Productive and Paid with Jamila Payne

2022 was a year full of highlights and learnings.   Even if you feel like you're ready for the year to be over, there are a lot of business lessons that we can take away from everything that happened this year.   As a businesswoman, it's critical to learn how you show yourself up for your business, improve your thought process, and know how to act in different circumstances that you're dealt with....

I don't know about you but 2022 has been a rollercoaster.   However your year went though, I want you to reflect on the things that went well and the lessons you learned out of everything that happened.   How I see it is that women create the biggest results and step into their rightful role as breadwinning business owners when they are willing to go to the growth edge and endure the short term di...

Your 6-figure revenue goals depend on your signature offer.   Fact is, the key to having a six-figure business really starts with how you structure and streamline your signature service.    When you have a signature service that hits the sweet spot between what your ideal buyers REALLY want and what you can get great results on, you've set your business up for unlimited potential.   And when you d...

Being visible and out in the media can be daunting.   It takes skill to speak and introduce your brand in your audience, but it requires a lot more to be out there in the world.   Here's a secret: you can do it too, even if you think that it's scary to speak publicly.   You just need to lean into who needs to hear what you want to talk about, study the outlets that aligns with your expertise, and...

It takes a lot to build a successful business.   When most people imagine becoming a success in their business, they instinctively think that it's difficult but building a business doesn't have to be so hard.   Whether that is by hitting your revenue goal, having your own dream team, or attracting high-end clients consistently, it all boils down to being the breadwinning CEO you are meant to be.  ...

You need to show up and be a living example of your brand.   When you think about growing your business to the next level - revenue, client results, visibility - one thing that you want to consider is how you're showing up as a representative of your brand and the results that you create.    You want to proactively be a living example of the results that you want to create for your clients.    To...

Are you thinking and acting like a high earner that you deserve to be?   Many business owners struggle to get to their next-level breakthrough because they are stuck in hustle-mode.    What you should be doing is stretching your mind into new ways of thinking and what's possible for you and your business.    It's learning to get comfortable with being uncomfortable in order to get to your desired...

Have you been feeling a little stagnated in your business growth?   You've been putting in time, effort, and money into growing your business to the point that it all feels frustrating because there are little to no results coming from your business.   If you find yourself month after month or year after year you're earning a similar amount of income, that's what I like to call an income ceiling....

One of the things that I've been seeing lately as I talk to clients is that women are literally holding themselves back from success.    We do this in a variety of different ways, but if you want to have long term success in your business, you'll want to learn how to tap into your boss energy.    Your boss energy is the most bad ass version of yourself. She has the confidence, she has all the goal...

Did you know that some CEOs are not paying themselves a salary?   This is a common challenge that I see amongst women owners.   Some business owners are taught that they should not be paying themselves and that they should be reinvesting everything back in to the company.   The problem with that thinking is that it's very difficult to sustain yourself if you're doing that.    Your business should...

As a Breadwinning businesswoman, you might have already thought about creating generational wealth through your business.   However, conversations around how you can even build it weren't done enough.   We don't talk about enough about what we are doing with our earnings, how are we making them work for us, and how are we taking steps in our life that will allow the money that you earn to go beyon...

What's your biggest WHY in your business?   If ever you find yourself scrambling what to say or how to describe what you're doing, maybe you need to re-evaluate why you started your business.   It's important as a business owner to stay connected with your "why you do what you do" so that it can guide the decisions that you make and how you will move your business forward.   So when you try to do...

Does it feel like your finances in your business are all over the place?   Some business owners wait too long before they get financial professionals in place and as a Breadwinning business woman, knowing that your finances are being properly managed comes with the territory.   Maybe you're already at a place where you need to have someone to support you in your budgeting, organizing daily financi...

It's not too late to hit your goals for this year.   What's most important is that you don't throw in the towel, give up, and start planning for next year.   The advantage of still going after your objectives for this year will create momentum for everything you want to happen in the year ahead.    The seeds you plant now will create the harvest 3 months from now.   So even right now, you can stil...

No one can buy your services if you're the best-kept secret.    I've heard lots of women saying  "I wish marketing wasn't so complicated."   I know that depending on what you're doing to put yourself out there, the tech plus learning the latest marketing tricks can take something that should be easy and make it overwhelming.   You just need an automated way to connect with your potential clients,...

What's holding you back to unlocking your full potential?   You might currently have a big goal set up and you're wondering how you can reach it it.   You know that the goal is achievable because you've seen other people do it. But you're plagued with fear and self-doubt that leave you thinking "Is it possible for me?"     It's all about changing your mindset and give yourself permission to let go...

Do you often find yourself worrying over cash flows?   Cash management is something that can often cause stress for business owners especially when cash is going out faster than it's coming in.   What I see happening for service providers is that you may be making good money but you're not receiving it as quickly as you earned.   If you're counting your coins against the money you earned, you're g...

I've been searching for a new therapist so my insurance company gave me a list of doctors  to check out.  Going through the list I started calling and I couldn't believe ten different offices told me the same thing … 🔑 "We're not taking new clients but there's a waitlist". As a business owner myself, this message was startling to me. All I could think is… What do you mean, you don't want to make...

For us women service providers, it is our goal to create big wins for our clients.   You know that love what you're doing, you're great at your own craft, and you deeply care for your clients so seeing them not being able to create massive results from your services might feel unfulfilling or frustrating.   It's important to acknowledge that it is not you at all.   We have a responsibility as serv...

It's important to know that there is no more important asset than your time.    The problem is that most people don't have control of it.   It might feel that your time is out of control but at the end of the day, you are the boss that is cracking the whip on that crazy schedule of yours.    Sometimes, you might be operating in a spirit of busyness because it makes you believe you should be runnin...

As a Breadwinning CEO, our ultimate goal is to become financially free to create generational wealth.   You need to set your business up for success so you can do the money moves and invest for your future, and one of the most effective investments in the market nowadays is real estate.   The most common misconception in investing in real estate though is that it's hard to finance and you need big...

Where do you see your future self financially?   If you don't 100% see yourself as a high earner yet, you need to step into the identity of a higher earner going to your future self and making decisions from that place.   That's why it's important to be able to reset your baselines in becoming a high-earning woman – how you see yourself matters.    I often see women business owners challenged with...

Do you often find yourself having conversations with people who aren't really interested in working with you?   While we often talk about the idea of making sure that you have several calls booked each week with potential clients, you'd want to make sure that you're having the right people on the phone.   So before we go too far down the road with a potential client, we want to make sure that we a...

These days, it feels like everything is going up at a faster rate than your revenue.   You might also be feeling nervous about all the talk about a potential recession and how may it affect your business.   You have to know that business is cyclical and there will be ebb and flow. What you want to make sure of is that the lows aren't too low and you can bounce back quickly.   The mistake that I se...

As high-achieving women, we need to always prioritize keeping ourselves healthy.   The biggest mistake I see among breadwinning CEOs is that we tend to put our businesses first that we forget to take some time to nourish ourselves with good, healthy food.   Oftentimes, you might find yourself forgetting to take meals on time as the hours pass by, with your daily CEO tasks and client delivery in be...