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MINDING MY BUSINESS MONDAY

Look y’all if there was ever a time to cancel out the white noise and put your nose so far up in your own affairs, that time is now!

So, for the past week and for the rest of the month I have decided to take a different approach in my business and personal affairs. From the time I have started my changes have yielded me quite the dividends that as a business owner is priceless.

I literally decided to swamp myself in all things that pertains to me, my business, my students, my clients, and NOT the world. I’d be the first to say that I’ve become swayed with all the daily events and simply had an epiphany of how pointless most of it is. The fact of the matter is we’re surrounded by lawlessness, corruption, and sadness, but it is also fact that we must focus on our own matters taking matters into our own hands to ensure our future. Sitting around talking, complaining, pointing, and literally frustrated by the madness just isn’t worth it. I have come to learn that if something is constantly affecting your peace, leaves you feeling empty, confused, or frustrated then most likely that thing is not worth your time. Sorry, but not sorry. From wars to rumors of wars, constant up and downs in this fake pumped up economy, media’s propaganda, and worst the moronic behavior, and mindset of many in our nation, I have had to tap out and say I am done! I can only fix me and that which is within my reach, I’m finally okay with that. Kimberly is not here to save the world, but to be influential to those within my direct reach.

Another thing that made me take a different approach to things were my constant emotionally charged rants, and sways because of all the external images, data, news, comments, etc. I found myself reviewing. My emotions were all over the place and it impeded on my ability to work efficiently and be level-minded. So, what did I do?

Got off social media.
Shutdown my social media IG that had the most impact on me and my rants which was IG. I plan on keeping that page disable for at least a month.
Started a new professional business page where the only thing I focus on is my brand and rebuilding my digital footprint.
By default was kicked off Youtube which helped with a much needed break for me to reflect and see some changes needed.
Changed the setting in my cellphone to having ZERO notifications, no buzz, no pings, no popups when screen is locked. (This is in my top favs.)
Got back to listening to better vibration of music i.e. classical and lo-fi.

What has this canceling of white noise has yielded me?

PEACEEEEE!
Mental clarity in my business messaging.
Broader and grander ideas.
Completing and finishing tasks, not starting something all to stop and jump to something else.
Catch up on emails and respond.
Spend more time with my students and clients.
MAKE MORE MONEY! Mannnnnn if you only knew! It is as if my business knew I was giving her more attention.
The ability to be less emotional and snappy.
Win back time that was idle because of social media.

See in the line of work I do social media can disguise itself as “work” that being because I pull a number to elements of the social media world into my business. So, what I’ve done is redirected that energy and focus in various spaces of my life and business. I’m a bit embarrassed that I allowed myself to stray so offshore. Whelp at least I’ve taken corrective action and if need be in your life I suggest you do the same. If you find yourself thinking or feeling as though you need more time to fulfill your business tasks, may I suggest you take careful audit of your “white noise” in your life. Now, white noise come in an array of types, mine was hidden within social media, but is yours video games, idle conversations on the phone, tasks that serves as a form of escapism, or whatever, only you can have that “come to Jesus” conversation with yourself and identify your white noise.

So, what do you say? Are you going to mind yo business? I promise you that if so you minding your business will yield you greatness and mo-money that’s for sure! Let me know have you ever had to recalibrate like this before? Have you ever got so caught up unintentionally that you got lost in the sauce of life, world events, and worry? Be sure to comment below and share I’d like to hear and how you found solutions that got you back up on the saddle to MINDING YOUR BUSINESS.

Kimberly CEO DriveHer,

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side gigs the new permanent employer

“THE GIG LIFE IS REAL LIFE MONEY”

The gig economy has gotten the recognition and promotion it so desperately needed, it wasn’t a matter of when but how it would come about. So many ups and downs, lawsuits, and confusing legislations “giggers” were left in limbo until this covid-19 season awaken the lack of identity and purpose in the gig world. One minute you’re classified as just some Uber driven, next you’re an essential worker! What, well how I see it we’ve always been essential, no we do not have a fancy title, no we’re not like our awesome military and law enforcement officers guarding our communities, no we’re not like the nurses working endless days under stressed filled hospitals, but we are serving in an odd capacity that awards some appreciation.

Now, I am no way trying to glorify and gas up us as rideshare drivers, delivery persons, and freelanced digital nomads, by no means, but more-so wanting to highlight how the gig economy worker contributes to society in an unprecedented way. The state of gig work is woven now into our lexicon or way of life; it’s a real thing a real task, so real that well over 57 million individuals partake in the gig economy on some level in the United States, that’s massive, that is over 1/3 of our current workforce. We now see the importance of a virtual workforce, a workforce I seen long ago emerging out of the shadows. With this unfortunate event employers are going to jump on this opportunity to taking their business virtual in every capacity we will see a digitalized brick and mortar and they’re justified to do so.

Now, why do I say side gigs are the new permanent employer I tell you why, because if you do not mind the risk, the ability to manage yourself as a gigger, and be open to temporary assignments then your’ ability to virtually be employed be-it for yourself as an independent contractor or employee, it will be endless. With this said, I warn of those within the gig economy getting to comfortable with 1 or 2 gigs, my philosophy is to incorporate and build a rapport with as many as possible (gig platforms that is). You do not want to get trapped as the employee, spread yourself thin and diversify outside of rideshare and deliveries as gigs.

More employers are seeing the added benefit cost wise in outsourcing various tasks that once would require staff, even teams of staff. A virtual assistant, virtual bookkeeper, software engineer that can remotely handle IT issues is a sure win! Less cost in overhead and expenses, mind you often not having to pay into various payroll taxes and incentives. Both sides has its losses, but for many it’s a win win!

There’s nothing really knew about the gig economy, it has been around for decades, but what it new is how its viewed and what exactly it entells. People like myself see endless opportunities and possibilities within it. From Lyft drivers to Doordash delivery person, to virtual handymen, to online medical services the gig economy takes the win for years to come!

The photos you see are from my ebook written earlier this year titled GIG ALERT, whereas I dive in deep on the various aspects of the gig economy and especially a chapter dedicated to businesses to see its ability to maximize its earnings as well as savings by incorporating the gig business model. For purchase be sure to visit my website at https://www.ceodriveher.shop click on the ebooks tab and purchase among many of my other reads.

YOU CANNOT SAVE OTHERS IN BUSINESS

It is now 2:41 a.m. and I’m in my home office determined to finish my remodeling project as part of my spring killing. For months I’ve planned to refurbished/repaint 4 bar stools, 2 end tables, 1 bar table, and a long converted hall table among some other things. I got all the paint I need that’s in my color scheme, my sander, paint brushes, and got to task these pass couple of weeks, fitting in my project here and there.

I began to feel overwhelmed, in conjunction I had new office furniture I was putting together and organizing/restructuring other systems in my home-based office. I could not shake off the feeling of being overwhelmed and wondering where I was even going to put all this stuff once done painting. I ran over the design over in my head over and over, but it felt like it would just be too much.

Now, I do not like crowded spaces at all, I love to scale my things up, but having stuff all around sends me mad mentally. So, tonight it finally hit me! I have to much stuff, stuff I’ve been trying to save and repurpose. Tables I’ve literally have had for 20 years…. it’s time to let it go. Let the truth be told I shoulda been let these things go, but I have history with them, they sorta tell a story, but in all honestly it is costing me more in labor and money to keep these things.

What’s ironic is I’ve ordered beautifully updated new and glamorous office furniture that I really like, but the old was clashing being it’s half-way rotted, chipped, wobbly, etc. For some reason on a subconscious level I was feeling guilty for daring to discard the furniture. Look, it’s bulky, old, coming apart and just not me anymore. The furniture served its purpose, and I’ve kept it beyond its time.

In the midst of my ah-ha moment one-by-one I began moving item after item downstairs around 2 a.m. to be ready to take to the dumpster in the morning. As I began to pick up each item and part with it ever having habitation in my home, I began to feel free, open, lifted, able to breathe fresh decluttered air! As I write this I have a burst of energy, excited, and zeal because I can see me now tackling assignments in my home-based office. See my environment/workspace means the world to me. It’s a must! I call it business-class feng shui!

I can go on and on about my intense revelation, but let me tell you what it has to do with business. March 20th 2022 marked the official day of spring which resembles/coincides with birthing, newness, clean, fresh, etc. They don’t call it “spring cleaning” for no reason. As I am cleaning my office ridding the old and implementing the new, I too am doing this in my business, be-it with style, business partnerships, work relationships, systems, formats, I have scrubbed it all, scaling it to a new level of operation.

As a business coach I’m a champion of people, a natural born exhorter of others, literally a walking, talking, daily coach. I cannot help, but to believe in people and believe that they can and will win, but at some point that some to an end and I must champion for myself.

As I and you spring forward we must be okay with clearing out anything operation wise in business that does not serve us. We must be okay with parting with individuals we’ve outgrown. We must be okay with putting our business and selves first and shutting doors for good! One thing about me when I walk away and make peace with departing it’s a wrap, and I’m okay with it. In business you must learn to have mini silent funerals to old ways, habits, people, thoughts, situation, etc. Death is beautiful when you know the transition yields life.

I challenge each of you to look around your homes, home-based office, cluttered closets, friends list, subscriptions on YouTube, bills, and see what you can have mini funerals for. What can you depart with? Pull those things out and be okay with ushering the new! To declutter your workspace is to declutter your mind causing an avalanche of by default of organization, mental clarity, free flowing ideas, and emotional intelligence. Right now I am so stoked I am going to have to force myself to go to bed, but I cannot wait to wake up and finish my tasks in my office in the morning!

Tell me, do you see a correlation of your mental health and unorganized workspace? Do you feel weighted down, having considered the very furniture, file holders, old stuff are causing emotional heaviness limiting your ability to get work done? Let me know in the comment section, and thanks for reading today’s blog.

How to Start a Home-Based Business With No Money or Space

So you want to start a home-based business in 2022 but you don’t have any money or space? Well, I’m here to tell you that it can be done, it’s simple yet hard, but can be done! This short guide on how to start a home-based business will provide you with tips on how to get started even if you don’t have the funds or space to get your project off the ground right away. Keep reading and learn how to start a home-based business in 2022 without spending any money at all! As I say “use what’s in your hands”.

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Now, to start does not mean PROFITABLE. Let me say that again, too start a home-based business does NOT mean one bit it will be PROFITABLE off the rip. We are focusing on the “starting” and concept/organizing in hopes it can metamorphosis into a phenomenal business that is profitable in the future.

Why a home-based business?

If you already have your own home/living space etc., starting a home-based business is an excellent way to put what you’ve got (your space and resources) to work for you. Home businesses can be very organized, systematic and simple in their layout when set up correctly. In addition, home-based businesses are often less expensive than traditional brick-and-mortar operations because they don’t require any additional real estate or office equipment costs, over-head is already built in. It’s also important to note that many people prefer working from home; it offers freedom from long commutes and office politics while still allowing them to make money! As of today fuel costs is averaging over $6 bucks a gallon and may get as high as a giraffes butt, to $10 bucks!

Today’s mix of inflation (which will be here for some years), crude oil steadily rising, vehicle maintenance, commutes from hell because people these days seem like they don’t know how to drive, who wouldn’t stay at home and keep more of their earnings.

What tools will you need?

Before you even begin to think about how to start a home-based business, you should figure out what tools and resources you need. You need somewhere quiet, organized and uncluttered in order to get any real work done—and if your home office is crammed with toys, books and laundry baskets that makes for an inefficient working environment. If you don’t have a dedicated space set up yet, use our pointers on how to organize your home office so you can find everything you need when it comes time to work. If all else fails, remember that there are always coffee shops where WiFi is free!

Determine type of business. Are you building or constructing things? If so you need dedicated area that is open and safe to work in. Are you digitally based, but need quietness to speak with clients or do ZOOM calls? Make sure you can outfit a space to limit external noise.
Transform a closet, attic, basement, garage, patio, extra bedroom, often times people they don’t have the space when in fact they do. The issue is they don’t want to inconvenience their current setup or clean up an area that will grant them space.
Do some market research and find out from others in your home-base space what they have in their home-base setup. Youtube is great for this! Many people share their tools even grant links to the resources they use.
Communication! Do you need a headset with noise cancellation? Do you need a laser printer? Do you need shipping labels, scale, etc.?
See what digital elements you already have in your home that you can optimize i.e. cellphone, laptop, desktop, old iPads, t.v. w/internet connection, professional camera, old cellphone with great camera, GoPro, recording devices, etc.

Remember your home serves as not only a living quarters, but tool! Maximize every inch of it!

Where will you do it?

If you’re thinking about opening up your own home-based business, you probably don’t have much money and little space in your home. That doesn’t mean it can’t be done though. Organized, systematic and simple, these are three words that are extremely important when starting off with a new endeavor at home. Let me show you how easy it is to get started with no money or space at all. First, we will look at different ways to start small. For example, if you want to sell items online, there are services like Etsy that allow you to set up an online store for free. There are also sites like eBay where people buy and sell items on their site for a fee (usually around 10%). Then you have Facebook Marketplace (not a fan but it’ll do) and SAMCART for digital products. Also working offsite from your home does not mean you’re not home-based. You can still work in the field and use free tools out in the field for you to conduct business operations! I strongly suggest maximizing your operation, by finding and using these spaces/tools, be-it cafe’s, library, meet-ups, parks, etc. In fact this is how I started CEO DriveHER in the field using cafes to do my work and meet up with my clients. So many spots and staffers new me I constantly got free food, coffee, made new friends, grew to love my community more, network, and so much more.

What kind of product do you want to sell?

One of the first steps in that process is to figure out what kind of product you want to sell. Do you want to sell physical products, like food, merchandise, or clothing? Or maybe you want something digital, like ebooks, stock photos, consulting services, etc. It doesn’t matter what you’re selling, because by following these tips, anybody can start a small home-based business in 2022 with little money and little space in their home.

Decide what products/services does not require any investing or startup costs like reselling, brokering, affiliates, etc.
Find what is the easiest/simplest that can yield a small reasonable profit over time.
See what products does not require for you to hold inventory if possible or find vendors that offer NET 60 NET 90 accounts which allows for you to obtain the product and sell it at a profit, but pay at a later date for the inventory.

Putting your plan into action

Creating a business plan is an important step in starting any business. The process of formalizing your plans and writing them down can help you see potential problems before they arise, and it’s vital in helping you develop your company strategy. It doesn’t need to be complicated—and if you are just starting out with no money, chances are it won’t be—but as with anything, planning will make everything much simpler down the road. Keep things systematic and simple, and don’t worry about making it perfect. Get something on paper that you can refer back to when needed, then start putting your plan into action!

I cannot stress the importance of using even the simplest template for business planning to help outline the various components of your business. It must be written down constructively and concise. Here are a few comments your business plan/template should have.

Business structure type i.e. LLC, Scorp, Ccorp, Partnership, etc. DBA’s
Location and Region. Are you serving the local community, international, digital e-commerce (but where).
Marketing and social media type.
Value Proposition. What’s the value of your product/service?
What problem does your product solve?
Will your business be scalable and sailable in one to 5 years?
Demographic and psychographic of customer. Identify who they are, where they’re at, and what they think, what’s their general mindset.
Media kit.
Business communication like business email, business address, business phone line, etc.
Target audience via free media platforms.
Budget and operational excellence.
What type of free or low costing project management services can you use for email marketing, planning, structuring etc.

Finding success!

Having no money and no space does not mean you can’t start your own business. Indeed, it makes it even more important to think systematically and act simply if you want to get ahead. I started all my companies on pennies! Now, I don’t suggest that’s always the move nor is that the case for most startups, but if planned right and executed what little money invested can go a long ways and teach how to manage more with less.

Start your home-based business today! Checkout my tools and resources on my website, click here to access them: https://linktr.ee/ceodriveher

THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IS PLANNING

See as a planner I’m good about mapping, and drawing things out, where I lacked was in the area of parking tasks and timing, I sucked at it totally often running behind schedule looking at my well laid plan asking myself why.

“Without a plan, even the most brilliant business can get lost. You meed to have goals, create milestones, and have a strategy in place to set yourself up for success.” – Yogi Berra

I’ve falling in love with the planning process all over again! I must admit I’d been feeling a bit overwhelmed because I just couldn’t seem to find the best planning software nor format for my business and life needs.

As a serial entrepreneur this is majorly difficult, trying to weave seamlessly my life and businesses components. The other day I was out with my daddy have our weekly daddy daughter date and he said something so profound, he said “NuNu (my nickname) one thing about you is you’re a planner and that’s awesome.” He was so proud and amazed of me, he was able to calculate things I’d said even years ago and repeat to me how I’d then made plans. In fact I’ve been like that my entire life, but not without many detours, hiccups, and lost!

My daddy was so proud, but internally I was cringing because I felt everything, but that. See my father has been able to hear my plans, and now see the manifestation of my plans, but I on the other-hand knew of my dirty little secret. That secret being though I can draft some of the best laid planes, I can be bad at executing with precision. I am a planner, buuuuuuuut a lazy executioner, so bad that often times I’m livid at my poor execution because I know the outcome could’ve been a million times better, with less stress, ugh!

Now, for those looking from the outside in you’d NEVER know, but I know, and I carried some shame from it. I’d try so many different things, timers, softwares, planners, outlines, you name it, but it just wasn’t cutting it, that is until one of my clients who is a master at planning and business development, Phyliss of Hulbert Custom Designs, put me on to a new project management software by the name of CLICK UP (https://clickup.com/?fp_ref=kimberly31)!

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I have tried everything from Trello, to Asana, looked into Dubsado, used HoneyBook, Keap, and other CRM and project management tools. Though they all have their place, hands down from costs, to integration, to format, to ease, to structure and unlimited use…. CLICK UP is the best! See as a planner I’m good about mapping, and drawing things out, where I lacked was in the area of parking tasks and timing, I sucked at it totally often running behind schedule looking at my well laid plan asking myself why. Now, having use CLICK UP the answer punched me right in the face!

I kid you not it seems as thought my production time has dropped immensely allowing for my execution time and volume to skyrocketed! This by default has raised my drive, momentum, and confidence! I am so on it dog gon it! I’m feeling unstoppable! Their system is so awesome I’ve parked all my companies in that one platform, creating various “spaces” and managing everything from there. I love see the planning process, the sub-categories, and the ability to map my time and progress chart from by a simple click of a button. This software is a massive game-changer, so much so I am making it a required tool in my business courses and business development coaching services.

One thing about me, I know something when it can help reshape a business for the better. There’s no way you cannot be profitable using this software, not manage staff/freelancers/contractors, or fail to execute. Success from the planning process rises up off the page and for me forced me to work even harder and execute more tasks.

I went ahead and purchased an annual subscription for the business tier after using the software for 30 minutes! I knew where CLICK UP could take me and my businesses so I dived in head first and I am loving it! If you are a one man band business to a large start-up this is the greatest project management tool! I already cancelled my Asana and I am using my Trello for personal/home use. FYI, I was able to integrate my calendars, emails, and others components. Please be sure to checkout https://clickup.com/?fp_ref=kimberly31 CLICK UP, you will NOT be disappointed!

BLACK BUSINESS WOMEN PLEASE BE HAPPY

My sisters don’t apologize for your peace, greatness, self-love, and confidence. Anyone coming in with the bull&$@ you gracefully bow out, exit stage left, and go about your business black woman. You go and be great!

“How dare you dare to be happy and unbothered.”
CEO DriveHer

Don’t care when your peace of mind makes others uncomfortable sis 🤎.

The black woman 👩🏾 must #divest from the struggle bug of life. Often people will make us to feel guilty or undeserving of the greater things of life, luxury, joy, love, etc.

Via YouTube I’ve been introduced to a number of women be-it older, single, married, black, or white that have a real balanced position on #femininity, and I’m loving it!

I must admit in years passed I too did not feel deserving of certain things, it seemed as if those things, persons, experiences, places, somehow took away my struggle, my story… well NO! No it does not, in fact if it pushes out bad chapters, memories, or pain good riddance!

The black woman 👩🏾 is only allowed to be great if tied to struggle, pain, embarrassment, shame, or lack. Often times and many of those times governed and determined by the likes of OTHER BLACKS! The contempt and distain from other blacks when in fact we divest, distance, and no longer demoralize ourself is high. You’re treated as a traitor and even shamed for daring to live a great life far removed from the infamous “struggle”.

The first woman 👩🏾 I grew to see do this was my mother. My mother was NEVER subjected to her environment, my mother walked, talked, strutted, moved with such grace regardless of our state as a family. Unfortunately I failed to appreciate it only until well into my adult years, and even more at almost 41.

I wondered why my mother’s confidence was so high, why she dared to be so bold and free spirited, why she felt deserving to be in any arena. I secretly shamed her, I thought humility was best, when in fact I needed what she tried to teach me for years. Now, I’m that woman and I love it! In fact I’ve always been that woman, I just needed to allow myself to be her.

Today’s and forever’s story is no longer rooted nor driven by struggle, but rather our strength to no longer reside in struggle… struggle where bih 💅🏾 *tuh. #businesscoach #divestment #divestedblackwoman #bodacious #audacity #sistergoals

THE BUSINESS GOLD STANDARD AGAINST COPYCATS

Knowing the realities of business is not always fun, but don’t stress over it, it’s business, not personal; that is until someone violates. Remember, true gold cannot be duplicated!

SET YOURSELF APART BY DOING YOUR PART AUTHENTICALLY”
CEO DriveHer

The other day I wrote a post explaining the importance of not giving too much thought about copycats internet thieves. As a business consultant this comes up often and I’ve found many of my clients suffering from execution paralysis, all because they’re trying to find the perfect safeguard for their business.

Now, I am all about protecting your intellectual properties and even creating safeguards, but if you allow yourself to be held hostage from actually putting yourself or products/service on the market, the would-be copycats have already stole from you. This type of worry brings about anxiety with the production paralysis. You do realize major brands everyday are copied? What is key is when wrongful parties are caught the consequences can be great. Nike, Beyonce, Burberry, Gucci, Chanel No.5, even the U.S. Federal government don’t allow copycats to stop them. Fraud is just part of the nature of the game, just make sure you find ways to rightly protect yourself byway of business insurance, disclaimers, copyright, and contractual agreements.

The copycats and fakesters will always be a few steps behind you when you have an authentic and unique way of doing business. They can’t make a new move until you do! Remember that! This is why I believe personality, strategies, and unique formulas/style matters. People fail to properly brand themselves and create a “deep” digital footprint, hence making it easy for others to duplicate them. My brand is heavily predicated on ME, my life, my experiences, my flow, my style, even to how I communicate. Sure people can and have stolen parts of my business, but bay bay they fail miserably in trying to execute like me. What’s sad is they don’t get the results I do, why? Because I am heavily involved in the process of my procedures products, etc. What I do in business is always changing, some things even by the day, week, or month. This grants me a huge advantage, because I must remain very knowledgeable in my space and grant alternative info if need be. Most copycats will NOT keep up with the craft or info.

So, how what does this have to do with being part of the business gold standard? Everything! Authenticity in business is a gold standard, one the is actually very lacking. Even when it comes to make big name producers, companies, celebrities, you’ll be surprised how un-authentic they are and how they themselves have played copycat. They are always “re-inventing” themselves because often times they never were the real thing. We see this with many fake gurus on theses internet streets, their hand is in everything, they’re an expert on everything, etc., why? Because they’re shooting darks in the dark, hoping to land on target.

So, my little bit of advice is:

Be authentic, but to be authentic you must identify who you truly are, and what are YOUR strong attributes in business that can minimize duplication.
If you need help with business safeguards, get some consulting or a researcher that can help you identify some weak points of entry that may leave you vulnerable to copycats.
Be unique and have a signature process of doing things.
If you catch someone stealing, duplicating, or being a copycat; go after them and have ZERO mercy! Set the tone and prosecute to the fullest extent! Make an example out of them.
Stop living in fear. Understand when you’re authentic you have a deep well of ideas, strategies, and creativity. They don’t!
Always be clear in your contractual agreements, website disclaimer, legalities listed in/on digital products. I do not shy away from making my position clear.
Do a SWOT analysis of your business, and market research to see common points of entries where’s people tend to copy.

Hopefully this blog can ease your anxiety and get you out of production paralysis and you can take that great chance of going into the marketplace with full confidence. Knowing the realities of business is not always fun, but don’t stress over it, it’s business, not personal; that is until someone violates. Remember, true gold cannot be duplicated!

SUNDAY RESET FOR HOME BASE BUSINESS

Monday is for the “weak”, Sunday is for the “strong”, let’s get your home-base business powered up through cleaning and organization.

Sunday is the real Monday. If I not mistaken in a famous song of Kanye titled Selah, in one of his bars he says “they say the weak start on Monday, but the strong start on Sunday” and I totally concur with this notion. Sunday is the most chill day to optimize in your business and here’s why:

Most of the world use/views it as a universal laidback day.
The majority of others are not conducting business.
It helps set the tone for the rest of the week, kicking of your Monday to a galactic start.
You can catch up on emails, no one really responds to emails on a Sunday.
Lay out your project management agenda.
Organize, structure, clean home and home-base (aka home-office)
Rollout and schedule direct marketing templates, posts, blogs, and more!

Monday’s energy is for most is dreadful, regretful, and hectic often feeling as if they’re already behind the curveball. I believe this is due to the intense vibration and expectations for the week, many people put such a demand on themselves that they already feel as though they’ve lost.

Area of operation the KITCHEN! Running a home-base business your world’s tend to collide a little and intermingle and that’s okay, but draw strong boundaries and organize your home and fixtures in a way that doesn’t increase disorganization or a mess. I promise you your kitchen is a major factor of presentation and vibe especially if you have an open kitchen like I do. It is imperative you have a clean kitchen, meals planned, and everything in it rightful space. Here are a few things I am doing in my kitchen today:

Cleaning out refrigerator.
Light cabinet organization.
Meal planning for the week.
Washing dishes.
Making a 1/2 gallon or cold press coffee and 1 gallon of green tea w/mint, limes, and lemon.

My kitchen is a very intimate space for me so how it looks and how I move about in it really effects my mood. I love my little tea sets and coffee cups, spoons, French press machine, etc. It is these little moments of daily rituals that enrich my life. If my kitchen is chaotic most likely so am I.

If your room is a mess so are you. Your most intimate living quarters can serve as a clear reflection of your internal self. It is imperative for home-base business owners to maintain a space the allows for free flowing energy. A lack of organization and cleanliness in these areas weighs on the soul.

A messy bedroom causes you to lose time, immediately invoke feeling of stress, and confusion. If you want to jumpstart your day and wakeup un-groggy with your feet hitting the ground running…. CLEAN YOUR ROOM!

Upon waking up do not scroll on phone, get up immediately and following make up your bed ASAP! I’d dare so say have your daily workout clothes and wardrobe set the night before. Here a somethings I am doing today to set the tone for my bedroom:

Hanging up some new wall decor.
Washing all laundry, comforters, sheets, etc.
Hanging and folding all laundry (this is major). I have a bad habit of leaving clothes on my chaise lounge or worst on the floor in a clean pile. (lol don’t judge me)
Dusting! I live in an old factory loft so dust is life around here.
Maximize and organize some unused space/storage.

Lastly, and of course your home office the home base of operations! If you want to curate productivity, mastery, and functionality CLEAN YOUR OFFICE! This is all about mindset business owners, you want to minimize spacial clutter that we tend to internalize on a subconscious level. My ideas and production increases astronomically, it’s as if I’ve taken a mega B12 shot, filling me with creativity and energy. Here are some things I am working on as I upgrade my home-base:

Refurbishing and painting some repurposed furniture.
Hanging up some pics and wall units.
Putting together my new cafe bar.
Buying and setting up new small refrigerator.
Arranging my plants and repotting some.
Painting my walls GOLD!
Setting up new lighting fixtures.
Organizing files and paperwork.
Some other miscellaneous tasks.

Well, there you have it! Please share what you plan to do? Are you mapping out and maximizing your day for the upcoming week? This may sound like a lot, but in fact this is all very obtainable in less than eight hours. Do not allow volume to discourage you, anything is better than nothing. The awesome thing about this type of start is you can massively smash the majority of your week’s tasks.

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MARCH MADNESS OR MARCH MAESTRO

March is a pivotal month for many of us on the western side of the world. It is where winter chills begin to turn into springtime filled with blooming hills. The color green by some unspoken rule has championed as its mascot signifying new life, nature, rebirthing, wealth, generosity, and of course good fortune. Saying that is the common belief of many why on earth in this rebirthing time of the year would we speak “madness” over it?

The other day I found myself saying over and over here come March Madness and for the first time I felt extremely convicted of speaking such words especially in the current time we are living in. On this day and this very morning chaos and war continues in Ukraine with Russia, across America crime is running rampant, inflation is racing to a 40 year high, our government and elected officials are useless, and literally it is as if the world, my city, our country has gone MAD. So I immediately shifted my tune and decided to speak life and not death as we close out of Q1 and enter into Q2 of 2022, and the spring equinox is officially March 20th of this year.

After many reviews of positive words that begin with the “M” maestro stuck out at once. I do not know if it is because I am literally writing this blog while listening classical music, Beethoven – Symphony No. 8, but it seemed very fitting for us home-based entrepreneurs! What is a maestro you say? A maestro is a conductor of classical music, a great and distinguished individual, and that is what I want for us CEO’s to aspire to be in the month of March 2022.

The weight of the world and these times are a bit much, we must chose to operate, build, and dream to a higher tune of success in the midst of it all. So I commission you to mind your words, let us not create more madness by the words which we speak, but rather create harmony in our businesses. Be the maestro of your domain, symphony tunes of consistency, productivity, profitability, and creativity. More than any time in our lives it is imperative we keep plow to ground, steady chopping at wood until the job is done, do NOT let up my fellow home-based business crew.

I believe March will be what we make of it by minding what we speak, what we allow ourselves to see, watch, hear, even as deep to the environments we’re in. Remember this month is a close to our time of incubation (figuratively speaking), we must move with intentionality having a well-charted course and plan of action in our personal lives and business.

In closing with death and madness all around us we shall bloom and be the last ones standing working towards our prophetic destiny. Here are some things I’ve chosen to do to help put myself in a higher gear of concentration and momentum:

Powdered down my most destructive social media platform which serves more as a personal account than business. I temporarily disabled it so that I stay out of the constant news updates.
Currently have changed my selection of music to invoke deeper brain power, concentration, and focus. It really really works. Having been a fan of classical music my entire life and lo-fi instrumentals I wanted to get back into that musical selection a bit more.
Restarting my high-fat keto meals and laying off the comfort meals.
Upping my running and walking.
Creating a full March Maestro plan of action for ALL my companies and seeking 30% increase of operations minimum.

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As we “March” forward into this time of transition of economics, business, mindsets, climate, and so much more remember of all times, years, this is really the greatest time to be alive, to witness the coming shift. Have faith and build your businesses, many generations with thank you in years to come because you chose to persevere!

Happy Marching!

DECLUTTER YOUR DOLLARS

DECLUTTER YOUR DOLLARS to be inflation and weather the financial storm that will take so many by surprise in the worst way.

Costs continue to skyrocket, inflation nowhere near peaking and already at a 40 year high (from the President Regan years), food & energy getting out of control, it’s time to DECLUTTER YOUR DOLLARS (new ebook coming out this week by CEO DRIVEHER). 🏦💵🕵️‍♀️👩🏾‍💻 The average American 🇺🇸 family has already seen a cost 💲 of living increase of $300 – $500 a month. I want to help you in more creative ways place a financial hedge of protection to offset rising costing. Some things we have no control over and will just have to fork over the dough, but if we creatively drop costs in other areas we won’t feel it as much. Here are some of the strategies, suggestions, and ideas 💡 to implement to minimize costs that make a massive difference!

1. Create milk routes! What do I mean by that? Maximize your time and energy by planning/scheduling shopping, errands, appointments, etc. We fail to realize how much time, fuel, and energy is expended from not planning our days. Take for instance you can plan to do all these things once a week on the same day! I’d suggest when doing this you start at the earliest time so you’re not fighting with traffic. Also set up a roadmap/list of all the stops and hit them up in a uniform manner so you’re not overlapping. I use to do this when I was an Uber driver and it works!

2. Cancel subscriptions that are of no value! If you never use them, ditch them. Learn to live without certain things. I don’t care 🤷🏾‍♀️ if it’s for $2 dollars if it fails to serve you ditch it.

3. Start a change jar placing all change in a 5-gallon water jug. Yo, trust me this works! You’ll be surprised what a full $ 5-gallon jug can save up. I had a friend that had $7,000+ in one of those and she used it as a down payment for a truck. She was a waitress in iHop and from tips always had changed.

4. Do laundry only 2x a month! Why? I’ve noticed people will wash 3 pieces of clothes use up a bunch of energy, soap powder, and water for a few pieces of clothes. You want to maximize your loads (not overstuffing), but get drear use of components. Y’all water, energy, and detergent are EXPENSIVE! Learn to reserve.

5. Cook at home with quality foods especially if you have children. People really sleep on this because they think paying less for food and eating processed low-quality food is better serving when in fact it’s not. Actually, it’ll cost you more eating CHEAP! Processed foods are filled with fillers that leave you satisfied for a minute, but due to being stripped of things like fiber you’re quickly hungry again. This is why kids eat so damn much. Cheap food goes right through them. Have a high fiber-based diet and fatty proteins to keep a longer-lasting sense of fullness.

6. Get an air fryer and large crockpot! Yo, you’ll barely use your stove or over which preserves fuel/energy costs. Plus you get the best damn food ever! My air fryer does the most it’s even a dehydrator. Next on my list is a bread maker and high-power mixer.

7. Get some weather stripping and insulate your doors, windows, etc. duh 🙄. Y’all with energy costs going up this should be a no-brainer! For less than a hundred bucks you can do this for your home 🏡 or apartment. These things actually work too good. If you have some old ones simply replace them.

8. By dry goods in bulk directly from the manufacturer or believe it or not Amazon. Learn to pay attention to the oz. and pounds on a box of food. It takes a little math, but due to “shrinkflation” grocery stores are making hand over fist and I get it, but if you have certain products you love, buy in bulk elsewhere. (And not always Costco 😒.)

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I’ll have dozens more option in my upcoming ebook, but here’s a great start! One of my favorite economist is now shouting to the mountain tops on the incoming hyper-inflation. This is what we most definitely do not want, it could literally destroy America (which is the elites plan, to financially collapse our dollar so that we go to a global dollar, one world currency). Of all classes the middle-class will be the worse affected. The middle-class makes up the larger majority of our society as well pays the MOST in taxes. Remember inflation is a form of a tax. They seek to tax the hell out of us to keep us enslaved and co-dependent on big government. I strongly encourage you all to get in front of this, and a major way is by implementing a means to declutter your dollars, cut costs, and think of purchasing power on a macro-level.

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BUSINESS RULES FOR ME

Self-management is hard even with the most disciplined individuals. As a business life-coach I’ve coached hundreds if not thousands and the greatest construct that gets in the way of most success is self-governance. Learning how to set boundaries for “self” takes skill, time, and consistency. You cannot allow yourself to slack in many areas or risk a landslide of issues that takes even more time to regain structure.

Small-business owners love the freedoms of limited rules and structure, but should implement way more than most business types, why because there is often much more to be lost if not. Now, we could discuss business rules on a macro level, but I before we could do that let’s address business rules for self-governance on a micro level. I have witnessed many small business owners have great infrastructure in business, but lack the ability to make applicable structures in their day-to-day life.

Mini / micro elements in that contribute to higher productivity and work-life balance can grant amazing results. Here are some that I highly recommend:

Morning rituals! This is where you set in a daily pattern of actions that serves as a catalyst of success, structure, self-promise, and discipline. When it comes to setting a morning ritual this allows you to serve both God and your self first, not allowing for any other externals to rob you of your precious time. Now, you must find 5-10 actions starting off to set in motion for your morning rituals ex. morning grooming routine, make-up bed, journal entry, make coffee, meditation for 5-10 minutes, no music/social media/t.v./radio etc. for first hour, write daily blog, morning walk/workout, read, pray, etc.
Keep phone on silent! This is a major one for me and it keeps my stress level extremely low. As a business owner we are often putting out many mini fires daily, but you must create safe-guards, and boundaries that limit your immediate involvement. For me hiring staff has helped tremendously in this area keeps me sane. I can to realize that my greatest areas of stress came from daily emails, business phone calls, inbox messages on social media, and certain tech issues. Y’all it would bring me to my knees even to making me physically and mentally ill from stress. I had to set boundaries for myself in these areas and hence was able to set boundaries for customers and those reaching out. Once those boundaries were set others and myself could not violate, and a major part came from simply putting my phone on silent and not answering questions 24-hours a day.
Create hard-stops! Look, in business people can be draining and they will waste your time if you allow it. You must set a tone that allows you to manage time and productivity. Time is money, period. I am all about granting high value, but to do that you must be targeted and know how to execute to maximize the time when dealing with clients so that BOTH of you walk away fulfilled. DO NOT ALLOW FOR WASTED TIME! This is a must for people that are the consulting/coaching space especially. This is still hard for me, but I am getting better at calibrating and minimizing people pulling on me.
Saying no. Every dollar is NOT a good dollar. Some customers just need to go away, no matter how great of a sale may be you want to detour some people as much as possible. You will find that some people/sales bring more trouble and annoyance. Some customers are vipers and literally are the worst. I do NOT tolerate these types of individuals whatsoever! I’ve blocked IP address, emails, contacts, and even formally told people I can not service them and that we are not a good fit. I do whatever I can to detour from my business. Please be open to (but nicely) reject customers that bring annoyance and problems, if you don’t they will cause you money and a great deal of stress.

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In all the rules you set in life bleeds over into the rules you set in your business life. Establishing fluid, but strong rules that helps in your personal development simply will minimize stress, aggravation while maximizing self-confidence, productivity, and even profitability.

Your ability to earn is greatly rooted in your ability to be firm, stable, and well self-managed. If we can control our actions, we can most certainly control our business.

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