No More Excuses! Monday Motivation – Détails, épisodes et analyse

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION!

Welcome back to another episode of the No More Excuses podcast.

This is the podcast that gets you fired up and ready to take charge of your business, your confidence, and your success! I’m Sandi, the BADASS Business Coach™, your host!

We’re at the end of October, yes still the 4th quarter, but we’re deep into the month and before you know it, the holidays will be up our asses! Your business may thrive on the holidays or maybe it’s the opposite and slows down.  

Regardless, it’s the 4th quarter and there’s still is shit to do!

For those ramping up for the holidays, how will you manage the chaos?

For those slowing down, how will you clean up from the year and strategize for next?

The big question I have for you today is, "What’s changed in your business – or life this year?"

Change can affect us personally and our businesses in so many ways. And it obviously depends on what the change is!

 4th Q is time to go “all-in” no matter what.

Time to review three things: 

1. YES what progress have you made on your yearly goals?
2. What 90-day goal did you make? Any progress?
3. And, what’s changed this year? How has that affected your progress?

 Listen in as I share stories of what's changed for my clients and what's helping them as one ramps up and one slows down. We ALL need to take the time to review the year and make any necessary changes to be ready for the new year.

I’d love to hear from you:

•  What business you are in, and are you ramping UP or slowing DOWN?
•  What changes have you gone through this year and how has it affected you and your business?

Comment below or email me at Sandi@SandiBallard.com

Thank you for listening and investing in you and your business and for sharing this podcast with others!

Until next time,

Stay BADASS Cheers!

Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION!

Welcome to another episode of "No More Excuses"!

It’s the 4th quarter, people! We’re in the final stretch of the year. You know what that means—it’s make-or-break time. No more excuses, no more waiting for the "perfect moment." If you’re in business, now is the time to pull it all together and finish the year strong.

In today’s episode, I dive into why the 4th quarter is so crucial for your business, how you can create momentum if you’ve been slacking a bit, and what strategies you need to focus on to crush your goals by year-end.

The 4th Quarter is CRUCIAL!!

Here’s the thing—how you approach the 4th quarter says a lot about how seriously you take your business. Think about it: the last three months of the year can often make or break your annual performance. Why? Because it’s the time where people are starting to evaluate where they stand, reflect on what they’ve achieved, and what they didn’t.

The holiday season is coming up, which means increased consumer spending, more networking events, and greater opportunities to make those important connections that could push your business forward.

If you’re feeling like you didn’t quite hit the mark in the first three quarters, don’t worry—this is your time for a comeback. You can still hit those yearly goals if you get laser-focused NOW. But if you’re just coasting and hoping things will magically come together, well... you’re in for a rude awakening.

It's time to:

1. REVIEW your goals
2. RESET your focus
3. FIND an accountability partner

Yes, you'll have to listen in for more tips and examples!!

Then share, what is YOUR 90-Day GOAL?

Stay Badass!
Cheers!
Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION

Welcome back to another episode of No More Excuses! 

Today we’re diving into a crucial topic for success in any area of life: Mental Toughness!

Listen in as today I'll discuss:

• What is mental toughness? 
• Why is it so important? 
• How can you build it it? 

The quick definition is: Mental toughness is the ability to persevere through difficult circumstances.

What does it mean to you? 

Building mental toughness is a journey. It requires consistent effort, but the rewards are immense! How do you personally build it?

Listen in as I share actionable steps to build your mental toughness and face any challenge head-on and a quick story about a client and how after her life changed quickly, she had to build mental toughness to survive and rebuild herself and her career.

After you listen in, share your story or how you keep that mental toughness! I know first-hand that it's not always easy. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of "No More Excuses."

If you found this helpful, share it with a friend who needs a little boost.  Let’s build that mental toughness and conquer our goals.

Check out the podcast page on my website and download these tips or save the link to listen again! 

Until next time, stay badass! 

Cheers! Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION

Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses.

Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! And we are one week into year seven of my podcasts. 313 weeks! Crazy how time flies!  

Last Monday’s podcast was about checking in and seeing if something you’ve been doing for a long time needs an upgrade, change, update, or keep on keeping on as-is.

Did you identify something that needs to be fixed or updated? If so, what and how?

Listen in today as I talk about not just how it's time to do your First Quarter Review, but HOW to do your review! When you’re doing the review, as I do with all of my clients, look at the short-term goals, and then see if it or they’ve been achieved. If yes, then GREAT, what’s the next short-term 30-60 & 90-day goals?

If the goals have not been achieved, let’s look at what progress, if any has been made.

What’s happened? What’s distracted you? What challenges have you come across? Is your environment set up for success? 

Don't forget, when you’re doing this review, it’s for both your personal and professional goals.

In today's podcast, I also share MY personal and professional goals and where I stand with them. 

Some I've made progress on, others I achieved, but had gotten knocked off-track and didn't do as well as I had wanted. And, I also admit the ones that I haven't achieved. Yes, I call myself out! And then I share how they're all helping my overall goals. 

So, where are you with YOUR goals? How much progress have you made? What's HELPED and what's gotten in the way? And, what will you do this week to end Q1 strong and START Q2 even STRONGER?

I'm challenging you all to take some time this week to review your goals, progress, and overall mindset. 

If you'd like, I have a worksheet that you can use to help you complete your review. You can either download it from my website badassbusiness.coach and head to the podcasts & worksheets page or email me sandi@sandiballard.com and I’ll send it to you. If you complete it and send it back to me, you’ll get a 30-min call to discuss… FREE!

Cheers!

Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION

Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses.

Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others! And today starts YEAR SEVEN! YES! I can’t even believe it! Seven years of this weekly podcast.

THANK YOU for motivating me to keep going! I’d love to hear – as always – where you’re listening from but how long!

Last Monday’s podcast was about checking your progress and see what shit you are ALLOWING to knock you off-track and learning how to ACCEPT the compliments, the help you need, the baby steps and all the things that will get you to where you want to go.

What did you determine? How are you digging deeper to end the first quarter as strong as possible?

As I travel back to California from another successful trip to Indiana, I reflect on the meetings, the discussions, the progress checks and the plans to achieve more! I made a few adjustments of my own as well.  

With ending year six and looking at the next seven years, I have to determine what I want to happen with the podcast as well as my business and life. 

Listen in today and then decide what you will do for you next. It could be amazing!!!

As business owners, we all have so many decisions to make, strategies to think about, questions to ask, and things to learn. That’s why like in last Monday’s podcast, when I shared about my attempt at writing the podcast and what I was allowing to distract me, I was sharing my experience, hopefully giving you an idea of what happens to many of us as we attempt to focus.

Realizing it happens, but to not dwell on it. Catch yourself and get back to it. We have two more weeks in this first quarter. Lots of time to get things goingI’m celebrating six years of having people from all over the world listening to me weekly! From a few hundred downloads to THOUSANDS! From just Indiana to all over the United States and now in 89 countries! And, as I mentioned, it’s time to decide if and what I need to do with the podcast.

What are YOU celebrating right now? Personally and/or professionally, what’s something that is starting another “trip around the sun”? What will you to continue to keep it fresh and make people continue to want it? OR do you keep it the same? Such a dilemma.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? Or… do we keep improving it to keep it fresh?

Technology is always improving. Doesn’t everything need improving?

What are your thoughts? When’s the last time you gave your world an upgrade?

Cheers!

Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION

Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses.

Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others!

Last Monday’s podcast was about checking your progress and accepting even the tiniest of progress. Instead of being discouraged, use that energy to dig deeper so you can play BIGGER! Learning how to shut down the negative shit storm in your head isn’t always easy, is it? Nope, but it’s necessary if you want to make progress and achieve those goals!

When you have unnecessary chatter in your head, it makes it hard to think straight and focus. And we all know if you aren’t focused, you certainly aren’t productive, are you?

Any sort of mental anxiety can steal your focus and knock you off-track. Listen in as I share what was going on in my head, and around me, and in my head while I was writing this.

What was I allowing?

Sometimes we need a mental break to help us regroup. But that’s usually in the form of reading a book, a vacation, walk, workout – for me a run – or perhaps you prefer to just chill and listen to music or podcasts.

Sometimes we need to think through things and make decisions. But, if you’re already mentally distracted, will you make the best decision? Will you be able to think logically and proactively, or will you be reacting?

So, as we look at what, how and why… what can you do to eliminate distractions? 

What are you ALLOWING to knock you off-track and what you are ACCEPTING that will help you?

As I travel back to Indiana this week for the “Week of BADASSERY”, it will be a full week of helping clients really make sure they are making progress, even if it’s tiny steps, and remember to let go of the bullshit. And if they haven’t made progress, identify the shit they are allowing, and accept that no matter where they are, they have 8 ½ more months left in the year to KICK-ASS and make amazing things happen! 

What about you?

What are you allowing and what are you accepting?

Cheers!

Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION

Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses.

Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others!

Last Monday’s podcast was about Mindset. Mindset. MINDSET!

Having a positive mindset means keeping your head on straight when shit goes sideways, or you get behind like I have recently. 

How about YOU?

Do you keep a positive mindset when you get off-track?

Do you shut down that negative chatter in your head when you make a mistake?

Do you keep yourself from spiraling and getting overwhelmed when shit goes sideways?

Well, if you don’t, you should probably contact me!

2022 has been another weird year. Some people and clients I know have had a GREAT start to the year, while others have not. And as we start reaching for Spring, it’s also the last month of the first quarter of the year.

As many people do, and I always suggest, start really digging into your goals and watching your progress, no matter how small it may seem… to YOU.

Listen in this week as I talk about the "ONLY" syndrome! Yes, we've all said it, "I ONLY did, lost or got [fill in the blank]!"

Learning to accept those baby steps – with pride – can be hard, but I promise you it will be rewarding!

And that’s in LIFE and with BUSINESSES as well!

Keep chugging away. Keep chipping away at the to-do list, the idea list, the debt, the seemingly endless hours. Keep the faith when it’s hard too. Keep climbing! Keep asking. KEEP ON KEEPING ON!

BUT HOW? 

I’ve had my shares of worry, stress, meltdowns as well. When it happens to you, shift your mindset. Think about a time when you made that shift from the negative “WHY am I doing this, why keep going, how the hell is this going to work?” to the “I got this", and "this is WHY I am doing this!" "This is why I get up every day and try again!”

We’re human! It’s hard to be positive every damn day. It's hard to take compliments and comments that are meant to pull you out of that rabbit hole of a shitty mindset. It’s hard NOT to wonder when you’ll turn that corner or reach the top of “your” Mount Everest!

And, it doesn’t matter if you’re male or female!

Listen in as I discuss more about how to KEEP FIGHTING when you're tired, stressed and overwhelmed. And then remember...

“The people who think they are crazy enough to change the world, are the ones who do.” ~Steve Jobs

That is where the confidence has to win. Yes, there will be shit days. Days you want to throw in the towel, and wondering WHY vs. the WHY that Simon Sinek suggests you start with.

When I make that shift, and that feeling and confidence comes over me, I know that I am crazy enough to change the world (no matter how tiny of a piece I think it is)…. Are you?

Cheers!

Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION

Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses.

Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others!

Last Monday’s podcast was about TIME MANAGEMENT! Prioritizing, creating better habits, organizing… you know, all the things that help you FIND more time in the day!

Did you find more time? Did you prioritize your to-do list? Ok, well did you get the “oh shit list” out of your head and onto paper so you CAN prioritize and keep better track of what you need to do and in what order?

Listen in today, as I share what I spoke with a client about last Friday in regard to figuring out how-to prioritize all she has to do. 

Trust me, there are days that I don’t get through my “important list”. Yes, it stresses me out too! And I share why this podcast is late today!

Sometimes shit just happens!

It’s how you recover versus getting overwhelmed by it.

Our minds are truly an amazing animal! Over the years, I’ve talked about mindset and how it can screw up the best of days… if you let it!

Mindset. Mindset. MINDSET!

I work with clients a lot on this. It’s more than just being positive and reading affirmations. I’m talking about managing your head trash, reducing that deflating negative self-talk and learning how to catch yourself when it starts so you can stop it!

So, if you're a long-time listener, you know by how late this is being released that my Monday is NOT starting like I wanted it to, so there goes my week, right?! NOPE! But... will I "ALLOW" the negative talk to ruin my day"? HELL NO!

Listen in today and think about how you handle things when you get off-track? 

How do you shut down that negative chatter in your head?

How do you keep yourself from spiraling and getting overwhelmed?

Now, HAVE A HAPPY MONDAY and realize you CAN get back on-track... like I did! 

Cheers!

Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION

Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses.

Last Monday’s podcast was about LOVE! No, not the four-letter word about romance and sex. But about what you do for a living and making sure you LOVE what you do. Or figuring out what parts of what you do, that you do you love.

We don’t all love every aspect of our job or business tasks, but it’s definitely something to look into. Especially when you’re constantly saying, “I don’t have enough time in the day” or “I’m not getting to do what I LOVE” (because of all the shit I have to do!)

Learning to delegate, identify what is and is NOT a good use of your time, telling people NO (boundaries) and understanding WHY you feel like you “have to” do something… sometimes EVERYthing!

Figuring all of this out helps you FIND MORE TIME!

Listen in today as that's what I talk about today! Time Management is such a mystery to many. In my men’s BIZ XL group last week, they all seem to be struggling with “finding more time to get it all done”. One attendee asked, “Is this a guy-issue?” I laughed and said OH NO, it’s a “people issue”! And honestly it doesn’t matter if you own your own business or have a job, at some point we’ve all struggled with “finding more hours in the day”.

I've heard many people say, "Oh I get it all done by MULTI-TASKING! Uh, no you're not! If you're multi-tasking, you're half-assing SOMETHING! You can't do it ALL... WELL.

Time management: The mystery. The "Pot of Gold" at the end of the rainbow!

We all desire it [more hours in the day that is], but we never seem to be able to FIND it! 

Listen in as I share some thoughts about an article in Forbes®: The 4 D’s of Time Management. Do, Defer, Delegate and Delete. Which is great as tasks come AT you!

[I'll share the article in one of my posts this week, so hopefully you're following me!!]

Think about - VISUALIZE – what it would feel like to have a day where you felt productive. You got a ton of things done. You "clocked out for the day" feeling GREAT!

[I take you through a visualization exercise in the podcast!]

How can YOU CREATE that day?

Yes, shit’s going to go sideways. Life happens. Clients and bosses demand. Co-workers get chatty. Traffic. Weather. Bullshit. But you don’t have to allow that to be your day, EVERY day.

To have the most productive days, you need to make sure you:

1. Organize

2. PRIORITIZE

3. Visualize... the best outcome

Listen in and then please share your tip on how you save time or find more hours in the day!

Cheers!

Sandi

HAPPY MONDAY MOTIVATION

Welcome back to the weekly podcast, No More Excuses.

Thank you for being here, for listening and sharing this podcast with others. The crazy continues, doesn’t it? I’m flying back to Cali after coming to Indy for an unfortunate reason. One of my tribe – many of you on this list may know her, Tifney Fields – lost her husband on Christmas Day. Not to start out the podcast as a downer, but it’s just reality, isn’t it? It’s life and shit we have to deal with that you don’t ever want to have to. And so this week I’m really going to get into your asses about making time for things. Taking the time for YOU, for family as well as your business and career.

Last Monday’s podcast was about choosing your Word of the Year. Did you do that yet?? Don’t forget you can download the form from my website and go to the podcasts page!

And, for most of us, as we look at the second week of January, we’re really starting to settle in and get comfy and start really looking at our goals. And, as I mentioned in the opening, and last Thursday’s image, "A year from now, you’ll wish you had started TODAY!"

TAKE A CHANCE!

MAKE SHIT HAPPEN!

2022 is here… No matter if you’re ready or not, it’s time.

But that pesky "VID", we know it’s caused some realizations, things we needed to face but were avoiding. We know it’s forced us to get uncomfortable. And, we know it’s forced us all to pivot, make changes, adjust, accept loss and also created more efficiency.

We know it’s there. And the more you prepare, the easier it will be to get back on-track WHEN – not if – WHEN shit goes sideways!

Yeah, if you’re a long-time listener, you’ve heard me say that many times! So, what will you do today that your future self will thank you for? What are you willing to do FOR YOU? For your family, friends, staff, colleagues?

And how does your Word of the Year play into that action?

My friend and her husband didn’t sit around and wait, they took adventures, made memories and created experiences. If you’ve listened to me for a while or you know me, I will say I’m a Business Coach, but LIFE is what gets in the way of your business. So, my clients and I discuss LIFE every time we talk, including their WORDS and how they are aligning and helping them.

Listen in to hear what a couple of my clients' words are, and how they have, and will help them.

LEVERAGE!

So, this week – as always, LISTEN IN and then do the activity and share here! Watch social media the rest of the week for more questions, challenges and yes, I told you I was going to PUSH! 

Cheers!

Sandi