It’s never as hard as we make it out to be

February 27, 2016 By

In yesterday’s post, The remarkable thing about what you are telling yourself I shared with you how we become story tellers and make things out to be harder than they truly are.

Today I have a real life example to share with you. Last year a beloved uncle died and an out-of-state cousin asked if he had any hats and if no one else in the family wanted them he’d like to have them. Well all I had to do is send him the hats. Simple enough, yes? You would think so.

However, in my mind it was a different story. See I had made up a story about what a pain it was going to be to send the hats. I’d have to find the right size box, find packing materials, get the hats in the box and then take the box to UPS. Sheesh, that was a lot of hard work my mind was telling me.

It’s the way we think about things that get in the way of getting them done.

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That was until a client of mine (it’s isn’t always me teaching my clients, sometimes they teach me =) told me a story about a friend who said that she wasn’t good at sending things to other people; to which my client said to her “it’s not that hard, just go to UPS and they’ll pack it for you”.

My “hat” story changed that day when my client told me this and so off I went to UPS and said to the guy behind the counter, Steve was his name, I need some direction here, I want to send these hats do I just pick out a box and he simply said “no just put everything on the counter and you are all set.”

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I thought, WHOA, just like that? This couldn’t be this easy, the story I had going was it was going to be hard and viola just like that less than 5 minutes later (well, almost a year and 5 minutes later) my cousin’s package was on it’s way! And I felt an amazing sense of relief at having accomplished this task after so much time.

The lesson I learned for myself and that I’m sharing with you is that things are never as hard as we make them out to be. So the next time you think “this is going to be a pain, too hard, or take too long”, think about my hat story and how it took just 5 minutes and it was done.

I know I’m not the only one with a story such as this, please feel free to share, I’d love to hear. Or if you would rather keep it private, email me personally at kim@kimravida.com

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The remarkable thing about what you are telling yourself

February 26, 2016 By

 

I’m a do-er. I love to get things done. However, I’m not always as quick as I could be at getting things done.

Woman saying yah rightI am also a story teller. I make up these really far-fetching stories in my head when it comes to getting said things done. And, by the way, I’m not telling just any kind of stories, I’m telling massively untrue stories.

Stories such as:

  • It’s going to take so long to get this done.
  • I have no idea where to start.
  • It’s going to be hard.

Ever say anything like that to yourself? Well, one thing I have learned over the years is that it NEVER takes as long as you think it is going to take so those stories that I have been telling myself are lies.

You’ll note that I haven’t said I’m a liar, but I really am. When I tell myself untrue stories I am lying, lying to myself and that’s just as hurtful as lying to someone else – actually it is even worse.

So what’s going on? Well, it’s a mindset. Mindset will make or break you. Now when it comes to money I have been known to tell myself so many untrue stories. The good news now is that I know when I’m telling an untrue story and it’s what helps me be able to help my clients with heir own mindset, especially when it comes to money.

But soon or late the man who wins is the man who thinks he can! — Napoleon Hill

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Would you like a money mindset shift? If you said yes, take this Money Breakthrough Quiz. You’ll be able to see where your gaps are and start improving your own money mindset.

I’d love it if you shared your insights here or feel free to email me privately at kim@kimravida.com. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

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Do you have what it takes to have a winning mindset?

February 25, 2016 By

Were you ever told that you needed a new attitude? Sometimes you do. An attitude is your mindset. If you aren’t making the money you want in your business, you need to shift your mindset to one of unlimited opportunities for you to increase your self-worth and net worth!

Mindset is what I like to call the end all, be all. If you have the right mindset, anything is possible. If not, for the most part everything is difficult. Think about some pro athletes, often it is not their sheer talents and abilities that make them successful, but their mindset.

The right money mindset will have you seeing green.

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Do you have the mindset that it takes to win in your business? Do you have a winning mindset that no matter what, you will succeed? Did you reach your income goal from last year? What about for the month of January? If the answer is no, why not? What do you have to do or know or be in order to have that successful mindset so that you reach those financial goals? You may have gaps that are holding you back from reaching your goals.

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If you have been listening to my free webinar series The 5 Key Money Areas, you may already have taken the quiz and know where your gaps are. If you haven’t taken the quiz yet, you can find it here, it’s short and it won’t take you longer than 5 minutes to do. It relates to The 5 Key Money Areas I’ve talked about this month.

Once you identify your gaps and take action to close them, you’ll be able to increase your self-worth and net worth. Doesn’t that sound like a beautiful thing!?

I’d love to hear what you think comment or email me at kim@kimravida.com to share!

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Are you tired of waiting for things to change?

February 24, 2016 By

I was watching an episode of Brain Games and the scientist said that “everything you do changes your brain for good.” That’s a fascinating statement – so why then does it feel like it takes forever to 1) make a change and 2) see a change?

I have my own thoughts on this such as we have habits and patterns as well as mindsets that can keep us repeating the same things over and over again.Dollars spread out

Let’s take a look at saving money. Do you feel like it takes a split second to spend it yet forever to save it? Do you think “why bother saving money because it takes forever for it to grow”? If you do then no wonder nothing is changing.

Our mindset can make or break us and if we are in a why bother frame of mind, we are in a holding pattern, therefore there is no change because you aren’t doing anything. In order for our brain to change, we have to do something, not just anything though, it has to be something different from what we have been doing to see the changes.

Henry Ford said: If we do what we have always done, we’ll get what we always have gotten.

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So then, what will you do differently that will foster that change you want?  Please share here or email me privately at kim@kimravida.com

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Are you sensational at making something successful?

February 20, 2016 By

Well it’s Saturday.  And it’s also Day 20 meaning Blog 20! I’m just going to take a moment and tell you (myself really) how proud I am of me.

Yay me! Yup, I said it, I am proud of me. I have been consistent with my blogging and I have been consistent with my theme this month of more money because I know I want more and I know so do you.

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  • Have you ever done something that you are proud of?
  • Was it something that you were maybe hesitant to do in the first place but then so glad you did it?
  • What were the feelings you experienced?
  • What happened to you because you did what it was you were hesitant to do?

I say this all the time, you may even have heard me say it here, it’s because we have the courage/determination/drive to take on something that we are less than certain of that we find the glory.

So please share your glory stories (you can also share the gory stories =), I’d love to hear them and I know my readers would as well. And as always, if you’d like to keep them private, email me personally at kim@kimravida.com.

While you are at it, pat yourself on the back for creating an opportunity!

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What valuable opportunities are you actually making for yourself?

February 16, 2016 By

My blog yesterday was about how action is the key to success. It was in regards to money (one of my favorite subjects if you haven’t already guessed =).

As a business owner it is important to be in action in many areas of your business. I recently committed to doing a month long blog challenge; you may know this if you read my blog. It’s posting a blog a day (now that’s a lot of action). Did I mention that I was blogging 1-2 times a month before this?

At first I wasn’t sure I wanted to do it but I said yes in spite of not being sure. And boy am I glad I did. I wanted to share with you what has happened for me because I decided to participate and take an act every day toward my results.

How we do one thing is how we do everything

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How we do one thing is how we do everything, I was able to use the steps I outlined in my article yesterday “An awesome way to be powerful in making money” because the steps applied to my action on blogging daily and away I went.

Here is what I learned:

  • I am more disciplined than I was giving myself credit for.
  • It’s easier than I had thought.
  • How to have fun with this process.
  • To navigate in WordPress (I didn’t do my own posting before).
  • How to link back to previous articles.
  • To create images to share on my blog posts.
  • Why it’s important to create intriguing titles.

The really amazing part though is how much more confidence I have had with myself.  AND there is still two weeks to go!  Imagine what will happen for me in the next two weeks.  I can’t wait.

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Have you ever taken an action that you learned more from than you thought you would? I would love to hear what happened for you. Feel free to post here or email me privately at kim@kimravida.com to share.

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What will make you motivated toward success?

February 14, 2016 By

I’m motivated by quotes. When I write my monthly ezine I love to find quotes that go with what I am writing about and I also like to find quotes and use those to motivate my writing.

Today’s quote:

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream” C.S. Lewis.

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It is for those of you who have said “I can’t do that, I’m too old.” We are never too old.

Please don’t let that stop you. Imagine if you were to start right now to set a new goal or on your dream?

  • What would that feel like?
  • What would happen for you because you did start?
  • How would you grow?
  • What would you experience?

The answers are unlimited, there is so much you would experience. Go forth and do what you want to do, realize your dreams and know that you are never to old for anything.

Please share with me your dream either here or privately at kim@kimravida.com.

I know you have it in you to go for it!

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What will make you awesome in your business?

February 13, 2016 By

AZI spent last week in Tuscon, AZ where it was warm. I love the heat and being from New England where it is quite cold this time of year it was a welcome break. I was there to attend a training workshop. It was fun to get out of my office and to be with other like-minded business owners.

I always come home feeling refreshed and ready to get started. When I travel for business I always set an intention for what I want to get out of the trip and what one thing I want to change when I return.

One of my intentions for this trip was to spend time with the high earners because I want to up-level my business and in order to do that I need to up-level myself. Business is about making money and in order to do that I need to continuously make changes to myself and how I do things.

Being with other successful business owner gives me the space to think bigger and think differently as well as to renew what I desire in my business.  I learn by being there and I come back to my office energized and ready to take my business to the next level. It is always exciting to come back and get started on the next phase of my business.

“The Starting Point Of All Achievement Is Desire” –Napoleon Hill

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What about you? What will make you awesome in your business?

Please share or feel free to email me personally at kim@kimravida.com. I am excited to hear what you have to say.

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Do you have clear and present boundaries?

February 10, 2016 By

Do you remember the Tom Clancy book or movie, “Clear and Present Danger”?  Well if you don’t have clear and present boundaries you most definitely could be in danger!  This applies to all areas in our lives such as people and money.

Do you remember this:  “Warning!  Warning, Will Robinson”?  It was what the robot on “Lost in Space” would shout whenever there was danger. Boundaries protect us, they help tell not only ourselves but others what it is we will have in our lives and what we won’t. Take behavior, if you have weak boundaries you more than likely tolerate a lot of bad behavior from others. When it comes to your business and money, you may be giving your services away, over-delivering with a client or even working for free (though you might not even realize that part) and what about how you manage your money? Wait, you are managing it regularly, right?

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Are there some money boundaries that you need to set, maybe draw the line at over-spending, running up credit card debt or paying your bills late?  Maybe you have some behaviors around money that are holding you back from increasing your income?  Are you thinking to yourself “I never thought about this”?  That’s ok, I didn’t either.  However, now that I do know about it and know the ways in which not being aware of it impacted my income, I’m happy to share my knowledge with you.

Today’s the day that the 3rd training in my free webinar training series The 5 Key Money Areas is released and it’s all about Boundaries!  Go ahead, take a listen and let me know your thoughts.  I’d also love to hear one of the boundaries you want to change and what you will do about it.  Please comment or email me privately at kim@kimravida.com and let me know.

When you set solid, positive boundaries for yourself you have the power to set yourself free. Now that’s a powerful place to be.

“Money won’t create success, the freedom to make it will.” –Nelson Mandela

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Are you allowing your past to run your present?

February 9, 2016 By

Be honest here.  Are you allowing your past to run your present?

You may say no, nope, not at all. Great and let me ask you, have you ever said “that didn’t work well, so I’m not going to do that again”? Or what about “I already did that, it didn’t work for me”?

Well if you have then you are allowing your past experience to impact your present day results. I’ll give you an example. A client of mine wanted so badly to increase her income. She told me she would do anything in order to do so. You probably know what is coming, right? Well, she didn’t want to do this and she didn’t want to do that.

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When I would ask her why her response was that she had done that before and it didn’t work. That’s very valid, I’m not discounting that.  However, the problem was that she wasn’t open to analyzing why it didn’t work. That left her unable to learn from her efforts.  Notice I did not say “mistakes”. I believe there are no mistakes, only learning opportunities. The inability to learn from her efforts kept her firmly rooted in the past.

There are no mistakes, only opportunities to learn.

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In order to move forward, it is important to look at what didn’t or isn’t working in order to do what will work. When you are stuck in the past because of disappointment, fear or limiting beliefs you compromise your future.

In business, I like to look at ROE – Return On Everything, something I learned from Sandy Carter of IBM. And in looking at ROE knowing what didn’t work and why is just as valuable as knowing what will work.

In order to increase your income, you must know first the 5 Key Money Areas, what holds you back from moving forward and having the courage to do both. Because once you know that the past has no power over your present moment, you are free to make decisions that will bring you to where you want to be and having the results you want to have.

“The Past Has No Power Over Your Present Moment” — Eckhart Tolle

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When it comes to increasing your income, being in the past and in fear can have a direct impact on your results. If you would like to increase your income my free webinar training series the 5 Key Money Areas will help you do that. Below you will find the links to the first two trainings and make sure you follow me on Facebook and Twitter to get access to each subsequent training sessions (there are a total of 6 short trainings).

Training 1:  5 Key Money Areas

Training 2:  Forgiveness

I’d love to hear your comments on this post, the trainings or anything you would like to share. You can also email me personally at kim@kimravida.com if you’d like to keep your comments private.  I look forward to hearing from you.

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