Ready Yet?! With Erin Marcus

Have a business strategy or success mindset question?  Join me in our Facebook Group on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at noon CDT for Lunch & Learn - Open Coaching.  I’ll answer your questions, share insights, and provide as much helpful information as I can.   On July’s Lunch & Learn I discussed: How do I choose the right coach or program? How do I pick a niche for my business? Why isn’...

The concept of working on your business, instead of in your business, has been around for quite some time.  And for good reason! Today we dive into what you need to learn to be really good at working on your business to help your business grow and keep you out of reaction mode. For more help on this, please join my free virtual event on August 8 - 13, for an hour each day.  Sign up, join as often...

When something is easy for us to personally do, we often devalue that work because it’s “not really hard to do.” In actuality, that work has even more value because we are experts at it and people come to us specifically for that expertise.  Joining me today is the amazing Erin Austin, who shares how our inventory IS our intellect, and why protecting our intellectual property is so important.  Gue...

What happens when your family expects you to have a successful medical career, but instead you change things up and decide to go into shoemaking? And not just regular shoes - AMAZING, high-end, custom-made shoes. I’m so excited for you to meet my guest today and learn how she went against the grain to blaze her own trail and follow her passion.  Dr. Taryn Rose also shares how you can’t sacrifice y...

There isn’t just one right way to operate your business or live your life, but so often we get caught up in what we’re taught growing up or what we hear from society, that we think the path we’ve been on is the only way to go.  But as human beings, we’re constantly growing and learning, so we need to be open to adjusting course toward what is right for us at this time.  Doing this while also accep...

As entrepreneurs, we tend to feel that we’re being pulled in a million different directions.  We wear lots of hats, hear lots of opinions, and can often lose sight of how we want to run our own businesses.  I’m excited to introduce my amazing guest today, Mary Nisi, who shares how she learned to stay true to her authentic self in her company and how her branding helps to attract her ideal clients....

Have a business strategy or success mindset question?  Join me in our Facebook Group on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at noon CDT for Lunch & Learn - Open Coaching.  I’ll answer your questions, share insights, and provide as much helpful information as I can.   On June’s Lunch & Learn I discussed: How to approach networking events The sales process Being of service My Success Fundamental...

By design, goals can be difficult and require a lot of work to achieve.  As entrepreneurs, we tend to create a lot of goals, hold ourselves to a very high standard, and then beat ourselves up if that goal isn’t met perfectly.  My awesome guest today, Neelam Patel, shares how we put so much emphasis on the “before and after,” but tend to gloss over the actual tough work required in the “messy middl...

Are you ready to be a business owner?  How quickly are you able to rebound when something goes wrong?  For many of us, making the decision to become an entrepreneur means taking a huge leap off a cliff by quitting our full-time jobs.  But what if taking that giant leap just isn’t feasible in your life?  My amazing guest today, Jeanne Gallagher, shares her story about working through that fear, dip...

When you think about meditation, does it involve complete quiet, laying still, and even lighting a candle?  For a lot of us, it does…but what if meditation could involve more inspired action?  Through diligent research, my awesome guest today has found that through inspired action, we can let our minds wander to help with creativity and to get more of those aha moments.   I’m excited for you to he...

When a valued client refers you to someone, you know it’s going to be a great conversation!  I’m so excited that Megan Wessels is here today to share the ups and downs throughout her entrepreneurial journey.  Having come from a family of entrepreneurs, Megan often felt pressure to succeed - but what if that pressure was actually just something she put on herself?  Join us as we talk about followin...

Have a business strategy or success mindset question?  Join me in our Facebook Group on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at noon CDT for Lunch & Learn - Open Coaching.  I’ll answer your questions, share insights, and provide as much helpful information as I can.   On May’s Lunch & Learn I discussed: Active vs. Passive marketing strategies What to do when you’re not “feeling it.”  Do you cha...

LeeAnn Marie Webster is someone I’ve known over 5 years, but never had the chance to learn her origin story, aka how she got to this point in her business, until today.  Turns out we have more in common than I thought!  Join us as we discuss how our past experiences shaped who we are today, trusting our gut, and being comfortable with taking risks in life and business.  It’s up to ourselves how we...

Whether you’re speaking on a stage in front of 1 person or 1,000 people, it’s always important to show up with your A-game.  My awesome guest today, Toni Caruso, works with speakers to amplify their voice and maximize their impact on stage - something that I’m also very passionate about.  When you show up as your best self on stage, it can always turn into an opportunity.  Sometimes just reaching...

When you run a business, work with your spouse, have two little kids, AND work out of your house, you better believe that prioritizing your time is important.  My awesome guest today, Ana Tredrea, and I dive into how she balances her work, relationship, and children, not to mention how she managed to start a successful business helping local creators in the midst of a pandemic.  Guest Resources Sp...

Two years ago when I decided to start this podcast, my team and I were truly starting from ground zero.  We had no clue how to record or publish a podcast, but what I did know was who I wanted to talk to and what I wanted to talk about.  And here we are today, 100 episodes in and I’m so proud of what we’ve done.  Join us today as we discuss what we’ve learned from our amazing guests and how those...

Being of service is something that I stick to, whether it’s part of my business or in my personal life with volunteering.  That’s probably why I hit it off so well with my amazing guest today.  Bob DePasquale is here to talk about how he’s made a business of helping people find their passion and fulfillment through philanthropic means.  He uses his personal drive to be of service to his clients…wi...

Whether it’s something that’s been ingrained in us since childhood or habits from our corporate job, many entrepreneurs find they have to “unlearn” these things in order to be successful in their own business journey. My amazing guest today, Rachell Kitchen, is here today to discuss being a high achiever in her corporate life and home life, facing unimaginable obstacles, and stepping through to he...

Today’s guest is someone who I met way back when I had my first business working with families with aging parents.  I’m so excited to introduce you to Kate Curler, a lawyer who, through personal experience, realized that there was a large gap in the market and decided she needed to cater to that specific niche.  No one was really doing it, people thought she might not be able to make any money, bu...

I’m a firm believer in that the universe works for us, not against us.  That belief sure can come into question though when an out-of-state aging parent gets a diagnosis of dementia.  My amazing guest today, Cindy Beving, shares her story of just this situation, and how she made the most out of her travels to care for her mother, while also running two successful businesses.  Instead of retreating...

What do you need to do to grow your business?  What’s stopping you?  Today I’m going to dive deeper into the concept of trust, with ourselves and with the universe, and how that can affect your business.  Do you trust yourself to make decisions or to come up with new ideas?  If not, that indecision can be a business killer.  Join our Facebook Community for more helpful mindset discussions! Forge Y...

Yes - you are enough.  Yes - you really do know what you’re doing.  As an entrepreneur, have you ever had to tell yourself this?  If so, you’re definitely not alone. My amazing guest today, Elisa Ellis, has been a stylist for years and yet sometimes still has to remind herself of her talent and expertise.  Today we dive into a discussion on Imposter Syndrome, being your authentic self in your fash...

Proper bookkeeping is one of the most important aspects of running a business.  And did you know that it’s one of the easiest tasks to hire someone else to do?  My awesome guest today, Angie Noll, is here to share how her passion for bookkeeping helps other entrepreneurs to offload this task that many find daunting.  It’s so crucial to measure our business’s financial past, so you can plan for the...

Sometimes all it takes is one little, new nugget of information to catapult you into the next phase of your business or life.  My awesome guest today, Andy Hite, shares how the world of coaching has changed his views on how he values himself, how he defines failure, and even how he’s raised his kids.  Coaching his clients has been so amazing and rewarding for him and I’m excited for you all to hea...

For many women, growing up working in a male-dominated field was no small feat. My amazing guest today, Gail Zelitzky, describes navigating and thriving in her fields by wearing her coat of armour.  She also stresses the importance of being a lifelong learner, and that women over 70 are still vital to business and society, in general.  I mean, she started a successful podcast where she invites wom...