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By : Vanessa Simpkins author of “From Bankrupt to $900 a Day Selling Mops. Rising Entrepreneurs How to Mop up on Cash in Any Economy!” Want to know how to live an authentic life and truly connect with yourself? Follow these steps to be the person you were meant to be. 1. Sit in silence with yourself every day.
Whether you’re in sales as a professional, an entrepreneur or a service professional these 10 quick tips from Vanessa Simpkins author of “From Bankrupt to $900 a Day Selling Mops” will make a HUGE difference to your bottom line. 1. Make an Intention for Your Day
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What would you try if you had no fear? I posted this question on my Facebook wall the other day and here the answers I got back:rn- write and publish an inspirational book - pick up the phone and start calling prospects - dating Fear is an interesting topic I have been investigating for many years now. My original obsession of what makes people successful led me to study the effects of fear and the emotions on our physical body and the impacts of those emotions on the life we create for ourselves.
The problem I have with abundance affirmations is that if they aren’t believable to you and you say them, you’re not doing any good, know what I mean? So here’s the trick, its called scripting for inner and outer intentions. Works like a charm! Instead of reading abundance affirmations that are way off of the map of your current reality, try something a bit more real, more digestible, more tangible and work your way up to a new reality. After all no one goes from broke to millionaire in just a moment.
It hit me while I was having an inspiring conversation this week with a woman wanting to get a job selling mops like I do. After seeing my numbers and opening the door to possibility that she could also make 900$ a day selling mops, noticing her eyes glisten and sparkle as she soaked up every morsel of information I gave her as if it were the most important thing in the world, I felt inspiring. Then I realized that my 900$ a day earnings (although above average to many) could also be seen as a fart in a windstorm compared to someone who say makes 9000$ a day, or even 900$ an hour.
Are you tired of struggling to attract more clients consistently in your business? Wouldn’t it be nice if you had more clients lining up to do business with you? Too often I see entrepreneurs stuck trying to find more clients and you want to know what the REAL problem is? Most of the time the problem isn’t because they aren’t doing enough marketing, most of the time it’s because they are marketing to EVERYONE. When you market to everyone you water down your message. I know, in the beginning it can be tempting to accept just any client in your coaching.
I acknowledge and appreciate myself today for… - Going for a walk in the woods and taking my camera and my hat! For exploring nature, following my intuition and playing in my genius all day!rn- For writing another great sales letter from the heart.rn- For getting all three important and highlighted in pink tasks done on my list today.rn- For bringing over a home cooked meal to my good friend up to her eyeballs in home renovations. Sometimes it’s the little things that can make all the difference
Imagine witnessing someone you love and care about, experience a heart attack right in front of your eyes! What would you do? Obviously call 911 but in the mean time bite their fingers. Yap, you heard correctly, biting down on the inside edges of the pinky finger's nail triggers a kind of ...
Do you find yourself spending all kinds of time talking with your prospects and then feel disappointed because in the end, they don’t end up buying from you? Are you fed up of wasting your time talking to the wrong people who don’t get what you do, or can’t afford your services, or aren’t prepared to invest in themselves? One of the most common problems I see entrepreneurs making in the coaching/consulting/service provider business model is not having a client attraction/sales system set up to pre-qualify their prospects.
Why would they want to hire me versus that other woman, there are way more qualified people out there than me? I don’t know If I should work on my website first or figure out what I’m really offering to people – wait on my business card logo guy is still waiting to hear back from me, gosh why haven’t I called that lady back yet who invited me to speak at her event... Do you ever wonder when that damn inner critic of yours is just going to lay down and die already?
Are you tired of having to count pennies and tally up dollars to be able to say YES to the things you want? Are you ready to play a bigger game this year, attract more clients and make more money? If so then you're in the right place. Check out these 3 simple ideas for getting your message out there in a bigger way. 1- Be Visible
For Coaches, Consultants and Service Professionals I’m working with a client right now who has been courageously delving into having her very first sales conversations and charging money for her services and she’s learning how to manage her fear around talking about money and how to handle sales objections, and it brings me back to when I first started charging for my services and all of the self doubt I had that people would actually pay that much for my services. I remember sweating and pacing while being on the phone, I was that nervous.
Is a part of you dreading the holidays because you know that no matter how you slice the pie it means confronting certain members of the family you’d rather avoid all together? If so, you’re not alone. The holidays are supposed to be the most festive time of the year but let’s face it – they’re also notorious for being the most stressful time as well.
Idea’s from Robert Holden’s Keynote Speech & his Book “Authentic Success” Robert Holden Author of “Authentic Success” – In this video I share Robert’s 6 keys to Success… great notes I took from the ‘I can Do It” Conference in Toronto where I saw him speak live. #1- Know who you arer Hold onto the gorgeousness of who you are. Start a spiritual practice to practice being yourself. rn#2 – Vision Remember what is real. The world is speeding up but the chase for success is taking longer and longer. SLOW DOWN! Ask yourself: • What is true in my life? • What is important?r
I get you – you’re busy, really busy, you’ve got 5 or 6 projects on the go, great ideas flowing in, but something is really off because contrary to what they tell you in school somehow the busier you get the less money is coming in. How is this happening?
Does self-doubt often plague you from moving forward with a good idea? “How do I know if what I am feeling is really intuition and not just something made up from my mind?” Great question! A lot of my clients ask me how to be able to distinguish from the voice of intuition and the voice or self-doubt. An interesting statistic…r
1. Sit in silence with yourself every day. Living an authentic life means taking action from the inner confidence of intuition. Most people have no idea what their intuition looks or feels like because they are so busy, busy, busy running around every day trying to do 10-thousand things at once. We live in a culture in the West that approves productivity over peace. Cultivate your voice of intuition: it will always lead you in the right direction. You need to be able to actually hear it, so practice silence every day — even if it’s only for 10 minutes at a time.
Whether you’re in sales as a professional, an entrepreneur or a service professional, employing these 10 quick tips will make a big difference to your bottom line. 1. Make an intention for your dayr Get into the habit of predetermining your success; this is very important. We tend to run on autopilot, never giving a second thought to what we want to create. You are a powerful creator!
Are you tired of people’s eyes glazing over when you tell them what you do? Do you feel like the teacher from Charlie Brown, like the words are coming out of your mouth but all people hear is wa wa wah wah wah? Face it if you’re not standing out amongst the crowd you’re just another boring sales pitch. How to Connect More Authentically with Your Clients and Why it Crucial To Your Success
How many of you feel that little voice inside keeps you from taking risks? Do you ever feel like it’s possible for other people but somehow, when you imagine yourself really going for it – you hit up against a tight knot in the pit of your stomach that knocks the wind right out from under you? Are you tired of hearing people telling you to just TAKE ACTION? Forget taking action, for many of us even just THINKING big is scary!
Your job here is to experience yourself in every moment by CHOOSING how you show up. We attract all of our experiences so that we can then choose how to experience ourselves as powerful creators in every moment. We attract the darkness so we can be the light. ~Vanessa Simpkins~ I’ve been listening to Neale Donald Walsh’s “Conversations with God” trilogy books through audio, and LOVING every minute of it!
Are your personal relationships suffering because you’re working so hard to get your business off the ground? Are you always the last priority on your list because there’s never enough time to get it all done? I'm at a mindset and marketing retreat in Fort Lauderdale (FL) with some if the most committed, powerful and rock solid woman entrepreneurs I know AND I’m also picking up on a common issue a lot of women come up against – how to succeed in your business without losing your feminine power and turning into a man.
I went to a wonderful networking event last night and met Loral Langemeier 4 time best selling author who shared with us these ideas on wealth creation. These are the top 5 reasons most people don’t make money in their businesses. The 5 Reasons You Wont Make Money 1- Don’t have an identity, what is your expertise 2- Don’t know what you are selling 3- Don’t have an influential offer, not enticing enough 4- Don’t talk to enough people, don’t make enough offers 5- Don’t ask for the cash
Do you suffer from go go go mode? Do you have a hard time relaxing and enjoying yourself just for the pure sake of enjoyment WITHOUT being productive? Do you tend to feel a bit guilty saying “no” when honoring your own needs above others? Do you tend to over analyze things, over think and procrastinate taking action, make goals and feel disappointed when despite your best efforts they don’t materialize?
I was out on Saturday evening for sushi after the spa with a girlfriend (it’s a popular Saturday evening ritual), and the savvy waiter (savvy because she knows my girlfriend and I are marketing experts) requests us to take a look at her massage therapy “promotional flyer” and provide our feedback. Well…ask and you shall receive. 'It was to our advantage we had already ordered our meals because the waitress was NOT going to like listening to my feedback,' I think to myself.
I can remember what it felt like as if it were yesterday to be hiding out in my massage therapy and acupressure business in that uncomfortable comfortable place. I wasn’t attracting enough clients, and was terrified of promoting myself and putting my expertise out there for the world to see. So I continued to delude myself with the thinking that since I was doing “spiritual work” it was ok to be broke because at least my work was making a difference.