The DARETOGROW Podcast with Lisa Bean

If you hired a sales person and found out they were doing what you're doing now to sell, how happy would you be?! For a lot of people, the true answer is NOT VERY. We'd want a sales person: Reaching out to new prospective buyers Pitching weekly or daily either face to face, at events or on webinars Using content to build a brand / reach new audiences and retarget them with offers Building a database and following up Networking at least twice a week… RIGHT? But most business owners aren't doing that. Nope - they're posting on social media, working on a sales page, networking when they can but not really following up. When you put it starkly like that, you can see the void…and the opportunity! In this week's video, we're going to have a chat about making sales in your business, looking specifically at: - What your product needs in order to be attractive (and useful!) to buyers - How to stand out by innovating in your marketing - Why content makes selling easier, and what content to make to help! - The one big feeling a buyer has before they buy from you - What every step of the journey needs in order to help you make more sales and win more clients in your business - The true difference between a warm and cold lead…and how to warm up a cold lead nicely - Do lead magnets work, or rather: Why lead magnets work and how to maximise them. As ever, this is not a prescriptive list of things to do. It's more of a discussion about the premise of selling and the core concepts of winning new customers in your business. Dive in and enjoy!   USEFUL LINKS: Lisa Bean is a business coach, best-selling writer and motivational speaker. She coaches and advises entrepreneurs and leaders who want to scale up using online marketing, personal brand and funnel marketing. Join Lisa at a live event, now happening in multiple cities across the UK: https://lisa-bean.com/daretogrowlive/ Explore Lisa's online business school and group coaching programme ‘Straight Line Through' https://lisa-bean.com/online-business-course/ Find out more about working with Lisa as your one-to-one business coach: https://lisa-bean.com/online-business-coach/ #businesscoach #motivationalspeaker #salestrainer #motivational #businessadvice

"Who am I to do this?" is one of the most common forms of self-doubt we hear, often translated into: Who am I to do this? In today's episode we're going to get into the detail of this self-doubt and imposter syndrome, and look at very practical ways you can overcome the feeling of 'who am I to do this'?  We'll look at: - How normal imposter syndrome is and how successful people confront the doubt when it arises. - How to support yourself through 'self-coaching' and 'self-soothing', with some practical ideas for inspiring yourself back to meaningful action. - How to spot and shift negative thoughts to change your whole focal point and vibration. You're allowed to have negative thoughts! Just don't make them the focus of your vibration. - The importance of community, and surrounding yourself with positive people trying to grow. - How to craft a positive narrative around who you are, what you're doing and who you're becoming. - And how to change who you 'are' by changing your environment. In this episode, you're going to become really intentional about your energy, your identity and how you respond to doubt and imposter syndrome. I hope you enjoy!   JOIN BE THE PERSON:  If you're ready to work on your mindset and create lasting change, join the Be The Person membership. For just £24/month, you'll access exclusive content, coaching, and a community that supports your growth.

How to Get Your Coaching Business Off the Ground! Okay, in part 1 of today's episode, we're going to look at how to structure and price your coaching programme. In part 2, I'm going to give you a very specific strategy for getting your coaching business off the ground and win your first five clients. Here's what's covered: 0:00 – Intro: Lisa's advice for new coaches 00:36 – Who this video is for and revenue goals 01:46 – Step 1: Define your monthly revenue target 02:30 – Step 2: Create a program with a clear structure and outcome 03:39 – How to price your program based on value, not hourly rates 04:50 – Stacking value to make your offer irresistible 05:57 – Importance of filling your calendar with clients—even at reduced rates 06:50 – Define your ideal client and your unique selling proposition 08:05 – Examples of specialised offers to attract your perfect clients 10:00 – Outline your approach to stand out 11:11 – Website vs. energy: what matters most when selling your services 12:01 – Tell your family and friends confidently about your business 13:00 – The power of networking and in-person connections 15:01 – Strategy for making the most of networking events 18:10 – Follow up with people you meet to deepen relationships 20:27 – Building credibility online by sharing your journey and tagging connections 22:11 – How to offer value through a free webinar tailored to client needs 24:50 – How creating value leads to sales opportunities 25:30 – How to start your first few sales online and offline 27:12 – Building a client base before launching a group program 28:42 – Wrapping up: Final thoughts on launching a coaching business

Change is a physical act. Once you catch a glimpse of the person you want to become and the life you want to live, there are key steps you can take to expand that feeling, take meaningful action, and hold the intention until your new reality unfolds in front of you. In today's video, I'm breaking down the 3-5 essential actions you can take to step into the next level of your life and business. - In today's episode, I'm going to walk you through what it takes to truly change your life, break old patterns, and rise to a whole new level of success and impact. We're covering:  0:00 - Intro: Change is a Physical Act Change begins with seeing who you want to become and then physically taking action to make that vision a reality. It's not just about mindset shifts—it's about real-world steps that will push you into alignment with your desired life. 1:01 - The Commitment: Moving from Six Figures to Seven I committed to shifting from running a six-figure business to a seven-figure one. In this section, I talk about how I realised the limitations of focusing on "six figures" and the mindset change that came with wanting more. Changing your identity and vibration is the first step to changing your life. 2:55 - Life Mirrors You: What's Showing Up for You? Your outer world is a direct reflection of your inner state. If you're not happy with what's happening around you, look inside. I explain how your bank account, relationships, health, and energy levels give you honest feedback about where you're at in your journey. 3:50 - Manifestation and Vibrational Alignment: Be the Result First You can't wait for the results to show up before you start acting like the person who already has them. In this section, I dive into how to get into vibrational alignment with your goals and why you need to embody the energy of your desired outcome before it arrives. 5:21 - Interpreting Life Differently: Two People, Same Event Two people can experience the same situation and interpret it completely differently based on their vibration. I share a story about a busy week where I chose to embrace an exciting speaking opportunity instead of feeling overwhelmed—highlighting how your attitude can shift everything. 6:10 - The Glow Up: What My Transformation Looked Like Six to eight weeks ago, I committed to becoming the person who runs a seven-figure business. I break down what this glow-up looked like in action—from shifting my mindset to overhauling my habits and how I carry myself. Your glow-up is waiting for you, but it requires dedication and consistency. 8:03 - Strategy Session: Using ChatGPT to Plan My Business Model When I wanted to figure out how to scale my business to seven figures, I literally took out my laptop, opened ChatGPT, and mapped out a plan. This is one of the key strategies I used to see the path forward and break down seemingly impossible goals into actionable steps. 12:18 - Expanding Capacity: Taking on Bigger Projects In order to level up, I had to expand my capacity to handle more—more clients, more events, more opportunities. I share how I'm ramping up my events, networking, and speaking engagements, and why capacity is critical to scaling your business and achieving bigger goals. 14:45 - Shifting Vibration: Creating Opportunities Through Action When you operate at a higher vibration, new opportunities flow in. From big networking events to new business deals, I explain how staying in that high-frequency state allows you to magnetize better and bigger opportunities. 18:29 - Turning Vision Into Action: It's About Projects, Not Dreams It's not enough to have a vision—you need to turn that vision into concrete projects. I discuss how making real progress in your business and life requires taking responsibility and setting up systems and actions that align with your goals. 22:40 - Grounding Yourself in Action: Focus on What You Did Do Instead of focusing on what didn't go right, I ground myself in the actions I did take. I share how reflecting on my wins and consistent actions helps me stay aligned with my bigger vision. This shift from focusing on lack to focusing on action is key to staying in a high vibration. 28:35 - Three Key Responsibility Scales: Vision, Vibration, Healing To see real change, you need to take responsibility for three things: your vision (turning it into action), your vibration (keeping it high and aligned), and your healing (letting go of blocks that are holding you back). I introduce the concept of "responsibility scales" to help you assess where you are and where you need to grow. 37:18 - Visualisation Exercise: Scaling Up Your Life and Business I guide you through a powerful visualisation exercise to help you see what your life looks like at different levels—5/10, 7/10, and 9/10. This is a game-changing practice that will allow you to get clear on what you need to shift to reach your next level.

"We don't want your sales page promise, we want to follow a true 'person of substance.'" Is it fair to say the illusion of social media is over in the sense that we don't want another well-hooked promise... we want insight, we want inspiration, we want connection? More than any big sales page offer, testimonial proof or clever marketing hook, don't we want to feel like we're on the journey with someone we can trust, that we're following someone who shares genuine insights that can help us move forward, like there's somewhere we can go to get back on track when we feel lost or uninspired? We don't want the sales page promise, we want to follow a person of substance right? Someone we can trust. Someone who shares true insights from the journey and the market. Someone we can even lean on in tough times. Being this person of substance is what I'm talking about in today's episode, along with two other vital strategies for building community, audience and business in 2025. This is my approach to business and truth be told, it always has been. Press play to: Hear an interesting and novel conversation about marketing in 2025 Learn three key areas to focus your marketing efforts Make some key decisions about your updated marketing strategy Uncover a really interesting way to hold the room and win more work Go through my actual strategy for winning business for 2025. I know these videos aren't quick and dirty. I want them to be more conversational and richer in insights. So plug me in whilst you're walking the dog or driving to your next event and let's have this chat. Lisa #businesscoach #marketingideas #howtomarketyourbusiness #marketingstrategy2025 USEFUL LINKS: Here's the PDF I referenced on how to develop your own unique Thought Leadership, and become a person of substance: https://lisa-bean.com/tl/ Here's the free webinar on the map to your six figure year: https://lisa-bean.com/6-figure-map/ Want to join me LIVE in the UK? We're hosting events in Leeds and Newcastle. Come join us or, or join the waiting list for London: https://lisa-bean.com/daretogrowlive/  

[I'm telling clients to use this sales + marketing approach - Sept 2024] If you're in my world, a client, a future client, someone who wants to work with me to make more sales in their business please watch this. It's the actual answer! Do these three things if you want to make sales online. I know that marketing has changed. I can feel it. But this - this is how you respond to it. This is what you do... This is your step by step strategy for making sales online right now, with detailed instructions on what to do first then next then last. - The more I go on this journey of building a seven figure online business AND teaching people how to scale up online I realise this: SELLING and making sales online is the number one priority in your business and the number one skill to master BUT - Good hearted people hate selling / or appearing salesy, or even talking about their offers. So, in this video, I'm going to share an approach with you that will let you grow your reach, build a stronger and more meaningful brand and come to the sales piece effortlessly and logically. If you want to grow a business online as a course creator or coach, THESE are the three core skills you must master. (I actually share five but the first three are where to focus.) Dive in and see what you can learn. Useful links: Learn how to do this step by step in my £99 6 x lecture 'Marketing to Sell' online course. It's actual fire! https://lisa-bean.com/online-marketing-course/ Work with me for two years to scale your business online - Online and live weekly meetings online business school - https://lisa-bean.com/online-business-course/ The mentor vibes webinar I keep banging on about. If you haven't seen this, don't hesitate. THIS is how you set up the Meta pixel, build audience, generate reach and make sales online - https://lisa-bean.com/mentor-vibes-webinar/ #onlinebusiness #businesscoach #onlinemarketing

I've just come back from a massive summer of selling, and it was helped by two things:   (1) I got married and took a week off, so I had to do more in less time to be fully present at my wedding; and,   (2) everyone was reporting 'sales are down, sales are down' but people were looking to me for how to make sales.   It's a topic no one wants to get into publicly but behind the scenes, soooo many of my client calls are about turning on sales in online businesses.   So, I didn't even really have the answer. I mean, I did - I know how to sell and what it takes but it felt like this summer, something else was needed...something a little more extra haha.   I reminded myself of two laws that have always served me:   (1) I never got more by doing less - so do more Lisa: explosive action, explosive energy, explosive service; and,   (2) If I put myself out there fully - in heart and spirit and honesty - I would be supported and good things would happen: so turn up and serve Lisa. Go be useful to future clients!   So, I cranked up the content. But, because I didn't have time to get all my gear out, film, edit and produce, I just filmed stuff live and then reposted that content.   I uploaded an Instagram live, called ‘how to make sales over summer' (you might have seen it as '100 sales attempts'), to YouTube and to Facebook and my podcast and my site and then emailed it to everyone too.   Then I got clever and spent £100 on ads boosting it to strangers who are most like my current audience and it reached another 60,000 people.   That was pretty cool.   I sent mailers off the cuff, which I typed on my phone...at the gym or on a dog walk.   I made more content for social, scheduled it and sent it. But it wasn't all Reels for reach. It was stuff I knew my small, current community would see and like. A lot of it came from membership content, insights from client calls and clips from the live I did.   I said yes to speaking at a rather large summer summit (shout out to Jacky who turned up BIG over summer!), even though I really didn't have the time lol. And I announced a new webinar called ‘Mentor Vibes', which I made the slides for the day before (because it was literally all so new!) and filmed it live with everyone on the call.   I also finished my '£99 marketing to sell' course, which gave me the perfect 'attraction event' to rave about, so went nuts on telling people about that too haha.   Sales exploded!!!   I sold my £7 guide and my £99 micro course on marketing and won new clients for my £900 hyper focused coaching offer and Straight Line Through (£996) and I've got so many people interested in cohort 2 of SLT. It's madness. But equally it's not! Because…  

In this episode, I'm going to give you 3 inspiring (and honest) sales ideas for the summer. I'm also going to explain why it's so vitally important that you turn up over summer, and how to reposition sales and marketing in your mind to lean in with more focus.    P.s. If you want to check out the brand new marketing course I mention in the episode, click here:  https://lisa-bean.com/online-marketing-course/   This is THE online marketing course for good people, teaching you how to nail your niche, really speak to your ideal customer and make sales in your online business without any more delay.  

Masculine energy creates the safety and carves out the time our feminine energy needs in order to breathe into our art. When people aren't making progress in their business, we can say they're stuck and don't know what to try next, they're overwhelmed by all the jobs on their list, they have a subconscious block that's causing them to self-sabotage, they're exhausted from all the effort (burnt out) or the classic: I just don't have time. This can all be true. But you know what else might be true? They might be excellent at feminine flow and terrible at masculine container. Or the other way around. The feminine flow is the unfolding of the work, the flow. It's you being you. It's you enjoying being alive. It's the intuition on what to do. It's the very act of creating in pure joy. For me, it's the silence of the day. The masculine container is the goal, the allocated time, the deadline and the security. It says: "You're safe, go ahead". For me, it's time in my diary, allocated to work on something I care about. When you realise both are needed to be successful you can start to look at what you're good at and where you need to put a little more focus. For example, setting the alarm and getting up with purpose is your masculine energy. Enjoying a slow breakfast, walking the dog in peace (listening to the birds and enjoying nature), then sitting down to create without pressure is your feminine energy. Likewise, making a to do list is masculine energy. Journalling to clear your thoughts is feminine energy. Putting allocated time in your diary is masculine energy. Enjoying your spontaneity in that time is your feminine energy. If you're overwhelmed by all the things on your list, you never have time to create your art or or you're afraid you won't make it through the month, you need to learn how to master your masculine energy to give yourself security, to provide focus, to ring fence time for your important art. If you're lost in mindless tasks, your nervous system feels totally overstimulated, you feel angry and irritable and burnt out by the end of the day, you need to learn how to give room to your feminine energy to offload the deadlines, to sit in your own energy and to make time for you, to make your art, to soak up the healing vibes of nature. This is the topic of today's episode. It's actually taken from last month's membership content on how to balance masculine and feminine energies to bring your work to the world. Watching this, you will understand how masculine and feminine energy combine to help you bring your art to the world, you'll get original new ideas for experiencing both energies and you'll have also get a chance to see what this Be The Person membership is all about. I really hope you enjoy today's episode. If you do, drop me a little message to let me know. Lisa   USEFUL LINKS:  Join Be The Person, the membership, to access the chapter and worksheet for this content: https://betheperson.co.uk/membership/    

From the messy start to the polished commercial finish, all art must be created and then curated in order to be seen and appreciated. And we want our art to be seen don't we? We want our videos to be watched and our books to be read. Therefore, as purpose-driven creators, entrepreneurs and artists we must separate the ideas of the messy artful start and the commercial polished finish. In the beginning just write, make, create, share. As the idea develops and you start to give it shape, consider who might appreciate this and how you can package it up and position it to HELP THEM FIND IT. That's all this is - it's playing the game to help someone find you and your work so that it can move them, help them, inspire them. Messy start then commercial finish.   Useful links:  If you'd like to join the waiting list for the book and follow this journey, you can find the details here: https://lisa-bean.com/books/am-i-healing/   Connect with me:  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram 

You know, the memory of who you 'are' is so much more powerful than the identity of the person you're trying to become simply because it has more evidence and has been 'true' for longer. In trying to change your life and get a new result in your business, you have to let go of the memory of who you thought you were and allow yourself to consider a new identity and narrative...every single day. Look around you right now... The room you're in is telling you who you are. The worries / dreams you woke up with are telling you who you are. The clothes you're wearing today are telling you who you are. Even the emails you receive are telling you who you are. They all support a narrative. And you believe that narrative so much, you act it out and act within its framework every day. Even if you have a vision board, or list out your goals or are going to the gym to hype yourself up, underneath all of this, two things remain true: (1) You must fill the void your yearning created in order to get the result - we do this by looking for ways to feel good and taking creative action; and, (2) You must remove the narrative that is sabotaging your result on loop, without needing the poor result to flip the script! Oh my! In today's episode, I want to do something a little bit different. I want to explain to you what I know about the three levels of manifestation, one of them being 'grit work', I want to show you how to measure the strength of your intention by the actions you're taking, and I want you to get honest about your next move. Look, for a long time I've found it hard to balance the narratives of manifestation and hard work. I don't like it when someone focuses exclusively on one end of the spectrum when they both have a place. The key, it turns out, isn't in how they're different, but in how they're the same. If you wake up with positive expectation that good things are coming your way and use your own unique edge to actually create something magical in the world, you're well on your way. The only things left to do are to fill any void of yearning and remove the block that sabotages the result when it comes and you're there. I want to formalise this process for you today and help you find more reasons to believe in your vision and take bolder, truer action towards it. Manifestation and work come hand in hand. They're friends, not enemies. So, press play to: Learn about the three levels of 'manifestation' the books forgot to tell us. See where your subconscious intentions are in conflict with your conscious intentions and bring things in balance. Break your vision down into 'levels' to really see what it will take to make it happen. Get a gritty, honest and somehow magical boost to keep going on your journey of transformation. I really hope you enjoy today's episode and it unlocks something for you that helps you go bigger in your efforts and energies today. Lisa USEFUL LINKS:   Here's the link to the goals file I reference in the video: https://lisa-bean.com/strategy/ How to increase your capacity to hold a bigger result: https://youtu.be/N1517qk2EoE How to change a subconscious belief: https://youtu.be/b4a7KFB7xYg Web site: https://lisa-bean.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/lisabeanuk

Look truth be told, a coach CANNOT hold you responsible to get important things done in your life and business. If you really want to achieve an outcome that matters to you, there are four things I would do: (1) List your project in order of importance. (2) Create 'containers' that make you produce key outcomes because people are expecting them / paying you for them. (3) Create deadlines you cannot wiggle out of. (4) Use a coach to run through your work, get important feedback and pick their brains on how to make it better. Press play for a quick spot of inspiration on how to be more productive, hold yourself accountable and move your life and business forward.   Useful links:  If you'd like to join the waiting list for the book and follow this journey, you can find the details here: https://lisa-bean.com/books/am-i-healing/   Connect with me:  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram 

There comes a point in your journey that you can no longer push through the pain to change your life and grow your business. Instead, you must sit in the discomfort of your pain and heal the subconscious pattern you're repeating. Changing at this subconscious level of patterning will lead to new thoughts, new behaviours and new results in your life and your business. But, it's not easy work! At the first level, you need to spot the pattern. Then accept responsibility for changing the pattern. The stop the pattern when it loops again. In today's shorter episode, I'm going to show you how getting into debt three times taught me how to heal using this approach, rather than hustle my way through my pain. This clip is taken from this full episode: https://youtu.be/rWlYFTSPSnc?si=A78dJwdacW59uT25  

This is the truth of how I went from zero to £100,000 in online sales in my online coaching business. Look, I know you're trying and I know you think it should be working right now. You took the leap to build your online business, you've made sales here and there but it feels too hard and you're wondering: Will this ever work; have I got what it takes? IT WILL AND YOU DO but - You've got to do what will actually work and I'm going to be really straight and tell you what those things are right now. The truth is it's harder than a lot of people will tell you online. For this to work, you've got to be so hungry for this to work, you've got to feel like it's your life's mission to show up in this way and make this work, you've got to focus on learning the proper skills of positioning value, marketing, mindset and sales to turn on sales and set yourself free. I know you want more clients and I know you can help more people. But I also know that the best coaches don't win - the best marketeers do, every time. So, if you want to build an online business and be an online coach or course provider, you've got to accept the fact you're about to become an expert in online marketing and selling. And I'm going to help you! So here's the bottom line. In a job, you get paid for showing up, regardless if you do the work or not. In entrepreneurship you do not get paid for showing up. You get paid for two reasons: (1) You added meaningful value to someone who was willing to pay for that value; and (2) Enough people got the chance to consider that valuable offer in the first place. If you're not making sales it HAS to come down to one of those two things and both are skills you develop with work, trial and error and well, more work. - For juicy context, here are some of those key ideas:   (1) Get into the world: First and foremost (hilarious phrase!?) you've got to get out in the world and sell things. Content will not lead to sales, no matter how great it is. What leads to sales is webinars, masterclasses, live workshops, discovery calls, freebies with a clear call to action. In the beginning, I understood this deeply. I made a lot of content to help build my brand and build trust, but I was ALLLWAAYYYSSS launching, selling stuff, trying stuff. I'd put on events in local coffee shops, I'd book hotel venues and put on talks every month, I'd go live on Facebook and announce new course launches. When I look back on my journey, I can see I was out there in the world. I was making new connections ALL THE TIME. I was meeting people. I was making pitches and offering things and I built my business one client at a time. Now, I tend to do long copy PDFs, and online masterclasses and workshops rather than live stuff. Back then, I did a lot in person. So ask yourself: How many times have I offered something low risk to bring people to the front of the room this year? If you can 10x that you will massively increase your sales.   (2) Tell people what you believe: Don't share boring generic sh!t and DON'T YOU DARE USE CHAT WHATEVER IT'S CALLED TO SHARE YOUR CONTENT. I don't even think you can use it for ideas if I'm honest. No-one wants to hear from a robot and no-one wants a generic summary of waffle off the internet. They want to know what worked for you! They want your powerful insights. They want the map you made! They want a human's journey. So honestly, get really deep with yourself and think about two things: (1) What is the one big outcome you can deliver right now for clients; and (2) What is the truth of what that will take. Go make that content. Go write those mailers. Go build offers in answer to that.   (3) More time with clients: Listen - get on calls with clients, offer more group time, offer more live time, offer more 121 time. If you're not making sales right now, being tight with your time is hilarious isn't it?! Instead offer more!! Double the time they get with you. If you have an online course, introduce a live weekly call where you teach key concepts and answer questions. If you're coaching is 6 sessions, make it 6 sessions + 3 action check ins. If you have a group, make one week live training and another week dedicated Q&A. This doesn't just make it a great offer, it gives you so much valuable insight about where people are, what they need, how you can help.   Useful videos:  How to find the subconscious block that's hiding in plain sight: https://youtu.be/b4a7KFB7xYg You will make it! How to break through as an online business owner: https://youtu.be/oE5D38QeEWQ How to market your online business in 2024: https://youtu.be/JboyGNwO7XM How to nail your niche: https://youtu.be/3wEk1mreXOw How to STOP self sabotage: https://youtu.be/eVBbey5LfTQ   Connect with me: Check out my website https://lisa-bean.com/ Connect with me on Instagram https://instagram.com/lisabeanuk Connect with me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lisambean/

The best coaches / trainers in the world aren't the ones who make all the sales. The best sales people are the ones who make all the sales. What I mean is that they use very specific sales strategies to find customers, position the benefits and ask for the sale. In my experience, this is the part a lot of purpose driven coaches and course providers avoid. Sometimes it's not even conscious. They've literally never been taught how to sell. What I find these people doing instead is posting content that doesn't really show the product, move the customer forward or link to the next logical step in the sales process. So, if you want to make more sales in your online coaching / education business, press play to learn: (1) The difference between ‘lead' content and ‘brand' content and why your current content isn't generating sales + how to fix this instantly; (2) The one thing you can do in your week to instantly drum up more business and make more sales online; and, (3) How to tackle the mindset of selling and online sales in a really different way. This episode is motivational, strategic and tactical.  I think it's a bit of a corker.  Please do enjoy.  P.s Here's the guide I reference in the video: https://lisa-bean.com/how-to-sell/ - 30 in depth pages of precise guidance on how to turn on sales in your online business. #onlinebusiness #selling #howtosell #howtomakesalesonline

In this episode, I want to bring you behind the scenes of this book writing process and tell you three things that are changing the way I think about 'commercial success' and the very act of finishing your purpose-led work (your art) and letting it be seen. I think all of us have something purpose-driven within us; a form of art we want to share with the world. In the beginning, we must allow room for the messy start so that we can get our first ideas onto paper, and then see that process through to a commercial polish in order to help that art be seen in the world. I'm covering: The process of writing a book and book proposal How to create deadlines you can't wriggle out of and why this is so important Different ways you can use 'frameworks' to breakdown the work and develop your ideas I'm also covering context for the book including:  How I managed to change my subconscious programming on debt and abundance How I started the 'healing' work to change my life What it truly means to change I hope you enjoy! If you'd like to join the waiting list for the book and follow this journey, you can find the details here: https://lisa-bean.com/books/am-i-healing/

I've read a lot of books on how to change your life and I've only really made sense of something in the past two years: There are three 'levels' of change and you can use all of them to access new levels of change in your life. In today's episode, I'm going to run you through those three levels of change for changing your life and show you how I used them to get over depression, pay of £100,000 in debt and even walk on fire! Curve ball! If you enjoy this episode, please hit like and leave a comment to let me know.    RESOURCES: Be The Person - Online monthly membership focused on hitting your goals and changing your life https://betheperson.co.uk/   BOOKS THAT HELPED ME: Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself - https://amzn.to/3HPWlAo Becoming Supernatural - https://amzn.to/3HPWlAo The Strangest Secret - https://amzn.to/494EFwP How to Do the Work - https://amzn.to/3uW2kjM How to Meet Your Self - https://amzn.to/41o2QmJ The Power of Now - https://amzn.to/41o2QmJ The Body Keeps the Score - https://amzn.to/47UpIgh How We Are - https://amzn.to/47VCpY9 The Biology of Belief - https://amzn.to/3t9hhP5 

If right now you're struggling to get the results you want, but you're ready to make a change and take your life and business to the next level in 2024, listen in.  In this episode, I'm going to share with you five of the most transformational and eye-opening things I've ever learned about changing your life, with a focus on growing an online business (because the rules are so different in online business!) Yes, you'll hear things that are hopeful and inspiring, but I also have to pepper this with the reality of what it actually takes to change who you are, change your life, and change the results you're  getting. Here's what I talk about: The result you're currently getting is fair, even if you're not happy with it Why we feel too busy to create content, when content IS the job Short-term pleasure vs. long-term satisfaction and why we go for the former 9 out of 10 times Building the capacity to do difficult things in your business doesn't happen at your desk If you want to get different results, you have to change who you are; and there's two versions of us that you don't hear about often. I've made two other episodes about this last point: #15 Find the Subconscious Block That's Hiding in Plain Sight (Part 1) #18 How to Change Your Subconscious Beliefs: 3 Surprising Keys (Part 2) If you want to dive even deeper into these topics and receive ongoing support, I have a monthly membership program where we dive deep into how to hit your goals, how to change your behaviours and change your programming. Learn more HERE! Connect with me:  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook

Being an entrepreneur is one of the craziest, stupidest, dumbest things you're going to attempt. And once you are afflicted with the purpose of being an entrepreneur and building companies, you can't help it. You cannot suppress entrepreneurship. If you've got a drive to create things, just accept that you're stuck with it. In this episode, I want to talk about burnout and overwhelm. I'm going to run through the things I do to manage burnout and keep it at bay. At the end of the episode, I'm going to show you how to reframe your goals, and break them down using four key categories that will make it easier to understand what's required to go the distance without burning out and feeling totally overwhelmed. And I promise you, I will not mention SMART goals ONCE! What I'm Covering: My definition of burnout and the underlying causes of it How to assess your skill set, capacity and energy levels in relation to what you want to achieve A sensibly stupid goal - what's that? Where to get the real feedback on the effort you're putting in The order of events - how to make yourself safe before you stretch too thin Never forget that entrepreneurship is SELLING the stuff you're making Why you must learn which activities make your brain switch off To break through as an entrepreneur, you'll need to put in the work of an elite athlete. But don't punish yourself on this crazy journey. There is a better way to succeed and achieve your goals, without the burnout and overwhelm. Resources mentioned: Click here to download the 2024 planning tool, with the 'five levels' for your key goals: https://lisa-bean.com/strategy/  Connect with me:  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook

So you want to change your life, but recognise you have subconscious beliefs or subconscious programming that is keeping you stuck in old patterns and behaviours. So what do you do and where do you begin? In this episode, I'm breaking down the three key things you can do to reprogramme the way you think and respond to certain situations. We also look at how we become more conscious of our behaviours and what triggers them, how to find a new response to an old situation, and how to override the memory of who you are to change your life. This is the most challenging concept to grasp in changing your life: To change your life, you really must change who you are! USEFUL LINKS: Be The Person - Online monthly membership focused on hitting your goals and changing your life https://betheperson.co.uk/

So many good-hearted entrepreneurs are afraid to post content for so many reasons. But it's holding the good ones back from being of service, and well - changing the world! In this episode, I've really tried you inspire you on the content creation front, break down some myths about content creation and show you three key things to nail when making your own content.  So press play to learn: Why it's so important to build value up front, and how this directly correlates with online sales, you winner! The truth about content creation, how long it takes, and why this investment is worthwhile! (This is take five, doh!) The three very specific things that make up your profile as an online business owner, and how to start leveraging them today! How to build trust, increase buyer confidence and grow your business. How to use modern media to increase your 'range' / reach in 2024. Remember: Your ‘profile' is your authority in the market place. The bigger (or more relevant) your profile is, the more you can help people and the more you can sell.  Therefore, by focusing on building your profile (and leading up front with value-based AND more personal content), you're really focusing on preparing your business to win more wonderful clients short and long-term. Who can say no to that? USEFUL LINKS: Recent workshop - How to build your profile online, focusing on the unique kernel of your marketing idea, offer and message - https://lisa-bean.com/workyouredge/ Web site - https://lisa-bean.com/ Instagram - https://instagram.com/lisabeanuk Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Sh-Version-purpose-entrepreneurs-ebook/dp/B0842X4ZG7 #onlinebusiness #onlinemarketing

2024 is coming! In this video, I'm sharing with you the five biggest insights I have, including: How to create content your community can't wait to see 'land' each week! What I think about qualifications and the role they'll play in your niche. How to build your business for longterm success by moving beyond 'educator' to xxxx. Why we absolutely need to see 'YOU' on social media.  How to think about the work you do and the results you get to stay in the race.  Specifically, I'm showing you the role you will play in your communities in 2024, how we need you to lead us, and how small shifts in perspective will change the game overall for you in your life and business. This episode is instructional and motivational. I really hope you enjoy it! I'd love to hear what you've discovered, drop me an email and let me know!  Resources:  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook

This week, I've got a big bold claim. By the end of the episode, I'm going to have shown you how to find the one big subconscious block that is holding you back from everything you want in your life and business. And I'm telling you now it is hiding in plain sight. I'm going to show you how to spot it, and then we're going to work through how you actually resolve it.  What I'm covering in this episode:  3 things to think about if you want to make a change in your life or business  How it's possible that your big block is right under your nose Why your excuses should be called excuses even if they are highly relevant Questions to ask yourself and discover what's hiding inside your excuses How to go six levels deeper into the story that's plagued your life  Rewards and how to figure out what's driving you The exercises I'm sharing with you are designed to help you find that sneaky little subconscious story you're so used to telling yourself, that you're not even registering it anymore. And when you see it, you're gonna go, I knew that, it was so obvious!  I'd love to hear what you've discovered, drop me an email and let me know!  Resources:  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook      

When I think about thought leadership, what comes to my mind is this: a thought leader is someone worth following. And why is that someone worth following? Because they are full of deep insights, wisdom, experience, life lived and most of all, they have practiced sharing their message consistently over a long period of time. So practice is the word you want. You're not going to get good in your head, you get good by putting stuff out in the world, seeing how it lands, getting feedback, and building your message one person at a time. In today's episode, I want to share with you what you can do with your thought leadership, and talk you through six key things that you can consider when developing yours. Here's what I cover: Direction Truth Wisdom Insights Hope Courage Thought leadership is what it takes to build a scalable six-figure online business making a living doing what you love, from a place of passion and purpose when you're a good hearted entrepreneur. So if you're ready to do some challenging thinking and develop your unique thought leadership, join me on this episode, it's a juicy one! Resources:  Download my FREE Guide: Write Your Thought Leadership  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook  

This weekend, I attended the Hay House Writer's Workshop about writing and publishing a book and took enough notes to write a book! It was phenomenal - the energy, the people, the content, the speakers. I will tell you up front: I highly recommend this event to any good-hearted person who dreams of writing and publishing their own book.  But - the event didn't just teach you how to finish that book and get it out there in the world. It covered so much more including: How and why you should be building community now, and how to do that if you're reluctant. What you must know before writing a book, and how this will help you build your business too. How to put together your book proposal and what publishers really want to see. The importance of writing from 'spirit' and joy instead of ego, and how to make that transition. There was such a beautiful energy at the event; an energy of 'being of service'.  There was also a very strong message about writing with joy. You put a lot of 'life force' and energy into a book so don't make it a slog - make it joyous. Anyway, I don't want to give it all away. Press play. I think you'll get a lot from today's episode about business, marketing and purpose, as well about about writing your book and getting published.  Additional resources I mention in the episode Hay House Writer's Resources - https://www.hayhouse.co.uk/writers-resources Kris Carr's beautiful new book I am Not a Mourning Person - https://kriscarr.com/book Kelly Notaris and KN Literary Arts - https://knliterary.com/ Kelly Notaris's book - The Book You Were Born to Write - https://knliterary.com/born-to-write-homepage/ Sonia Choquette and her incredible list of books - https://soniachoquette.net/my-books/ Vex King on Instagram, author of Good Vibes, Good Life (huge bestseller!) https://www.instagram.com/vexking/?hl=en Simone Heng - Human Connection Specialist - https://simoneheng.com/ First Sh!t Version, my book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3MpcWgK :-)  Let's connect:  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook

How do you develop a mindset for success that you want in your online business? And how do you practice and maintain it? I want to share with you three key ideas that have transformed the results that I see in my life. Let me be honest with you right away - they all came from pain. Because without the pain of rock bottom, I wouldn't have learned what I'm about to share with you today, and I wouldn't have gotten the results that I got in the years that followed. I'm also going to give you some journaling prompts to help you answer deep and important questions about your desires, thoughts and actions, so you can upgrade your mindset and start rocking those online sales! What is Covered: How to find out what's stopping you from achieving the results that you desire Be, Do, Have vs. Have, Be, Do and what that means How to overcome the dissonance between your vibration and your reality Ways to structure your projects and outcomes to stay motivated Using life itself as your feedback mechanism for changing it The power of tweaking your environment to inspire mindset change How to learn to feel in alignment with your vision and let that feeling expand    Additional resources to help you upgrade your mindset: Les Brown - a renowned motivational speaker Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich by Tim Ferris Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey The Secret by Rhonda Byrne The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth & Happiness Let's connect:  Check out my website Connect with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook

If you're feeling overwhelmed in your business and life, it's very likely to be both of them together. Overwhelm comes in different shapes. You feel like you're running out of money, there's never enough time for what you have to do, and there's pressure on you to know all the answers. If that's how you feel, know that it is so normal for entrepreneurs.  But I can't allow you to continue down that path. We can change it, and in this episode, I'll talk you through a three-step process to deal with overwhelm. What You'll Learn: Defining true goals: What am I actually trying to do here? Defining the path: What is the vehicle that's going to get me there? How to know the difference between tactics and long-term strategy Safety first: identifying what makes you feel safe What it really means being in your power I'll leave you to work through these steps with a quote by my mum who said, “Lisa, you can be anything, you can do anything, you can do it all, but you can't do it all today.” So calm down, tune in and pick one or two things that resonate with you that you can do today. Resources:  Check out my website Conenct with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook  

When you do a launch as a coach or a trainer, you win your customers and that feels great. Then six months go by, you're so busy delivering for the customers that you forget to go out selling. And now you're back to square one - there's no cash coming in and you're in big trouble.  The remedy for that is building a strategic six-figure business that generates a pipeline of leads for your business. If you want to know how to do that, in this episode I'm going to give you four key pointers for building a strategic six-figure business packed with leads.   Here's what I cover:  How having a timeline helps you sell more  Back to basics: your offer and your customer How to tap into algorithms to help the customer choose you How to build a funnel that works without your full presence  Once you nail these four levels, you'll never run out of leads or pipeline again. That is how building a strategic six-figure business works. And If you want to learn a little bit more, I've written 30 pages explaining exactly how to do this. Get your free download here:  https://lisa-bean.com/six-figures/  Resources:  Check out my website Conenct with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook

How do I make money in my business today? That's the question I get asked a lot.  If you're a coach or a course creator and you're doing it all, from planning the launch, delivering on it, to dealing with taxes - it's a lot, I understand. And so entrepreneurs sneakily love to say - I'm too busy to sell. Now, let's get this straight: to be an entrepreneur is to sell stuff. It is so stressful to be delivering all the time only to watch the money run out and all of a sudden find yourself trying to make something up and go out to the market again.  This episode is going to tackle what happens if you're in that situation. I'll share three things you can do to make more money in your business right now and start getting cash in immediately.  Here's what I cover:  How to finalise your offer and get it in front of your ideal clients Creating attraction events to allow people to feel your energy  How you can refresh and update your current offer  And here's my invitation for you: I'm inviting you to work through the three ideas I share in this episode this week, and then next week I'll come back diving deeper into another question - how do I build a strategic six-figure business?  Resources:  Brand new free guide: How to write an epic 'attraction event' to fire up engagement and sales in your onlilne business: download here >>  Check out my website Conenct with me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook

How odd is this concept: 75% of your job as an entrepreneur, trying to build a multiple six figure thing, is sales and marketing. I mean: If you're wondering what you should be doing today, it's this: - Making offers and making them better - Posting content and building audience and pipeline - Adding value to future customers and making sales Once those jobs are ticked, you can raise your invoices, book your calls, reply to the person quoting you insurance. These jobs are secondary. Your main job is to market and to sell. Again… Your main job as an online coach / provider is to market and sell. How does that sit with you? Does it feel weird? I bet it does. Good people who feel driven by purpose ALSO have a feeling deep down that selling is a bit odd. We want to share our gifts and knowledge, and we want to help...for free. You can of course build a model like that, where you give away your gifts for free. But you'd have to make your money elsewhere. A lottery win. Marrying into money. A job. Another business that funds this one. Or…you can build a model where you get to add a lot of value, and make a lot of sales. That's what I'm talking about in today's video but first, a little more context… I know you might feel like you're wasting your time editing a video that only 100 people see. You wish you were better on camera / at editing / with lighting. You wish you could afford to outsource it. You wish more people would see it. You might feel frustrated, like ‘Argh, that'll do', finalising the sales page for your next offer, knowing you're anxious about selling. You wish someone could just send you the clients. You wish selling was easier. But this is business: marketing, selling; learning to move people to action. The very nature of being an entrepreneur means learning how to provide value in exchange for money. And like anything worth doing, it is truly a skill that requires mastery. It takes time and hours in. Again… Marketing and selling are skills that require mastery. And the more time and effort you put in, the better you will get. You WILL be better at positioning value if you craft 20 offers in a year instead of three. You WILL be better at marketing if you post once a day, rather than twice a week. You WILL figure it all out faster if you lean in and recognise that this is a skill that requires practice, time in and attempts. The work will mould you. That being said, there is something you can take advantage of to help you on this journey. All of us have an ‘edge' – a skill that we've developed without even knowing it; a skill that has become so baked into our personalities that it's natural and normal to us now. You will even use it today. For me, growing up as a military kid and moving home / country every two years, then going off to boarding school had its downsides, but it also gave me something I will value and leverage forever. I am good with people. I am very quick at reading people. I know people. Sometimes I feel like I can read minds. I know how people are feeling, what they're not telling me, where I need to push, and where I need to encourage more gently. I learnt this from having to fit in and make friends over and over and over again. I learnt this as a child, in a natural way, without books and psychology and hacks. It's became part of who I am, and then I built on it with books, psychology, training, and hours in coaching and helping. Using this little bit of magic, I can find the crux of an offer, I can build honest relationships quickly, I can position the value people want. I can sell. In the coming weeks, I want you to reflect on this concept and ask: What is my little bit of magic? What skill or ability have I developed that I can lean on and use in my business, to help me add value, to make deals, to sell? We all have something. You have something, I promise you. So what is it? And how can you use it more? Start looking. Meanwhile, this might help as a reminder of what's important when it comes to selling at this level. In this week's instalment, I'm showing you the three places where the sale happens. What I'm about to share with you is known to six figure business owners who continue to sell and grow. If you can shift your mindset to master this approach, you can sell and sell, build and build, and never have to worry about where your next sale will come from. Enjoy. Lisa

“People set these crazy plans and approaches and targets they can never meet because: over-egging your plan and setting crazy targets is a form of sabotage - it gives you the ultimate out.” New video now live - Getting it finished: 5 softer approaches for getting your important work done. The secret to success is 49% action and 99% ‘YOU' - shh, that adds up scientifically - and the capacity you have to do three things: Try things when there's no guarantee it will work; Put yourself out there and risk failure; and, Feel like an imposter and turning up anyway. Even when you create the time and resolve to take action and do the important work, it's still your mindset that will allow it or block it. What if someone judges how I look on camera? What if it isn't good enough and no-one buys it? What if it only gets five likes and then everyone thinks I'm silly for posting? There are two types of work us lot need to do. The first type of work is output related. Show me your chapter outline. Give me a one pager on your new programme idea. Let's see your first video cut. That's physical output - stuff other people can see, buy, use and share. That makes sense right? The second type of work is all internal. It's feeling vulnerable about posting a video, recognising that story started as a child for you, and supporting yourself to show up in a way that feels safe to you over time. It's a process, it's not an outcome. It's knowing you have a habit of giving away all of your money because you think that's what it takes to receive love, and working hard to spot it when you do it, sit in the discomfort of deciding to keep your money and doing the work to change your story about your own worthiness. It's a process, it's not an outcome. It's recognising you tend to say yes to everyone else and your dreams have ended up one week down the list, one year down the list, one decade down the list and now you're working through the guilt you feel just for taking some time to work on yourself. It's a process, it's not an outcome. THAT'S THE WORK ISN'T IT? When people say to me things like “Lisa, I'm struggling to post because I feel like an imposter”, there is often a full stop there. But the sentence can't stop there. There must be an exploration of where this comes from, what benefits it's giving you now, and how you plan to work through this. All the while, there is mounting pressure to post, to create, to finish and so you heap tonnes of guilt on top of the fact you're struggling to get things done. I know, because I feel it too. That second example above - the money / love one - that [has been] me [in the past]! So we need something else, don't we? It's taken me a long time to learn what it really takes to change your life and get projects over the line. Sometimes it is MASSIVE, high energy, physical action, it's true. Sometimes, you do just wake up, shut down a business, move to Manchester and finish the book ;-) And sometimes it's SLOW, gentle, bumpy action that includes reading books about trauma, spotting patterns over years of cycles, going to therapy to work things out, and creating safe places to create. In this video, I'd like to look at this slower, gentler energy and give you five different strategies you can explore for making progress on your real dreams. Safely. Creatively. For the longterm outcome not the short term fix. Spoiler alert: I'm not letting you off the hook today. I'm saying that there are two types of work - the output and the mindset. This video says ‘here's how to finish the output, by focusing on the mindset work'. Dive in. You're ready for more. Lisa

If you're not yet hitting consistent six figure years in your online coaching business, despite your best efforts, I bet you're avoiding three simple (but ridiculously powerful) hacks that lead to six figure years. In short, if your goal is a six figure online business, you have three incredible opportunities that you can action right now, today. And surprise: I'm not going to say 'build a funnel', 'get on podcasts' or 'post more content'. I'm going to tell you three even more important and incredibly fundamental business scaling hacks things that will get you to six figures asap. Don't ignore these things. Web Site: https://lisa-bean.com/ Instagram: @lisabeanuk Motivational Membership: https://betheperson.co.uk/membership/   #sixfigures #onlinebusiness #onlinecoach #businessadvice

How to change your life in 2023 using subconscious reprogramming, value shifts and environmental changes. If you want to truly change your life in 2023, you cannot JUST 'speak it into existence' or 'write it down and let it go'. That requires a level of belief that most people don't yet have. But fear not! You can build it! There are four key things you need to do to change your life, including changing the way you speak to yourself and the environment you're in. In this final episode in this three part mini series on how to change your life in 2023, I'm going to show you HOW to build that belief in yourself, how your environment can trigger change, and how to think about vision vs. goals to make your dream life your new reality. Press play for more.

#purpose #uncoveryourpurpose #lifepurpose In this episode, I'm going to show you how to uncover your purpose, link it to your vision in life and do the one true action that will help you live a life of purpose. No more hiding. No more delay. Each and every single one of us has a unique purpose on this planet. FACTS. In basic terms, it's to become the fullest expression of yourself. To show yourself. To be of value. To use yourself up. Most of us just aren't doing this with our life purpose. We're hiding. Shrinking back. Ignoring ‘the call' and that's a problem. Your unique purpose in life sits deep in your heart and your soul. It doesn't show itself under pressure and strain. Like Palmer J. Parker said in Let Your Life Speak - your purpose is like a tiger in the jungle. Wild, but shy. To find it, you can't go storming into the tress. You have to sit quietly under the base of a tree and wait for it to show. So here are the two things you have to accept about finding your purpose in life: #1 You can't charge towards your purpose. It comes from within. You listen to it. You trust it. You take action in faith, and in doing do, you charge towards your vision! Your purpose begins as a whisper and the more you listen, the louder it speaks. #2 The second thing you have to accept about purpose is that you were given gifts to help you live out your purpose. The likelihood is, you think those gifts are normal, like everyone has them. And so you use them, you don't leverage them. And if you're not using them, you're wasting them. In this video, I'm going to share with you three simple but powerful questions to help you uncover your purpose, strengthen your connection to that purpose and take bold steps to live a life of deeper purpose. Lisa Useful links: Web site: https://lisa-bean.com/ Membership on changing your life: https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/membership/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabeanuk/

I'm a business coach, yup. BUT: Without a crazy, bold belief in myself, and without installing that belief in my clients, we'd be nowhere. NOWHERE. In this episode, I'm attempting to summarise the three biggest things I've learnt about belief, self-belief, and how you get the results you want through subconscious reprogramming. I want to show you how subconscious beliefs are formed. Why we have them. And give you three steps for reprogramming them for good. Honestly? It's not as big a deal as it sounds. 80% of the battle is being willing to let go of the comfort of who you were to embrace who you know you can be. And the other 20% is consistency around three simple things, which I'm sharing with you in the video. Dig in, this one is worth it... #changeyourlife #subconsciousmind #subconsciousreprogramming

Yesterday, I recorded the start of a new podcast ten times. I am not exaggerating or rounding up for smartness. I even paused after six attempts, had a tea break and tried again. I was committed to producing a podcast episode.  The theme I'd selected was based on a training I'd delivered a week earlier for my business community: How to build a six figure online marketing funnel. The training was fire! Fast paced. Challenging. A direct call to arms to be useful, to work hard, to focus on client results at every step of the funnel. But it just didn't translate to a podcast for a wider audience. Something that felt really poignant and topical for one audience became cliche and general for another.  Without considering why that was the case, I called my dad and said "Dad, I'm not working today - do you want to go and surprise mum at work?". He was a yes. I told him I'd be leaving in an hour. I just had to walk the dogs and send some client emails first. Deciding to walk away from the episode gave me something. Freedom? Space? It let me off the hook! It meant I didn't have to produce something practical or functional. I didn't have to 'tick the box' of marketing that day. It just wasn't happening. I'd tried.  Somewhat ironically, then, I found myself reaching for my iPhone, whilst looping the field, to record the introduction of the podcast I wasn't making. It felt fun, light, in flow. I recorded myself calling back the dogs. I recorded myself clipping them in. And that's when I realised what was bothering me.  Content for the sake of content demotivates me. I can't produce something for the sake of it. I don't like to and I don't want to. And I don't have to. When I think of what inspires me, what really gets me flowing, it's the opportunity to create something new and different that will make people smile and ask 'how did she do that?'. I don't want to be a follower, of a pattern or a style or a formula. I want to be a leader, a creator, an original. With that idea in mind, I recorded my thoughts (and the rest of my day) on my iPhone, sharing the concept of 'being useful'. Today's podcast episode is the result of that work. We explore the importance of being truly useful in a world filled with more and more content. We look at the catalytic effect of desire in making the world a better place for the people you can help. And I challenge you to produce something meaningful for your business today, instead of ticking yet another item off the list.  I hope you enjoy. Lisa   USEFUL LINKS:  How to develop your unique Thought Leadership and update your marketing, messaging and programmes: Free PDF: https://lisa-bean.com/tl/ Upcoming paid workshop (3 hours + 30 minute 121 review - £99) - https://lisa-bean.com/tl/workshop/ #business #creator #thoughtleadership

I know one thing for sure: You will make it if you keep going. In today's new extended episode, I'm going to share with you four key things to prioritise in tough times to ENSURE you keep going towards your goal.  Here's the Thought Leadership free 40-page guide I mentioned: https://lisa-bean.com/tl/ And here's a link to the upcoming paid workshop on developing your unique Thought Leadership https://lisa-bean.com/tl/workshop/  

This episode will change your life if you take action on these four things. For example: Stop focusing on the external environment around you - stop waiting for stability and certainty to return externally (it ain't coming!) and instead focus on creating a stable footing underneath yourself so you can feel motivated and do the work that matters. I believe we all have a purpose and that purpose is to be the fullest expression of ourselves. It's to use our gifts to do our job, and help people live better lives in the process. But we can't do this if we're waiting for things to settle down or return to normal. Today, I want to encourage you (rather directly!) to re-take control of your future, do the work to create a stable footing underneath yourself, and take action to change your life and the life of the people around you. Lisa USEUL LINKS: Monthly motivational membership, with a huge focus on 'doing the work' to change your life. https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/membership/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lisabeanuk/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/lisambean

Content creation is hard work. Building a business is hard work. Changing your life is hard work. And that's okay! It's okay for this to take time and feel 'hard'. Don't focus on that. Instead, focus on doing work you enjoy, getting better & better, and helping thousands of other people in the process. You know how I feel about results. You don't just get what you ask for; you get what you are! Action with positive intent leads to results. You've got to Be The Person (TM) who does the thing! I want my clients and my community to put in the hours. I want my clients and my community to work hard. I want my clients and my community to push themselves and grow. And what's wrong with that? My message this week? Lean in. Turn up. Put in the hours. Be the leader we need. #changeyourlife #hardwork #motivationtochange

Your gift is your path.

Change your life with 3 simple questions that PROVE you know how to make your idea happen. Plus - why it's so VITAL that you follow through on your ideas. This audio is an extract from a training I delivered for a business community I run. Each week, I go live and share some new ideas to keep people focused on their next level in life and business before answering questions. This week, I shared three simple questions to help people realise they already have the answers within them. Press play to hear the questions and find your own answers... Ideas come in like the waves, in and out, in and out. Then every now and then, a group of ideas crash together in a crescendo that has the power to change your life. The ideas meet. They have a theme. You see the golden thread that connects them into something bigger than any idea on its own. But of course - ideas are no good to the person who turns away. When you ask for help, for guidance, for a miracle, the answer often comes in the form of hope, a change in perspective, in ideas. The hope, the new perspective, the idea is the key, it is the path. And it's WHO YOU BECOME in bringing that idea to life that will get you through to the next level. So tune in to the inspiration you're already receiving. Start to write down the ideas you have. And find the courage to take action. Bringing the ideas to life IS the path to the life you want. #changeyourlife #motivational #motivationalspeaker

If the customers aren't coming you have to ask yourself: Have I realllly done the one true action that will win me new clients? Like, honestly? There is a BIG difference between making a sales page and then selling your offer, just like there is a big difference between picking your plants for a new garden and then actually putting your shovel in the mud. Clip taking from a 45 minute sales training I just did for Pre-Ex Business School. #changeyourlife #motivational #motivationalvideo

Did you ever used to watch Gary Vee's daily vlogs? I loved them! I'm not sure if they're back now, but the ones pre-world-shut-down. Ah man they were fab - music, broll, daily life. Right up my video editing street. Anyway, in the intro to them, he used to step off a jet and you'd hear him say: "I just want to be happy, don't you want to be happy?". Those words are repeated in my head DAILY. And even more so if I feel down or stuck or demotivated. That notion - 'I just want to be happy' - has prompted some crazy decisions in me for a long time. I guess I just believe that there is nothing more 'successful' than being happy, truly, deeply, happy. Safe & secure, with means to live well, yes...and happy. I also believe that if we do what is 'for us' in this lifetime - if we're brave and follow the calling, if we do what lights us up - the other things we desire will follow anyway. It's hard of course, finding the courage to pursue happiness over familiarity, happiness over comfort, happiness over status quo. It's often real 'rock the boat of life' stuff we have to do. And a lot of people pause when it comes to the 'taking action' part. I guess that's what I'm talking about in today's voice note - what comes before action, what makes us happy, who we want to become. Two things... 1. Vision / destination / goal / intention / desire. 2. Belief / resolve / willingness to try / energy / motivation to act. Often people know what they want and won't admit it. Then know what it will take and won't do it. I think the first one comes down to a fear of failure or getting hurt and the second one comes down to a belief of ‘not me', as in - other people can do this but I can't. I doubt myself all the time when I'm shooting for more. In those times I lean heavily on journalling, affirmations annnnddd the belief of others. Every day we have a choice: Avoid the hard stuff and distract ourselves with checkout activities. Which really just makes the pain bigger in the long run. Or... Lean on positive habits like books, exercise, motivation content etc. to find just enough courage to take one small step. When I was totally lost in depression I learnt not to lean on my own motivation at that time - I didn't have any! So I borrowed other people's. I read so many autobiographies of business owners who'd turned things around. I listened to comedians on my runs. I played motivational music and speeches and FLOODED my mind and subconscious with the new thoughts I knew I had to believe. And with that, I found the courage each day to do a little something for my future - post, pay off some debt, learn. And I am so grateful to that past version of myself who tried in agony. The life we'll live tomorrow will be set up by the courage we can muster today. #changeyourlife #subconsciousbeliefs #motivational Useful links: Web site - https://lisa-bean.com/ Motivational membership - https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/membership/  

Happiness, like most good things - It's not a passive process. The passive process of life will see you falling into the trenches of what is easy, what is comfortable, what you've done before. Happiness requires that you actively put yourself in the way of what you want in your life, and you put yourself on the line and you risk failure. Everybody's terrified of failure but fear is only ever one of two things. You're afraid it will fail and you won't look good. And the other fear is fear of getting hurt. Here's the thing that I love, right… Every time you take action on something, you're basically saying, I have faith that this could work. I believe that this might turn out. I believe that if I give it a go and I commit to it, I will figure something out along the way and I'll probably end up where I want to be. Any time you procrastinate or hold back or make an excuse or whatever, you're basically saying, I'm fearful that this won't turn out. I'm afraid it won't work. I don't have faith in my ability to see this through. So if you're procrastinating on anything like putting a post out, writing a book, going to the gym, going on dating apps, remind yourself that all you're doing is protecting yourself from the fear of failure, from the fear that it won't work out. Well, let me tell you, you've already failed because it's never going to work out if you're not even in the game. If you literally don't give it a go, you have failed anyway. So the very thing you tried to protect yourself from, you just ran into at 100 miles an hour. Why do that? The thing that you want sits on the other side of you taking action.

Changing your life is an active, not a passive, process. There are stories and ideas and beliefs you're running that are stupid and mean and cruel. What speaker would say to themselves: “You suck! You'll never get paid to speak!” What writer would say to themselves: “You've got nothing to say, don't even begin!” What coach would say to themselves: “You don't know enough. Don't even think about posting that!” Of course, we don't say these things out loud or even consciously. They're thoughts, ideas, vibes we hold in our subconscious mind. Who cares why. Who cares where they came from. What I care about is this: 1 - You define what you want to become. 2 - You dig deep and list out how you feel about this. What ideas support you here? What fears do you have? What's the dominant thought you have in the background around this goal? 3 - Write it all down! Pay attention. GET CONSCIOUSNESS over the feelings you hold. Say them out loud. Put them into words. 4 - REWRITE THEM! Rewrite the beliefs you need to hold and repeat them until your subconscious mind accepts them as truth. This sounds too simple to work but it literally does lol. A belief is JUST something we've repeated enough times that we hold it to be fact. It's not fact! “I don't have time” is an opinion, not a fact. “I'm not good enough” is an opinion, not a fact. “I don't deserve it” is an option, not a fact. Don't ignore this advice. It will change your life. Set your intention. Go searching for the feelings / blocks / self limiting beliefs. Put them into words. REWRITE the belief you need and repeat, repeat, repeat until you hold it to be true. Meanwhile… Of course you need to back this up with action! Don't just say stuff and return to your normal behaviours. Repeat the new beliefs AND use that vibe to sit down to write a post. Repeat the new beliefs AND use that energy to get yourself on the dating app! Repeat the new belief AND use that power to create a speaker bio. Beliefs and actions come hand in hand. Through both, we gain confidence, experience and momentum! Clip taken from August's motivational membership content! This month's topic is changing your life by changing your beliefs.... https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/membership/ #changeyourlife #changeyourmindset #subconsciousbeliefs 

#howtochange #changeyourlife #changeyourmindset Honestly? There are only two things you have to focus on if you want to change your life now and it really is as simple as this: (1) How you see yourself; and, (2) The action YOU prioritise. It's tragic to think we know something we want and we even know how to get it and yet we simply don't do the 'one true action' that will get us there. It's like waking up and saying: "I'm desperate to be in shape. I know all I have to do is make better food and move a little more each day but instead I think I'll eat this entire bag of [whatever] and sit at my desk all day". Or "I urgently want (and need) to grow my business. To do that all I need to do is actually complete my new offer, invite more people to consider it through webinars / events / ads but instead I think I'll clear my inbox and sit and worry about the money running out." Why? We actually do this don't we? Think now of something you want. And identify the two basic things you'd have to do in order to make it happen. So why won't you do those two things? What is stopping you? I think it all comes down to how you see yourself and therefore the action you prioritise... And, I guess - focus. Is that thing in focus now? Do you bring it back into focus daily, by watching content like this and actually taking action. Listen! You CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE. And the changes you make today will be the life you live tomorrow. So forgive yourself for the past. Accept you're capable of change today. Press play and follow this process - 6 fundamental ways to change your life NOW. You can do it. It's been done before. And it will be done again. *** Interested in working with me? I run a monthly motivational membership focused on helping you 'be the person' who 'does the thing'. We focus on vision, purpose, acccctionnnn and overcoming self limiting beliefs. https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/membership/ I run a 6 month demi-coaching programme for business owners who want to be more visible online, write their unique thought leadership (or book!) and take their place in the world. https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/edge/ Or you can work with me 121 for a year to get some transformational done. Email me directly if you'd like to explore this - lisa@daretogrow.co.uk Over and out! Lisa :-) 

The truth is: There is one thing you can rely on more than anything to get a result. Whether that's finally changing your body, or finally getting out of debt, or finally launching that membership… Change comes down to one key thing: Did YOU sit your butt in the chair and do the ONE TRUE ACTION that brings about the change you want to see in your life? Working on the garden this month has reminded me with such power and yet such simplicity that where you focus goes, energy flows. Tackling a major project in your life can be daunting and there is a lot to do and a lot to overcome. But don't worry about steps four, five and six just yet. You're not there yet. Sit your butt in the chair (or get your butt in the garden) and just do the true action in front of you right now. Press play to remind yourself today of the one big goal that will change your life, find the ONE TRUE ACTION that will see it through and practice being the person who can prioritise the task. Lisa Want to join me for that 3-hour live workshop on 27th July, 3-6pm? Find out the full details here (free to members of Be The Person membership): https://daretogrow.kartra.com/page/Fvp28   Want access for free? You got it - join the monthly Be The Person membership for free access to this live workshop: https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/membership/   Looking to work with me 121? I've got places available on Expansion Edge. Please contact me directly if you'd like to have a chat about your project and the programme. https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/edge/   #changeyourlife #motivationalvideo #howtochange

​Have you realised that to change your life [insert goal - write book, scale business, change health, move, fall in love, change career], you don't just have to 'make changes', but you have to consistently act deeply 'out of character for yourself' on a consistent basis to experience the new outcome. Obviously, that is going to feel horrendous because you think your character is YOU. But it's not. It's just a collection of ideas, memories, beliefs and values you've come to focus on, remember and prioritise. Like a path we tread in the grass. The more we tread it, the more engrained it becomes. Your 'character' has become deeply engrained. With a bit of effort, we can change the path and we can change our character. I know this sounds crazy but... Everyone has a 'return to type' - a way they respond when things get tough. Let's say for example - an idea doesn't work, you're facing confrontation, you feeling out of control or exposed. In all these situations, you have a way of responding, a type you return to. This is why change doesn't stick because when it happens, people feel out of control and return to type, their type, their character. Therefore, to change your life, you must learn to change what is characteristic for you. You must act out of character. You ready for this work? Let's see... I hope this gives you something to think about today! ​ Lisa :-)    COMING UP:  Live three hour Masterclass with The Guardian: How to find your purpose and make change happen.  This Wednesday 3pm - 6pm GMT. Find out more In her empowering, straight-talking masterclass, you will learn how to get real clarity on what you want - and how to get it. Blending seminar-style talks with interactive exercises and live-guided visualisations, you will spend time thinking deeply about your true purpose and form a plan to live through that truth to bring your dream life into reality. Guardian Masterclass >> ** Membership July content coming soon! Join now to clarify your vision and start acting more deeply from purpose. I'm busy planning July's membership content, which lands on 1st July. Meanwhile, June's is up and kicking, including a 90 minute live motivational session recorded yesterday! If you need focus, support, a boot right now, click here to learn more and join the monthly motivational membership. Motivational Membership >>

Mini clip from June's membership content: How vision, purpose and action come together to build the life you want, and are destined to live. Find out more about The Membership here: https://lisa-bean.com/programmes/membership/ #vision #purpose #howtoliveyourpurpose