Mighty Choice Life: Recent Episodes
Lecia Crider
Home business help for moms. Explore the mighty power of choice in your life, as business coach Lecia Crider guides you through setting up, starting up and growing a home based business that aligns with your unique purpose in life. Learn to create a business with intention, manage your mind and space, and upscale your connection with God.
The purpose of creating a brand board is to put your visuals and voice into a single place so you, and the people who do work for you, can always provide a consistent message to your customers.
In this episode, Lecia walks you through the steps to create a brand board that you will refer to often.
We're told by many that we should be chasing what we want with single-minded zeal. But in my experience, chasing what I think I want often leads to disappointment.
What has more often led me to a place of success and fulfillment has been focusing on giving other people what they want.
It's a simple but powerful shift that you can make today.
Too much to do? Stuck on the low end of a big learning curve? Putting off the things you don't want to do? Each of these things can lead to overwhelm, which quickly leads to burnout. And that's not good for business.
Listen in as Lecia walks you through 6 tips for overcoming overwhelm, each of them something you can do TODAY.
There are basically two places to sell your product or service - in your warm market and in the cold market.
In this episode, Lecia walks you through what those are, how to sell in both, and the ways we sabotage ourselves in the process. She'll also give you the foolproof method to get your business off the ground.
Let's discuss how and why serving others may be the very best way to create connection, strengthen bonds, and gain more than you ever thought you could.
Every year thousands of would-be entrepreneurs decide they are going to start a business. And every year, most of them don't. Why? They quit too soon, they give up too fast, and it's usually because of one of three common pitfalls.
Listen in as business coach Lecia Crider describes the three pitfalls and how YOU can avoid them!
What exactly is stick-to-it-iveness? Well, it's the ability to press forward even on the days when you feel like quitting. You don't have to be born with it, it's actually a skill you can practice and develop. In this episode, Lecia guides you through the 5 keys to becoming a persistent winner!
And she gives you the down low on the beautiful passion flower and what it has to do with stick-to-it-iveness.
What does an abundant life mean to you? And how do you get there?
Just as you sometimes need to get really focused on what you feed your body, you also need to zero in on what you're feeding your brain. Because your brain believes everything you tell it!
As we work through this one, I'll give you the four keys to creating an abundant life, including one that most people leave out, and you'll find out what my version of an abundant life looks like.
Take the first step to making your business dream a reality by joining my FREE 5-day challenge that begins on Jan. 7, 2019. I'll be live every day walking you through the steps to test drive your small business idea. We'll vet your idea like the pros do to make sure it's a winner before you go all in.
It's the smart way to start!
Trying to juggle a day job and your business (not to mention your family) at the same time? You're not alone. Thousands of business owners start out that way. In fact, some prefer to keep their business as a side-gig forever.
But whether you're working your side-gig as a stepping stone to making it your full-time gig, or just to bring in a little extra cash, there are things you can do to make everything run a little bit more smoothly.
You have a great idea for a business, but you're not sure. After all, you've seen other people with great ideas crash and burn. And it's true - not everyone is cut out to be a small business owner. But the only real question is - are you? Answer the ten questions I pose in this episode to find out!
The reason we have problems is because we label certain situations as "problems" in our mind. What if we didn't? Listen in as I teach you to reframe your perception of problems. You'll find out what happened when I had a BIG problem at work, what the theme song of my life is, and I'll even do a little storytelling, too!
Can experiencing gratitude change the way we experience life? Today I'll teach you 5 powerful tools to rewire your brain from dwelling on the negative to bursting with gratitude and up-ing your joy quotient!
Finishing our hero's journey, we embark on the road of trials, discover who we need with us on this part of the journey, and find out how to come out a true hero in the end!
Continue your own hero's journey, plotting your business path on purpose instead of floating on the waves of change.
We were born with the capacity to feel fear, and it serves an important purpose. Except when it doesn't. Except when it tries to hijack our choice to do something new!
This week I turn my mic over to Licensed Clinical Social Worker Melyssa Roderick. With 15 years' experience working with individuals and groups, Melyssa especially enjoys teaching psychoeducational classes on topics related to emotion management.
In other words, she knows what she's talking about! If you listened to Episode 4 "Doing It Scared" and came away wanting more, well, here you go. Listen, learn, then go out and rock this dang world!
Novelists will spend days, weeks or even months outlining their next book. But how much time do we spend actually planning where we want our business to go?
Using The Hero's Journey method of outlining, and other writing techniques, Lecia teaches you how to outline your own journey - a journey where you write the story instead of just playing a bit part in someone else’s plot.
Are the dreams in your head - the business you want to build, the lifestyle you want to lead, the ways you want to serve - impossible, or have they just not been done yet?
Our mind often judges things to be impossible simply because it has no data to show that we can do it. In other words, in the past, we haven't done it.
But why in the world would that mean we can't do it in the future? Every new skill we've ever learned, every new job we've ever taken on, every talent we've ever honed - none of that had been done by us before, either. And yet, we did it.
If you're having trouble believing in yourself, listen in to re-tool your definition of impossible into I'm Possible. The person you want to be is in there, and she's DEFINITELY possible!
I often hear people say, "I'd really like to have a business, but I just don't know where to start."
Well, hold on to your hats, because this episode changes all that! Lecia walks you through a clear, proven process to take just about any business idea and turn it into an actual business - without the fear and overwhelm.
Episode 11 - Winning With Direct Sales, Part 2: Is It Right For Me?
You hear stories of people making it big in direct sales. You also hear stories of people filling their garage with product that never sells. So, how you do know if direct sales is right for you?
Listen in as Lecia describes what it takes to make it in direct sales, and gives her top ten tips for success. If you've ever thought about joining a direct sales company, listen to this episode FIRST! And then pass it along.
Lecia interviews the youngest Mary Kay Sales Director in Arizona, Christina Waters. Christina shares valuable insight into how she has accomplished so much so quickly, including specific tips on building relationships, closing a sale, and managing home and work life.
You have a great business idea. You need more time to work on it. You miss your little ones. You want to quit your day job so bad! But it's not time...yet.
But there are things you can do to prepare to be able to quit, and to move that time frame up a bit. Listen in as Lecia gives you actions you can take now so you can quit later!
The Change Cycle is the cycle we go through whenever we try to change our status quo. Our minds kinda like the status quo, and they naturally resist change, which can cause us to cycle back to where we started. This makes progress very difficult. In this episode, Lecia teaches you the two things that can break this life-numbing cycle, and exactly how to go about doing it.
Have you ever had someone ask you, "So, what do you do?" and you completely blank,or stammer through an awkward description of your business, or talk about your day job or kids and leave your business out completely?
That might be a sign that you're scared to sell - shy about promoting your own business. Or, maybe just unprepared to do so.
In this episode, Lecia will you help you find the true value in what you do, and in who you are, so you can promote your business with confidence.
Everything you do in business should have a purpose behind it. This purpose is your "why", and without it, it's pretty easy to become unmoored when things get tough. Listen in as Lecia guides you through finding your own "why".
Lecia interviews successful caterer Shellie Bowers, who talks about how she built her business, one mistake she made early on, and why it's so important to value your gifts.
You've figured out what you're good at, now how do you turn that into an actual business? Listen in as Lecia guides you through the process of generating a business idea that aligns with your unique gifts.
Instead of just chasing money, take the time to figure out what you're good, because this is how you will build a home business that thrives
Learn the three core concepts that work hand in hand to allow you to build a life and business on purpose.