Rise and Shine

I am beyond excited to have Abbie Mirata on today's episode of Rise and Shine.  She has 20+ years experience in homebuilding and is the Senior Director of Learning and Development at Offerpad and the Founder of the Intrapreneur Project. Today she walks us through how to go from Job to Joy.  And the key is to start with your mindset.  A few powerful take aways are... Change your words to change you...

The tale of the goose who lays golden eggs reminds us to take care of the source. The farmer got so greedy for more eggs that he killed the goose in hopes of getting all the eggs at once. Only to reveal there were no eggs in side. Sometimes we expend the source in the effort to get more outcome. We do this at work by driving and pushing for too hard and too long exhausting employees. We do this pe...

Last week we talked about your precious resources of time, money and energy. We discussed that your personal exchange rate is the rate at which you exchange these three daily. Today we are going to talk about how you can leverage them against each other. Don't waste time PUSHING and PUSHING the boulder. Instead grab a lever and make it easy on yourself. If you are looking to maximize your time and...

Burnout Overwhelm Quiet Quitting Work-Life Imbalance   They all share the same root cause. A broken personal exchange rate. Your personal exchange rate is the rate at which you exchange your time, energy and money. This episode is all about gaining awareness of your personal exchange rate and identifying where your stress or overwhelm is coming from.    REGISTER NOW: Sunday Night Sanity Session  W...

Living on autopilot seems like a default setting of most busy working moms. It's the thought, "This just what it's like to have kids and a career. I don't get to take care of myself and I just need to keep going, it will work itself out." But as time passes we realize time doesn't heal this. And this autopilot I've been living on is more like a blindfold.  If you want growth personally or professi...

Special Announcement: I'm REBRANDING! It's bittersweet to announce that I am retiring - Home Girl. Home Girl is who I was but not fully who I am today and who I am growing into.  The podcast will be renamed RISE AND SHINE and I am gearing toward supporting busy working mommas align their time with what they value most.  I will share with you stories, lessons and actions to take to help you grow bo...

Its easy to have a "feeling" that something is off in your community. OR MAYBE your lagging indicators (i.e. Sales) are telling you something is off. Your real facts may be able to validate your "feelings". Your sales funnel is telling a story. Are you listening? If you want to know how to calculate, benchmark and interpret your sales funnel data tune in! We will talk about what story each part of...

People tend to be more emotional or more logical. We like to either "feel all the feels" or "keep it real". When it comes to business most decisions are made based on logic.  SOOOO if you want to become more effective and persuasive about getting results or providing impactful solutions you need to BLEND the feels with the reals. On this episode we talk about your true obligation as a sales pro or...

These four magic words.... HOW CAN I HELP?  Can transform your work world. It will lead to... Improved Customer Experience Increase Employee Engagement Accelerate Onboarding of New/Newly promoted team members ALL of this will help improve your bottom line and create a more enjoyable work world.  ADD this phrase to your daily communication with customers, co-workers, employees and even your boss! ...

NOTE: THIS FULL EPISODE IS LIVE ON YOUTUBE IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SLIDES ETC. https://youtu.be/uOTFl3OhtDo I am grateful to have my first guest of 2023, Reyna Estrada. Reyna is the National Internet Sale Manager for M/I Homes. She recently spoke on a panel at the International Builder Show (IBS) about cultural diversity in homebuilding. I asked her if she would be willing to share her take on sell...

Work can be stressful. Period.  BUT if we focus only on the negative we are making a hard job harder. If we focus on wins, we get more benefit! Celebrating wins...   👩‍🏫 Reinforces Learning 💪 Strengthens Connections 🍎 Leads to Greater Mental and Physical Health 😌 Reduces Stress   I want to hear from you. TEXT ME RIGHT NOW! Tell me something good! I want to celebrate with you.  CLICK 👇   704-...

Chasing a carrot is only good if you get to take a bite.  Their are dangers in chasing carrots that you need to be mindful of. Instead I suggest you build your own garden. In this episode I talk about 8 things you can do to build your own garden. 1. Cross Train 2. Resume Ready 3. Interview Regularly 4. Learn More - take a class, seminar, read, mentorship 5. Network 6. Yes to stretch projects that...

When employees or customers become more abstract or physically distanced leaders have the capacity to make decisions that can cause them harm. This is the theory of abstraction from Simon Sinek's book - Leaders Eat Last. I feel abstraction hits companies the hardest when it comes to Customer Experience (CX), Employee Experience (EX), and Leaderships Growth. If you want to absolve abstraction you n...

I used to think quit was a four letter word. You are never supposed to quit! Grit was the key to success. I still agree that grit is essential but I think I was confusing quit with "giving up". Giving up when faced with resistance when something is important to you is not okay! You need to grit for that which is important to you. But also, you need to quit that which is no longer serving you. We h...

One year ago this week I handed in my resignation after a 16 year career in homebuilding. I quit corporate. It was part of what I refer to my midlife crisis or what Brene Brown refers to as the great unraveling. It was a very hard and yet very easy decision at the same time. My goal of sharing is to help women realize that you are not alone in wanting to show up as your true self. It is more impor...

It's time to level up! Forget the all or nothing mindset and join me as we start creating new habits one at a time. This is your guide to making habits "sticky".  From Atomic Habits by James Clear  1. Make it Obvious 2. Make it Attractive 3. Make is Easy 4. Make it Satisfying Download your Habit Tracker Here 👇   https://www.abbycornelius.com/habit-tracker Join the Home Girl Book Club Here 👇   ht...

Several years ago I was asked to review the hundreds of sales people I had work alongside and trained over the years and identify what the top 1% did differently. In this episode I share my findings. The great news is it's not all that complicated in fact is probably a little boring but also VERY DO ABLE. If you want to make 2023 a banner year and you want to start developing market proof sales sk...

My word of the year is Momentum or "BIG MO". If you have a goal you are chasing in 2023 listen in to learn about 3 resources I use when it comes to planning and crushing goals. GET YOURS NOW*: 👇 The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy - https://amzn.to/3GCH1XQ Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://amzn.to/3GAIQo5 Full Focus Planner - https://amzn.to/3VGiV2S * These are affiliate links. I may receive...

Leaders listen up. Perfectionism is holding you back. If you want to accomplish more in less time you need to let go of everything being perfect!  Tune in to learn my mindset shift when it comes to reducing perfectionist tendency.    I cannot thank you all enough for your support this past year. If you are ready to rise and shine in your career and want to learn more about my one to one coaching s...

This weeks episode is featuring our first live guest, Shari Morton. Shari is the CMO and Chief OSC for Shared Drive .  As a co-founder of Shared Drive she has a passion for homebuilding and technology. In this episode we dig into how Shared Drive and OSC's are building value and utilizing technology to leverage relationship building, time freedom, and impact. Tune in to hear more as Shari Morton s...

In this episode we begin digging into the tools you need in your tool box to be a market proof sales leader.  Tune in to learn about the #1 mindset you need to show up great as a leader everyday!

One of your main job responsibilities of being a leaders is to develop your team. You must be able to teach in a way that "sticks". On this episode Abby shares some tips from her days as a trainer on how to make training STICKY!

Showing your team members you appreciate them is essential to continuing to nurture that relationship.  It helps employee retention rates, increases productivity and also just feels good!  In this episode Abby talks about the 5 ways to show work appreciation as an adaptation  from Gary Chapman's book, The Five Love Languages.  Make sure you are showing each team member how much you appreciate them...

Building trust with your team can feel like more of a theory than a practice. This episode of Home Girl Abby reviews the 7 traits that Brene Brown covers in her book Braving the Wilderness. These 7 traits help you identify, hire, coach and promote the traits of trust that help build winning dynamic teams.  

No matter what title you hold on your team you can be a leader. The world needs more leaders. We need to create dynamic teams full of trust, inspiration and growth. The problem is we are taught how to be get individual contributors but we don't often get training on leadership skill development. If you want to level up your skill set and learn what it takes to be a transformational leader on and f...