful

Well, you knew we couldn’t have yesterday’s post, “On Being Sad,” without having today’s post: On Being Joyful. That’s because when “Sad” happens, it is in large part as a consequence of our circumstances. Something has occurred, or some one has behaved in a way that perhaps brought sadness. But when Joy happens, it is because we emit it from within…and shine it outward.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

Give it Up: Converting Free Consults Into Paying Clients

We sometimes offer free coaching sessions for particular group members, promotions, etc. If we didn’t convert them to paying clients, we’d lose buckets of time and money by giving away freebies. So its our job to serve them, and convert them, so they can continue to grow their businesses purposefully, efficiently, and in a big way. If you offer complimentary sessions, or trials, for potential clients in hopes of converting them into paid clients, you need to hear this. If you don’t offer them yet, you may just change your mind after this.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

Leading a Visionary Life Does Not Require Eyesight

Andrea has another eye surgery next month. This one is unique because it will be to remove a cataract that is progressing in her left eye….the only eye that she has any vision in. Typical cataract surgery is routine, but Andrea’s other conditions and eyesight limitations make this surgery anything but routine. She is vulnerable. If all goes perfectly, she will have 20/400 vision in that eye at best, and still total darkness from her right eye. If not, she will go from being a legally blind person to being a totally blind person.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

In Business and Life, What Not To Do

We spend a lot of time helping choreograph your World Tour of Success by sharing tips and resources with you. But today, we want to walk with you on your journey and share with you a few things "NOT" to do. Understand the value in knowing what you don't know yet, and that far outshines what we already know.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

YA GOTTA’ HAVE FAITH

Circling back to the Faith category in our Building Your Legacy series. If you have been riding along in the series, you already spent time a few days ago defining what role faith would play in your life. It was a highly personal reflection, and we hope that you did not let any one or society sway what you worked on. Again, this is not about what anyone else thinks you should do/don’t do or think/don’t think. This is your legacy and no one else’s.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

WHY WE DID THIS SERIES: HOW DO I FIND MY LIFE’S PURPOSE?

As motivational speakers and mentors, one of the most common questions we hear is, “How do I find my life’s purpose?” The answer is simply that we all have one unifying purpose. Our purpose is to teach each other and to protect each other. That’s it. From an evolutionary perspective, if we didn’t teach each other, we would never grow as a society. If we did not protect each other, we would all be killed off by circumstance, the elements, or each other. We are all called to do this: teach and protect.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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By Aly and AndreaRecently published1 topic

On Being Sad

The funeral was Friday. Perhaps you read our last post, so you knew it was coming. We knew it was coming, too, after a 15 month battle with cancer…but it was still beyond painful. Our dearest friend of nearly 30 years is gone. He was 39 and leaves behind a 16 year old son and a 9 year old daughter. My husband was a pallbearer and I spoke at the funeral–perhaps the most difficult 10 minute talk I’ll ever give. There is no other word to describe what its been like around here. Its just Sad. We are sad. The circumstance is sad. The story is sad. Everything about it is sad. And that’s ok.

Primary topic: Inspiration

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