Living Our Best Lives With Diamond Okoh

When starting a business or growing one, we often fall for the RA RA mood of it all. We find ourselves pushing harder and harder sometimes out of full motivation, other times because we want to be seen as being consistent and other times, to meet our goals. We are plagued with the whole “sleep 4 hours a day” hustle mentality that in my experience, does us no good. If you are starting a business or growing one, am essential part of what we do is SELF CARE. You should never put yourself second to your goals and your business. As hard as it may be. To join us in Hellofounder , go to www.hellofounder.co and click on SIGN UP. You can find us on YouTube as HelloFounder, On instagram also as @hellofounder.co

Yes, there are certain factors to consider before going ahead to invest in a business. I know there are people that will say “RISK IT AND GO FOR IT” but, I love taking calculated risks. No need putting myself through a wall when I know it will end in tears. In this episode, you will learn some of the key ways to know if your business idea is worth investing in. Join us inside Hellofounder. Go to www.hellofounder.co and click on “Sign Up” to join in or Click on SHOP to get the business idea workbook. Watch this video to learn how to validate your business https://youtu.be/dHyuoLEkZwg

When it comes to growing a business, nothing else can hurt our growth than lack of profitability. A lot of people make mistakes when starting that goes on to hurt the ability of their business to survive long term. Remember, cash flow is the lifeline of a business. Once money stops coming in, the business is headed for the grave. In this podcast, you will learn the 6 tips to avoiding this trap with your own business. Join Us at hellfounder by going to www.hellofounder.co and clicking on “Sign Up” to become a member and access all the courses, resources and mini classes we have available. Watch this video to learn how to VALIDATE your business idea https://youtu.be/dHyuoLEkZwg. Watch this video to get more insight into PRICING for profitability from day 1 https://youtu.be/dHyuoLEkZwg

There are two key things I have struggled with a lot when it comes to growing my business and starting a business, they are COMPARISON and CONFUSION. If you are trying to grow a new business or start one then, you know what I am talking about. In this episode, I talk about this in way more detail and explain the power of trusting your journey and trusting your gut when dealing with this two. This episode is more like a gentle reminder

Starting or growing a business can be super over-whelming. There are a million things to do and for most of us, we are doing it on our own. I know this feeling so well because I have dealt with it before. For a long time, overwhelm kept me in inaction. Until I found this process that has helped me a ton. I have been able to use this process over and over again to move past overwhelm and do the things I need to do when starting a business and I am using it as I work to grow Hellofounder. Go to www.hellofounder.co to see what we are about. Hellofounder is an online space for you if you are looking to start a business but do not know where or how to start OR, you have launched but don’t know what to do next or have the skills to get you the desired results you want.

With the situation the world is facing, a lot of us in business are left asking “Is this a good time to be selling?” The answer is YES. Why? There are still people who 100% need what we are offering even in these times and , if we stop showing up, we make it hard for these people to get the help they need. In this episode, I break down the mindset change that enabled me to focus on building and selling my products and services. Then, I share the simple 3 step process to use in showing up during this time with your products and services. Hi there, my name is Diamond okoh and I am the founder of Hellofounder. Hellofounder is for people looking to launch a business successfully but don’t k ow how or where to start and, for people who have launched but don’t know how to get their first 1,000 customers. Go to www.hellofounder.co to find out more about hellfounder

If you go on google and type, how to start a business, different people will list out things you need to have before you launch. In my experience though, most of these things are not at all necessary and will lead you to spending on things that will slow down your business progress in the long run. In this episode, I break down things that will actually make a difference that you should cloud on and things that don’t. That way, you can give your business a stronger chance of surviving your first year. Go to www.hellofounder.co to get some of the resources mentioned in this episode. Go to www.hellofounder.co/LaunchBux/ to join the waitlist if you are looking to launch your business

In this episode, I pull out the 9 key growth things I have focused my attention on for the year and during this time as well in my business. With different people suggesting different things, it can be hard to know what direction to go. I share exactly where my head is at and why I strongly believe these things will make a ton of difference for me and for you as well in your business.

In this episode, I share all the new habits I need to form in 2020 to move forward and get closer to some of my goals. Today, the first will mark the beginning of my reflective period for the year looking at the things I need to iterate and do better at for growth

Execution is one of the things a lot of us struggle with when it comes to our goals. I know I do, in this episode, we talk about 4 simple things I have been trying that have consistently helped me execute on my goals

In this episode, I share the reason why a lot of entrepreneurs really struggle to move forward in their business and why most aspiring entrepreneurs get stuck. . It is something that has really changed the way I look at business. If you want to grow a successful business and move forward, this will definitely help you get going

If you are serious about building a successful business , you do not want to make these mistakes. These are mistakes I have made that honestly hurt so much. Learn from me, be wiser and dodge the bullets.

In this episode, I share the most important skill any one who wants to start a business and grow that business needs to have. There are lots of skills needed but this one tops all of them if you want to grow

I am currently going through the process of turning HelloFounder which is the business I launched into a successful brand and let me tell you, it isn’t an easy thing to do. There has been a lot of crying and failing and lessons. Everyone says building a successful business is hard but hard how? In this episode , I share 4 key things no one told me about building a successful business or they did and I did not listen

In this episode, the focus is on comparison and how to deal with it. If you have ever looked at what other people are doing and feeling sorry for yourself , this is for you. If you feel like everyone else has it figured out and you don’t know what you are doing, you need this. I get really open and honest about the truth of this journey

In this episode, we talk about dealing with fear. A lot o us struggle with moving forward and doing what we need to do to grow regardless of the fear that we feel. Overcoming fear becomes where we are STUCK and guess what, trying to OVERCOME FEAR is why you are struggling to deal with it. I share everything I know about moving forward regardless of fear in this episode

Look guys, balance is hard. It is hard because there is always so much to do and only 24 hours in the day. It’s is hard because we have goals and things we want to achieve that demands work. So, how do we attain it; balance family , friends, different work tasks , drinking water , eating healthy while staying mentally healthy, I share my 2 cents on the matter

In this episode, I talk about creative entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs generally coming to a place where they are super comfortable with charging and asking to be paid for their services and pointing out that this should be completely okay. We also explain how to deal with the fear of charging

Too often in life, we will meet things that make us question if we must wait for the things we want. We question and then out of fear or pressure , we decide to stick with those things that look like what we want but aren’t. In this episode, I talk about settling , finding the strength not to and how to deal with the fear and pressure

This is why it is so important to work on our personal development. For a long time, I felt like personal development was a complete waste of time. I was wrong and this is why

The ability for us to get good at anything at all is to practice this one thing. The hard part is to learn to practice it and remember to at different levels of our own personal growth

We all screw up, even I do. This experience helped me learn that I should love myself through good or bad behavior, through high or low productivity. This will not be the last time I screw up

Sometimes in our life for our own sanity , we need to isolate people and that is completely okay . We also sometimes need to isolate ourselves and we should never have to apologize for it

There are two kinds of actions to take when it comes to building our dream lives. One of them provides results. To do the things we need to do to grow , we need to take more of one or else, we will be taking action but, not having any results .

Dealing with validation and the 5 different forms she dresses up in

3 Thoughts To Escape Comparison When The Fellow Shows Up

There are times we know we need to do something to achieve our goals but, we are avoiding doing it. This episode shares 6 steps I use to get through and do the things I do not feel like doing even when I have to.

What's getting in-between us and productivity?

What is the difference between successful people and unsuccessful people? What is the difference between where we want to be and where we are? The difference is ACTION. What we discuss in this episode is a key aspect of taking that action that is so severely avoided.

Productivity is such an important subject. We all want to be able to do the things we say we will do , slay our to do list and make each day count and there are over a million articles on google and videos on YouTube aiming to show us how. This hack though is the most over looked of them all and yet , the most effective .

The difference between where we want to go and where we are now is ACTION, EXECUTION...way too many people are good at talking but not actually doing the work needed because doing the work is HARD and PAINFUL. We need to start making sure our actions match our ambition but this isn’t easy if we don’t have the right system built and these tips shared will help us create a system that works and stay in DO mode.

This is the ultimate mindset shift that has made it easy for me to continue putting in the work and investing in my dream life. It is also the ultimate mindset shift that makes it easy for us to achieve our goals , whatever it may be

Usually. When people are starting out in business , they plan on using social media to grow and make sales. Only problem is 6 months down the road, no SALES .

You can't answer this question of " why am I not Taking Action?" if you don't look here.

Describing your target customers goes beyond knowing their age and gender and it is so important you know your target customers to the tee as that information is key on growing your business. This episode will help you figure out how to describe your target customers properly.