The Successful Living Podcast

Tired of the Impact External Forces have on your money? Welcome back to The Successful Living Podcast. ! I'm thrilled to have you here today as we delve into a topic that's close to all our hearts: success, self-awareness, and the often-overlooked aspect of financial consciousness. In a world where we tend to point fingers at external factors for our financial struggles, it's high time...

In this episode, I share a story about a conversation on financial planning. What is interesting about the conversation, is the idea that some people have that we shouldn't speak to people struggling with money because it may be disempowering. If someone is struggling financially and we speak about a financial plan, it may feel impossible to achieve. It made my stomach turn, but I realized the...

The definition of success is the achievement of a goal or purpose. Therefore, success is found within us first and reflected in our outer world. If you feel satisfied with your life and see opportunities everywhere, that will lead to success. Otherwise, if you believe that success escapes you for lack of education, money, or some other reason, you will never feel successful. Success has to be meas...

In this episode of the podcast, Dinette talks about an important topic that is often overlooked in the world of small business: sales and sales strategies. While there are many workshops and resources available on marketing, very few focus specifically on sales, despite the fact that it is a crucial aspect of running a successful business. Dinette explains why it's so important to develop effe...

I have been going through some tough times as we all do at one time or another. So, I decided I would share it with you.        

Mariela Romero, talks about Cultural Mastery, joins us to share her insights on creating bridges between communities and fostering inclusion and equity. Mariela is a multilingual, passionate journalist, writer, producer, and public relations professional with over 30 years in broadcasting. – with a focus on empowering communities. In this powerful talk, she shares how we can all work to create mor...

In this podcast, I'm going to talk about how you can unlock your potential by changing your beliefs.   Hey there, my name is Dinette Rivera and in this video I want to talk to you about something that's really important. Your beliefs play a huge role in determining your success in life. If you want to achieve more, then you need to start by changing the beliefs that are holding you back. So s...

Everyone engages in some form of sales. Getting comfortable with the sales conversation is a challenge for most people. When we "sell" ourselves for personal reasons, outside of our job or business, it seems natural to us. We don't consider ourselves to be selling. Think about the first time you saw someone you were attracted to. What happened? I'm sure you found a creative way to approach that pe...

I have trained many financial coaches and have been involved with different training programs where the emergency fund is something you have no knowledge or management of.  People seem confused about what a savings account is or something else, raising questions like: Why can't I have a savings account? Why does it have to be an emergency fund?  A savings account is for things like vacat...

In this episode I will tell you what cash flow is and what is the best way to manage it. It is of great value to start by identifying the month's income, since most people take into account the paydays and bills, but do not take into account the exact date when they have the income or when those payments are due, if that is your case you may be in a cash flow problem. If you want to create your ow...

A challenge with managing money can be money in and money out (cash flow), It is not enough to track when we are paid by an employer or contractor and the amount we are paid monthly. The best way to overcome cash flow problems is tracking the exact dates when we are paid, the amount and when our debt payments are due. Many debt payments are due at the beginning of the month. If you do not have fun...

If you want to keep yourself from spending more money than you should during the holidays, there are five questions you can ask yourself before going shopping. These questions are designed to help you think about who you are shopping for, why they are on that list and what you can do to show them your love without blowing your budget. Understand that powerful reasons for wanting to achieve a goal...

Limiting beliefs are exactly what they seem. They limit your potential because they prevent you from believing in  yourself. You can want to do the best in anything. Your limiting beliefs will create doubts, fears, and make you think the effort isn't worth it. Why does this happen? It happens because you haven't faced those limiting beliefs. You've probably never stopped to question those bel...

We talk a lot about how important it is to make time to discover who we are. If you want to increase the likelihood of achieving a goal, you have to understand who you are. Is the problem how can I find out who I am? Become the observer of your life, being aware of what you do every day. Let me offer a small suggestion. Observe your way of brushing your teeth. If you think about it, on occasion yo...

There is a method for changing our behavior to align with what we want to achieve, and it starts with the Successful Living Path to Prosperity, built on the 5 Pillars of Success: · Self-Discovery/Inner Healing · Lifelong Learning · Income-Producing Activities · Financial Capability · Social Responsibility/Community Today I want to talk about Self-Discovery. Why do I speak about this the most? Beca...

Who is in the driver’s seat of your life? Are you controlling the vehicle that is taking you where you want to go, or are you on autopilot? Are you getting to your destination and not realizing how you got there? Let’s talk about taking control of the wheel of life. Do you believe you are a limited human being? I remember when I was a child, and I was taught that I was created in God’s image. I th...

What is mental fitness? I prefer Flinders University’s definition: “Your ability to cope with and meet the psychological demands of life, without undue fatigue or damage to your mind or body”. “A personal framework for understanding what we can do, as individuals, to build a happier and more productive life.” In my book, The Successful Living Podcast, I speak extensively about self-discovery. Awar...

When I started my company I knew nothing about it. You would think I did because I worked in management my entire working career. I had the good fortune of working for a man in Italy, on a military base, that taught me everything he knew about running a business. I was twenty two then. Every job I ever did after that first job was in management. Of course I was able to start my business. What I di...

How you start your day sets you up for how the rest of the day is going to go. I get up early in the morning and start working because I can feel tired in the afternoon. The sleep problems I've had most of my adult life, make it hard for me to do creative work or projects that require a lot of thinking and writing. Do you hit the snooze button ten times in the morning? Do you misplace your car key...

In the United States, August starts the buying season. Even with the pandemic, people start getting into a buying and spending mindset because of back to school. We are bombarded with ads about the things we need to buy for children going back to school. This mindset stays with us, as we go into September and the end of the year. How prepared will you be to increase sales during this season? Once...

People often apologize or become uncomfortable when we speak about wanting wealth or striving to get to a million dollars. For some there is a belief that wanting money goes against their value. Many factors have given the impression that money is bad. There is the belief that rich people are greedy. There is the belief that money is at the root of all evil. We could spend hours talking about thes...

Being open about our struggles with podcast timing, why Manny is not present and many other random thoughts. In this podcast I share the struggles we're experiencing with trying to honor our commitment to our listeners to show up regularly and at the expected times. Life is full of many responsibilities that get in the way of our goal of consistency, but I love entrepreneurship and wouldn't change...

Within Self-discovery there are many things we have to learn about ourselves. In this podcast we come clean and take responsibility for not showing up on our podcast for a month. While we had reasons, a little self-discipline and organization would have kept our podcast on schedule. We chose to speak about it because avoiding it or pretending it didn't happen we wanted to take honor our listeners...

Income-Producing Activities are a foundation for reaching our goals. There are many ways to make money work for you. It is not always about getting a job or a second job. Working for others is one way to make money. Working for yourself and taking advantage of passive income opportunities are others. Money is a resource to exchange goods for services. There are many ways to "make money".  Wor...

In today's podcast we have a special guest with whom we will talk about the importance of organizing our lifestyle habits in order to meet the goals we set for ourselves daily, she is Tonya Thomas, who is the founder of Team Delegate, LLC, an executive virtual assistant  company. We invite you to listen in and share this podcast with your community.