Podcasts about suitcase entrepreneur

From complete lifestyle freedom and full-time entrepreneurial bliss to all the messy, beautiful experiences of motherhood. Now that's a transition that comes with a whole lot of changes!In this episode we dive into those changes with our special guest, Natalie Sisson. We hope you enjoy it!Points Discussed in this Episode How Natalie and Josh's handshake over dinner one night changed their lives The transition from lifestyle entrepreneurship and full freedom to becoming a mom The emotions that come with raising a child, mom guilt, finding support, and digging deep for patience Are dogs, cats, or … even your business good introductions to becoming a parent?  Incorporating a child into your lifestyle versus changing your lifestyle because of a child What attitude and mindset Natalie and Josh have developed to create the experiences they want to have as parents Teaming up with your partner for support, sleep, and space!... and being intentional about both parents being involved and sharing house - and parenting - duties Are dads more likely to be straight up about whether they'd “do it all over again”? Struggling with a swift shift in identities  Mentioned in this episode:  Natalie's books, The Suitcase Entrepreneur and Suck It Up Princess Connect with Natalie on Instagram NatalieSisson.com Thank you so much for joining us for this Special Feature episode: From Suitcase Entrepreneur to Mama w/ Natalie Sisson!Don't forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don't agree.

The goal for many people that we work with is to obtain freedom in their life and work. But what does that even mean? Natalie Sisson, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, traveled the world for many years - living and working wherever she wanted to, and speaking with hundreds of people on her podcast about what freedom really means to them. From those experiences, she has created her own definition of freedom. Listen as Scott and Natalie discuss the pros and cons and how to create your personal definition of freedom to guide your career and life.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Want to know high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/career-change-advice-guide-backed-by-research/  Email Scott@happentoyourcareer.com 

"But just hearing Natalie on that episode explaining the concept of "The Suitcase Entrepreneur", guy, this young boy from Igbuzo, Delta State, who grew up in Surulere, Lagos, who had a lid on how far he could dream, my head was burst open. She was talking about realities I had never seen or heard or fathomed of before. Like what? She lives from country to country out of her suitcase because she only works from her laptop, what kind of extra terrestrial being is she? And she explained the concept, I was shocked. I lay on my back and was just looking up at the ceiling like, this exists, this exists, this exists..." - John Obidi, Director of Growth, The ABiT Network, & Founder, Headstart Africa. On this episode, the final of our two-part conversation, you will hear John talk about how he began his journey as a social media expert, his relocation to Lagos State in pursuit of his dreams, as well as the circumstances that led to the birth of Headstart Africa community (formerly Smart Bcamp). John will also share his mistakes, habits and principles, and general life lessons.  John Obidi is the Director of Growth at The ABiT Network, a blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions company, as well as the Founder of Headstart Africa (formerly Smart Bcamp), a community dedicated to closing the knowledge gap among working professionals in Nigeria. #JohnObidi #HeadstartAfrica #TheABiTNetwork #OriginsAfrica #OriginsAfricaPodcast   *** 1-2-1 Newsletter by Origins Africa Catch our 1-2-1 Newsletter where we share with you 1 Lesson, 2 Quotes, and 1 Question from each guest interview. You can check it out and subscribe here: originsafrica.substack.com   Follow Origins Africa Podcast:  Twitter: twitter.com/originsaf Instagram: instagram.com/originsaf YouTube: youtube.com/originsafricapodcast

“It's good not to just be focusing on you and always your growth and profitability, but also about how you can bring up others with you on your way up.” Natalie Sisson One of the greatest aspirations for entrepreneurs is for their business to positively impact the community. Our guest today Natalie Sisson, has built her business around helping people and says that the benefits of giving back in business are numerous key among them being strong relationships. Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand entrepreneur, three times bestselling author, speaker, host of the ‘Untapped' podcast and handstand lover. After ditching a successful corporate career and co-founding a technology company, Natalie decided to monetize her humble, 6-month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, into a multiple-six figure online education platform back in 2010.  In her efforts to continuously innovate, Natalie, the OG of digital nomads, turned that content and knowledge into 8 different revenue streams including digital products, courses, workshops, international retreats, and coaching. These days, she's passionate about helping women tap into their potential and get paid to be them, so they make an income and impact, simply by being them. Her mission is to help 1,000 women earn $10K per month and contribute at least 1% of their revenue to causes they care about that help lift girls and women up, to create a ripple effect in each other's lives. Her most treasured role is as Queen Bee to the Queens of the $10K Club, an international posse of women who support each other through trials and success, all while being coached and mentored by Natalie. Natalie is a two-time Amazon No #1 bestselling author, a sought-after speaker and named as one of Huffington Post's 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs in 2017.  In 2021 she was listed on Cashflow Podcasting's Top 13 Women's Business Coaches Today. She's a contributor to Thrive, Forbes and Lifehack, and has featured on many other publications and media outlets including 60 Minutes, Yahoo Finance, Huffington Post, Guardian, Daily Mail, Sydney Herald, Mashable and more. Her book titles include “Suck It Up Princess: Real life strategies to be the heroine you already are and have the money, success and life you deserve,” and “The Suitcase Entrepreneur: Create Freedom in Business and Adventure in Life Paperback.” In today's episode, Natalie shades more light on her entrepreneurial journey and her passion of helping women entrepreneurs reach their maximum potential. Listen in! Key URLS Main Website:            nataliesisson.com Book Website:             thefreedomplan.co Website:                      suitcaseentrepreneur.com Facebook Page:           https://facebook.com/nataliesisson/ YouTube                      https://youtube.com/user/NatalieSisson/ LinkedIn:                     https://linkedin.com/in/nataliesisson/  Instagram:                   http://instagram.com/nataliesisson/ Twitter:                       http://twitter.com/nataliesisson/  Something I really love about being an entrepreneur is looking for those opportunities for your own personal and professional growth. [4:15] The Suitcase Entrepreneur was a love affair for 7 years where I was traveling the world living out of a suitcase showing people how to build an online business from anywhere in the world. [4:21] I went back home and took a sabbatical and later felt like something new was bubbling but not throwing everything away. [4:52] My business today is still similar, but it's under my own brand name and has switched to helping women. [5:57] It became clear to me that my sort of superpower is about seeing potential and others and showing them how to get paid to do the work that they love by being themselves. [6:30] The business is pretty much about education, teaching, but with just a far more specific aspect of helping women entrepreneurs. [6:49] Freedom has always been one of my highest values and the way that I have built my business. [8:41] More entrepreneurs need to actually be able to step away and recharge their batteries rather than pay lip service. [10:51] We are in charge of our own boundaries and limitations and where our energy is best suited to that and we all need to take charge of that. [11:56] When I had a Suitcase Entrepreneur, it was primarily startup at the beginning of the journey. [12:40] These days, my favorite audience, are people who do come to me are action takers, who are already further along in their business. [13:59] When you give, you get so much back, and you should never give with the sake of the camera. [15:36] There's so many proven benefits to giving in terms of your own feel good factor, how it helps others and the long term relationships. [16:06] It's good not to just be focusing on you and always your growth and profitability but also, about how you can bring up others with you on your way up. [16:42] Commercial break. [17:40] I love when communities come together and strive for better things and realize that they got the ability to be responsible and make great decisions. [18:52] The 10k club came about during COVID after I got clarity on what is it that I know I can bring and help people with. [19:07] I saw this as a goal for so many and I thought that's something I knew I can help people with. [19:35] I distilled down all my years of business experience into the things that had allowed me to succeed and what those pillars were, which came down to three pillars. [19:59] I really want to help people see their potential, and then from there, they can leapfrog into whatever they need. [20:42] It's the consistent part and definitely moving those women from a space of always being a service provider mode into spending less time but being more impactful. [22:00] It is a bit of a mindset shift for some of them who have always been sort of trading time for money, and looking at the way in which you can leverage online business to do that. [22:19] It is good to think about building a business that can be run without you, it's a smart move. [25:16] I love it when people decide to go all in and take action versus saying I'll try. [27:56] It breaks my heart when I hear the word trial, because it usually is not intentional and there's nothing behind it. 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This is a rerun of the best of the best from the Untapped Podcast. The original episode show notes are here: https://nataliesisson.com/044How can emotional resilience help you hit your goals?And what the heck is emotional resilience anyway?Well you're about to find out in this episode of UNTAPPED when you listen into my great conversation with Kim Ades.Kim is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and JournalEngine Software and is a recognized as an expert in the area of thought mastery.She uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help her clients deal with core issues and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results.I first had Kim on my Suitcase Entrepreneur podcast 4 years ago where we chatted about limiting beliefs and how to overcome them.What Kim shared was really valuable, and my listeners thought so too because that episode soon became one of the most downloaded!So, when Kim reached out to me about coming back on the show, of course I said yes!This time, Kim is back to share her 15 years of expertise on how to reach a goal.Often times, we're capable of creating a plan of attack, but where we fall off is in the actual delivery of that plan.Kim explains that this isn't because we're not taking action but because our thoughts aren't aligned with our goals.And since every action starts with a thought, it's vital that your beliefs match your expectations.Make sure you tune into this episode because it really is a treat.Plus, it comes at the perfect time of the year with 2020 quickly approaching.If you're ready to stop letting your beliefs hold you hostage and finally reach your goals, then hit the play button below!In this episode you'll learn:What keeps talented and driven individuals from reaching their goalsWhat “emotional resilience” is and how we can leverage itWhy Kim doesn't recommend finding a work/life balanceWhat limiting beliefs are, how to become aware of them, and remove them from your lifeHow you can step into your full power and potential Podcast ResourcesLearn more about Kim and how you can work with her.Sign up for my Plan Your Ideal Freedom Year live workshop to get your 2020 vision, goals and profit plan mapped out in less than 2 hours!Check out Kim's first episode with me on the Suitcase Entrepreneur.Are you loving all the weekly nuggets of wisdom? Become a supporter of the Untapped show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

86% of the people surveyed (Consumer Content Report) say that authenticity is important when deciding what brands they like and support.In this episode, we're going to talk about the power of authenticity and branding.  Don't worry. It's going to be a good conversation. You're going to appreciate it. No matter what position you hold in your organization. Check out why it's so important to let the real you shine through....not the #authenticversionofyou.About Maria RossMaria Ross is the founder of Red Slice, a consultancy that advises solopreneurs, startups, and fast-growth businesses on how to build an irresistible brand story and authentically connect with customers. She is a keynote speaker who regularly speaks to audiences on marketing and building a standout brand that engages the right customers and drives growth. She is the author of Branding Basics for Small Business and The Juicy Guide eBook Series for Entrepreneurs.Maria started her career as a management consultant with Accenture and went on to build marketing and brand strategies for multiple companies, including Discovery Communications, Monster.com, BusinessObjects (now SAP), and many other startups and technology leaders, before starting her own business. Maria understands the power of empathy at both a brand and personal level: in 2008, six months after launching her business, she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm that almost killed her. Her humorous and heartfelt memoir about what is was like to survive this health crisis, Rebooting My Brain, has received worldwide praise.Maria has made numerous media appearances, including on MSNBC, ABCNews.com, and Forbes.com; in Entrepreneur magazine; and on hundreds of radio shows and popular podcasts such as Entrepreneur on Fire, The Shameless Mom Academy, and Suitcase Entrepreneur. She writes a contributor column for Entrepreneur.com and has written for Huffington Post, MarketingProfs.com, Seattle Business, Life by Me, Inspire Me Today, Columbus CEO, among others.Resources mentioned:Website: www.red-slice.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/redslicemaria/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redslice/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariajross/Email: maria@red-slice.comBook: The Empathy Edge: Harnessing the Value of Compassion as an Engine for Success (www.theempathyedge.com)About the Lead with Levity PodcastThe Lead with Levity podcast is a show for leaders who care deeply about what makes/breaks the employee experience. Our guests are dynamic researchers, practitioners, consultants, and business leaders. We cover foundational elements that are needed to avoid forcing the fun. We also invite lively managers who lead with levity to show us how it's done. Thanks for joining us on this journey.Support the show (https://paypal.me/leadwithlevity)

What does it mean to sit on the edge of your comfort zone? According to today's guest, that is where the magic happens. After experiencing the impact of the pandemic last year, many of us were left in a state of panic. Especially when it came to our businesses. Natalie Sisson joins us today to remind us of resilience, adaptiveness, and the importance of learning from failure. Natalie is a New Zealand entrepreneur, three time best selling author, speaker, and host of the Untapped Podcast. After ditching a successful corporate career and co-founding a technology company, Natalie decided to monetize her humble six-month old blog “The Suitcase Entrepreneur” into a multiple six figure online education platform in 2010. These days, she's passionate about helping women tap into their potential and get paid to be themselves.Natalie is the perfect guest to bring on for this topic. Listen on to find out her top strategies to stay on track with your business goals.Show Highlights[02:03] - Welcome to the show, Natalie! Natalie shares her background and curiosity.[05:30] - A common problem in confidence is not considering yourself as an expert, but not everyone needs an expert.[07:24] - Why as women, we tend to want to be over prepared for new things. We lose sight of being okay with failure.[09:45] - What happens when we sit in our comfort zone for too long?[11:01] - The edge of your comfort zone is the perfect balance between being comfortable and pushing yourself.[12:27] - Natalie suggests some strategies you can do when your confidence takes a dive.[16:10] - Natalie compares the start and growth of a business to her experiences in team sports.[21:35] - What is the difference between intention and a goal?[23:19] - Natalie breaks down setting up attainable goals and a tool she has used successfully.Subscribe Today!Apple PodcastSpotifyAndroidStitcherRSSLinks | ResourcesIG: @DrNicoleByersFacebook: Dr. Nicole ByersWebsite: Drnicolebyers.comLearn how to be more productive with your Daily Productivity ChecklistEmail support@drnicolebyers.comConnect with NatalieUntapped PodcastThe Suitcase Entrepreneur Home PageNatalie Sisson Business Coach Home PageTwitter  |  Facebook  |  Instagram  |  YouTubeCheck out Natalie's Best Selling Books on Amazon

In this episode, I speak with Natalie Sisson. Natalie is a New Zealand entrepreneur, three times bestselling author, speaker, host of the ‘Untapped' podcast and handstand lover. After ditching a successful corporate career and co-founding a technology company, Natalie decided to monetise her humble, 6-month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, into a multiple-six figure online education platform back in 2010. In her efforts to continuously innovate, Natalie, the OG of digital nomads, turned that content and knowledge into 8 different revenue streams including digital products, courses, workshops, international retreats, and coaching. These days, she's passionate about helping women tap into their potential and get paid to be them, so they make an income and impact, simply by being them. Listen to the episode as we explore Natalie's journey and find out how you can make a living with your talents and passions! RESOURCESMain Website: nataliesisson.comBook Website: thefreedomplan.coWebsite: suitcaseentrepreneur.comEpisode mentioned ‘When Too Much Change is DangerousLink to Natalie's books

Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand-native who's an entrepreneur, author, speaker and the host of The Untapped Podcast. In 2010, she decided to monetize her humble six month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur and turned it into a multiple six-figure online education platform. Since then, she has turned content and knowledge into eight different revenue streams, including digital projects, courses, workshops, international retreats, and coaching. Her new book, Suck It Up, Princess, offers some real life strategies to be the heroine you already are and to have the money, success and life you deserve.  What We Discuss with Natalie Sisson: The thought process behind writing her new book, Suck It Up, Princess Why she encourages people to write their own memoirs How we can all reinvent ourselves once we discover our why Why we should deeply question our priorities The power of being intentional Her book writing process for this book vs. her previous ones The things that hold people back so much Putting the element of love and self-love in her book To view full show notes, Click Here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand-native who's an entrepreneur, author, speaker and the host of The Untapped Podcast. In 2010, she decided to monetize her humble six month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur and turned it into a multiple six-figure online education platform. Since then, she has turned content and knowledge into eight different revenue streams, including digital projects, courses, workshops, international retreats, and coaching. Her new book, Suck It Up, Princess, offers some real life strategies to be the heroine you already are and to have the money, success and life you deserve.  What We Discuss with Natalie Sisson: The thought process behind writing her new book, Suck It Up, Princess Why she encourages people to write their own memoirs How we can all reinvent ourselves once we discover our why Why we should deeply question our priorities The power of being intentional Her book writing process for this book vs. her previous ones The things that hold people back so much Putting the element of love and self-love in her book To view full show notes, Click Here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

When you have a big goal or project you want to achieve, what do you do to keep yourself on track? For me, having external deadlines and public accountability is what gives me the motivation to complete the goal. This is what happened with our first Brave. Bold. Beyond. Live Virtual Summit. I set the date of October 15, 2020, announced it to our email list and on social media, and then worked backwards from the date to make sure everything happened that needed to. I did the same thing when I launched this podcast in February 2017. I applied to speak at a podcasting conference and figured it would be helpful to have a podcast by the time of the conference, so the week leading up to it, I worked to make sure this podcast went live. My guest in today’s episode is Natalie Sisson, who has achieved a lot of big goals, both personally and professionally. Natalie has written 3 books, had 2 different podcasts, given a TEDx talk, biked across Africa, and much more. In this conversation, Natalie and I talk about: The identity shift Natalie went through when she changed her brand name and focus after being The Suitcase Entrepreneur How she prepared for her TEDx talk she gave in 2016 Why she decided to self-publish and crowdfund her latest book The success she’s had using public accountability to achieve her goals And more! About My Guest: Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand entrepreneur, author, speaker, host of the ‘Untapped’ podcast and triathlete. After ditching a successful corporate career and co-founding a technology company, Natalie decided to monetise her humble, 6-month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, into a multiple-six figure online education platform back in 2010. In her efforts to continuously innovate, Natalie, the OG of digital nomads, has since turned that content and knowledge into 8 different revenue streams including digital products, courses, workshops, international retreats, and coaching. These days, she’s passionate about helping others leverage their unique set of skills, knowledge, and experience to earn a living and make an impact from anywhere, simply by being them. She’s the author of three books, and proud Queen Bee to the Queens of the $10K Club, an international posse of women who support each other through trials and success, all while being coached and mentored by Natalie. About Us: The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox. At Speaking Your Brand, we help women entrepreneurs and professionals clarify their brand message and story, create their signature talks, and develop their thought leadership platforms. Our mission is to get more women in positions of influence and power because it's through women's stories and visibility that we challenge the status quo and change existing systems. Check out our coaching programs at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com.  Links:   Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/224    I’ll be participating in Natalie’s Monetise You Summit happening May 25-27! I’m talking all about how to get paid speaking engagements. Register for free at https://speakingyourbrand--nataliesisson.thrivecart.com/all-access-pass/.   Natalie’s website = https://nataliesisson.com/    My episode 114 on Natalie’s podcast “Untapped”: https://nataliesisson.com/eps-114-how-to-find-your-thought-leadership-message-signature-talk-topic-with-carol-cox/    Get Natalie’s new book “Suck It Up, Princess”: https://nataliesisson.com/princess    Natalie’s TEDx talk: https://youtu.be/lNNCMu1OjRQ   Schedule a consult call with us to talk about creating your signature talk: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/contact.    Connect on social media: Carol Cox LinkedIn = https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox Natalie Sisson LinkedIn = http://linkedin.com/in/nataliesisson/ Carol Cox Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/carolmorgancox/ Natalie Sisson Instagram = https://www.instagram.com/nataliesisson Related Podcast Episodes: Episode 65: Writing, Publishing, and Promoting Your Book with Julie Broad Episode 186: From Hashtag to Podcast to Book: Developing Your Thought Leadership Platform with Elayne Fluker [Thought Leadership Series] Episode 198: Find Your Hook for Your Book and Talk with Kelly Notaras [Storytelling Series]

Four years since I last spoke with entrepreneur Natalie Sisson, a lot has changed. Join me as we explore her growth journey. Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand entrepreneur, author, speaker, lover of handstands and triathlete. It’s taken a lot of incremental micro steps for Natalie to pivot from her Suitcase Entrepreneur identity to the Natalise Sisson she is today. Since late 2018 she has been focused on helping everyday people in jobs, freelance careers and with their own business to monetize their sweet spot and get paid to be them. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp offers you access to your own licensed professional therapist – all from the comfort of wherever you are. You can arrange weekly video chats or phone calls, text with your carefully curated counsellor, and do so at an affordable price. And anything you share is confidential. I’ve been using BetterHelp for a while and I am highly impressed. It’s been a huge help for me and I know it can be the same for you. Start living a happier life today with BetterHelp. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting https://betterhelp.com/timecrafting (betterhelp.com/timecrafting). Give BetterHelp a try today.This episode is brought to you by MetPro. Do you want to improve your health, but not sure where to start? According to MetPro, the key to seeing results is to master your metabolism. Armed with hard science, MetPro is your health concierge, delivering one-on-one coaching and personalized nutrition and fitness regimens. Get one month FREE when you sign up today. Head to https://metpro.co/timecrafting (MetPro.co/timecrafting) to take advantage of this opportunity. This episode is sponsored by ExpressVPN. It’s an app that reroutes your internet connection through their secure servers so your ISP can’t see the sites you visit. It’s a must for protecting your online data and activity, which is why I never go online without using ExpressVPN. It keeps all of your information secure by encrypting 100% of your data with the most powerful encryption available. I love that I can use it across all my devices – phones, computers, even my SmartTV! So there’s no excuse for you to not be using it. Check out https://www.expressvpn.com/timecrafting (ExpressVPN.com/TimeCrafting) and you can get an extra 3 months FREE on a one-year package. This episode is sponsored by Uber for Business. You trust Uber as a way to request rides and order meals from restaurants you love, but did you know about Uber’s platform designed specifically for businesses? With their voucher system, you’re able to cover the cost of rides and meals for staff or customers - straight to their personal Uber accounts. Your business has total control over who gets them, when they expire, and what portion of the ride or meal you want to cover. Vouchers are shared via email or text, and can be redeemed with a single tap. As a listener of the show, get $50 voucher credit when you spend your first $200 with vouchers. Simply go to https://www.uber.com/us/en/business/products/vouchers/podcasts/?utm_campaign=TPP&utm_source=podcast (Uber.com/ProductivityPod) to redeem your voucher today!In this episode, we talk about vision planning, audiobooks, and when it’s time to unlearn systems, tools and habits that aren’t serving you anymore. I was fascinated by Natalie’s investment in her personal growth and how she embraces the beginner’s mindset.  Talking Points Natalie’s process of changing her business identity (1:36) How to get unstuck from the fear of growth (3:17) What Natalie has let go (7:50) The creative challenge from her latest writing project (24:11) What productivity means to Natalie today (28:09) Advice to entrepreneurs to do more of what they love (31:09) Quote "Unlearning and relearning leads to growth." Helpful Links https://finconexpo.com/ (FinCon)...

We all have milestones in life: a 21st, a 30th, a 40th, 25 years working for one company, a 60th wedding anniversary. This is one of those days! It’s the 100th episode of my podcast, UNTAPPED. And in celebrating 100 episodes, you asked me anything!I was pretty jazzed when I got back after my December holiday to find that my team had arranged this. What a surprise and honour to get questions from my wonderful listeners, who tune in to my podcast and who I create it for every week.In this episode, I bought in a special guest,Josh, my partner, who knows me best. He asked me all your questions...and I was an open book.From overnight successes, the best (and hardest) things about being an entrepreneur; my obsession with teal; my fave foods and who I was as The Suitcase Entrepreneur; to my time at school; growing up in New Zealand; and all the details about my new book, Suck It Up Princess, we talk about it ALL!In this episode (which is a vlog!) we uncover: ✅ The best and most difficult parts of being an entrepreneur;✅ Why we love our clients (and how to deal with those you don’t);✅ My advice for finishing that big project you’ve been stuck on;✅ Your questions about how to go from not knowing anything about business to earning 10K a month; and✅ How to start having deeper conversations with everyone you meet (even when you’re networking).Tune into episode 100 here.Resources:This year I plan on growing The 10K Club into an even more powerful and beautiful group for women to 10x their revenue and 10x their impact in the world. Come join my live free Masterclass to learn more about how us women can shine in 2021!If you want to find out more about my books you can do that here.Aaaaand because I am all about books this month, check out my recommended reading list for 2021 as chosen by my $10K Club Queens. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does it take to be a suitcase entrepreneur? Natalie Sisson is the founder of The Suitcase Entrepreneur. She is a location independent entrepreneur. She built her life and business around freedom. Natalie is a writer, author, speaker, blogger and fun-loving, down to earth entrepreneur. Natalie travels the world as she runs her business from [...] The post How to Build a Location Independent Business appeared first on Small Business Advice Help For Startups and Entrepreneurs.

Our next guest in the Make it Happen Studio is Natalie Sisson who has been a twitter friend of mine for 10 years from when she was the 'suitcase entrepreuner' and wrote a complete guide to creating a location independent business and lifestyle you love. More recently Natalie has returned home to one of my favourite places in the world - New Zealand and whilst she is still helping entrepreneurs her focus has morphed into helping you Tap into your Potential. Get paid to be YOU.Natalie has a mission to help 1,000 women earn $10k per month and give back 1% to causes that lift other women up.Connect with Natalie http://bit.ly/NSissons And join us at costawomen.com Support the show (https://costawomen.com/help/contact)

Do you know that you can get paid to be your unique self? Indeed you can!  You can monetize whatever it is that you love doing, e.g. blogging, creating online courses, creating an app, showing your cooking skills, etc. In fact you don’t need a lot of investment to leverage your skills, knowledge and experience to make an impact in your life and to the world.    If you find that the corporate world is not your cup of tea, then be an entrepreneur. Such was the journey of our lovely guest, Natalie Sisson, who is a podcaster, as well. She is known as the Suitcase Entrepreneur, having literally  lived out of her suitcase for a good 6.5 years travelling to 70 countries, doing her blogs. Natalie is CEO, investor, a triathlete and a best-selling author.  In this episode of Living Your Dreams Awake, you will be inspired by her amazing journey at being the pilot of her life.      Enjoy listening! REMEMBER - “Don’t spend your days being miserable and not be happy because there's so much that you can be doing.” This week's Feng Shui tip is to fix your door handle. Do you have door handles that are lanky or loose in your home or in your kitchen cupboards? Because if you do, it is a representation of a loose grip on your life, finances and on your energy. It is important to fix your door handles so you can get a grip in your life, on your energy and on your finances. WHAT WE COVER DURING THIS EPISODE: How The Suitcase Entrepreneur came to be and became Natalie’s business? How to create a life on purpose intentionally and turn your dreams into reality one day at a time Feeling the fear and doing it anyways.  A discussion on reframing of resources e.g. your homes as AIRBNB. An interesting shift in perspective with the new normal. An introduction of Natalie’s 3rd book, “Suck it Up Princess” (...not published yet, though)   LINKS & RESOURCES: Join Patricia Lohan on PowerHouse Partytime Free meditation guide to step into success The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey   CONNECT WITH NATALIE SISSON: Website Untapped Podcast Instagram   Connect with Me: Website Instagram Facebook Group

Natalie Sisson ~ Creator The Suitcase Entrepreneur ~ Current Series ~ 100 Interviews with 100 Major Influencers     “I worked so hard to get all this freedom, and….it was paralyzing.” Natalie Sisson ​      Today listeners, we have the founder and CEO of The Suitcase Entrepreneur, Natalie Sisson on the show. The Suitcase Entrepreneur is one of the largest blogs in the digital nomad world. Natalie has been traveling the world almost non-stop for years while building The Suitcase Entrepreneur and helping thousands of people become location independent and redefine their lives. ​ ​ On this episode, we talk about a few of the strategies that Natalie uses to build her business and travel the world. We will talk about how she became a featured author for Forbes, and Business Insider. Also, how she landed a TedTalk. Lastly, Natalie and I talk about an interesting idea about how chasing freedom can actually entrap you. ​ ​ “Freedom to me was the ability to drop anything at any moment to be with the ones I love.” Natalie Sisson ​ ​​ 01:35: Natalie's Story 08:20: How Natalie Became a Featured Author for Forbes 11:10: Pitching to Get on Large Platforms i.e. Business Insider and Forbes 13:05: Getting a Ted Talk 17:00: Is Chasing Freedom Limiting You? 24:40: Natalie's Sabbatical ​ ​ “Chasing freedom, or always putting freedom first, had in many ways become debilitating.” Natalie Sisson speaking about her podcast with Conni Biesalski ​ ​ ​ ​ Honorable Mentions: 'Is Freedom Really Free?'- Podcast with Conni Biesalski and Natalie Sisson http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-suitcase-entrepreneur Tony Robbins https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ Natalie's Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNNCMu1OjRQ ​ ​Contact Info: ​The Suitcase Entrepreneur http://suitcaseentrepreneur.com Personal Website https://www.nataliesisson.com/ Social Media https://www.instagram.com/nataliesisson/ https://www.facebook.com/suitcaseentrepreneur/ https://www.youtube.com/user/NatalieSisson/videos   Website:  https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/natalie-sisson Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-business-method-podcast/id1069958541?mt=2 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVidXNpbmVzc21ldGhvZC5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS9mZWVkLnhtbA%3D%3D Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2q8Q9t78sCL6kNkWlnV1Po  

Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand entrepreneur, bestselling author, speaker, host of the ‘Untapped’ podcast and triathlete. In 2009, she left her corporate job and started a blog called The Suitcase Entrepreneur, which became a six-figure education business that she runs from anywhere in the world.  In this episode, we chat about:Why she decided to pivot to focusing on her personal brand instead of The Suitcase EntrepreneurHer course launch process and what ‘pre-selling’ with an intent isCommon mindset blocks that stop people from launching a course and what to do

Build a website in just 5 days (even if you're not techie) at www.free5daywebsitechallenge.com Learn how to market yourself online without ads, algorithms or spending all your time on social media at www.howtomarketyourselfonline.com Learn how to get your first web design client at www.startafreelancewebdesignbiz.com Leave a Review! My driving motivation for starting my business was being able to do what I wanted when I wanted without having to ask for permission - and my guest today is one of those entrepreneurs that I started following early on in my journey that showed me that it really is possible. With a laptop and a smartphone, Natalie Sisson built a six-figure education business called The Suitcase Entrepreneur, that she ran from anywhere in the world - and now she’s pivoted to helping entrepreneurs like you tap into your unique potential, get paid to be you and create a purpose-driven life and business with her book The Freedom Plan, and courses like the Launch Your Damn Course Accelerator and Write Your Damn Book*. Nat’s an entrepreneur, coach, teacher, No #1 Bestselling author, speaker, triathlete and lifelong learner, who’s on a mission to show you how to combine your knowledge, skills, experience and passions into profitable revenue streams that are aligned with your values. Nat and I talk about: Nat’s marketing strategy to grow her audience when she was first starting out. The lessons you can learn from a “flop” launch. How to reinvent yourself and fall back in love with your business. Her evolution to her $250,000 course launch The things you need to be doing to grow your business. The one belief Natalie had to change about herself to get where she is today. And make sure you head on over to https://nataliesisson.com/peptalk to get your free guide to learn how to use your Unfair Advantage to get paid to be YOU! My favorite quotes from Nat: “People buy into people who believe truly and passionately in what they're doing.” “Niching down and understanding exactly who you're serving gives you leverage and freedom.” “Go to five of your closest peers or friends and say to them, what do you think is my super power? What do you think I'm really good at? If you would describe me in one sentence to people, what would it be?” “When you help girls and women in a community, they help the entire community blossom.” “Stay the course when you start creating something, don't create it once and put it out there and stop. People like consistency and want to know that you're there and they can continue to do this thing with you.” Resources mentioned in this episode: The Suitcase Entrepreneur https://nataliesisson.com/peptalk https://nataliesisson.com/accelerator/ Bio: Natalie Sisson believes that everyone has their own unique potential and she’s here to show you how to tap into it, get paid to be you and create a purpose-driven life and business. She’s an entrepreneur, coach, teacher, No #1 Bestselling author, speaker, triathlete and lifelong learner, who’s on a mission to show you how to combine your knowledge, skills, experience and passions into profitable revenue streams you can combine to build a portfolio career or business that is wholly aligned with your values. With a laptop and a smartphone, she built a six-figure education business The Suitcase Entrepreneur, that she ran from anywhere in the world. Now she’s focussed on how we can capitalize on the future of work to build our human-centred skills and expertise to do the work that matters and design our lives with intention. Connect with Natalie: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube LinkedIn

How many people have gone to their deathbed wishing they would have worked more and spent less time doing things they enjoyed? It’s probably safe to assume, not many people. So, why continue to reply to questions with “I’ve been busy”, “I haven’t had the time”, or “I can’t, I have to work”? Why do we voluntarily restrict our personal freedom for our work? Host Lisa Kamen speaks with two influencers who found ways to enjoy life more by injecting mindfulness and productivity into their work. Dr. Bryan Robinson describes his time as a workaholic and how he turned his life around when he set boundaries for himself. And, Natalie Sisson tells how she created her business, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, to run efficiently without her.

If you’re a blogger or content creator and have your sights set on something bigger, like multiple revenue streams, then you’re going to want to listen to this podcast episode. Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand entrepreneur, two-time bestselling author, speaker, triathlete, and host of the ‘Untapped’ podcast, which has been downloaded over 1.5 million times. After ditching a successful corporate career and co-founding a technology company, Natalie decided to monetize her humble, 6-month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, into a multiple-six figure online education platform by creating 8 different revenue streams, while traveling the world. In 2018, she traded in her suitcase for roots and is now passionate about helping others learn how to combine their knowledge, skills, and passions into multiple income streams that amplify their purpose, impact, and profit. In this episode, listen to a candid discussion of how to pivot, if needed (or forced to), without burning down the life you've created. This conversation includes: Natalie’s journey as an OG of digital nomadism, the loss of identity she felt when she began to plant roots and how she retained her credibility and community through her own personal growth How identifying what was really important to her was her first step in getting unstuck and allowed her to see new opportunities How to ‘own’ the parts of YOU that are unique and ‘monetizable’ and getting paid to be you (I think you and Nat would really hit it off on this topic) Creating great routines for yourself during times of uncertainty How to remain in the pilot's seat of your life Some resources mentioned in this episode: NatalieSisson.com How to use HARO video: https://www.mediamavenandmore.com/how-to-use-haro/ Natalie’s Books: https://nataliesisson.com/books/ The Untapped Podcast: https://nataliesisson.com/untapped-podcast/ @NatalieSisson on social media A guide on how to get paid to be you in 9 steps: NatalieSisson.com/MediaMaven Please subscribe to this podcast and leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help and I read each one.

Try it for yourself. LinkedIn is offering a free $100 LinkedIn ad credit to launch your first campaign. Simply visit LinkedIn.com/HACK. My guest today is an investor, triathlete, lover of handstands and and an entrepreneur who truly believes you can get paid to be yourself – and she's living proof that this is true. In 2009, she left her corporate job and started a blog called The Suitcase Entrepreneur, that became a full-time business and enabled her to travel the world for 7 years. She was a digital nomad before being a digital nomad was a thing. Today, she has settled down on a homestead in New Zealand and has refocused her attention on showing others how to build businesses around their unique skillsets. Now, let's hack... Natalie Sisson.

Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand entrepreneur, author, speaker, host of the ‘Untapped' podcast and triathlete. After ditching a successful corporate career and co-founding a technology company, Natalie decided to monetize her humble, 6-month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, into a multiple-six figure online education platform back in 2010. In her efforts to continuously innovate, Natalie, the OG of digital nomads, has since turned that content and knowledge into 8 different revenue streams including digital products, courses, workshops, international retreats, and coaching. These days, she's passionate about helping others leverage their unique set of skills, knowledge, and experience to earn a living and make an impact from anywhere, simply by being them. You can find Natalie online at www.nataliesisson.com and on Instagram @nataliesisson.

What makes your company stand out in a new and interesting way? Today, we cover the art of storytelling. It’s not just for fairy tales or marketers. The stories we tell to our employees and customers can mean the difference between confusion and clarity.Give your tribe something compelling to connect to by making your message crystal clear. And, be consistent. Today's guest is Maria Ross. Maria is the head of Red Slice marketing firm where they teach clients how to tell unforgettable stories that make customers nod, laugh, and feel genuinely inspired to take action. Maria has gone through some life altering events that have taught her to let humor and empathy reign. I look forward to sharing her experiences with you today.In this episode, we cover:The art of storytelling and how it applies to businessWhy people aren’t getting on board with your messaging (a good one for content experts)Maria Ross’ philosophy on life, business, and authenticityHow to apply storytelling within the organizationHow to create a “cultural articulation” - the importance of authentically living your brand from the inside outHow to be empathetic and take another person’s point-of-view without getting defensiveStay curious. Curiosity is the #1 trait of empathetic people.What to do the next time someone asks you how you are feeling.About today's guest:Maria Ross is the founder of Red Slice, a consultancy that advises solopreneurs, startups, and fast-growth businesses on how to build an irresistible brand story and authentically connect with customers. She is a keynote speaker who regularly speaks to audiences on marketing and building a standout brand that engages the right customers and drives growth. She is the author of Branding Basics for Small Business and The Juicy Guide eBook Series for Entrepreneurs.Maria started her career as a management consultant with Accenture and went on to build marketing and brand strategies for multiple companies, including Discovery Communications, Monster.com, BusinessObjects (now SAP), and many other startups and technology leaders, before starting her own business. Maria understands the power of empathy at both a brand and personal level: in 2008, six months after launching her business, she suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm that almost killed her. Her humorous and heartfelt memoir about what is was like to survive this health crisis, Rebooting My Brain, has received worldwide praise.Maria has made numerous media appearances, including on MSNBC, ABCNews.com, and Forbes.com; in Entrepreneur magazine; and on hundreds of radio shows and popular podcasts such as Entrepreneur on Fire, The Shameless Mom Academy, and Suitcase Entrepreneur. She writes a contributor column for Entrepreneur.com and has written for Huffington Post, MarketingProfs.com, Seattle Business, Life by Me, Inspire Me Today, Columbus CEO, among others.Resources mentioned:Website: www.red-slice.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redslicemaria/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/redslice/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariajross/Email: maria@red-slice.comBook: The Empathy Edge: Harnessing the Value of Compassion as an Engine for Success (www.theempathyedge.com)Book: Reboot + Reframe: How a Freak Brain Aneurysm Flipped My Entrepreneurial Switch Storytelling 7 Surprising Ways to Boost Your Visibility Get your free eBook!About the podcast:The Lead with Levity podcast is a show for leaders who care deeply about what makes/breaks the employee experience. Our guests are dynamic researchers, practitioners, consultants, and business leaders. We cover foundational elements that are needed to avoid forcing the fun. We also invite lively managers who lead with levity to show us how it's done. Thanks for joining us on this journey.If you want to improve levity at your workplace, consider completing a Levity Audit. It's a new employee feedback survey that will show you exactly what you need to do to create an environment that your employees won't want to leave.

Meet Natalie Sisson, the host of Untapped, a podcast for go-getting humans who want to make real changes and live up to, and beyond, their human potential.  And speaking of real changes, Natalie’s podcast and business have both changed quite a bit since her blog launched in 2010 as the Suitcase Entrepreneur. Her podcast has gone through three unique iterations - all of which we’ll discuss today - and over the years she’s changed the name, format, and sponsorship strategies for her show. But the big question is...why? Why might you want to rebrand your podcast, and do you risk losing your audience in the process? Why would you stop taking on sponsors if they’ve been lucrative for you in the past? And perhaps the biggest why of all...why are you podcasting anyway, and what happens when your current approach is no longer serving you or your listeners? -------- FREE RESOURCE: Learn how to combine your knowledge, skills, and passions into multiple income streams that amplify your purpose, impact, and profit. Download Natalie’s 9 Step Audio and Get Paid to Be YOU Guide and get started today at https://nataliesisson.com/witandwire (nataliesisson.com/witandwire.) ------------------- To learn more about Natalie Sisson, Untapped, our free podcasting resources at Wit & Wire, and today’s key takeaways, check out the show notes at witandwire.com/5. ------------------- More from Wit & Wire: Subscribe:https://witandwire.com/podcast/ ( witandwire.com/podcast) Free Podcasting Resources:http://witandwire.com/freebies ( witandwire.com/freebies) Instagram:http://instagram.com/witandwire ( instagram.com/witandwire) Pinterest:http://pinterest.com/witandwire ( pinterest.com/witandwire)

Natalie Sisson is the bestselling author of The Suitcase Entrepreneur and The Freedom Plan. She turned her blog into a thriving multiple six-figure lifestyle business she can run from just a laptop and her smartphone. Natalie has a dedicated community of Freedomists who have been following and engaging in her work since 2009 through the Suitcase Entrepreneur established in 2009, and more recently through her Quest for Freedom podcast and vlog.   What We Discuss with Natalie Sission: Her resolve to take a leap Having the power of choice when you have the freedom Transitioning from traveling to having the freedom of being still The concept of being a leading learner Writing and marketing her second book Thinking like an entrepreneur even if you’re an author   To view full show notes, Click Here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Episode #115. As we change and evolve as people, it makes sense that eventually our businesses are going to change and evolve too. In this episode, I’m going to introduce you to your brand evolution guide, Natalie Sisson. While you might remember her as the Suitcase Entrepreneur, Natalie has transformed to another level both inside and […] The post How to Reinvent & Refine Your Brand with Natalie Sisson appeared first on Jaclyn Mellone || Go-To Gal Podcast.

Natalie Sisson is a New Zealand-based entrepreneur, author, speaker, host of the ‘Untapped’ podcast and triathlete. She ditched a successful corporate career back in 2010 and co-founded a technology company to monetize her humble, 6-month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur. The result was a multiple-six figure online education platform. In her efforts to continuously innovate, Natalie, the OG of Digital Nomads, has since turned that content and knowledge into 8 different revenue streams including digital products, courses, workshops, international retreats, and coaching. These days, Natalie is passionate about helping others leverage their unique set of skills, knowledge, and experience to earn a living and make an impact from anywhere, simply by being them. Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Audio Guide and e-Book: NatalieSisson.com Youtube: Natalie Sisson Twitter: https://twitter.com/nataliesisson LinkedIn: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/nataliesisson Book: The Freedom Plan by Natalie Sisson Podcast: Untapped Podcast Most Influential Person Joshua, her partner.  First to take her through a guided meditation. Effect on Emotions “It has made me able to deal with a lot more of my emotions and helps it dissipate so I can see the reality of the situation.” Thoughts on Breathing “It really helps with situations where I could be reactive but I take a couple of good deep breaths in.” “It's a really valuable and easy to use tool.” Suggested Resources Book: The Freedom Plan by Natalie Sisson Book: The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer App: Insight Timer, Headspace Bullying Story “When I was 13 or 14, I used to walk to school everyday and there were these 2 boys who used to taunt me.” “I've prepared myself for it, I was very calm, I was scared, I said there's absolutely no need to do this, you probably should get to know me before calling me names.” “It could have gone any way but acknowledging and talking to them as human beings was really an important lesson for me to learn.” Free Gift Would you love to be able to fall asleep easily? People have told me, "this is the best way to fall asleep fast". Get the free 'Sleep Naturally' Guided Meditation by Bruce Langford. A deep, easy sleep is yours to enjoy. Drift off to sleep with a calm, gentle voice. Rest comfortably, with less effort.Click here: www.MindfulnessMode.com/Sleep

Natalie Sisson is founder of NatalieSisson.com. For 6.5 years Natalie lived out of her suitcase and visited 70 countries while running a multiple six-figure business based around her blog. She's also the author of “The Freedom Plan: Redesign Your Business to Work Less, Earn More and Be Free.”

What's your mission in life? Are you willing to share it? Are you willing to also sacrifice everything to make it happen?Well, I'm truly excited because I finally have my mission for 2020 and beyond.In this episode, I share it with you as well as why it's so important to have a purpose or a mission to guide you in everything you do. If you've known me for many years, you might remember my mission for the Suitcase Entrepreneur, in my book and in my Painted Picture.It was to help a million entrepreneurs create freedom in business and adventure in life.If you've read my Suitcase Entrepreneur book, that's the tagline.Now I never figured that I would individually be able to impact a million people but I knew at the time there was definitely a way to be able to create a ripple effect even if it started with a hundred, a thousand or more.It still seemed big and scary and ridiculous, but at the same time, it really drove me to really show up and help people do that through everything I did.My products, my courses, my workshops, my retreats were all about making that mission a reality.Now, since 2017 and coming back to New Zealand, settling in a little bit and creating everything under my own personal name and brand, I haven't had a clear mission for quite a few years.I wouldn't say it's been bothering me, because I've been on this journey to understand who I want to serve, how I want to show up and who I want to impact.But the time is nigh to have a mission to take me forth into this new decade.I have been working through a great book called "Essentialism" by Greg McKeownHe talks about essentialists understanding exactly what their priorities are and being super clear about that, to the point that they cut out everything else that is not serving them.And so when it came to setting this mission, the minute I did, I was able to make so many little decisions that have been pending in my mind.Suddenly, I was able to say, I don't need to do X because it doesn't serve my mission, but I can definitely do Y because that does.It put everything into crystal clear vision for me of what was important and what was totally not.Listen in as I reveal it or read the full blog here https://nataliesisson.com/eps-56-mission-for-2020/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Postcard Academy listeners ask me how they can live abroad if they don’t have Italian blood, a foreign partner to marry, or a global corporation sponsoring them.    I believe the easiest way to make a life abroad and/or a location independent life happen for you is to create your own job that you can do from anywhere, and I especially love online courses as a business.    Natalie Sisson, who you heard on the ‘How to Design Your Ideal Life’ episode is back to talk about how to create an online course.    Natalie is the author of the bestselling book The Suitcase Entrepreneur and The Freedom Plan. She’s also founder of the live training program: Launch Your Damn Course Accelerator, which begins it’s next round Jan. 27, 2020. So sign up now if you want in.   Show notes at sarahmikutel.com.    *** I’m your host, Sarah Mikutel. Did you know I host another show called Podcasting Step by Step? Check it out if you’ve been wanting to start a podcast. Every week, I break down ‘how to podcast’ with a little loving motivation to give you the skills and confidence you need to finally launch that show of your dreams. Ready to start your podcast right now? Check out Podcast Launch Academy.

The most profitable way to make money through podcasting, for most people, is to promote your own products and services on your show, and what’s a better business than an online course?   I’m an online learning addict. I love taking courses online and even created my own: Podcast Launch Academy.    My guest today is going to teach you how you can start your own online course, which you can use to sponsor your podcast.   Natalie Sisson is the author of the bestselling book The Suitcase Entrepreneur and The Freedom Plan. She’s also founder of the live training program: Launch Your Damn Course Accelerator, which begins it’s next round Jan. 27, 2020.   I interviewed Natalie about online courses for the Postcard Academy podcast, but thought you’d get a ton of value from it, because, as I said, being your own podcast sponsor and promoting your own business is a lot more financially rewarding than having other companies sponsor you.   Another reason that I love online courses is that they’re the best way to support a location independent life, something that my listeners over at the Postcard Academy are very interested in.    Enjoy the show!  

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How can emotional resilience help you hit your goals?And what the heck is emotional resilience anyway?Well you're about to find out in this episode of UNTAPPED when you listen into my great conversation with Kim Ades.Kim is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and JournalEngine Software and is a recognized as an expert in the area of thought mastery.She uses her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style to help her clients deal with core issues and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results.I first had Kim on my Suitcase Entrepreneur podcast 4 years ago where we chatted about limiting beliefs and how to overcome them.What Kim shared was really valuable, and my listeners thought so too because that episode soon became one of the most downloaded!So, when Kim reached out to me about coming back on the show, of course I said yes!This time, Kim is back to share her 15 years of expertise on how to reach a goal.Often times, we're capable of creating a plan of attack, but where we fall off is in the actual delivery of that plan.Kim explains that this isn't because we're not taking action but because our thoughts aren't aligned with our goals.And since every action starts with a thought, it's vital that your beliefs match your expectations.Make sure you tune into this episode because it really is a treat.Plus, it comes at the perfect time of the year with 2020 quickly approaching.If you're ready to stop letting your beliefs hold you hostage and finally reach your goals, then hit the play button!In this episode you'll learn:What keeps talented and driven individuals from reaching their goalsWhat “emotional resilience” is and how we can leverage itWhy Kim doesn’t recommend finding a work/life balanceWhat limiting beliefs are, how to become aware of them, and remove them from your lifeHow you can step into your full power and potentialPodcast ResourcesLearn more about Kim and how you can work with her.Sign up for my Plan Your Ideal Freedom Year live workshop to get your 2020 vision, goals and profit plan mapped out in less than 2 hours!Check out Kim's first episode with me on the Suitcase Entrepreneur.Are you loving all the weekly nuggets of wisdom? Become a supporter of the Untapped show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Some of the highlights of this episode:The Myth and Reality of Being a Suitcase EntrepreneurThe Saddest Thing about Being NomadicWhat To Bring As a Suitcase EntrepreneurSlow Travel Vs. Fast Travel1 Thing You Must Need on Your TripThe New Hierarchy of Needs in The 21st CenturyHow To Become A Digital Nomad without selling everything and buying a one way ticket.The Death of RoutineWhy You Should Explore Your Own City.The Hardest Place She’s Lived InHow to Pick a Country to VisitHow much is enough to take the leap?To have or not have a side hustle?Making your travel dreams become a realityBurn the bridges or hold onto a backup plan?When to settle?The definition of freedomA stage of life or a lifestyle? Personal Website: https://www.nataliesisson.comThe Suitcase Entrepreneur (Book): https://www.amazon.com/Suitcase-Entrepreneur-freedom-business-adventure-ebook/dp/B00ED0JUE0The Suitcase Entrepreneur (Blog): https://suitcaseentrepreneur.com/ 

What does changing your business actually look like? As in starting a new business in a completely different industry and having a totally new offering? Can you make such a big leap and be successful? What does it take to make not only the shift but the mindset shift? On this episode of Untapped, I got to hear all about what it takes from Julia Kelly, co-Founder of Rigits, a remote bookkeeping services company. Yet just a few years ago Julia had started gone from being a successful caricature artist to building a whole business and team around doing this for corporates and at events. In fact I interviewed her about it on my Suitcase Entrepreneur podcast on Debunking the Starving Artist Myth, as I thought her story was really cool. It's a perfect example of how Julia took her skills she learned in a job she applied for, and turned it into a side hustle and then a full blown business that almost runs without her. Now she has a completely different business and a new team, and is well aware that she needs to remain relevant in an industry being very much affected by the future of work - in that accountants are being replaced with systems and automation. If you tuned into my podcast Embracing the Future of the Future with Frances Valintine then you'll learn just how quickly the world is changing and adapting to the way in which we are working and who's doing the work. Julia is well aware of that and we discussed how they're adapting to stay relevant and thrive in this new era, and in many ways she's always been adapting and following her heart. Julia's journey began in college where she started her solopreneur career of being a caricature artist. She was able to grow her skills into a six-figure business and hired other artists as well. However, after a year, Julia realized that she wasn't being challenged anymore and that her successful business (which she's still running today) was not going to be able to grow anymore. So what did she do next? She went back to her roots as a graduate with a B.A. in Accounting and teamed up with a friend and started a company that does bookkeeping and accounting for small businesses and startups. It was a completely different realm of work from the caricature business, but Julia found it to be exciting plus it tapped into her sweetspot of her accounting knowledge and what she knew would be profitable to her AND beneficial to her clients. By taking a risk and changing her business, Julia was able to have a business that had a recurring revenue model - something that her caricature business lacked. She also found that she thrived in having a team and didn't enjoy being a lone wolf after all. If you're also in a rut and feel like you're not progressing or enjoying your work anymore, definitely check out the full interview to learn more about the art of changing your business and how to tap into your potential! In this episode you'll learn:What it's like to go from a solo operation to being in a partnership and having employeesWhy Julia started another business in a completely different industry and what she learned by doing itHow to juggle two businesses by having one on autopilotThe most common mistakes business owners make with money and how to avoid themResourcesCheck out Rigits to see Julia's bookkeeping and accounting business.Book a live digital caricature experience for your next event at jkexpressions.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So this weekend I had the honor of being invited to go and speak in front of around 80 to 90 Ultimate Frisbee players who were at their first training camp trying out to be selected for the World Championships in Netherlands next year.And for those of you who don't know, I have been an Ultimate Frisbee player for the last 16 years. It's been a long held passion of mine and it was really neat to be able to be a guest speaker at this training camp and to talk about finding your finish line, which is a big tribute to Nathan Martin, my triathlon coach.I wanted to recreate that presentation for you. This talk is specifically related to being your best self, pushing yourself, challenging yourself, crushing your goals and setting those intention.If that's what you need today, that's what this episode is all about.Listen to the podcast or you can read the full transcript below. Imagine a room full of slightly sweaty, smelly Ultimate Frisbee players who've just spent the entire day playing, training, drilling, strategizing and trying to be their best selves so that they will make the team to be at Worlds next year representing New Zealand at the World Championships of Ultimate Frisbee.They've had a big day. It's been raining. It's been wet. They are a little bit cold. They've just eaten. And I'm the final person to speak to them at the end of the day and it was such an honor.It's always a little weird to be speaking in front of some people you know especially when you probably realize that most those people don't know about you because if you've played a sport before you get on really well with your teammates but typically you're talking about the sport and of course you get into personal lives and things but often you're so focused on the competition and the team, the drills, the strategy and the game plans that you don't always get to learn about who each person is and what else is going on in their life. So I think this was quite a surprising evening for some people.I will share the pictures that go along in my slides. I'm a big fan when I speak and present of having lots of visuals and very few words. All of it was 16 slides and most of those had very few words on them and images.I called it "Find Your Next Finish Line - Tap into your potential Master your mindset."So who the heck am I? Well, I am Natalie Sisson. Originally born here in Wellington, New Zealand and for about the last ten years I've been running an online business teaching other people how to travel the world and run an online business. I've been to 70 countries during that time and lived out of my suitcase for six and a half years full time which is fantastic, if you're into that kind of thing.And during that time I actually got to play a lot of international Ultimate Frisbee tournaments especially beach tournaments which I love. If you're ever going to travel and spend some time overseas I highly recommend checking out the international scene for Ultimate Frisbee tournaments. It's also the quickest way to make fast friends because you basically arrive in a strange country you've never been to before and you have this instant community of like-minded people who adopt you as one of their own. So I highly recommend it.I have been playing ultimate Frisbee for 16 years now.Is anybody here in the room 16 or under?I did ask that question because I was a little bit worried that somebody might be younger than the amount of years that I've spent playing Frisbee.Luckily nobody was.The next slide was my two books: The Freedom Plan and the Suitcase Entrepreneur.So I basically put those up and I said, "So I've written two books but I'm posting them here really more to tell you that they are probably the only two business / lifestyle and mindset books out there that talk about Ultimate Frisbee" and that mentioned Ultimate Frisbee for a start and also talk about it in a really positive way. So I just thought I'd put that out there.The next slide was a track and it was the finish line there and it said on it "7 lessons I've learned from finding my next finish line".Speakers note: One of the best ways to build credibility is to obviously show what you've done and achieved but that can also come across as a little bit wanky if all you do is go "I've done this and that". I had visuals of all of my sporting or individual pursuits and achievements but with every single one of those there was a story and from each of those stories there was a lesson.Once again I'm just going to roll straight into how I sort of presented.1. Sacrifice and visualization countsIn 2004, I had actually just hired a personal trainer to help me with training for triathlons and she was so amazing in terms of how she looked. She was strong. She was lean. She was muscular and I just never seen a physique like it and I asked her what she was training for and she said I was training for a body sculpting championship. And I was like, "What the heck is that?".I went and looked up the sport and I thought, "What a bizarre sport". You basically get really lean. You put on a lot of muscle. You eat chicken and broccoli. It's pretty much what I ate. And then you stand up on stage with this ridiculous bronze tan on you at the end of that and strike some poses.There was something about it that really just intrigued me because in all my years of playing sport I had never ever changed my body shape. I'd always pretty much look the same. And I was so impressed and fascinated by this lady that I was like, what would it take to change my body and do something completely different?And then I asked her how she went and she said well she couldn't give up sugar so she ended up just not competing. She clearly hadn't wanted to sacrifice sugar and so all her hard work and dedication had gone nowhere as a result.I just thought that was really sad to put in all that effort and not take it further. Plus for me it was a nine month period of eating really clean and healthy, going to the gym seven times a week, working out really hard but also being very mindful of my nutrition and partway through that I started visualizing.I started of visualizing being up on stage, on doing these routines onstage, on winning to be honest. I had actually written down on a piece of paper that I used to take to the gym every single morning. It was actually in a little booklet. It was my workout routine, the weights and what amount of weights I had and what exercise and I used to in a very disciplined way fill that out every single time, seven times a week, sometimes twice a day. And at the top of that piece of paper in this booklet I had written, countdown to comp win.Basically somewhere in my head, I decided that I was going to win the competition. And so I wrote it on that piece of paper and that's the same piece of paper I looked at seven days in a row for close to nine months.Strike forward to basically October of 2004 and I'm standing on the stage in Hamilton at the regional Body Sculpting Championships. I'm in figure. I'm in the novice figure tool division. So basically Body Sculpting is also called figure because you're not buff. You're actually quite lean and feminine. But I did have an eight pack and an awesome arse. My muscles on my arse was so amazing and lean that's never going to be like that again but it was pretty impressive looking back at the photos.Anyway I digress.I'm standing on stage in these sexy heels that I actually had to buy at like a stripper shop (That got a laugh in the audience). I've got way too much bronze, fake tan on and I hadn't tanned my face enough. I'm on a tiny little blue bikini and I'm posing and showing off my abs and my biceps and my triceps and my lats.At one point during the competition they basically started calling out names of people that were going to make it into the judging round and I realized in that very moment that I had not prepared to not win. So all I thought about in the back of my mind and also in the front of my mind was visualizing winning. And here I was on the stage and they were calling out who they were going to take forward and I was like, "Oh my God, I haven't prepared to not win".How am I going to deal with this if I don't make it?It just hadn't even crossed my mind and it wasn't coming from a place of ego that I was definitely not going to win but that's what I'd focused on that's what got me to this point. And so luckily I won the whole thing which was awesome. I won my division. They called my name. I got a tacky big trophy and some more protein powder and I was thrilled and the very next day I was eating like mellow puffs and all the things you shouldn't. And basically my eight pack disappeared overnight but it was such a brilliant lesson for me to learn that you need to sacrifice some things to get to where you want to be.I sacrificed a lot of social events, a lot of socializing with my friends. I sacrificed a lot of late nights for early starts, a lot of the time in the gym. I was super disciplined during that time because it was a nine month period where I really wanted to be my best and see what I could achieve. Then I achieved the win which was amazing.The other I learnt was that visualization is one of the most powerful tools ever. And while I was presenting for the ultimate Frisbee crowd I did talk about a study with soccer players and they'd had half of the team train as normal that they would for a competition that was coming up and they had the other half just purely visualize. Visualize training, visualize being on the field, striking the ball, running around, doing everything perfectly.When it came down to the actual competition, both sides of the team turned up pretty much exactly the same. So those who had done nothing but visualise were performing as well as those who had been training and putting in the effort.2. Set and smash your own records. For this slide, I had the Sisterhood Dragon Boating across the English Channel and then I talked about what this event was and what I learnt from it. So this was 2007 around August when 20 of us ladies set out from Shakespeare's beach in England. We went 21 miles across the busiest shipping lane in the world and landed in Shakespeare's beach in France.It was epic. We absolutely smashed the time. We did it in 3 hours and 42 minutes and the previous record had been set at around seven hours.It was incredible we fell out of the boat when we got to France. We drank champagne. We were super excited and I was the person in charge of making this a Guinness Book of World Records attempt. We had a timer and we had people photographing it and videoing it and we had all the rules and regulations and we stuck to them and then we found out about a week after that we weren't awarded the Guinness World Record for this. Even though we had smashed it and I found out that we should have had a dragon head and tail and somebody beating a drum on the dragon boat while we were crossing because that's how you apparently hang out in dragon boats.If you've never dragon boated before you'll know that typically you race thousand meter races in these boats. They are very, very low to the water. You have a paddle. You start from high up and then you'd plunge that paddle down to the water and pull back and a short sharp stroke and the whole team has to be in synchronicity to make it go forward and go at pace. So we did this for 3 hours and 42 minutes not for a thousand meter race.If we'd had a head and tail and a drummer, we would have pretty much drowned. Were going across the busiest channel with waves and everything. So that was super disappointing. But the lesson that we learned out of that as we still smash that world record.We can still claim that and internally, personally and as a team. We were immensely proud with what we did. So we didn't actually need the official record to be proud of ourselves and to really congratulate and celebrate ourselves on that accomplishment. And we raised over a hundred thousand pounds for charity so that one was set and smash your own records.3. Team is everything. For this I had a photo up of my Great Britain gold medal winning Ultimate Frisbee team at the beach championships in Brazil from 2007. So the same year that I did the Dragon Boating couple of months later I found myself in Brazil where we had been training in addition to my training for the Dragon Boating for the world beach championships.We were the British women's team and we managed to beat the US in the finals and up until that point the US women's team had won every single tournament at beach pretty much leading up to that. And so this was the first time ever that Great Britain had won and it was such a huge achievement.And the reason why we won I believe was that we're a total team. We trusted each other, we respected each other, every single person on that team through to every single other person, even the weaker players versus the stronger. Nobody had ego. Nobody was putting themselves on the field all the time. We played the whole team. We trusted the whole team and as a result we won as a team not as a bunch of individual superstars.So the reason I want to point that out is that there were probably a lot of people in that room who were individual superstars and that that only gets you so far and if you're gonna play at Worlds you absolutely need to have a team moving in the right direction and winning together.4. You always have 60 percent more. I have often been told that you know you've always got 20 percent more in the tank or even up to 40 percent. But I recently listened to, I have to say a fantastic book by David Goggins who's an ex Navy Seal and has done all these 100k plus, 100 mile plus ultra marathons. I listened to his book which is called, "Can't hurt me", a New York Times bestseller while I was out training for my triathlons and it was inspiring because, sure he's slightly crazy but he has gone to the depths and beyond and back to really master his mindset and to realize that your mind controls everything and that you need to control your mind in order to do the unachievable, to achieve the impossible, to push yourself further than you've ever pushed yourself before and to grow as a person, as a result of that and be the best version of yourself to completely unleash your potential.In his book he says you always have 60 percent more and he talks a lot about some of the sporting events that he's done including running a 100 mile race with no training and making it to the finish. it is grueling and it is epic and he draws on every single ounce of his reserve and his stamina and his perseverance and his Navy SEAL training etc.. But what ultimately gets him there is finding this new lease of life somewhere within his mind that he is capable of doing this and that only he can do it and that it is possible.I then talked about when I cycled down Africa from Nairobi to Cape Town six and a half thousand k's never cycled anywhere near that in my life. Every day it was pretty much 100K's of cycling. And basically some days I'd get out of my sleeping bag and my tent and I was just like, "I just don't know if I can get on that bike today. I don't think I have anything left".I got known as Flatley because I had so many flat tires and there were just days where I was like I just I can't do this but I would like everybody else somehow. Well not everybody. Some people didn't but get myself dressed and get into my gear and get back on that bike and just push each pedal until I was moving and somehow or other, the body and the mind merged and was off cycling every single day without fail.Whether it was for three hours or eight or nine hours, I would always make it to the end. Even on the super long days we were doing like 180K and it just blew my mind that we always have more gas in the tank.We are always, always capable of more and you just have to dig deep to get those reserves and when you think you can't, you absolutely can. You're not even anywhere near your capacity for achieving for doing and for pushing yourself.Just remember that you always have 60 percent more and when you're going to be at those events or those races or whatever you're doing in life right now that you feel like you want to give up know that you have barely scratched the surface. I think it's inspiring and it's going to serve me well in my triathlons coming up.5. You can always improve. The photo that I used here was at the 2016 World Championships where I played with the New Zealand Women's Masters team. We came fifth. It was epic. And during that tournament, I realized even though I was a master and I was getting older, I was 39 then. I was like man I still want to improve. I've still got so much more potential.Sure, I might not be the fastest person at all ever and sure I'm probably not going to be as fit and I'm not as young as some of these people because Masters is basically 30 and over so our team was actually quite old on average but I still wanted to improve and I found different strengths that I now had as an older player like as a thrower, a handler, I had different wily strengths and skills that I could use to my advantage, to overpower the ones that were more of my weakness now and it just you know, I just loved the game so much and I was like there's more than I can give.There is more than I can do and you should never think that you're top of your game. You should never just assume that you're the best that you'll ever be. There's always more room and ability to improve.I also got everybody in the room laughing on this one because the photo was me with my back to the camera throwing and one of my team members looking like she was about to be hit by my disc and literally cowering because I have quite a big throw with my left hand and also on the back of my T-shirt is my number.And so I had to sort of share because the number is 69 which obviously has connotations and I just wanted to share with the room that the reason I chose that number is one, no woman will ever take it because of the connotations so I always get the number that I want in a tournament and a team.And you'll be surprised lots of people like the same numbers and you can't get hold of them. So nobody ever wants 69 and 2 it meant that if I was ever upside down or laying out or whatever that you could always tell what my number was. But I think the phrasing that I used was that if I'm ever up the wrong way or round the wrong side or something like that and it just sounded all wrong so that got everybody laughing.6. Spirit trumps all. This was a photo of our team once again 2016 World Champs. We became fifth but we also won the spirit prize. We co-won actually which is a first with Germany and this is at the heart of Ultimate Frisbee.If you've never played the sport before or never heard of it, the entire game has no referees and it is basically you self referee. So each person on the field makes a decision based on the rules. You discuss things. You discuss calls. You call fouls and you can retract them or keep them. It's an incredible game where basically you adopt the attitude of fair play at all times and you discuss and talk through anything and everybody is responsible for playing fairly and to the rules on the field. Once again no referees, no whistles, no umpires.It's amazing and a huge part of their ethos and philosophy behind Ultimate Frisbee and why I adore it is that it's about the spirit of the game. So it is deemed to be spirited if you help somebody understand the rules on the field. It is deemed to be spirited if you make a call and you explain it why you made the call and you discuss it and then you either go ahead with it or you retract it. It has deemed to be spirited to clap and cheer for the other team and to celebrate a great play or a great throw or an amazing bid or a layout or defense and it's just this beautiful thing that comes through in the game.At times over the years I've seen it lost especially when it's super competitive. Some people just get downright competitive, nasty, rude, aggressive etc. But most of the time spirit win through.To win the prize for being the most spirited team was a real honor and more important than winning. And so I was really just trying to get that across because especially in the younger players sometimes it's all about winning and it's not. It's really not.It's about your internal spirit, what you bring to the game and also the spirit of the game. And I think that applies in life not just Ultimate Frisbee.7. Mindset is everything. (Well, 90 percent.). In this example, I had a photo of me finishing at the national sprint triathlons in Kinlock which was in February this year in New Zealand by the lake. And I've got my hands outstretched in the air and I'm joyous that I finished this race. And it was a really tough race and I got my ass kicked and I got my ego bruised because I had started training in October of the year before.So this was October, November, December, January and it was into early Feb so I'd done about four months of training and I really thought I was going to do pretty well. Like I didn't have any grandiose ideas I was going to win but I thought I could be pretty good at this sport because I've been good at other sports and won medals and done all these things and yet I came probably quarter to last in my race and division and age group and I was just pretty disappointed in that and I thought it sucked and I was like I'm not very good at this at all and I ended up speaking to a bunch of people after the race who had been doing triathlons for like two years, five years, ten years.One woman was 77 and she just won her age group and she was off to the World Champs and it was amazing. And she's like I just love the sport. But it took me so long to get good at it and it's every single year it's just a small improvement at the time and every single person that I spoke to had the same energy. They were like you can't just get good at triathlon quickly. There are very few people who are naturally good at it. It's one of those things you just keep at it and you make improvements and you make these just continual upgrades to your training, to your nutrition, to your attitude. And it will come.And I remember being there and just feeling a little bit like deflated and Josh was like, "Nat, your goal was to finish and your goal was to get the certain time and you hit that and yet you're not happy," and I was like, "No, because I came like in the bottom quarter of the whole field which means I suck", and he's like, "No, you have to set your intentions way too high. You've only been training for four months. This was the Nationals. This wasn't just some local event. This was the best of the best people turning up who were trying to qualify for World Champs and you made it and you did well and you completed it and you should be happy with that. And this is the first of many events".I'm glad Josh gave me a pep talk in that moment and I walked away from that and I went, "Yeah, triathlon is going to be all about the long game. It's going to be all about the micro improvements day after day, week after week".It's about showing up, committing to consistent training and training with intention and just continuing to get better. And always, always enjoying it and I'm pleased to say that since that race it was in February I moved up to sort of halfway through the field in events that I did and more recently I ran a 10K race in Wellington which is a huge race actually, thousands of people competing in it. And I was in the top third of the entire race group, of my gender, of my age group. And as I said overall and I was just thrilled because that proved to me that I had made massive strides in my running over the sort of four month period and the discipline of running that I have always found to be my weakest as what I have often told myself unless I'm running after a Frisbee or a ball and so it was just really thrilling to see that OK I put my head down. I trained better. I believed in myself. I called myself a runner. I called myself an athlete and I trained with more focus and moved up from quarter to the bottom to top third.I'm really thrilled with that and there's long, long way to go but it just proved to me that once I reset my mindset about how I was going to turn up and once I reframed, once I focused on being my best self and being an athlete and really focusing on that mindset, everything changed.Everything changed and so my lesson there was that you know it's all about mind over matter and you have to have self belief and then you have to put in the work to make it happen.Then I touched on to finish off, goals versus intention.So I asked the room what is the difference between goals versus intentions? And it was interesting because you know in a big room most people don't answer questions but luckily some brave people put up their hand and there were some of them are a little bit on track but this is actually a really interesting question and I have an entire podcast about this so I will get the number for you. But basically goals are focused on the future. They're about a destination or a specific achievement and goals are fantastic.If I didn't have goals, if I knew that I wasn't competing in my first ever half Iron Man in December I probably would not be getting up to train and do long runs and long bike rides and swims pretty much right now I'm starting to train every single day of the week and will be for the next four months. And it's only going to get longer and harder. But if I didn't have that goal in December that I want to be fit and ready for and I want to do really well and for myself and I want to enjoy it, I probably wouldn't be getting up in the morning.Goals have an absolute benefit. They drive you. They give you a focus. They give you a deadline, a timeline. They give you something that you can aim for and achieve and they give you purpose. And so they're brilliant and they're about a future event. And so you can set up your strategies for it. You can train. You can really know what you're going for and then intentions are in the present moment.Intentions are lived each day independent of reaching the goal or destination. And why I think this is so important to know the difference between goals. So just to recap goals are focused on the future. They're about a destination or a specific achievement. Intentions are in the present moment. Intentions are lived each day independent of reaching the goal or destination is that you have probably felt this before when you've set yourself a big juicy goal and then let's say maybe you've had it or you've missed it but after that even sometimes when you've achieved it or smashed it you kind of have the sense of disappointment after. You just often actually can have that sense of deflation and lie oh what was that all for over.My major lesson there is that you also have to have an intention of how you're going to show up every single day. It's not just about that one goal. Your intention should be or I hope is to be the best version of yourself. To live with passion, to be on purpose, to be kind, to be generous, to be driven, to be ambitious. Whatever your intention is. How you want to show up in this world is the absolute thing that you need to put all your energy and effort into. It's what you're going to focus on every single day. It's how you're going to show up. It's how you are going to live and breathe and act with that intent.When you have intentions that are backed up by these goals and milestones you're not going to get depressed or disappointed or upset after something because that goal will be all and end all of how you live. It's just the next driver. It's the next point that you're trying to reach but because your intentions are constantly with you those are the things that are always going to carry you through.I think goals and intentions are needed but intentions are the thing that is going to be how you act and show up in this world and they're going to be with you long after you've hit and smashed all your goals that I know you're going to do.Now it's your turn. This is what I challenged them with and this is what I'm challenging you with.Within the next 30 days what is one goal and one intention you want to set for yourself?You can share it with me in two ways, you can tag me in Instagram @nataliesisson and you can say that “@nataliesisson my one goal is X and my one intention is X #untapped” or leave a comment below.I am going to give a copy of my brand new Freedom Plan audio book to one lucky person who comments in either of those ways.In this episode you’ll learn:Most powerful tools everImportance of celebrating yourselfLearn how to control your mindGoals versus intentions See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Madonna has truly mastered the art of reinvention, so when a friend told me she was coming on the Graham Norton show this weekend, I stuck around to watch her segment.I couldn’t recall the last time I’d seen Madonna speak and was intrigued to see what she would deliver.Naturally, she didn’t disappoint.She walked on stage wearing an eye patch and a sexy number which had her boobs almost falling out of her corset (a wardrobe malfunction I’m sure she would not be thrilled with knowing about since she controls her image with immense care).Yet her star power was undeniable, and the guests on the couch alongside her were left to sit quietly as she answered Graham’s questions with mystique, cheekiness, strength and an appropriate amount of intrigue.She has just launched a new album and is going on tour at the age of 60 years old!This in itself is a huge testament to her longevity, creativity and ability to keep on changing with the times and reinventing herself, to not only survive in a super competitive market dominated by teenagers, but to thrive in it for over four decades.Reinvention is a necessity to remain relevantIn the past few months, several of my friends compared me to Madonna – not because I like to sing and dance to 80s music (which I really do) or because I wear sexually enticing outfits (I don’t), but because they said I’m always reinventing myself.I have to admit I was surprised by this as I personally couldn’t see it, and so they explained to me that I had successfully, in their eyes, morphed from corporate career girl to Tech CoFounder to blogger, to being The Suitcase Entrepreneur with relative ease over the last 10 years.And that when I returned home to New Zealand in late 2016, I apparently made it look easy to morph into being a brand …ME here on nataliesisson.comYet that couldn’t be further from the truth.In my world I’ve been through a two year long metamorphosis filled with doubt, fear, curiosity, joy and exasperation.If you’ve listened to my podcast or read my blog post on When Too Much Change is Dangerous, you’ll know that I did a 180 degree life flip that entailed going from:Constant full-time travel out of my suitcase to living in one house, with no international travel for the first three months of being back in New Zealand.Being single in December to a loving full-time relationship, moving in together in my apartment for a few months, to then buying a house together, creating joint bank accounts and taking on this beautiful property – Josh’s first ever property ownership.Zero responsibility to having this mortgage, getting a puppy a week after moving in and five chickens the week after.Owning so little stuff to having to furnish a 369 sqm house with four bedrooms and two living rooms in just a few weeks. (People who visit us now say how it looks like we’ve lived here for years).Having a full on business period, getting it ready for my sabbatical and writing the Freedom Plan book manuscript which I finished on March 30th, to NOT working.Eternal summers traveling the world to my first ever autumn (fall) and winter. And that was probably the biggest kicker – I hate being cold.Thankfully I’m almost 2.5 years down the track and LOVING life, but it hasn’t been an easy journey and what surprised me most, was an event that happened in late October 2018.The untold story I’ve kept ..until now.Not long after a pretty successful book launch of the Freedom Plan (audio book coming out this month!!), I also relaunched my most successful course ever of the same name that, to date, netted me over US$500,000 in sales – which still blows my mind to this day.Except this time, I decided to totally redesign it and upgrade it to better align with my new book and to be more focused on how to work less through systems, outsourcing and clever sales funnels.It catered to an experienced business owner wanting more freedom – the folks I wanted to work with as I could see them experiencing burn out and overwhelm and I truly wanted to help them.Yet in doing so, I overlooked the majority of my community I’d lovingly built up over the years, who in reality, were still wanting to build their online business, learn how to earn more money and gain financial freedom.The launch result?I failed in an epic way.That hurt, a lot. I cried in the final days of launch and sat there in disbelief as literally nothing happened – at least that’s what it felt like.It caused me to doubt everything I thought I knew and was really good at, built up over nine years of business.I was in shock. I was numb. I felt like a fraud.The facts didn’t help either. I’d spent too much money, hired too many people and ended up handing over most of the things I’m great at, and got stuck with managing people, logistics and operations.Along with that, I had not listened to my intuition and how I felt energetically, and forged on regardless as I wanted to stay true to my word and launch this course I said I would – damn upholder in me!(Check out The Four Tendencies Quiz I talk about in my book to know what I’m referring to).When I did my launch analysis, which I do faithfully every time, it wasn’t as bad as I thought but the damage was done. My confidence was knocked and I wasn’t bouncing back like I normally do.Can you relate?I was desperately trying to find the lesson in the failure as a good entrepreneur will always do that, but I was taking it way too personally.After almost a decade it felt like I’d made a rookie error and it had cost me more than just money and a bruised ego.The truth was I wanted to quit my business.Deep down I was quite tired of my business. I’m sure I’m not alone when I admit this. For most of my business journey I’ve loved every aspect of my business, but there’s only so long one can continue to talk about the same thing all the time, before they don’t get a little bored, stifled or jaded.Despite continuing to learn I had gotten comfortable in my knowledge and expertise and was looking for a challenge. Most of the time I had managed to find that within and apply it to my journey and clients.But with all the life changed I’d experienced, and the time off I had taken from my business in 2017, I had never really found my flow again and I felt like I was holding onto something that I wasn’t passionate about anymore.Josh and I headed away on a break to sunny Gisborne that December, and had some long walks and talks on the beach to explore my options, how I was feeling and what would make me happy.While he had utter faith in me and felt it was just a minor setback, I wasn’t so sure.One of the options that had come up was taking on a contract to experience the things I was missing as an entrepreneur:Being part of a physical team (not just virtual)Not having to lead and manage everything all the timeExperiencing being part of someone else’s business and to learn from themHave a consistent income while I bounced backGetting into the city so I wasn’t so isolated out at our rural lifestyle propertyBe energized by the city vibe and socializing and;Getting some structure back in my dayWe used our own Life Pilot system and a Seasonal Dreaming session – which we do each quarter, to share our hopes and dreams across the eight areas of life we value most highly and by the end of that week away I had a plan.I’d looked at job websites, which I happen to know every great business owner will look at even when things are going well, and wasn’t impressed.Job descriptions made me yawn and sounded so formulaic or stifling and salaries seemed on the low end compared to what I know I can make in my business – but that wasn’t the key criteria – if I was referring to my criteria in the bullet points above.Then I saw a role of Learning Designer, that I didn’t realize existed, yet wasn’t dissimilar to what I had learned and applied in launching online courses and designing curriculum’s to educate people.I then sent possibly the worst email to a recruitment person ever that went like this:Dear BethVery keen to learn more about your freelance opportunities for learning designers.I’ve developed many curriculum’s for online courses in my own business and am known for making the complex simple and breaking things down into bite sized content that is practical and implementable.NatalieNaturally she asked for more details including my CV, which I then sat on for a while until I replied again, rather nonchalantly with this response:Hi BethI’ve realized I’m not going to create a CV anytime soon. I just know after 8 years of creating, building and running online courses, events and retreats that this is my sweetspot of what I do well.My LinkedIn profile is here www.linkedin.com/in/nataliesisson/Understand if this is not conventional for you NatalieThis resulted in her Googling me where everything I have ever done is publicly available to see – proof of what I’m capable of, calling me up and having a good chat.She saw an opportunity and my potential and took a chance on me.A week later I was having an informal coffee with the CEO even though there was no role for me and less than a week later I had a job offer and a start date in 10 days time!As you can imagine this wasn’t quite how I anticipated it happening but I took the leap.Strike forward almost five months and I can hand on heart say it’s been the best thing for me.Within Constraints Exists True FreedomMy working week went from working on my business anytime to having only Monday as my One Day a Week business day and Tuesday – Friday working at Inspire Group in the city including a remote day at home.In and around that – yes even some evenings and weekends, I did paid consulting for four gigs I’d inadvertently picked up since January after volunteering my time to help these purpose driven companies, plus working with a few coaching clients.I was truly living in the GIG Economy and am tapping into Future of Work by doing this.If you’re wondering, YES I was at capacity!For the first time in a decade, after preaching freedom and time off and experiencing that in droves, I was now energized by maximizing every hour I had – plus still having time out in the evenings and weekends AND training for triathlons.In fact I credit triathlon training for instilling confidence, focus, drive and momentum back into my personal life, along with a self belief and mindset I had been missing, that then overflowed into EVERY area of my life. It’s been remarkable.I also used all my own tools, systems, content calendar and 1 Page Biz Plan that I teach my clients and are featured in the Freedom Plan book on MYSELF and, low and behold, they worked a treat.I’m not going to lie commuting via train, car or bike an hour each way into town wasn’t entirely thrilling initially but I used that time to work on my business, contracts, or listen to audio books.I genuinely enjoy my job, the team and simply being in a different environment, which has allowed me to stretch myself, learn and grow plus take on an entirely different outlook and put myself in other peoples’ shoes.Then something magical started to happen.I got my mojo back by returning to being ME!A combination of fewer hours to work on my business meant I became ultra focused again and started enjoying every aspect of it.I cut my team down to just me and my Virtual Assistant so that I could get back to more of the doing, and experience what that felt like again.This brought back fond memories of my hustling days early on in my business and showed me all the things I had almost forgotten I knew how to do. I decided not to outsource anything for a few months and ‘get my hands dirty’ doing all the doing.This increased my love of all the things I missed or realized I’d lost touch with and things started picking up in my business.Revitalized energy shows in business and people pick up on it. Before long I was vlogging, podcasting and creating again and getting back to being Natalie, doing all the things I did so well when I started out in business.I did the analysis, I looked at what had worked all those years before and what I’d stopped doing or needed to stop doing to fully realign with who I was, how I could help people and how I wanted to show up in the world.Then in June I totally redesigned my own website home page with a brand new look and direction – even though this felt like I took three months to actually get it done.I was so proud as this is the first website I’ve fully designed by myself. Clean, clear and to the point. Let me know in the comments what you think!2019 Design2018 Design I did this by using the best and easiest WordPress theme I have ever come across, Thrive Architect.In fact I shot this vlog Thrive Architect – Your Must Have Website Builder Tool to show why it rocks and how to use it to redesign your website.As you can see by the live demo I give it was before I had learned how to use it fully and well before I’d finished the homepage design – but you’ll appreciate it.The messaging was clear as I’d been working/ procrastinating on it for months after many conversations with friends, peers and clients, and through a lot of internal introspection.I listened to my own advice I hammer home to clients all the time:1. Niche down2. Keep it simpleI have a tendency to want to offer the world and help people on all fronts and this time I looked back to what I have consistently been doing ALL throughout my career and business – seeing your potential and helping you to monetize it by getting paid to be YOU!While recording my Freedom Plan audiobook I had two major realizations:This book is full of gold nuggets that are damn useful (remember my previous knock to my confidence around the book launch time in October 2018…yeah it had the knock on effect that my book wasn’t good enough either).It would work really well to also pull out Chapter 6 on How to Monetise You and turn it into a teaser episode on my podcast, as well as to repurpose it into a standalone audio.I then went ahead and created my first new freebie (gift you give in return for a person’s email address and trust – AKA optin) in ages – and I’m damn proud of it.It’s this audio I created accompanied by my brand new amazing step by step guide.I emailed my community, some of which have been following my work since the beginning to share it with them and the response was awesome.More importantly close friends and peers personally messaged me to say this was completely me and so on point and that I had truly found my sweetspot – the intersection between what you’re good or great at, what you love doing and what people will pay you for and that aligns with your purpose.Ironic really given this is what I’ve been teaching in courses, my book, podcasts and interviews since…oh you know 2013!From this I have gotten so much clarity on exactly how I want to help YOU get paid to be YOU and thrive in the future of work.In fact, I tested my theory around this with a mini launch in June which went amazingly well and helped me appreciate that I was back on track, doing what I do best and how my mission was to help others turn their skills, knowledge and passions into multiple revenue streams.You’ll see this rolling out in the coming weeks and months, and I hope you’ll like what you see and get to experience it as a result.But first, let’s recap on the method I used to reinvent myself. Even if you can’t see the method in my madness, it’s all there:The ‘Natalie Sisson’ Reinvention Method Get super honest with yourself when you feel you’re not aligning with your intuition or your energy.Throw in an epic failure or an event that makes you stop, reflect and take action – if you really want to create change!Reflect back on all the things you know you love, are great at and have been paid well for in the past and compare them to where you’re at now.Assess the situation and look at what you need to STOP doing and START doing. This may mean taking on a side hustle, starting a new business, taking on a few gigs that help you upskill and challenge you.Talk to good friends, peers and mentors to get an outside perspective too.Take definitive steps to be the architect of your own life and design it around what you really want out of life.I hope there have been some key takeaways in here that you can learn from and apply to your own situation.Never give up.Always keep learning.Trust your gut.Listen to those who love and know you well.Embrace the lessons failure teaches you.Then pick yourself up and reinvent yourself! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

One of the most vital skills in entrepreneurship is the ability to push outside of your comfort zone and keep learning. Whether it’s a new technology changing your industry or a novel approach to marketing, it’s important to keep your eyes open, take in these changes, and allow them to inform your offerings and your business. It’s even better if you can absorb these ideas and teach your peers about them – positioning you as a thought leader in your industry, even while you’re still learning and growing alongside everybody else.  Natalie Sisson has been practicing this approach by educating fellow entrepreneurs since she started her business ten years ago as a suitcase entrepreneur. After 8 years in the corporate world, and two years as cofounder of a tech company, Natalie Sisson turned her blog The Suitcase Entrepreneur into an online education company where she created online courses, coached, and held international retreats to show people how to build a business they loved from anywhere. Now, she does strategic consulting with impact driven ventures, coaches purpose-driven entrepreneurs, and builds online learning solutions to help people thrive in the future of work. Natalie and I talk about the importance of continual learning and why positioning yourself as a “leading learner” is often more dynamic and fulfilling than claiming to be a “guru” or “expert”. We also talk about how she transitioned her business as her life became more settled, how she navigated re-branding herself and her work, and why she didn’t want to scale everything up. And, we discuss the fascinating future of work and how technology is becoming more integrated with what we do – and how to prepare for the changes that are already on their way.

Everyone I talk to wants freedom, until they realize how it really actually works. One thing that comes up frequently while coaching people through career changes is the idea of obtaining freedom in their life and work. Freedom means different things for everyone. Sometimes it’s freedom to travel, or financial freedom, or just having the freedom and flexibility to pick up your kids from school.    “For so so long, freedom meant the ability to be able to do what I want, when I want, where I want.” Natalie Sisson, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, traveled the world for many years - living and working wherever she wanted to. She now has a completely different definition than most about what freedom actually means for her and some of what she has learned from talking with hundreds, or even thousands, of people about what freedom means.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast    Or tell us more about your personal career situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc to learn how we can best help! 

I believe that every single person who has skills and knowledge, when combined with a love for what they do and know, can monetise all of this and get paid to be themselves.And not just because that's exactly what I did 9 years ago when I started the Suitcase Entrepreneur blog....although that's certainly made me more bias!I had no freaking idea that I would end up building a business from my blog by tapping into my sweetspot, the intersection of what you know, what you're good at and what you can get paid for.But it's more than just that, it's combining ALL of you, into something that people are willing to invest in, and becoming someone they want to learn from.Looking back to my childhood, school days and what I naturally enjoyed and was good at, through to my University days, jobs I landed, people I hung out with, activities I did and I realized that what I ended up building, was really an extension of all the things I LOVE to do.Add in a ton of value for others and you have yourself a perfect platform from which to monetize your expertise (if you're willing to do the work, dig deep and commit to the journey of course)!I became a 'Leading Learner' by being an avid student of business, travel and life, and then teaching and coaching others on how to come up to speed so they could go after their dreams too.I shared my exact path, that I turned my humble blog into multiple revenue streams bringing in a quarter of a million US$ dollars per year over the space of 4 years, in Chapter 5 of The Freedom Plan book.My gift to you is how to Monetise Your Expertise.I'm giving this entire chapter away as a free episode of my UNTAPPED podcast!Here's what you'll learn in this podcast episode:The exact way in which I built my revenue streams from scratch.What steps you can take to layer your revenue streams as you grow.Nine key steps to take to monetise yourself using your sweet spot.Want to be first to be notified on when I release the audiobook version? Get on the waitlist here! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“Mind your mind; guard it resolutely. Since it is the mind that confuses the mind, don't let your mind give in to your mind.” -Suzuki Shosan In this episode of the podcast I was invited on to the “Suitcase Entrepreneur” podcast where I was interviewed by the host, Natalie Sisson. We chatted about the mindset and […]

Today I have a real special episode. I'm joined by Natalie Sisson, a lifestyle entrepreneur, nomad, podcaster, blogger, and #1 best selling author of “Suitcase Entrepreneur,” a genre-defining book and blog of the same name. She got her first taste of international travel in 2006, and fell in love with the minimalist traveling life, and […]

Natalie Sisson is No #1 bestselling author, podcaster, speaker and adventurer who believes everybody has the right to choose freedom in business and adventure in life. She's on a mission to ensure 1,000,000+ entrepreneurs do just that by 2020 over at the SuitcaseEntrepreneur.com   Born in New Zealand Natalie's built her multiple six figure business from her laptop over the last 5 years while living out of her suitcase, traveling to 70 countries and showing others how to build a profitable online freedom business that supports their ideal lifestyle through her definitive Freedom Plan program.      

Today I'd like to focus on mindset and how so often times we need to get out of our own way.   We're living in a world today that gives you the potential to do real meaningful changemaking work if you allow yourself to do so.   I see a world where we have the tools to create transformative and meaningful work that can build a better tomorrow, regardless of how much wealth you grew up with or what school you graduated from.  And I'm not just some guy who is saying that.   I've seen it. I'm a part of it. You're a part of it.   I'm constantly blown away by the future of work and what people are doing these days to both do what they love and make a difference in the world.   When I first starting interviewing the successful entrepreneurs and game changers of today, I wanted my interview process to be organic, so I kindly asked that each person I interview introduce me to someone who they think I should interview.   That led me to interviewing people from all different walks of life.   Digital Nomads like Natalie Sisson, The Suitcase Entrepreneur.   Mindfulness Gurus like Raghunath   Wall Streeters   Former Corporate CEOS   And here are two things I have learned from all of this.   1. You can be anyone you want to be. 2. You need to get out of your own way.   When we shift from being an observer to becoming an active participant in our lives, something interesting happens. What's often found is that the greatest obstacle to accomplishing our goals comes from inside.   Most of the time, we just need to get out of our own way.   I've seen it in the students I've taught who want to carve their own path instead of the ones that their parents or society say they should follow.   I've seen it in myself when it came to taking my first entrepreneurial leap. Heck -- I feel it in myself as I share this with you write now.   I've seen it in the extremely successful entrepreneurs I interview who, before launching their business, came face-to-face with their fear of failure.   Often times all it takes to get out of our own way is just a subtle shift in thinking and focusing on the positive. Easier said than done, I know, but don't take my word for it. Listen to Jay Stolar. Jay struggled with intense bouts of depression throughout his life. He never felt exactly like he was enough. In his new music video called #MyOwnWay Jay says, "If you get out of your own way, you can accomplish anything."   In his music video #MyOwnWay (which benefits the Love is Louder movement), Stolar spreads the message that happiness comes from how you look at your situation and your willingness to love yourself.   Enter Jay Stolar   With a marker in hand, Stolar writes the word "Buried" on the reflective surface of his mirror. Others line up to share their deep seed of negativity and write their word, as well:   "Disfigured" "Homeless" "Dependent" "Not enough" "Depressed" "Destructive" "Broken"   Perhaps you too have a word that embraces your greatest fear. Being rejected. Failing. Go ahead, write it down right now or if you are driving, say it out loud. I'll wait.   What's my word? "Stuck." If I look at my life right now in one way, I can feel incredibly stuck. After my wife's severe case of Lyme Disease poured concrete over our feet just four days after we said "I do", it's become a daily struggle to not feel stuck. She went from running a half-marathon to sitting in a wheelchair in a matter of weeks. And for a vagabond like me, "Stuck" is a tough emotion to feel. But if I invert this word and focus on the positive like Stolar demonstrates, my word can become "Focused." And someone with wanderlust, if I am not forced to be focused, It's incredibly tough to sit still and focus on the present.   If you were to invert your word and focus on the positive, what would it be? Free? Beautiful? Human? Supported? Everything? Alive? Healthy? Never give up?     As a teacher, an entrepreneur, and just a guy who wants to be the best version of himself, I've seen my fair share of destructive criticism. There's a whole lot out there that tries to hold you back. Don't let yourself join that crowd.

In 2010, parting with eight years of experience in corporate marketing and communications, Natalie Sisson left her corporate life to travel the world and has been living out of her suitcase ever since. She founded and grew ‘The Suitcase Entrepreneur' into a thriving online community of thousands of people all yearning to inject more excitement into their lives. Venturing far beyond her home country of New Zealand she as traveled to more than 65 countries (so far) while writing for the likes of Forbes, Under30CEO, Huffington Post, and more, Natalie provides both inspiration and education to the aspiring world traveler. Her story is one filled with just as much passion as it is with actionable insights. Takeaways: “Be curious about the world.” – Tweet This “Perfectionism is actually a form of procrastination.” – Tweet This “Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.” – Tweet This “Why are we doing all of this if not to enjoy our lives now?” – Tweet This “The stronger your vision is the more you'll move towards it.” – Tweet This “You can put little bits of your ideal day into every single day.” – Tweet This “It's about freedom. The freedom to choose what you want to do.” – Tweet This “Hustle, determination, and a sense of belief can get you anywhere.” – Tweet This “Create products and programs around the problems of your audience.” – Tweet This “Give value without selling, but provide next steps if people want to go deeper.” – Tweet This “Recognize your individual strengths, find your zone of genius, and build your team.” – Tweet This “People don't choose freedom because they don't have a clear idea of what freedom looks like.” – Tweet This   Full Post: http://goo.gl/myTW4P Catalyst Community: http://www.catalystmlm.com More Interviews: http://catalystmlm.com/category/interviews Connect on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/catalystmlm Connect on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/catalystmlm Connect on Instagram: http://instagram.com/catalystmlm Connect on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/catalystmlm

Natalie Sisson is an entrepreneur and traveler who helps others seek freedom by building a location-independent business. She is the host of a website called The Suitcase Entrepreneur and recently published a book by the same name. In this episode of A Congruent Life, Natalie reflects on her own journey as a nomadic entrepreneur, including: […] The post ACL 022: Natalie Sisson appeared first on A Congruent Life.

Natalie Sisson is the founder of WomanzWorld- a blog for women entrepreneurs wanting freedom in business and adventure in life. Natalie travels the world living out of her suitcase and running her business. She appeals to the Suitcase Entrepreneur - a person who wants to run their business from anywhere using online tools, social media and outsourcing. We'll Discuss... Streamlining your business so it can run without you. Attracting more clients, leads and joint venture partners using social media. Let's reduce the noise and discover more of what works! Outsourcing work that takes you a lot of time currently for much less than your hourly rate. Don't waste dollar time on penny tasks! Leaving the office and staying in touch – and in charge!