The Kim Doyal Show

It seems I’ve been having a lot of these moments lately. If you haven’t seen Jerry Maguire, it came out in 1996. Long story short, Jerry Maguire is a successful sports agent who has his own “Come-to-Jesus” moment, writes a manifesto, distributes it to the agency he works for, and all hell breaks loose in his life. Ideally, these moments don’t cause everything in our lives to unfold. But they’re pi...

Staying the Course in your business can be challenging on any given day, let alone when the world feels like a dumpster fire. I won’t go sideways with this episode about all of the challenges people are facing in the world right now. We’re all aware that things are not what they used to be, and there’s a lot of uncertainty. This is why it’s vital that we tune out the noise and find ways to ground...

Loyalty to platforms and tools is crushing your growth. This was a huge epiphany I had while listening to a podcast recently (I was listening to Jenny Blake’s “Free Time” podcast, which, by the way, is one of my favorites). The podcast episode I was listening to was “ Why I Migrated My Three Email Lists to Substack (BFF Bonus Replay),” episode 222  (highly recommend). Many of you who have bee...

Reframing Content Marketing and social media is something I have to do occasionally. Otherwise, I’d probably lose my mind a bit. My challenge is that I enjoy doing it, but it can also feel like a chore. Before we get into that, let’s do a quick catch-up. This is the first episode of September, and I can’t believe we’re down to only four months left in 2023. I’ve been back in California for eight m...

Internet marketing has always been a male-dominated space. I was super hopeful when I shifted more to the ‘Creator Space’ – but I don’t think it’s much better. I spent ten years in the WordPress space, and for the majority of that time, it was a male-dominated space as well (it seems to be getting better). Before you think this will be an anti-man or ranty episode, let me assure you that it’s not....

Trusting yourself in business feels like it should be easy. After all, you’ve started your business because you wanted to do something different outside the norm. You knew there was something else you were supposed to do with your life. Or, maybe you started your business because you needed to. Maybe you were let go from a job, could not find a job that justified the cost of daycare/commute, etc.,...

Creating A Black Friday Cyber Monday Offer can be exciting, intimidating, and a little cringe-inducing. It all depends on how you approach it. I’ve been on both sides of the coin and somewhere in between when it comes to creating a  Black Friday Cyber Monday Offer. As someone who spent way too many years working in retail management, I had a pretty negative feeling about Black Friday for many...

The ONE question you can ask yourself is a game changer. This was one of those questions that brought massive clarity in the span of about 1 minute. We’re going to get into that in a minute, but let’s do a quick catch-up and recap from last week. First, if you missed last week’s episode, I officially announced my first-ever Women’s Business Retreat in Costa Rica! The IGNITE Mastermind is happening...

The Cost You Pay isn’t necessarily in dollars… It’s much greater. But before we get into that, let’s do a little recap of the last week. In last week’s episode, I talked about ‘burning the boats’ and simplifying everything in my business. Sharing that and getting the  podcast  published was the fuel I needed. There is something about putting stuff out there that lights a fire in me. I lo...

Well, it might seem like my best-laid plans for the podcast have gone sideways, but I assure you it’s anything but. I won’t go into much detail about life with this episode, but the last couple of months have been super busy with family stuff, and I’ve been quietly working behind the scenes and, for lack of a better description, have been “burning the boats.” This episode is for anyone who has or...

Women Over 40, it’s your turn. Recently I was at my niece’s high school graduation party. A handful of my sister’s dearest friends came to celebrate my niece as well, and it was wonderful to see all these women. All were friends she’s known since childhood, so I’ve also known them all for 35+ years. In a conversation with one of her friends, we started talking about my sister’s birthday this year...

Well, I’ve officially been back in California for four months. Let me just say it’s been an adventure. I won’t bore you with all the details, but here’s a little gist of how the first few months went: I returned to some crazy cold weather and snow like we hadn’t seen here before. I officially don’t like the cold anymore and was pretty miserable (I know, #firstworldproblems). I got sick a couple of...

Kim Doyal 0:01 Welcome to F the hustle. I'm your host, Kim Doyal. You want a life that is meaningful and exciting. In this podcast, we're going to talk about launching and growing an online business that fits your lifestyle. After the hustle is all about doing good work, building real relationships, and most importantly, creating a business that supports where you want to live your life. You don't...

Goodbye, Costa Rica. For now. I’ve been pondering this decision for a while now, even though I said I would stay for two more years at the end of my 1-year lease last year. Many factors have contributed to my decision to move back to the states, but the biggest one is family. My Dad is 78, and while he’s already had some health issues, they seem to be compounding or worsening. Most people who know...

This isn’t my official year-in-review podcast episode (I’ll record that in January), but I’m starting to look ahead at what I want for 2023. Both business and life. We’re about to enter December (or, depending on when you’re listening to this, we’re already there), and I head back to California in a few weeks. The new planner, Create It, is done and off to the printer, so I can catch my breath for...

Create It – The Content Planner is LIVE! BUT… before we get into that, it’s been a hot minute since I posted a podcast episode, and I want to share some updates with you. I have a couple of interviews in the can and another solo show to wrap up, but this had to come first. I had my back surgery on October 1st (in Costa Rica), and my dog, who had a second surgery on one of her legs, came home the w...

In this episode, I want to challenge you to start thinking about More Creating, Less Producing. Let me back up a little bit and explain where this came from (and yes, I’ll probably be creating a framework for this). I came up with the term #FtheHUSTLE over six years ago. At the time there were so many people preaching about hustle and grind it started getting on my nerves. It made me feel like no...

I am all kinds of excited today. It’s been a challenging few weeks with everything going on with my back (and if you missed that, you can read/listen to what’s going on in the  last podcast episode ). I did my border run to Nicaragua, which went really smoothly, but man was I exhausted afterward. Fortunately, I was smart and planned to take care of myself the day after. I didn’t have any call...

100 Episodes! Technically, it’s 277 episodes if we count the 177 episodes as The WordPress Chick. I thought it was a lot more, but there have been some times over the year when the podcast went on sabbatical, and that’s O.K. What matters is that I get back to it. So here we are, officially at episode 100, and it’s GAME ON! Before I get into what’s coming and my new non-negotiables, I need to bring...

Kim Doyal 0:01 Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to another episode of F hustle with Kim Doyal. I, of course, I'm your host Doyal. And I'm just doing a little preview clip for today's show because I jumped right into it saying, We haven't you know, we haven't done anything in a long time. And it was specifically referring to today's episode, which was a conversation plan conversation between...

Kim Doyal 0:01 Welcome to F the hustle. I'm your host, Kim Doyal. You want a life that is meaningful and exciting. In this podcast, we're going to talk about launching and growing an online business that fits your lifestyle. F the hustle is all about doing good work, building real relationships, and most importantly, creating a business that supports how you want to live your life. You don't have...

I first came up with the hashtag #JustShowUP about ten years ago. Learning what  Just ShowUP  means at each stage of your journey will look different. I know mine has. My ego tells me it’s taken too long, my higher self tells me it’s taken exactly as long as it’s supposed to take. Talk about freedom. Years ago, when I was in a mastermind, a woman was just about done writing a book when h...

I’m just back after having my last visitors for a while (my sister & niece were here for 10 days, it was fantastic!) and after a couple of nights of good sleep, I feel ridiculously excited about everything that’s going on in my business. My first official day back to work was yesterday (July 7th), and I didn’t schedule much other than a couple of calls (I did a little work while my family was...

Courage shows up in many ways. There is nothing like sharing something publicly that makes it feel that much more REAL. I’ve known for a long time that accountability works for me, but instead of making myself accountable to other people (meaning someone specific), I share things as a way of being accountable to myself. Being accountable to myself means putting it out into the world. Most of the t...

It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this much excitement and nervousness about my business. It’s time to step outside of my comfort zone. This has been a LONG time coming… in fact, I’d go so far as to say this is what I was put on this planet to do. As nervous as I am, I  know  I’m going to do it. I recently shared in the FtheHUSTLE newsletter that I was going to be sharing more about...