Podcasts about passion planners

Announcements: PNW inspired horror caretakerpress@gmail.com; Submissions open until stories filled. Starting to read May 1st. 2024 Writer Craft Writing Retreat and Workshop registration open; https://valerieihsan.com/retreat Three Story Method: Writing How-To Books out now. Focus and Finish: Goal-Setting and Strategic Planning for Writers (First in Series) Author Update: Valerie: adopted a new dog "Buddy 'Keif' Nelson" Monthly Reflection tonight, or this weekend at the latest (if you are a patron and want to do it with me, let me know) just coming out of Q1+ funk and catching up on visiting with friends and self-care, so my tasks in the last week have been skewed towards personal/not business: haircut, birthday party, meditation, journaling, appointments with my life coach, yoga, introducing Usha to new doggy friend, fancy brunches, attending a new mastermind group I'm in, hot tub soaks, lunch out with a friend, and taking our new dog to the vet. And the next few days will be the same: catching up with friends, seeing my dad and step-mom, taking my son out to dinner, Chiro, yoga, the gym. starting work at the bookstore again part time starting next week. I'm reading: beta read manuscript The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman Thunder Song by Sasha taqŵšeblu LaPointe Notes: I read from the Foreward and Step One of new permafree book Focus and Finish: Goal-Setting and Strategic Planning for Writers. ** Foreward I'm a not-so-closet list-lover. Some of you may not like lists. Some of you might have tried list-making in the past and found it didn't work for you. But even if you are not a list-lover, you will find usefulness and value from this book and the exercises and resources in it. I think we've all had the experience at one point in our lives where we've woken up and discovered that what we are doing is not what we want to do and, in fact, was someone else's idea all along. Maybe that was the job that your dad wanted you to have, or maybe it's the parenting style that your partner wants you to use, or maybe it's the vacation that your friend wants you to go on. Maybe none of those things held interest for you—or went against a core belief, even—yet you somehow made yourself believe you wanted them and you trapped yourself into doing them. For instance, if you have been saying out loud all your life that you wanted to be a lawyer, and you went to law school, and you took the bar exam, and you passed the bar, and now you're working in a law firm, and you're doing the hours, and you say to yourself (and you say to everyone else), “I've always wanted to be a lawyer, and now I'm a lawyer. Isn't that great?” but underneath all that, you discovered at some point that, actually, you never really wanted to be a lawyer. What you wanted to be was a scuba dive instructor. If that is your passion and you can find a way to make a living doing scuba, then why are you a lawyer?  This book will help you identify your dreams and plan for a future of success doing the things that are truly important to you. Happy Planning! Valerie ** Step One The system I'm about to show you is one I do at least twice a year, because I know myself. And I know that I get caught up in the zeitgeist. I get caught up in the excitement that other people have about their businesses and I think, “I can do that, too!”  For instance, all my life, one of my dream jobs was to own a bookstore. And then, some years ago, I was offered the chance to buy, very inexpensively, a little bookstore. My breath quickened. My heart rate accelerated. Whoa. This was my dream. Here it was, handed right to me. It would be so easy to do—the way it was set up, the finances and the inventory and the space, and even the internship, basically.   I thought about it for weeks.  The reason she wanted to give up the bookstore was because she wanted to put more time into her own writing, which should've been a red flag from the very start, but I was still hooked into that old dream of owning my own bookstore. I sought the advice of my best friend. “If you were already making money as a published author, would you want to own a bookstore?" she asked. “No,” I said. I didn't even have to think about it. The word just blurted out all by itself. "Then there's your answer,” she said. "Oh."  And I didn't have to think about it anymore. Continually checking in with yourself and writing out your passions, writing out your dreams, is what's going to help you achieve them later on. Not just in the goal setting, in the strategizing and planning around it, but in acknowledging that this is your dream and you want to work towards it. Whatever it is—scuba diving, traveling, becoming a mailperson. Training dogs.  It can be anything. It can be work-related or can be personal. Maybe you just want to learn Russian because it's a gorgeous language. It would just be for fun. Do it. Dream it. Write a goal around it. And do it. Ideals change. Intentions change. It's natural. So, twice a year, I use this system to make sure I'm living the life I want, reaching for the goals that will fulfill my dreams. * * * There are two ways to go about doing this process, arguably a third, and on first glance it's going to be a big giant wishlist. But for you non-list-lovers, think of them as bullet points. Or mind-mapping. Option one is to go about these exercises wearing the Business Owner Hat. If you are a small-business owner, freelancer, or writer/teacher/artist, and you want to get a head start on your business plan, this could be a good option for you. You'll be planning and goal-setting with only your business or art in mind. Option two is to mix it all up: personal, spiritual, business, home/yard. If you work at home, all these areas merge anyway—to some degree—and feed into one another.  Option three is great if you are a linear thinker or you like to think in categories. Option three is really option one, over and over again. (i.e. personal goals/wishes, then business goals/wishes, then home/yard goals/wishes.) Choose one and go with it. If you choose option one and you veer off in the middle of it, no worries. The exercises all work the same. It's your mindset that can change as needed. Option two is my personal preference, but what usually happens for me is I do option two and then shift to option three. And what I mean by that is when I first start making my list of dreams, goals, and wishes, I dump everything in—reaching out to all aspects of my existence. My personal life, my spiritual life, my business life, my health projects, my gardening goals. And then at the end, when I feel like there's nothing left to put on the list, I reach back and look at the categories in my mind, starting with my business.  Is there anything in my business world that I'm leaving out? Is there anything that I haven't given myself permission to say out loud on the page? Is there anything that I'm too embarrassed, afraid, or irritated to mention on this list? And I write it down. And then I go to the next category. Is there anything that I'm forgetting about gardening that I want to put on this list? Et cetera. * * * Okay, let's get started.  Get yourself situated where you can be comfortable – and that could mean sprawling on the floor with markers, or at a bar stool with sharpened pencils, or lounging in a chair by the fire with a laptop. You need something to write with and something to write on, and probably a tasty beverage close by.  Once you're situated, think about whether you are going to focus on a specific area in your life right now, or let it fly and write down anything that comes to mind. If you decide that you just want to concentrate, for example, on your business goals, you could do that. Again, I prefer to lump it all in to one.  I find that one feeds into the other and, because I'm self-employed, sometimes it's hard to segregate anything out.    Step 1 Take as long as you need to write down anything and everything you want. This is the place to let go. No one will see this. Write down all the things. Think magic wand. Think No Barriers—financial, time, reality. This is the Dreaming Page. If you could do anything, if you could be anything, if you could have anything, what would it be? Maybe think of the Dreaming Page as your ideal life. What's on the page? What's in the dream life?   Your “bullet points” don't have to be huge grandiose things, like Go to China—although that could be one of them. It can also be Paint the Shelf in the Bathroom Turquoise.  Big dreams and little dreams. Write it all down. There may be a slight concern that, unleashed, this might turn into an eighty-two page To Do list. Don't worry too much about that, because if that's what ends up happening for you, I have another exercise at the end of Step Three that will fix it. So for right now, in any category in your life, or in every category in your life, write down the things that—if there were nothing standing in the way—you'd want to do, be, see, have, or experience. * * * Tips/Resources:  • For this exercise, you can use any kind of notebook, but since I'm a Passion Planner nerd, I like using the Passion Planner Road Map found in physical Passion Planners (or on passionplanner.com—affiliate link—under their downloads) as a template.  • I prefer to write on a notepad first and transfer the information over to my planner with better penmanship, and after I'm clearer about my goals. • If you need more structure, you can set a timer and brainstorm for a specified length of time. Find Us: Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor Writer Craft Facebook Group Valerie's Services: https://valerieihsan.com Valerie's Author Site: https://valerieihsanauthor.com Valerie's Facebook Page and Instagram account Erick's Services: https://erickmertzwriting.com Erick's free book on Ghostwriting: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cexki4kp5n Erick's Author Site: https://erickmertzauthor.com Erick's Facebook Page and Instagram account Patreons:  https://patreon.com/valerieihsan    https://patreon.com/strangeairmysteries Tools: Passion Planner: https://passionplanner.rfrl.co/e86j8 (affiliate link) Discount Code: VALERIE150 ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link)   Resources:  "How to write an eavesdropping scene" on Erick's blog Reading Critique Group for Writers FB Group (Jennie Komp's group) 3 Bird View FB page (Jennie Komp's business page) Author XP (marketing for authors) (bi-monthly promotions) Raven Publicity (publicity for authors) The Shades of Orange (Rachel, Book Blogger on YouTube) for book recommendations SF/Fantasy/Horror Contact Erick for business-starting advice or building a website. Contact Valerie for author coaching. Thomas Umstattd Jr, at Novel Marketing Podcast. Ep255: How to Create an Email Onboarding Drip Campaign Russell P. Nohelty and Monica Leonelle's book, Get Your Book Selling on Kickstarter. Balance meditation app. Story Rubric version 1.1 and podcast episode. Three Story Method worksheet Book Recs for writing/creativity/business: Thinking in Pictures by John Sayles Take Off Your Pants: Outline Your Books for Faster, Better Writing by Libbie Hawker Story Hypothesis: A Writer's Guide to Crafting Resonating Stories by JP Rindfleisch IX Fast-Draft Your Memoir: Write Your Life Story in 45 Hours by Rachael Herron Three Story Method: Foundations in Fiction by J.Thorn and Zach Bohannon  

Who doesn't want to work for something they love? We all dream of the day when we start seeing the fruits of our labor and the best way to track that is by having a physical reminder – a passion planner. ----more---- This is not a promotional episode for passion planners but it is an episode that encourages you to start writing your goals and things you are passionate about. Working without seeing anything at the end is like driving an endless road to nowhere. ----more---- Natalie and Shalinda share how passion planners have helped them track their progress. Sometimes they don't even notice that what they wrote years ago has already come true. Thanks to their passion planners, they are reminded that they are growing and everything they do is for a reason. ----more---- If you are interested in creating your own passion planner, this episode is perfect for you! ----more---- Loved this episode? Share it on your IG Stories and tag us @s.and.s.podcasting. Feel free to send some love to Natalie (@for.the.success) and Shalinda (@shalinda_kirby) on Instagram.  ----more---- If you want to know more about S and S Creative Media, follow us on Instagram @s.and.s.creative

This 'About The Tings' episode is a Walk and Talk about Goals, Death, and Video Games :) It was a very Gloomy, Wet, and Windy day, so co-host lilDENNiS decided to stay indoors; Sorry if the wind gets a bit noisy at times! Some of the topics I talked about included: Is It Worth Setting Goals?, The Last Moments Before Death, How Time Slows Down During A Car Crash, Matrix Resurrections, Passion Planners, Gran Turismo 3 Wet Weather Sound Effects, How I thought 2021 would be The End of the World, Fall Guys, Need For Speed Rivals, Gran Turismo Sport, and a lil Bird shows up at the end. Hope you enjoy :)

How do you prepare for the coming year? Resources: Valerie uses Passion Planners to plan out her year (and does a check in (Passion Roadmap) two times a year. The Year You Want by Holly Worton. Writer Craft Writing Retreat and Workshop  Early Bird Tickets on sale until January 2, 2022.  

An epistolary introduction to The Art Life.Grace and Xandra tell their friendship origin story: Harry Potter, outfit appreciation, and Passion Planners included.They begin to redefine and reclaim ‘art' and ‘achievement', and welcome you into the studio.SHOW DETAILS:Read more at http://theartlife.showSend letters to: The Art Life, c/o Grace Gordon, P.O. Box #4292, Valley Village, CA 91607Email: theartlife@heroinetraining.comXandra Robinson-Burns is on Instagram and Patreon: @heroinetrainingGrace Gordon is on Instagram and Patreon: @gracegordonofficialOur music is ‘The Stream' by Rorie: http://roriemusic.comA Heroine Training Podcast

108 | Angelia Trinidad Shares How To Live Your Passion & Make Millions Do you work alone, or do you have a team? Angelia Trinidad is the CEO and founder of Passion Planner. Her parents both immigrated to the United States from the Philippines hoping to give their children a better life. Angelia is one of four children and was born and raised in San Diego. She was admitted to UCLA with the intention of studying medicine, but after realizing that it wasn’t something that she was passionate about, she switched over to studying art despite her parent’s disapproval. After graduating from UCLA in 2012 with a degree in Arts Education, she was caught in a period of directionless floating. That’s when she created Passion Planner, a tool that would help people create the life they’ve always wanted. Passion Planner is now a thriving multimillion dollar company that challenges the norms and boundaries of a traditional business. Her persistence and ambition have evolved Passion Planner not only into a company but a lifestyle and a family. Now, Angelia aims to give back to her community and to help those who also feel stuck in directionless floating. She does so by giving out free Passion Planners to students, non-profit organizations, and other individuals who cannot afford it and offers the PDF download for free on the Passion Planner website. Angelia hopes that with the help of Passion Planner, she’ll be able to encourage and empower individuals to create the life they’ve always wanted. This week’s guest on Success Unfiltered, Angelia Trinidad, decided that she hated her baking business she once had. When she sat down to figure out what her passion actually was, and what she needed to do to achieve it, she found that her process of finding her passion was the plan! She designed a planner around it, posted it on Kickstarter, and went from $60 in her bank account to $2.5 million in the bank. Are you ready to see how passion, and working with a passionate team can change your business and put millions in the bank? You’ll find that this episode of Success Unfiltered is a MUST LISTEN! Enjoy, and thank you for listening and tuning into Success Unfiltered! To share your thoughts: Email The Pitch Queen @ hello@thepitchqueen.com Ask a question over at www.ThePitchQueen.com Share Success Unfiltered on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & LinkedIn To help the show out: Please leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one. Subscribe to the show on iTunes. Special thanks goes out to Angelia Trinidad for taking the time to chat with Michelle. Be sure to join us next week for our next new episode! You Love What You Do. So How Do You SELL It? If you love what you do but you choke up on the pitch, you’re not alone! How do you share what you do so it’s clear, intriguing, and memorable? Learn how to ROCK your sales pitch (without feeling like a fake!) with my FREE guide, “3 Steps To ROCK Your Pitch (And Get More Sales)” Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode: Michelle introduces Angelia Trinidad. Angelia talks about the Passion Planner, and how it’s a “paper life coach.” “It pretty much asks you what you want out of life and helps to create it step by step action plan to get there.” ~ Angelia Trinidad The Passion Planner Kickstarter campaign went viral, but then a ship port strike caused the planners to be delayed during shipping to the customers who purchased them on the Kickstarter campaign. The team had to order new planners, and keep Kickstarter backers updated every step of the way: transparency was key! It wasn’t difficult for Angelia because of the money; issues like this are part of the business! Angelia is pretty spontaneous and has had to learn to work ahead, especially in making planners! “I think that a lot of people really connected with me as a person, as well as my company to really show like there's really a human person that's just trying to do good and trying to do their best.” ~ Angelia Trinidad Angelia’s biggest NO came from when she came out as gay and had to learn to grow a thick skin in the face of rejection. Before Passion Planner, Angelia had created a macaroon business, but hated it! She was burnt out, and ready to quit, but she was stubborn and stuck with it. When you do something you hate, that can lead to depression and frustration and burn out. On vacation, she realized she needed to change, and do something she loved instead. So she sat down to figure it out, and realized that making the plan on finding her passion WAS THE plan! Through Kickstarter and the Passion Planner website, they raised more than $2.5 million dollars. Angelia went from $60 in her bank account to $2.5 million! When it comes to saying YES to something, Angelia has advice: “I don't think that you should do it unless it's a HELL YES from you.” Business owners get burnt out when they say YES or NO to the wrong things! It’s your responsibility to be responsible for your emotions in business. You think you have to say YES -  but what if they needed to hear a NO from you to light their spark of passion? Angelia told Michelle NO many times to appearing on this podcast, and finally said YES! But it was about the right timing for her: she took a sabbatical, rested, and didn’t break that for anyone and their expectations on her. As the Passion Planner company stabilized and leveled off, Angelia had to lay off nearly half of their workforce. Establishing expectations in business is key, along with transparency. Empower leaders on your team to make decisions that you would make. Turn them into an extension of your brain, because you cannot do everything! Angelia shares what she would tell her younger self. Connect with Angelia Trinidad: Passion Planner Website Facebook Instagram Pinterest Twitter YouTube You Love What You Do. So How Do You SELL It? If you love what you do but you choke up on the pitch, you’re not alone! How do you share what you do so it’s clear, intriguing, and memorable? Learn how to ROCK your sales pitch (without feeling like a fake!) with my FREE guide, “3 Steps To ROCK Your Pitch (And Get More Sales)” Music produced by Deejay-O  www.iamdeejayo.com  

After using their Passion Planners for the 1st quarter of the year, Maddy and Charlotte recap their progress and share the areas in their lives that have seen improvement and which ones are still lagging behind. http://www.passionplanner.com

Daniel and Anna talk with their friends Carla and Anushka about Passion Planners, working for non-profits, and overcoming reluctance to talk about money. 

Cecilia Nelson is the Assistant Vice President of Diversity at L’Oreal. Whether personally or professionally, she makes an impact on people’s lives through forming deep, authentic connections with everyone she meets -- including our very own Kristy Wallace. Cecilia tells us about the importance of appreciating the day to day and explains how we can celebrate our accomplishments through vision boards, Passion Planners, and more. She lays down the facts and statistics for us about the increased financial performance of companies with diversity and inclusion. She reminds us that it’s not enough to just be diverse, you need to be inclusive, and shares some advice on how to get that coveted promotion.

Cecilia Nelson is the Assistant Vice President of Diversity at L'Oreal. Whether personally or professionally, she makes an impact on people's lives through forming deep, authentic connections with everyone she meets -- including our very own Kristy Wallace. Cecilia tells us about the importance of appreciating the day to day and explains how we can celebrate our accomplishments through vision boards, Passion Planners, and more. She lays down the facts and statistics for us about the increased financial performance of companies with diversity and inclusion. She reminds us that it's not enough to just be diverse, you need to be inclusive, and shares some advice on how to get that coveted promotion.

Life Athletes, hello and welcome to season 2 of the Life Athletics podcast! Before we dive into another awesome interview, I’d like to take this time to thank you all for the support throughout the first 100 episodes of this show! Truly appreciated! Today’s guest is Angelia Trinidad, the meditation millennial millionaire (as her Instagram bio says). She is the CEO and founder of Passion Planner, an all-in-one weekly appointment calendar, journal, goal setting guide, and to-do list log integrated in one handmade, durable faux-leather planner. She built the company from scratch, which started off as a Kickstarter project. With hard work and determination, Angelia raised 1.5 million dollars in 2 and a half years! That’s pretty impressive, I must say. On this episode, we talk about how she came up with the concept of Passion Planner and what she did to achieve her goals for the project. Listen in for more of her story, plus inspiring words that will definitely get you thinking about your own goals! You can’t pour from an empty vessel. Can’t give away what you don’t have already! Tweet this! During the creative process, Angelia believes that we all have ideas that come flowing in - and it helps when you write down these thoughts; it helps when you “brain vomit” on paper. That’s what ultimately made Angelia decide on pushing the Passion Planner project through - to help people unleash their full creative potential but abolishing the limits! She believes in positivity and that with the right mindset, you will be able to reach your dreams. If you think that you can’t do something, remember that there is someone out there with less opportunity that is doing the same thing you wanna do. Tweet this! *** Habit of thought and action: Writing. “Writing is my passion.” To write is the greatest snapshot of your mind. Tweet this! Greatest area of strength: Strong belief in self My success is that I failed so many times. Tweet this! What does success mean to you? “Having the power to do whatever you want, whenever you want, with whomever you want.” What does balance mean to you? “Balance is doing your best - no more, no less.” How do you recharge your batteries? “Literally SLEEP.” When you feel like you’re off your game, what do you do to get yourself back up? “I write. I mind-map.” People need to stop comparing themselves. Tweet this! Resources: www.passionplanner.com Facebook: Passion Planner Twitter: @passion_planner, @AngeliaTrinidad Instagram: @passionplanner, @AngeliaTrinidad Pinterest The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz The Entrepreneur on Fire podcast with John Lee Dumas The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

You’re Listening to the Street Smart Wealth Podcast, show 208 and on today’s show, I’m going to share a fabulous tool that is a calendar, to do list, goal planning and tracking, motivational and more. If you want to be more productive, this is KEY!Need some coaching to move you forward? My one on one and inner circle programs are LIVE! Are you looking for coaching to be successful in your Network Marketing business? Want to also learn how to generate your own leads online? My Inner Circle Coaching Program may be just what you need. Or, maybe it's one on one coaching. Learn more about both at StreetSmartWealth.com/coachCheck the podcast archives on the blog at JackieUlmer.com for previous episodes if you missed any or are new to the show.Ready to Get Your Calendar Set Up for the Next Year?If you’ve listened for long, you know I am a big fan of using a calendar for success in your business. And, for me, not just an online calendar, but an old fashioned, paper calendar that I can write in, goal set in, create a to do list in and more.And, most of the time, I kind of improvise with a calendar from the office supply store. I’ve tried Franklin Covey and others, and they are okay, but none have ever totally been just the right fit for me.Earlier this year, my good friend Kimber King turned me on to Passion Planners, and it started when she posted some photos on Facebook of her own calendar and day.The more I looked, the more I realized that this is a great tool for anyone in business and who has a busy life with lots of things to put in there. And, who doesn’t right?This is a tool designed to help you with your life, in so many ways beyond just scheduling your calendar and appointments.When you get it, you want to sit down with it and define your goals and dreams, yes DREAMS for the year, and beyond. Then , you can break those down into actionable steps to move you closer to them.Make sure you use it every day to keep on task and keep your goals right in front of you. Let it help you guide your daily decisions as you look at your goals and the tasks you’ve laid out for yourself so you can ask - is this moving me closer to or away from my goals?Having your goals right out in front of you is the first BIG step on taking action on those goals.You can learn more at http://PassionPlanner.comAnd, they have a referral program, and it’s not an affiliate program. If you order, I would love if you would enter my email address into the box that asks who referred you - jackieulmer @ gmail.com - and while I already have ordered mine for the year, I love using these as rewards and giveaways, even for the show!And, one thing that is exciting about this company is that it is a start up, from her garage. At very least, go get inspired by her story and see someone who is fulfilling her purpose and mission.Now, in the next show, I am going to cover time blocking and really USING your calendar for success for things like a Power Hour and how to use small blocks of time for success.But, for today, as we get ready to move into a new year, I want to really encourage you to take action on a new plan for this upcoming new year. This is the time of year when we plan, contemplate and think about what lies ahead for us, and what we want to make happen.Having this visual tool of a passion planner can help you keep those goals in front of you consistently.I LOVE and appreciate reviews!Go to JackieUlmer.com/itunes or JackieUlmer.com/stitcher to leave your review and be entered into a drawing for a free month of coaching.Show notes http://JackieUlmer.com/208I really do want to hear from you. This world and business needs more connection! Do you have a question or comment for me? Feedback for the show?Tweet me - @jackieulmer let me know what's on your mind. I'll respond!and if you have a question for the show, add the hashtag #JackieUlmeror, ask them at JackieUlmer.com/question and include a link to your blog for a link back!Has this been helpful? I would REALLY appreciate it if you would rate the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher, or wherever you listen.Just go to JackieUlmer.com/iTunes - click to view in iTunes and you’ll see the link to reviewsAnd, share the link with friends and team partners!On Stitcher -JackieUlmer.com/stitcherUntil next time - remember this - Hesitation Never Cashed a Check!