How to Plan a Winning Day in 5 Minutes

When you let go of something, you create space for something new to show up.

Danielle Sunberg, a former Big Law attorney turned wellness entrepreneur and expert in the art of conscious living and award-winning author, shares about asking and answering the big question: Who am I?

Having been diagnosed with depression, Danielle realized that where she thought she was on top of everything, with plenty of zeros in her bank account and being on top of the corporate ladder, she wasn’t in tune with who she was herself.

Allowing yourself to be vulnerable causes a step into real leadership. Peeling the layers away allows for an acceptance of who you really are and allowing yourself to take up space. 

Hitting burnout is not always a bad thing - as long as you use it as a chance to change everything!

Notes:
👩🏻‍💼 Danielle was an accomplished corporate litigator for a big law firm in Washington, DC. 1:59
🥀 Despite her success, she felt empty, personally. 3:43
😞 She felt nothing when hearing the news about winning a case, and she just quit. 5:34
❓ Danielle needed to answer the question: Who am I? 8:14
✌ ️ Burnout is not just a bad thing: a chance to change everything.  13:31
😍 Burnout requires you to say: I've tolerated enough suffering here, and I'm actually going to make a change. 18:33
🤗 Mastering the art of being, which is what is left when we stop all of our doing. 22:06
🎯 The biggest changes that happen are clarity, confidence in decision-making, and relationship dynamics. 23:40
🥅 What needs to be addressed is creating safety, with others and within yourself. 27:11
🎯 When we can be vulnerable, we are stepping into real leadership. 29:00
⚠️ Vulnerability doesn't mean that you have to tell everybody all the dirty details. 32:03

Links:

Website: www.daniellesunberg.com

Connect with Danielle: www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-sunberg 

When you force yourself to do something, your energy shifts to lower emotions, but there is a solution to beat the Monday Blues. 

Monday mornings usually start with: “I don't want to deal with my job, I don't have enough clients, I'm in a lot of debt, my marketing is terrible” But when you're taking inspired action, and you feel excellent about it, and you're pouring your love and your joy into it.

The goal is to always feel inspired. Jennifer shares one trick how to inspire yourself with the ‘Flow and Go” game. This is a practical and inspirational tool to shift a negative mindset and increase productivity. This game will help you recognize your negative emotions and shift them intentionally towards positive outcomes. The concept of this game is to align thoughts, emotions, actions and results into a positive feedback loop and take action.

The Go and Flow game can be played whenever you need it to get in the flow and start getting the results that you want in your business and your life. Check it out!

Notes:
🐌 Monday is not a very productive day: most heart attacks happen on Mondays. 01:46
📅 Having issues getting started after the weekend: don’t over-schedule your first working day. 02:27
✌🏼 The Flow and Go game: emotional states and physical relations, so it is important to think of different thoughts to move the flow. 04:14
🤔 Dreams and outcome thoughts: pivot on your thoughts to feel better as all good things happened already and then go. 08:27
🎯 Aligning with your dream, practicing your dream, and taking action. 10:16

Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreat

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 If you are investing your money in hiring a virtual assistant, you really want them to be able to pay for themselves.

Gina Cotner, CEO of Athena Executive Services, began her business by becoming a virtual assistant herself. Encouraged by an employer to start up a business finding the right assistants for business owners and CEOs, Gina found herself hiring her own VA and realizing the freedom it brought.

Time zones and internet reliability are two considerations when hiring a VA outside the USA. Gina stresses that while you could ask a VA to do anything for you, it’s worth remembering that they are not experts in the same subject as you. Hiring a VA through an agency, such as Athena Executive Services, allows peace of mind that VAs have already been screened and vetted; an agency is likely to pair you well with the right VA.

Having the right person for your business will make a massive difference to your life, as you find you no longer have to deal with the minutia!

Show notes:
🏡 Gina became executive assistant due to divorce issues: her journey to entrepreneurship. 01:26
😒 Feeling tired and grouchy: you might need a Virtual Assistant to free you up. 04:39
🤔 Why you should not hire a VA: some business owners can’t work with assistants from the Philippines. 07:20
⚠️ Things to think about when hiring overseas and even in the US. 08:49
🌞 What you can ask your VA to help you with: getting a shoulder-to-shoulder business partner in VA. 12:52
🌸 Executive assistant world and VA’s world are very similar: nomenclature doesn’t exist and VA is a part of a huge garden of skills.14:59
🆚 Agencies vs. individual hires of VAs: rates and challenges that you might come across. 17:30
⚡ Vetting, screening, and paying VAs: what questions to ask agencies. 20:51
🩹 Athena helps entrepreneurs with tips if you don’t know what your business needs. 22:56

Links

Dive into EA world: www.athenaexecutiveservices.com

Connect with Gina: www.linkedin.com/in/athenaea

Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreat
Join our Academy: www.jenniferdawnacademy.com 

Creating a winning day plan is possible in just five minutes! 

In this podcast, Jennifer explains 4 steps on how to do it. It starts with the right mindset and then organizing your tasks. Business owners, tend to forget important stuff and that is themselves, so don’t forget self-care to ensure your dream can come true. If you need additional help with organizing your day, check out the webinar and Best Plan Ever.com.

Notes:
👓 Get your mindset in the right mindset: read your vision statement. 00:53
✍️ Different ways to create Vision Statements: what you don’t like about your life? 02:37
🔠 Map your day to do priority stuff: divide the day on the ABCDE tasks of productivity. 05:45
🤩 Don’t overschedule yourself: time blockings are important. 08:04
3️⃣ Step three: self-care is crucial - schedule it! 08:36
🌸 Best Planner Ever and how to use it. 10:15
👉 Take Back Your Time Workshop. 12:06

Links:
  Join our Academy: www.jenniferdawnacademy.com

  Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

  Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreat

 Growth requires you to change right down to your core.

Dr Michael Matucci, PhD, is a founder of Encompass Life, is on a mission to ignite the truth of who we really are and what we are really doing here.

Until you go into your own core and shift things at the soul level, as in, your emotions, will, and subconscious mind, then it will continue to perpetuate itself no matter how powerful you are. You have a universe inside of you, and you have the emotional power to deal with anything that may come your way and to act in the most profound way possible.

Stepping into your core being and soul level may be uncomfortable and cold, but ultimately you will find treasure!

Notes:
🤩 Creating miracles inside and outside of us.  01:19
😎 Michael’s path of personal growth and spirituality: the Navy SEALs of spirituality. 05:12
🪞 Everything is happening inside of you: people around you are reflecting you, all the time. 07:24
4️⃣ Extreme Ownership: blame, shame, guilt, and hate are 4 emotions that keep us stuck. 11:26
🌞 When you realize you don’t like some things in your business: you undergo spiritual bypassing to heal and grow. 15:54
🥋 Internal Judo and mastering your inner world: carrying baggage vs finding your inner divine. 21:16
🤯 When you numb yourself down: unconscious emotions and their connection to issues and illnesses. 26:04
🌞 Jennifer’s experience with water fasting and cleaning pockets of emotions. 34:58
⚡ Explore the message your inner voice has for you: trust life and your powers. 36:59
💎 Spiritual work and miracle stories on Michael’s clients. 41:36
💥 You can facilitate miracles: you are the changemaker. 44:22

Links:

Special link: www.encompasslife.com/breakthrough 

Connect with Dr Michael www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmatucci

Website: www.michaelmatucci.com 

Join our Academy: www.jenniferdawnacademy.com

Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreat 

 Are you struggling with internal conflicts that hinder decision-making? Maybe it’s time to address these unresolved issues. After all, those who rise to their challenges are the ones who rise to new heights.

Dr. Bonnie Wims, therapist, and mental coach who got her doctorate in her 50s, is proof that it is never too late for personal growth. Her perspective is reflected in the belief that “unacknowledged pain doesn’t go away, it multiplies.” She advocates for continued self-work and acknowledges that she, too, continues to work on her setbacks. In her words: “The truth of who you are is not in what you are told or what you are taught, but rather the true nature of you is in what you choose.” Being vulnerable to see your behavior is hard, and we need support in that process. But we can do it!

Make a good choice and listen to this episode that will help you make the right steps towards therapy!

Show notes:
💟 Dr. Bonnie Wims is a therapist and a mental health coach who got her Ph.D. in her 50s: we need a balance between emotional intelligence and business skills. 01:39
🎙️ Breaking therapy stigmas: Dr. Bonnie Wims talks about misconceptions, myths, and misunderstandings of it in her podcast, challenging the idea you only have to heal your trauma once! 07:54
👉 If you want to progress, you should also engage outside the sessions. 14:50
✅ Working with a therapist is a relationship, and you need to find someone who fits you: if you’ve had a bad experience, you may have just been with the wrong person. 19:36
🧠 You can’t understand the way you’re responding to trauma until someone helps you see that: we can heal, the brain is incredibly elastic and can change at any age. 25:41
🤗 Even Dr. Bonnie Wims works on her trauma and self-worth: Jennifer also openly works on herself during her retreats to inspire her clients. 31:45
❣️ Don’t settle for being broken: be curious to understand your behaviors and make progress! 36:51

Links

 Connect with Dr. Bonnie Wims:www.bonniewims.com 

Follow Dr. Bonnie Wims:www.linkedin.com/in/drbonniewims

Book a free call with Dr. Bonnie Wims:calendly.com/bonnie-96

Join our Academy: www.jenniferdawnacademy.com

Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreat 

Entrepreneurship is a journey often fraught with challenges, rejection, and isolation, yet brimming with opportunities for resilience, learning, and growth.

People will always find reasons to say, “You’re not competent enough,” but you can prove them wrong!

Resilience and perseverance take center stage as the conversation unfolds through Chichi Ukomadu’s story, the COO of the Heroshe logistic company, a coach for Christian women, and a podcaster.

Let’s delve into the isolating nature of entrepreneurship, spotlighting the weight of decision-making and the indispensable role of mentors or coaches in offering support and guidance.

The power of coaching emerges a transformative force, providing accountability, clarity, and an invaluable external perspective crucial for overcoming challenges. The conversation doesn’t shop at individual resilience but delves into the broader dynamics of team building, self-care amidst sacrifice, and embracing rejection as a redirection towards positive impact and profitability.

All that magic happens with hard work and dedication, but also support. Jennifer's coaching team helped her business grow.

Listen to this episode to hear about Chichi's path as an educated foreigner in the US and what it takes to build the team that can upscale your business.

Show notes:
 
🇳🇬 Chichi migrated from Nigeria to the United States and established a multimillion-dollar e-commerce logistics company, aiding 66,000+ Africans to access global markets: the love to help people and shop with their money Chichi turned into a business. 02:14
😷 Heroshe faced COVID-19 challenges, dealing with excess work and staff storage due to government support: Chichi overcame this by innovative solutions despite employee reluctance to work. 06:22
📈 Jennifer’s team coached Chichi, leading to a seven-figure funding round this year: having a coach isn’t about incompetence but recognizing the need for diverse support to reach goals. 12:20
💪 Coach is a part of your team: having a coach makes you strong, not weak, because you realize that you need help and bring someone with a different perspective. 16:22
🔤 Chichi’s use of ABC time management helped her build the right team of people: when she caught COVID-19 infection, she decided to fire herself from the warehouse, and this year, she took a sabbatical year to build the coaching business. 21:51
❣️ You can make your team members care about your business if you care for them: Jennifer prioritizes building her team through Spartan Races and retreats. 26:00
📈 When you go together with the team, you go farther than by yourself: you can start as a one-man show, but the more you make room for people, the more growth you will see. 32:07
👩‍💼 Apart from her role as the COO of Heroshe, Chichi is now a Christian coach for women and a podcaster. 34:41
✅ Rejection is a redirection that leads to impact and profit: find help to get there. 39:17

Links:

  Connect with Chichi: www.chichiukomadu.com

  Join our Academy: www.jenniferdawnacademy.com

  Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

  Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreats

  Resources/Data Mentioned:

Start That Business Podcast: https://startthatbusinesspodcast.podbean.com 

Unleash your style potential to boost your confidence, sync with professional ambitions, and express your true self. 

Get ready for a game-changing conversation with Nicole Russo, the dynamic force behind “Let’s Get You.” Known for her style wizardry featured in top-tier publications like Fast Company and Martha Stewart Weddings, Nicole’s expertise promises to revolutionize your approach to personal fashion.

Embark on a journey of self-discovery with Nicole’s guidance. Her mantra of clarity in defining your unique aesthetic takes center stage, navigating through style icon, color psychology, and pragmatic wardrobe selections. The goal? Empowerment through embracing your distinctive style confidently and pragmatically.

Connect with Nicole and forge your style identity with personalized guidance. Your journey towards confident self-expression begins here!

Notes:
🥿 Nicole’s touch transformed the world’s most stylish women dress impeccably: your style journey begins with embracing your true self and feeling comfortable, but first, you need to decode your aesthetic. 02:12
🏍️ Ever pondered your wardrobe’s potential? 80% of our wardrobe is not worn, and 20% of it is the only thing we wear: flip it around because if you have 80% of clothes you're rockin’ in, you’ll achieve your goals easier. 06:37
⚪ Color analysis is your shortcut: find colors that suit you, not just physically but emotionally, and it’s on stylists to encourage their clients to really step into what makes them feel their best. 10:32
😁 Kick-start your day with clothing that boosts confidence and body image: everybody wants the confidence of a poorly dressed person who doesn’t know it. 16:39
💎 Nicole crafts enduring, customized wardrobes for all genders, reflecting individuality: your uniquely stunning wardrobe built to last a decade. 22:09
❣️ Feeling pumped to upgrade your style? , Shoot Nicole a DM to see what you came up with! 25:54

Links:

  Connect with Nicole: @_letsgetyou

  Website: www.letsgetyou.com

  Join our Academy: www.jenniferdawnacademy.com

  Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

  Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreat

If you find yourself in situations that seem to have no resolution, this is the podcast for you. Susanna is the founder of the new approach called Pragmatic Psychology. It focuses on solutions rather than problems. People stuck in the heaviness of their thoughts can't even hear and accept praise. But that can change. It's a point of view, not a reality.

Challenge your reality by knowing that your truth will always feel light.

Notes:
✨ Susanna is the founder of a revolutionary new approach called Pragmatic Psychology: dramatic is where you focus on the problem and look for a solution, but pragmatic means doing what works. 01:42
❗ Most people want to be right rather than free and they underestimate the power we have when we take on a point of view: how to see there are other possibilities. 08:07
🌎 The world feeds us one drama after the other: if we foster ourselves as leaders and inspire others to be leaders, we will have a different world very soon. 15:54
🤔 If you want to be truly productive, check if the information you're receiving is valuable for you: what's congruent, what's true, and what makes us feel lighter when we feel down. 19:07
⏰ Whenever you listen to someone, and it creates a sense of contraction and heaviness, create an alarm to warn you: your truth will always feel lighter. 22:53

Links:

  Connect with Susanna: www.susannamittermaier.com/en

  Pragmatic Psychology: www.pragmaticpractitioner.com

  Join our Academy: www.jenniferdawnacademy.com

  Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

  Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreats

Lowering your productivity benchmark is essential for long-term success. Kate De Palma is the founder & CEO of Scented Designs Candle Co. and shares the time management insights she learned during her entrepreneurial journey. Entrepreneurs often end up trying to do everything themselves, which leads to a lack of focus and productivity in the long run. The key to keeping yourself focused on what is most important and maintaining that feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction is to create more manageable and realistic goals. Offload some tasks onto other people, stop checking your phone every 5 minutes, and take baby steps toward your high-priority goals. Start working on something valuable and stop filling your time with busy work!

Notes:
🕯️ Kate is a Stanford graduate, a former educator, and the founder of Scented Designs, a clean-crafted Candle Company: company growth takes time and education, and sometimes it needs to be a side job until it develops. 01:42
🤝 Doing in-person markets pre-COVID enabled Kate to do collaborations and survive the pandemic. 05:58
👙 Kate loves finding collaborations in the most unexpected places: working with someone is not about competing but serving your customer at a higher level. 09:51
✅ You don't need a full-time employee because just one person a few hours a week can make a difference: there's real power in saying no and focusing your energy. 13:39
📋 If you can't make your priorities, hire a business manager and practice lowering the expectation bar a little bit. 17:08
👉 Don't play catch up - just realize where you are and take baby steps: when you're not so busy, things get in a natural order and pace. 20:27
❣️ Shut down the inbox, close the email tab, and go to Do Not Disturb mode to save your productivity. 23:16

Links:

   Connect with Kate: www.scenteddesigns.com

  Join our Academy: www.jenniferdawnacademy.com

  Connect with Jennifer: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com

  Retreats: www.jenniferdawncoaching.com/our-retreats