Introduction

Welcome to Episode 7 of the Coaching Hive Podcast! I am your host, Dr. Moira and for the past two weeks we have been exploring the concept of mindset. First, we talked about the definition and last week we took to the research to find out the impact of mindset on your business. This week we continue the conversation by looking at a popular Hay House author, Carrie Green, and her book titled, She Means Business.

Here at the Coaching Hive, we want to be effective, efficient, and have fun so that work becomes a joy, and you have dedicated time for the important things in life like your family, friends, and hobbies. Go ahead and play this family friendly podcast through your speakers and let’s get started.

The Topic

Are you the type of person who sees a book that is pink with gold foil, a fancy script for the title, and a subtitle that includes the word “wildly” and writes it off as fluff?

If you are nodding yes, I’ve been there. I have passed over so many books that seemed to be fluff simply because of the cover. It is a mindset, a mental attitude or inclination, that has us prejudging something before we even take a closer look. Now we have all been told not to judge a book by the cover and this is one of those books. It has a beautiful cover and I bought it because I liked Carrie’s work, mindset, and approach to business, but honestly, I would have skipped it over in the bookstore.

Remember that pink cover I described? Carrie actually talks about the pink color used in her branding as being her favorite color. Early on she had people criticize her color choices, but she held to what she liked. This was her business and she liked pink. She adopted a mindset that helped her see these critics as people with opinions that were different from hers. She didn’t give in or give up. She kept her pink signature color and it still stands today as the primary color of the Female Entrepreneur Association. Although purple is my favorite color, pink is a close second and I happen to love her color scheme. Imagine, though for a minute if she had let critics of her color choices literally color her business. What mindset would she have had? Probably not one that was empowered, and her business might have become something she didn’t love. She might have begun to make changes based solely on what the critics thought rather than keeping her mindset focused on what she wanted for her business. This doesn’t mean that she tunes out the critics, or ignores good comments and advice. It simply means that she has a mindset that she is the business owner and ultimately, she has to be ok with the choices she is implementing. But you didn’t start this podcast to learn about book cover color choices. So let me tell you a little about my experience with the inside of the book.

The Ideas

When I opened She Means Business for the first time, I had a problem. I got sucked in. I couldn’t put it down. In fact, I had picked it up as I was getting ready for bed and Nate, my husband, came in a while later curious because I was still awake. I had a goofy grin on my face and distinctly remembering telling him that I needed to read Carrie’s book every single day. It was uplifting, it was motivating, and it really reminds us that what we achieve takes really hard work, but it is worth it when you build something that you are excited to wake up to each morning.

As a member of the Female Entrepreneur Association, I was curious to see if Carrie’s abundance mindset and positive approach to learning, growing, and exploring came through in the book. It is clearly evident in her podcast and everything she does in the FEA. And guess what? The book delivered in a BIG way.

The book is divided into three parts t