Miss Bossy Boots Podcast: Recent Episodes
Stacey Morgan & Jane Hillsdon
Stacey and Jane love a good chat. Especially when it comes to sharing stories about running their businesses. Stacey is a dance educator and principal of a dance school and Jane is managing director of a marketing agency. Both of them have ambitions as high as the heavens for their consecutive businesses.
They are motivated, passionate and driven female business leaders who love to share their insight with anyone who will listen. They're also incredibly curious as to how other business leaders run their business. Most of all, they are determined to inspire more women into leadership positions.
Having both been described as 'bossy' when they were little girls, the 'Miss Bossy Boots' Podcast was inspired by Sheryl Sandberg's famous quote 'I want every little girl who is told she is bossy, to be instead be told she has leadership skills'. 'Miss Bossy Boots' is the perfect avenue to embrace their leadership skills and to interview other inspiring business leaders from a huge range of backgrounds and share their uplifting stories.
The Miss Bossy Boots podcast will be a fortnightly podcast after a saturated launch period of two weeks and will cover a range of topics to help encourage other women to lean into positions of leadership in their business, in their community and their industry.
Alli Garison is no stranger to Miss Bossy Boots, she first appeared way back before the pandemic kicked in, in early 2020.
Today we talk about the changes that women experience after becoming mothers and the way the impact of those stay with you long after your baby has grown.
If you're a mum, who hasn't felt the same since having your child, you will love this chat with Alli.
For more information on Alli's programs, go to alligarison.com
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A love letter to my mentor, Glenda Hamilton.
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Samantha Wills started her self-titled jewellery company on the kitchen table of her share house in the eastern suburbs of Sydney when she was 21 years old. While her rise to the global stage looked meteoric to many, Samantha has said "It took me 12 years to become an overnight success"
Join us today as we talk about her humble beginnings, her challenges and learnings, her new book "Of Gold and Dust" and the time Beyonce, wore her jewellery.
You do not want to miss this episode.
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Over the past two weeks in my private coaching calls, I’ve been chatting a lot about STRESS and SUCCESS. I’ve been identifying what I see as 10 of the most common causes of stress in business - and how you can try and avoid them or overcome them and working through these with my business owner clients. Today I unpack 5 of these for you, and follow up with the rest in a few weeks!
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Jane and Stacey welcome you back to Season 2 of Miss Bossy Boots.
Thanks for being patient with us whilst we have had a long and restful break. Today's episode is an update of our lives and businesses, enjoy!
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We are taking a small break, but not forever.
Thank you to all of our fabulous listeners who have supported us for three years and 100 episodes. We have loved showing up for you, loved hearing from you and chatting with you in our socials.
We are going to take some time to rejuvenate and will look forward to being back in your podcast feeds in 2021.
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We have talked about the fabulous Lorraine Murphy so much on this podcast that we couldn't think of a better person to join us to celebrate our 100th episode!
Stacey and I could have stayed and chatted all afternoon with Lorraine. We covered off all the topics including:
Lorraine's entrepreneurial evolution from founding The Remarkables Group to developing her online programs that help female entrepreneurs build their business. The people that have inspired Lorraine over the years Who she has in her corner Inclusivity And what the future holds for Lorraine
And to all of those listeners that have supported us for our first 100 episodes - thank you so much! We love you!!!
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While running a business can be extremely rewarding, sometimes, it's a bit lonely being a business leader. There are so many decisions that you have to make, so much responsibility that rests on your shoulders and always a list of hard things to do.
And there is no manual for so much that we do!
Whether you are a business owner or not, having a mentor or mentors in your life can be of tremendous value. Whether it's the reassurance that they provide or the guidance they give, it just helps knowing that there is someone to turn to!
In this episode we talk about the mentors in our life and how much they have contributed to our emotional and financial well-being!
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As we ease out of the initial COVID uncertainty, we face a new world. And it's not only COVID that stands to affect our world at the moment. We are seeing a worldwide movement in the right direction as people the world over fight for equality and inclusivity for people of colour.
The US and China continue to antagonise each other. And Kanye West announced he would like to run for US Presidency. Seriously - what is the world coming to? And how will we continue to navigate this ever-changing new world?
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Does sisterhood and #womensupportingwomen just happen on Instagram where we all love to post an inspiring meme? IN the real world, are women really lifting each other up? When push comes to shove, do we actually practice what we preach?
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Stacey and Jane both LOVED Glennon Doyle's latest book; Untamed. In this episode, we pull out the passages that resonated with us the most and deep dive into why.
We talk about:
The world not needing selfless women in any more The training we need to reverse the discomfort that we feel around strong, confident women How we can build resilience in our kids Our internal rules that govern our perception of how other people 'should' behave How devices are dulling our children's spirit and creativity
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Let's face it, no-one likes having difficult conversations. But as business leaders and small business owners, we, unfortunately, need to have many of them.
With the recent pandemic disruptions of COVID19, Stacey and Jane have had to have too many difficult conversations for their liking.
In this episode, they chat through some of the strategies they use to approach and actually have a difficult conversation.
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When you are under the age of about 50, planning for your retirement seems kinda, well, boring. And it just seems sooo far away!
Details concerning personal insurance, voluntary superannuation contributions and investment strategies can seem a little icky to many females and sometimes if we are honest, we can leave these boring details to the men in our life.
But in this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, Suzie Barnaby; a Financial Adviser with Morgans in Port Macquarie talks us through the importance of taking this stuff more seriously (like now) and shares some inspirational insight into how we can turn this challenge into an opportunity.
You can connect with Suzie on LinkedIn here or follow Morgans Port Macquarie on Facebook here.
If you would like to share any of your challenges or tips around managing your personal or business finance, join the conversation in the Miss Bossy Boots Podcast Facebook Group.
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Barbara Ryan lives in New York City. She started her corporate career working on Wall Street. In the late seventies. It's interesting to hear her talk about how much has evolved (and unfortunately how much has not) when it comes to ambitious females navigating their career trajectory over the last 4 decades in one of the worlds most cutthroat economies.
Barbara witnessed first-hand how little support women had in certain male-dominated industries. This inspired her to start the Fabulous Pharma Females group which is now chock full of CEOs and woman leaders in the pharma industry.
The group works to give women an opportunity to connect with each other and create a strong community of women with a shared commitment to one another.
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, Barbara candidly shares so much insight into how she managed to build a successful career as a senior leadership executive and working mum and how she now encourages females to lift each other up to help each other succeed.
You can connect with Barbara on LinkedIn here
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“Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream” ― Oprah Winfrey
Gut feeling. Intuition. A little niggle. Instinct.
What do you call that thing in your body that emits an almost visceral message within you sometimes? You can't quite put your finger on it, but you know it's trying to tell you something. But what is it trying to tell you?
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, Jane shares a recent experience with her business planning where her intuition was practically reaching up from her gut to slap her firmly in the face. And, as usual, she ignored it and tried to fend it off with reason and logic.
But lunch with a wise friend in business soon revealed that her gut was trying to warn her off making a big mistake.
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Allison Garison is an Ayurvedic Practitioner. All too often Allison helps females understand that they are enough. They are a good mum. They can do hard things. They are good at business and it's OK to want to be successful.
There are so many women who are lost. They are confused about who they are and who they should be. What's scary, is that a lot of us don't actually realise that we are perhaps lost. We just know that something does not feel right. We are anxious and guilty and worried. Worried that we are not doing enough.
Allison believes that when women understand how powerful they can be, they start to gain clarity.
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots Allison helps us understand how we can navigate our way through this murkiness and start to achieve some more balance in our being.
How did this episode resonate with you?
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More About Allison
Alli Garison is an Ayurvedic Practitioner & Yoga Mentor/Trainer and is the first to admit she has a passion for life. Her roles as a wife, a mother and grandmother forever inspiring and nurturing her.
Alli is a teacher, mentor and speaker who managers her many business ventures living the philosophies and teachings she shares. Alli has worked with hundreds of women helping them to empower themselves to create the life they were born to live.
If you would like to contact Allison, you can reach her here.
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After seeing a video published by Simon Sinek that explained the difference between happiness and fulfilment, Jane and Stacey ponder how and what makes them happy and what makes them fulfilled.
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Let's face it. There is a pretty big topic that is dominating our thoughts, our lives and our businesses right now.
When COVID first hit, Stace and Jane recorded an episode discussing how they were coping with the sudden change of direction that they were forced to take!
Now, four weeks in, everything has evolved and changed again.
Our businesses are different. In a way that even four weeks ago we would have struggled to get our heads around.
We chat about where we are at, share any learnings that we've been having along the way and talk about where we are going from here.
How is your business going? What about home-schooling? We'd love you to join the conversation at the Miss Bossy Boots Podcast Facebook Group.
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What impact does your business have on the people that work for you? What about the people that you serve?
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, we deep dive into what impact means to us? How do our actions impact those around us - particularly when it comes to our businesses.
We can impact one person and then that impact has a ripple effect! As it turns out, our reach is actually a lot wider than we think!
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I don't think we have ever leaned in so much to an interview with a guest before. Nina had us hanging on every word.
Nina Christian runs a successful Melbourne-based marketing agency; Bravedo. She Chairs the Victorian committee of the Australian Marketing Institute and has five school-aged children.
Oh, and she only works 15 hours a week! 😳
How does she fit all of that in 15 hours a week? Incredible planning, structure, delegating and discipline.
Nina mentions a couple of books in this episode and we went out at purchased them that day, because honestly, we just couldn't wait to be more like her!
Atomic Habits - An Easy Proven Way to Break Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt
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Stacey Morgan is a Telstra Business Awards finalist. Woohoo! In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, she answers all the questions about the application process, the work she put in and what this now means for her business.
She shares some brilliant tips around how to complete an award submission of this calibre - it's definitely a science.
And as always, if you would like to ask Stacey any additional questions about winning this award, jump into the Miss Bossy Boots Facebook group.
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In this current climate of COVID-19 / Coronavirus craziness, how can we best protect our business, our customers and our community? Join Jane and Stacey as they talk through their current challenges and opportunities during this difficult time.
We are at point where new information is being released each minute. We'd love to hear any stories, tips or advice from any of our listeners as this unfolds.
Head over to our Miss Bossy Boots Facebook Group and join the conversation. Let's work together to navigate through this historical moment in time.
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We do. And we don't. Routines can be great for keeping us focused and productive. They can be predictable and they can help to manage expectations. But they can also be gruelling. And feel like a hamster wheel.
Sometimes when we break routine, it's hard to get back into routine. In the episode we tackle the topics of routines!
What's your thoughts on routines? Any tips to share? Join the conversation in the Miss Bossy Boots Podcast Facebook Group. :-)
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Some of you may set New Years Resolutions, some of you may set goals. Having done all of the above, Stacey and I like to choose single words that will guide our actions. The goals and resolutions can then be set around those words.
In this episode, Stacey and Jane reveal their chosen words for 2020 and how those words will come into play.
We'd love to hear what you resolutions / goals / words are for 2020. Head on over to the Miss Bossy Boots Podcast Group and join the conversation!
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Twelve months on from Stacey talking about her clarity manifesto we check back in to see what has actually manifested for Stace.
We debate if it's the daily affirmations that contribute to the desired outcome OR is it just being just generally driven to achieve a result.
Have a listen and then jump across to the Miss Bossy Boots Facebook Group and share your thoughts on the matter.
Do you write manifestos? Or is there something else that you can recommend that we do to help keep our eyes on the prize?
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In this day and age we are bombarded by messages from clients, staff, family and friends across a plethora of channels. Facebook Messenger, Instagram direct message, comments left on social posts, emails, website forms, phone calls, text messages. Arghhh.
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, Stacey and Jane tackle the topic of replying to all of these communications. What's best practice here? How do we manage expectations for replies? How do we manage people's expectations when it comes to expecting a reply?
And if you would like to surround yourself with some more women (and men) who are all about keeping it real, join us in our Miss Bossy Boots group.
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Time to reset for 2020! In this episode Stacey and Jane reflect back on what goals they set for 2019 vs what goals they achieved and how they achieved them (or didn't)!
They also reset their goals for 2020! Perfect week anyone? Stacey has some great recommendations as to how to achieve this!
Stacey is gearing up for a 3-month stint in NYC - of which she started planning for in 2010!!
And if surrounding yourself with like-minded women (and men) who are all about keeping it real sounds like a great resolution for 2020, join us in our Miss Bossy Boots group.
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How do we actively get better at business and life? Grit, deliberate practice and a whole lotta resilience.
In this episode, we reference the book Grit, by Angela Duckworth and talk about one of the points she makes about deliberate practice.
If you'd like to join the conversation with like-minded women (and men) who are all about keeping it real, join us over in our Miss Bossy Boots group.
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Stacey wasn't expecting to like Lorraine Murphy's new book; Baby, You're Remarkable as much as she did.
Work. Life. Kids. Balance. Stress. Burnout. We are ALWAYS on the hunt for #lifehacks that help us navigate all of this. In her new book, Lorraine delivers a no-BS guide to business with a new family - and in Stacey's case - a very established family!
If Stacey has inspired you to get more of Lorraine's great guidance on this subject matter, you can buy her book here.
And if you would like to surround yourself with some more women (and men) who are all about keeping it real, join us in our Miss Bossy Boots group.
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This episode we speak to Kat Mclead. Kat is the creator of the Stay at Home Mom Entrepreneur. This is a framework that she created for creating a highly profitable business that she loves while working just 2 hours a day.
Kat shares how she started her first multiple 6 figure business 20 years ago. She hasn’t slowed down since. Her first business profits meant that she had way more money than her husband when they first got married, and was able to pay the entire $450,000 down payment on their home. Not that he minded!
She fully planned on being a pampered Stay at Home Mom, but once her son began preschool, and she actually had ME time again for the first time in years, she became restless. So she came out of “retirement” and started coaching her friends just to give her a little extra buzz.
She now helps stay at home moms find fulfilment and independent income outside of motherhood all while staying Mom first.
Connect with her here: https://www.sahmentrepreneur.com
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Fear can be debilitating. It can stop us from realising our potential. It can stand in the way of us jumping on an opportunity. It can infiltrate our conscious and deplete our confidence.
Fear can be hard to identify too. In our experience, fear often manifests as a multitude of excuses. OR simply as prolific procrastination.
'I don't have time', 'I'm not set up to do this', 'I don't have enough experience', 'I'll do it later'.
Any of these sound familiar?
So what do you do to overcome this fear? In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, Stacey and Jane share their experience with fear. They also talk about some of the actions that they have personally taken to overcome fear in their career.
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If you have been listening to our recent podcasts that discuss Jane's first-ever book; How To Do Marketing - A Comprehensive Guide for Small Business, and wondering what the book is all about or even whether the book is for you, then listen up to this episode of Miss Bossy Boots!
You will also find this episode valuable if you are somewhat curious about how the dark art of marketing actually works.
Stacey shares some of her personal key take-aways from the book such as:
Marketing will not do all the heavy lifting. While effective marketing can encourage people to consider you and hopefully come and buy from you, delivering your customers an awesome experience is integral to optimising your marketing investment.
The power of word-of-mouth. The detrimental effects of disappointing your customers and how you can combat and prevent negative online comments.
What role a 'centre of influence' plays in your marketing eco-system. What is a centre of influence and how powerful building relationships with centre of influences can be to driving customers in your direction.
Jane also talks about the importance of setting goals to drive your marketing activity so that you can determine if you have achieved a successful outcome.
allthemarketingtips
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A work-life balance may be nigh impossible to achieve, however, that does not mean that we can't at least try to schedule in self-care activities that will help us to survive the life of a working parent!
Eating well, exercising, relaxing, sleeping, learning - all of these things are necessary for us to live well, however these are the things that we often cast aside in order to get stuff done for work or family or whatever!
In an effort to encourage more 'me-time' Jane and Stacey have come up with the #flamingochallenge. This involves carving at least 1/2 hour out of your week - every week - where you do absolutely nothing!
Then, to prove that you have completed this task, you need to post a photo to Instagram and hashtag that proof with #flamingochallenge!
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Well she did it! Jane Hillsdon finally got around to publishing her book; 'How to do Marketing - A Comprehensive Guide for Small Business.
While she is, of course, celebrating the achievement of this mammoth task, Jane has had also had the chance to reflect upon the journey and uncover what some of the stumbling blocks were along the way.
The main challenge Jane overcame on this journey was to overcome the imposter syndrome that lurked fervently as she planned and wrote.
In this episode, Jane shares the reasons why she chose to write a book, personally and professionally as well as what was involved in the process.
Of course, if you are a small business owner and want to find out more about 'How to do Marketing' - you can purchase Jane's book by clicking on the link below:
https://dragonflymarketing.com.au/books/how-to-do-marketing/
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Can you imagine collaborating with your direct competitor in an effort to help potential customers better understand your product and business?
This is something that Wordpress Web Developers Simon Bank and Robey Lawrence do regularly.
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots we learn how these two business owners regularly collaborate to provide educational workshops, swap industry know-how and refer business to one another.
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As ambitious business owners with a penchant for learning and professional development, Stacey and Jane always have their ear in a business podcast or business book. So periodically, we love to share our favourite business finds with our Miss Bossy Boots community. Here is our latest instalment!
Jane's favourites:
BOOK This is Marketing by Seth Godin
This is Marketing is Jane's marketing bible! As a marketer, she literally hung off every wise word he has to share in this book. Stace has also read it and it really resonated with her as a business owner. The book is perfect for business people who are keen to explore the more philosophical and intelligent approach to marketing.
PODCAST Mia Freedman's - No Filter
This is the go-to podcast for Jane's families car trips - the whole family loves!
Chat 10, Looks 3 - Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales it's smart and funny and entertaining!
Stacey's favourites: BOOKS Drive by Daniel Pink
Research has been published for years and years that shows that bribing people with material rewards in the workplace is not effective. However, businesses everywhere still persist in trying to drive their staff with financial and material incentives. In this book, Daniel recommends motivating people with intrinsic rewards that match the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.
Legacy by James Kerr
This book shares fifteen lessons in leadership from the worlds most successful sporting teams; the All Blacks.
PODCAST Achieve Your Goals - Hal Elrod (he also wrote The Miracle Morning) Very 'next level' motivating
Before Breakfast - Laura Vanderkamp Bite-sized time management tips that you can consume in 5 minutes before breakfast!
John Maxwell Leadership Podcast - John Maxwell Each episode tackles a leadership challenge.
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Sometimes as business owners we can forget that our customers don't know all the inner workings of our business and our minds.
Noticing that there were some particular questions frequently asked by her customers, Miss Stacey decided to proactively approach the situation by creating a weekly Facebook Live series; called 'Miss Stacey's Why Series'.
After four or five weeks of publishing her 'Why series' episodes, Miss Stace now has customers waiting for her latest instalment!
Find out more about Miss Stacey's Why series in this episode of Miss Bossy Boots.
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Alana Roper has a really powerful story to share. In April 2017, Alana's darling little boy Ozzie was diagnosed with leukaemia. He was two years of age.
Alana wrote to us via our Facebook page introducing herself as "a different sort of ‘bossy boots".
"I may not be a typical woman in business, however, the true power in an oncology mum is something else."
In this special episode of Miss Bossy Boots, Alana shares her journey from Ozzie's initial diagnosis through to where the family are today.
This is a story of resilience and love. Alana wanted to share her story to be the voice of so many families that are living with childhood cancers or who have lost children to cancer.
She says that while leukaemias are the most common type of cancer diagnosed among Australian children, accounting for around one third (33%) of all cases, this is not a topic that gets a lot of airtime. As a result, childhood cancers don't tend to receive as much funding. If it's out of sight, it's out of mind.
If you would like to help support Alana and her family you can follow her journey on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/ozziesheros/
If you would like to donate to help kids with cancer, check out Charlie's Run 4 Kids: https://www.facebook.com/charliesr4k/ This is a running group that raises funds for families who have kids with cancer.
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This is episode 2 of 'How to reignite our sensual vitality with Brooke Maggs from She Desires.
If you are a seriously busy, working mum who feels overworked, overwhelmed and overscheduled, then we highly recommend that you listen to this two podcast series.
She Desires is a business that delivers coaching and workshops to help very busy women (usually mothers) regain their sense of self and their vitality.
Hold. The. Phone!
Our interview with Brooke reveals a candid conversation about how the state of busy women's lives leads us with a complete lack of focus on our own sensual needs and desires.
Let's be honest, the need to connect with our desires is often easily pushed to the bottom of our list. In our efforts to drive our careers, to love and nurture our children, to be good wives / partners and friends, to contribute to our communities and to pretend that our hair is not greying and our tummies are not plumping - we can sometimes forget the benefits that spontaneity, excitement, risk and passion can add to our own vitality and our relationships.
In this episode, Brooke provides us with some practical approaches to help us re-embrace our sensuality.
These two episodes are well worth the listen. After interviewing Brooke, Stace and I left the recording studio with a whole new perspective on life. These are the conversations we need to have more of.
Enjoy.
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“We’re pulled from here to there and always have an endless to-do list...this creates a numbness in our body...”
If you are a seriously busy, working mum who feels overworked, overwhelmed and overscheduled, then you may relate to this sentence.
And if you do, then get excited about this two podcast series featuring Brooke Maggs from She Desires.
She Desires is a business that delivers coaching and workshops to help very busy women (usually mothers) regain their sense of self and their vitality.
Hold. The. Phone!
Our interview with Brooke reveals a candid conversation about how the state of busy women's lives leads us with a complete lack of focus on our own sensual needs and desires.
Let's be honest, the need to connect with our desires is often easily pushed to the bottom of our list. In our efforts to drive our careers, to love and nurture our children, to be good wives / partners and friends, to contribute to our communities and to pretend that our hair is not greying and our tummies are not plumping - we can sometimes forget the benefits that spontaneity, excitement, risk and passion can add to our own vitality and our relationships.
This is a different kind of wellness and vitality to prioritise, for our own sake and for the sake of our relationships.
These two episodes are well worth the listen. After interviewing Brooke, Stace and I left the recording studio with a whole new perspective on life. These are the conversations we need to have more of.
Enjoy.
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"One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder."
Ziad Abdelnour
This was one of the quotes included in Emma Isaacs much-acclaimed book; Winging It, that provided a huge a-ha moment for Jane.
In a follow-up to episode #62 of Miss Bossy Boots podcast, where Stacey shared her top three take outs from Emma Isaac's book about business, Jane now shares a couple of hers.
She relates Ziad's quote to business. "One of the hardest parts in business is choosing whether to walk away or try harder."
Having recently removed herself from her everyday life for a week with a trip to San Fransisco, Jane returned with much clarity, new ideas, free thinking and a renewed energy.
Two days later she resigned from a position that had been bothering her for at least twelve months.
"I was so torn in this position as everything within my heart screamed to give it up but my head kept instructing me to 'harden up and to not give up'!
"By just giving myself enough time to think, I was able to see with so much clarity that the only choice here was to walk away. Once I'd made the decision, I've never looked back!"
The second quote that resonated with Jane was:
"If you're the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room."
This is powerful. And it's so true. Surrounding yourself by people who lift you can help you step outside of your comfort zone and become a better person of yourself. Stace and Jane both make a huge effort to do this in their business life.
If you feel that these points may resonate with you, have a listen and we'd love to hear any additional comments or experiences you have about these over on our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MissBossyBootsPodcast/
PS We highly recommend grabbing a copy of this book if you haven't read it already. it's full of aha moments and fabulous words of wisdom.
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There was so much valuable insight that we learned from our recent trip to Social Media Marketing World in San Diego that we created three episodes to share our very best highlights with you!
This is episode three in that series and we recorded it once we had arrived back in Australia. By this time our learnings had really distilled and there were a few more that we thought you might like to know about.
These were:
How to use YouTube as a social media marketing tool (it's so different from using the other social media channels)
How important it is to include social media 'Groups' & 'Stories' in your marketing strategy
How to let your customers tell your stories for you
How to create excellent social media marketing in your local area
There was so much information and insight that we gained from this conference. Plus we got to hang out together and debrief on our learnings each day over a few cocktails. #winning
So that wraps up our learnings from Social Media Marketing World. We hope you enjoyed our shared learnings!
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This episode follows on from episode 63 where we provided highlights from our first day's learnings at Social Media Marketing World 2019 in San Diego.
We continue to share our highlights from the workshops that we attended.
In this episode, we share insight into goal setting and what might be holding us back from achieving these goals, how to create awesome social media content that your community will engage with and how to discover your next business idea. Changing your mindset to achieve your goals - highlights from a session with Cliff Ravenscraft. This session had quite a profound effect on Jane. She reveals that her mindset has held her back from achieving some of her really big and important goals. She shares some of the steps to let go of the limiting beliefs that might be holding you back. How to make visual content your social media secret weapon - highlights from a session with Rebecca Radice. Stace attended this one and shares top tips about meeting your customer where they are to truly connect with them on social media. I.e.think about what else is happening in their life so you can serve up content that will be valuable to them. She talks about making bold decisions about your content to help contribute to your brand. Stace talks about some of the tools she found out about which are listed here: How to discover your next business idea - highlights from a session with Pat Flynn. There are some great tips from this session, including to choose one idea at a time, learning about your customers and learning to speak their language and low and behold - actually talking to your customers to find out about what's missing in their lives!
We hope you enjoy this episode and be sure to listen out for the third episode from this Social Media Marketing series for more tops tips.
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Recently, we both attended Social Media Marketing World in San Diego. This conference was something that we had both wanted to attend for many years.
We set some goals for Miss Bossy Boots with the promise that when we achieved these we would road trip together to this conference! And that we did.
During this three-day conference, we had such an abundance of workshops to choose from. It was so hard to choose what to attend. We divided and conquered then got together to share notes and key takeaways from each session.
We also wanted to share these findings with you. So over two episodes, we'll share some of the info that we found inspiring, interesting and extremely valuable. These insights are definitely not restricted to social media marketing either. We share tips on goal setting, marketing, business and brand building, creativity and much more.
In this episode we cover: How to build and monetise your personal brand -highlights from a session with Chris Ducker How to channel your creativity - highlights from a session with Innovation Speaker (ex-Disney) Duncan Wardle
We hope you enjoy this episode and be sure to stay tuned for the follow-up episodes for more highlights from our trip to Social Media Marketing World 2019.
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As self-proclaimed queens of 'winging it', Business Chicks premium members and long-time Emma Isaac fangirls, we both awaited Emma Isaac's first ever book; Winging It with bated breath.
In this episode, Stace talks through her defining moments of the book and how she is incorporating these take-outs into her work and personal life.
Stace's key takeouts of the book were:
Take Out #1 - Vibes Don't Lie
Take Out #2 - People forget what you have said and did but they won't forget how you made them feel
Take Out #3 - Leadership is about leaving your ego at the door
Take Out #4 - Women don't need to walk over each other to get ahead
Awesome takeouts that have sparked great conversation between us and of course led to some inspiring moments.
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Do you say yes, when you actually mean no?
Sometimes we say yes because we genuinely want to help and our optimism leads us to believe that we can fit it all in.
Sometimes we say yes, because we are afraid of hurting someone's feelings, or worried that they will judge us for saying no.
Sometimes we are just so used to saying yes, we just forget to say no.
But when saying yes to others starts to compromise your personal life, business or goals, you have to start saying no
In this episode, Stace and Jane talk through all the times that they have said yes and how they have learnt over time to start saying no.
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Aaah, the bittersweet feeling of school holidays.
Yay, that for a few weeks you no longer have to worry about the rigid routine of school lunches, clean uniforms and after-school activities.
Boo, that for a few weeks working parents scramble to entertain kids without spending their life-savings on 'holiday activities and care', manage guilt that they are not spending 'quality time' with kids, hold down a full-time job and not slug down a bottle of wine daily to calm the holiday nerves.
In this episode, business owners and Mums; Stace and Jane talk through their school holiday experiences, some of the wins, some of the frustrations and importantly some of the techniques they are trying to manage the juggling act that is School Hols!
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"You are the average of the five people that you spend the most time with." Jim Rohn
If this quote is true, it makes sense to surround yourself in business with five (or more) of the smartest, most motivated and inspiring people you can find right?
Well, this is exactly what Stacey and Jane have done, in the form of a Business Mastermind group.
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, they talk about how the group was formed, how they structure the sessions and most importantly what they both got out of the sessions.
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Personal Stylist, Vanessa Lawrence from The Style Vibe joins co-hosts Jane and Stacey to talk about how she hope that her new business venture will inspire confidence in the women and men that she serves.
While you may think that a personal styling session is something that only celebrities can afford to indulge in, Vanessa encourages you to think again.
She says that the emotional benefits of personal styling far out weigh the physical benefits. When we take a little more pride in our appearance, we start to feel more confident. And when we are confident we can conquer the world.
Vanessa urges us to stop putting ourselves last in line and to give ourselves permission to embrace and celebrate our features.
It doesn't have to cost you the earth either. One of Vanessa's services is to audit her clients wardrobe and use their existing clothes to formulate some fabulous new outfits. She tells to stop hanging on to all of those pieces that you are hoping to get back into one day and to start working with what you have. #nomoreexcuses
Vanessa's passion for this purpose is palpable. She is such a warm and lovely person with a genuine desire to help women and men increase their confidence by looking and feeling fabulous.
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Money. Let's talk about it. We think we should talk about this more often.
Stace shares a massive win - she's just paid off a huge business loan! Woot. How did she do this? She shares her loan repayment strategy.
Jane has recently taken inspiration from Melissa Browne's book; Unf*&$ Your Finances. She took the financial detox as suggested in the book and she shares how it helped to increase her mindfulness with money.
Melissa's book also prompts you to explore your personal values around money, and how these values could be affecting your money management today. An a-ha moment right there!
Both Jane and Stace reveal their achilles heel of indulgence in business; professional development (and tutus).
This episode is a raw, revealing and honest episode about something that affects us so fundamentally in life. And while we don't want to just be all abput the money, we need to be all over the management of it if we want to be around in the future.
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Hands up if you look after everybody and everything before you even THINK about looking after yourself?
Stace kicks off this episode sharing her weekly goals framework - which is great by the way. But how easy is it for to-do lists to literally rule our lives. And how often is your self-care listed down on that to do list?
Jane shares how the physical and meditative benefits of her self-care salvation; Yin Yoga has helped face discomfort with more confidence which as helped ease her anxiety.
Stace (whose definition of self-care was limited to having a facial), shares how she has started to practice a really simple self-care routine that is significantly helping her cope with her family and business demands.
We also throw in a few more self-care suggestions that can truly nourish your body and soul.
In summary - schedule that self-care on to the to-do list people. You are worth it!
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Happy New Year! It's time to set some new goals for the new year. Yay!
Jane's goals are tangible and measurable. She's writing a book on marketing and this year it will be published. And watch this space regarding how she will move her business forward in 2019. More time with family and friends also make the goal list!
Stace is launching something all together new. A side hustle some may say. PLUS she is sending her first born to school! Momentous. She also commits to tackling the level of customer service that her business provides in 2019. (In reality though, her customer service is actually already quite excellent by the way ;-))
So join us as we run through some of our goals which will hopefully provide you with some thoughts around the goals that you might want to set for yourself this year!
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Have you ever heard the term 'flearnings'? It's a hybrid of the words failures and learnings.
What better time of year to review the learnings you took from your failures? And of course your wins!!
Stace kicks off the ep sharing one of her recent flearnings - a customer satisfaction survey for her business that incited some really nasty feedback. Ouch.
We cover off some of our wins, self-discoveries and transformations for the year.
Between us we've had a baby, redefined a business, learnt how to delegate, learnt to refuel on energy, practiced self-care, launched a Miss Bossy Boots Instragm profile, taken a few deep breaths and as a result - we've survived!
How has your 2018 fared?
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A very quick podcast to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and send a heartfelt message of thanks.
We reveal our favourite episodes of 2018.
We so appreciate your support and love hearing your feedback. We look forward to bigger and better things in 2019. :-)
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This is the follow up episode with Jenna O'Connell and Mariane Power from The Posify Group.
For those of you who missed episode one of this interview (episode 51 of Miss Bossy Boots) we highly recommend you listen to that episode as well as this one.
Jenna and Mariane exist to help people connect with their meaning and purpose. They fundamentally believe that POSsibilities open IF and when you find and follow your whY.
We discussed the importance of finding your meaning and purpose and the role that this plays in supporting our mental health in episode one.
In this episode we talk the vital role that self-compassion plays in determining the status of our mental health. Jenna and Mariane provide us with some really simple and simply excellent solutions as to how we can practice more self-compassion towards ourselves.
The girls also provide us with some happiness hacks! We love those!!
Mariane and Jenna are such a delight to listen to. They are insightful, smart and honest about their personal journey's and have lots to share when it comes to the topic of uncovering your meaning and purpose.
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This episode we chat candidly with Jenna O'Connell and Mariane Power from The Posify Group who exist to connect people to their purpose. They fundamentally believe that POSsibilities open IF and when you find and follow your whY.
You may have heard us in a few previous episodes tackling the topic of our 'why's'. Stace is all over hers and Jane is still trying to identify one that resonates with her.
We talk about why it's so important to find and connect with your why and how we go about finding your why.
We discuss the prevelance of depression and anxiety in our society today and whether this is something we tackle as a community or whether it's ultimately up to the individual to solve.
Mariane and Jenna are such a delight to listen to. They are insightful, smart and honest about their personal journey's and have lots to share when it comes to the topic of uncovering your meaning and purpose.
In fact, we enjoyed this conversation so much, we actaully decided to publish two episodes on it. We hope you enjoy episode one of this very important topic of converastion.
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Yay - this is our 50th episode!
'If you really want something you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse' This quote from Jim Rohn inspired the topic of this momentous episode of Miss Bossy Boots.
We look at some of the things in our life that instead of just getting on with, we are finding excuses to not do.
Sometimes when our gut is trying to tell us something or we are not convinced that we should be doing something, we procrastinate. Is it because it's pushing us outside our comfort zone, is it because we don't believe in it? Why do we make excuses about getting some things done as opposed to others?
We have an a-ha moment when we realise that when we first started recording Miss Bossy Boots we were finding it hard to get our rhythm and a multitude of excuses slowed us down. We finally work out why!
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Who's afraid of bullies? Not us. Not anymore.
In this episode, Stacey recounts how she nipped a recent case of bullying in the bud.
We both share stories of when we have been bullied in the past and how we handled that. And how it took us standing up to bullies to realise that actually; all bullies are, are cowards.
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As leaders, the thought of being vulnerable can be frightening. Imposter syndrome and wanting to maintain control can drive us to lead others to beleive that we are invincible.
Apparently though, it's much more healthy to be open and honest about your vulnerabilities.
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots we talk through our experiences with vulnerability.
Jane reveals that being vulnerable is one of the hardest things she finds to do - particularly as a working mother in the company of men. Luckily the Emotional Intelligence program she is doing is helping her understand more about the important role of vulnerability in forming lasting relationships.
In her year of 'working-on-her-leadership' skills, Stace is trying to work on demonstrating that she is an awesome Dance School Principal as well as a fellow human-being. She is transitioning from being 'Miss-Stacey-who-lives-and-breathes-dancing-under-all-circumstances', to 'Miss-Stacey-who-also-leaves-the-house-occasionally-with-baby-vomit-on-her-shoulder'!
Oh and if this topic is quite new to you - we highly recommend you check out Brene Brown's renowned TEDTalk on the matter. You can see that here: https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability
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In this episode we explore one of our favourite subjects; productivity. We do this with a fabulous Productivity Specialist; Sally Foley-Lewis.
Sally has some fantastic suggestions and insight into how as leaders we can foster effective productivity both at work and in our personal lives.
Sally is someone who positively impact results, leadership and team performance. She’s presented to, coached and worked with 10,000+ managers and leaders from medium sized to global organisations in Germany, UAE, Asia and Australia.
In this episode we tackle:
The fundamental practices that leaders need to execute in order to encourage a productive team The potential pitfalls of micro-managing staff and are there strategies that we can follow to avoid doing this Why the answer to 'How are you' always 'Soooo busy'!? We dive right into the fact that everyone is so darn 'busy' these days! Some of the communication strategies involved in creating productive teams The benefits that a business can experience when their leaders and teams are truly productive Productivity tools or software that Sally recommends to help leaders and their teams create productivity Decision fatigue and how this can lead to us being non-productive and bad decision making! Sally's three biggest tips to achieve productivity
If you want to connect with Sally you can find her at sallyfoleylewis.com or connect with her via her LinkedIn Profile or Instagram: @sallyfl
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Emotional Intelligence is a HUGE topic that is gaining significant momentum. The World Economic Forum predicts that by 2020 that Emotional Intelligence skills will be mandatory in workplaces.
In this episode we talk with Susan Judd, an HR and Emotional Intelligence Specialist with a passion to build happy and engaged workplaces.
Currently the Managing Director of HR Culture, Susan holds more than 20 years of experience in leading and managing people in a diverse range of organisations spanning financial services, manufacturing and distribution, retail and business to business sales.
Susan loves to help create workplaces where people are motivated and inspired to do and be their best. To achieve this vision, she has been working with Genos International for the past six years to build her capabilities around deploying emotional intelligence in the workplace.
In this episode we cover:
What Emotional Intelligence is and why it’s now emerging as such an important skill in business The six emotional intelligence leadership competencies The characteristics of someone who has a high level of emotional intelligence and the characteristics of someone that has low emotional intelligence? How much of emotional intelligence is natural versus something that is learned? Who would benefit from increasing their skills in emotional intelligence? Some of the results we might see in the workplace if we start to improve our emotional intelligence?
It's such a fascinating topic!
For anyone who who would like further information about the Genos Emotional Intelligence run by Susan and her organisation HR Culture (this is the course that Jane has completed and highly recommends!), visit: hrculture.com.au or connect with Susan on LinkedIn: Susan Judd.
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Miss Bossy Boots has joined the big bad world of Insta! Finally.
We deliberately left it as our second choice of promotional social channel for a few reasons (of which we touch on briefly in this episode).
There's no denying it - there is definitely pros and cons to social media both on a business and personal level.
Socially, social media channels such as Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat sometimes get a bad wrap for the negativite behaviour of a selected few (bullying, trolling etc.) that it can help to amplify.
That though, is a subject for another day. This episode we talk about the Pros that Instagram can foster.
Jane gets down and dirty with some granular insight into how certain age groups are using the Instagram platform - which is really important to know as a parent of teens OR as a Business Owner - hello Direct Messaging!
We talk about how we are using Instagram to promote our Miss Bossy Boots Podcast as well as how Jane's 11 year old daughter managed to build herself a thriving Instagram page connecting with well over 2,500 fellow LOL Doll followers. Organically!
If you would like to join our Instagram tribe you can find us at @missbossybootspodcast
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With an insatiable thirst for knowledge and inspiration, Jane and Stace have always got their nose in a book or their ear in a podcast. We review our latest finds and favourites in this episode of Miss Bossy Boots.
Jane also throws LinkedIn into the mix of her favourite things as this social media channel provides so many fantastic business resources.
The podcasts and books we review can be found below:
Podcasts
NPR How I Built this with Guy Raz
Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations
Books
Leaders Eat Last Simon Sinek
Oversubscribed by Dan Priestley
We hope you enjoy this episode of Miss Bossy Boots.
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It was recently suggested to Jane that she redefine what success looks like for her business. This of course is not an easy thing to do. Especially when your definition of success has been ingrained within you for a life time.
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots, Stace and Jane deep dive into what their definition of success is. Turns out, this is something that formed in childhood and has shaped what success looks like throughout life and business.
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In 2017, Stacey created a manifesto, placed it in an envelope and forgot all about it. One year later, this letter appeared in her letterbox and surprised her. She was shocked to read through this manifesto and realise that there were many items that she had manifested had actually happened.
Stace also talks about the importance of a visible manifesto that you see every day, reading the items outload.
Jane is skeptical. Is it the manifesto that makes it happen or is it just all a load of codswallop?
Join us for this episode of Miss Bossy Boots Podcast as we discuss the possibilities that manifestos may or may not create.
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The world is changing. Workforces are becoming more nimble and flexible as people try and create balance between work and life.
But are they? This is certainly the hype we are reading. But in reality, are organisations (outside of Silicon Valley) really providing flexible working environments.
We talk with Emily Rennes whos has been able to negotiate a very flexible remote working arrangement with the organisation she works with.
Emily resides on the sunny Gold Coast but the head office of her organisation is in Melbourne.
Emily says that she values the trust that her boss - who created a more flexible working environment for the benfit of her own situation - has placed in her. As a result, she believes she is more diligent about getting work done, does not really have 'sickies' and her communication and reporting skills are second to none as she aims to let people know that she is actually getting work done.
So what's involved in creating a job that will better suite your lifestyle?
Emily talks us through the ins and outs of her role, the tech she uses and how she managed to score such a gig!
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Burnout. It happens. And when it does, it ain't pretty. Burnout can stem from exhaustion and it can lead to mental health issues such as depression.
As it happens, it's very easy for women running businesses or working in businesses who are also trying to balance raising a family, contributing to their community, being a good friend and the list goes on to burnout.
In this episode we talk to Naturopath Melanie Lock from The Hollow Store who provides us with some insight into what burnout is and how it affects us physiologically and psychologically.Melanie Lock is a Naturopath and business co-owner of The Hollow Store. She is a Speaker, Blogger, Contributor to Nurture Magazine and mother to 2 boys (Archie and Rocco). So she knows what it's like to wear a few hats! Mel has been in clinical practise for almost 20 years working with women and children's health. She specialises in nutrition, herbal medicine and emotional counselling.
We talk about how to identify signs of burnout and what we can do to try and avoid burnout.
At some stage, we will have to manage the eternal busyness of our lives and start to prioritise our health. There are little and easy things we can start doing right now and then there are some things that may have to wait until we are ready to start really making changes to prioritise us! Find out more by listening to this very insightful and important episode of Miss Bossy Boots.
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It's that time of year again - business & industry awards! We've spoken about the importance of entering awards before.
Jane prefers to enter industry awards (that assess her on her marketing skills) and Stace is a fan of the local Chamber business awards which assess her on her business building success. The local Chamber awards of course lead on to regional, state etc.
So what are the benefits of entering awards? The credibility, the recognition, the exposure, the process of analysing your business and the opportunities that awards might create. And if writing Award Submissions is not your thing, we give you a contact for someone that can help you - Business Awards Guide.
On top of this we share some more real stories, laughs and opinions.
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When Lisa Messenger announced in March that Issue 52 of her magazine 'Collective Hub' would be the last ever edition, Stacey and I were floored.
As massive Lisa Messenger fans and avid Collective readers, we were gutted. What we were absolutely thrilled about though was Lisa's raw and honest account of why she was exiting print, breaking her product and pivoting to something altogether new.
Lisa's quest to live her business journey out loud, comes warts and all and that's why we love her. It's so refreshing and comforting to know that other people fail too sometimes.
In this episode of Miss Bossy Boots we chat about what we have taken away from Lisa's journey. Not just her exit from print media but from the beginning.
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Good mentors are hard to find. Mentors that donate their time to help you in your business journey are rare as hen's teeth! Stace has been lucky to have a fabulous mentor for seven years. In this episode she talks about the value that this mentor has added to her business.
Both of us talk about the role that informal mentors or 'sounding boards' have played in our business. We also talk about business coaches, friends in business and anyone else we can turn to that will help us navigate this tumultuous journey of running a business.
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We gush a little about the latest addition to her family - adorable baby Henry! Eight weeks on - baby brain slightly brushed aside - and we are back on air.
Jane talks about her recent trip to Japan and shares a valuable lesson on accountability that she learned while she was there.
Stacey also talks about why breaking out of her 'maternity leave' to attend a 1/2 staff meeting made her week!
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon.
Does anyone else have really high expecations of themselves? In business and in life sometimes we can just set the bar too high. And this can then lead to dissappointment in ourselves. And that's just not fair.
In this episode Stacey talks about the expectations she has (perhaps unfairly) held of herself as a Small Business Owner / Mother-of-two who is pregnant with her third child.
She's trying to be kinder to herself by not placing ridiculous expectations on herself and what she can achieve.
Then Jane just gets on a 'Ricki Lake rant' about giving ourselves permission to have a break sometimes. Perhaps giving some much-needed advice to herself?
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. In the interest of keeping it real for women in business, in this episode Stace and I reveal how we can sometime experience overwhelm. Massively. As high achievers we sometimes set unrealistic goals. Or, we can be overly optimistic in planning how long certain activities will take. Damn car registration! So how do we deal with it? Sometimes we push on knowing that this is life as a small business owner. Sometimes we pause and take a swim in the ocean. Sometimes we meditate. And if we are feeling particularly mentally healthy, we change the conversation in our minds. Feeling overwhelmed can be something that working parents, small business owners and generally just busy people can feel often. It's good to have a conversation about it and admit it both to ourselves and to others when we feel this way.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon.
Stace and Jane love a good read. And for us, it has to be a real book - not the kindle type #fyi. We have a ferocious appetite for books that help us become a better person in life and in business so we both find that this is what we mostly read about.
We had such good feedback from our previous episode where we covered books we love, we thought we'd talk about the latest lot we've just read.
We talk about: The Barefoot Investor - Scott Pape (yep, we know this is not really original - but Jeez it provides such valuable advice!) Pause: Harnessing the Life-Changing Power of Giving Yourself a Break - Rachael O'Meara The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F$%# - Mark Manson Purpose - Lisa Messenger
Join us as we pour over these titles and provide our thoughts around what these books had to offer.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon.
Goals. We set them, then stuff happens. As driven small business owners Both Stacey and Jane love setting goals for their business and admit to probably being slightly over-ambitious with their plans.
In this episode we review the goals we each made in 2017 and reflect upon how we went in terms of achieving them.
This reflection has allowed us to approach our goal setting a little differently for 2018. We've been kinder on ourselves. In fact, this year we have set intentions with single words.
Join us for this episode of Miss Bossy Boots as we discuss the importance of setting realistic goals in business and how we can react positively to these goals regardless if we do or don't achieve them.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon.
Do you love or loathe social media? Whether you like it or not, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, LinkedIn and probably a few more that haven't even been invented yet are here to stay.
In this episode we talk about how we use social media in our personal lives versus how we use it in our businesses. What type of content do we post personally? What type of content do we post professionally? How often do we post?
We share a dislike of unnecessary Facebook spamming, we talk about the rise of LinkedIn, Jane shares her thoughts on the shallow nature of Instagram and Stace talks about how she loves feeling more connected to New York City via Twitter.
We are definitely social media lovers. How about you?
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon.
What do you spend most of your time doing? Is it high level tasks that will drive productivity and revenue in your business? Or is it something you should be delegating? Join us as we delve into your To-do list.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon.
Failure isn't the dirty word we once thought it was. If there are things that you are failing with in business, then you must be stepping outside of your comfort zone and trying new things. Yay! Go you. Of course the trick with failing is to learn from your failures to become stronger and smarter.
As business owners, Stacey and Jane have certainly experienced failure in their journeys. Join us in this episode of Miss Bossy Boots as we talk about our biggest failures and the way we changed the way we think about the F word.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. Want to make your life easier, stay tuned for the apps and tools that help us run our businesses and our lives!
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. We adventured off to the We Are Podcast conference in Brisbane a few weeks ago, 3 days of learning, implementing and indulgence (shopping and eating, not podcasting!) Here are our major learnings from that time out of our busy lives...
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. Don't switch off, as today we are talking policies and procedures and its hard to make them sound sexy! But sexy or not, they are so important in the running of your business. Do you have all of the paperwork that you need to keep you and your staff and customers safe and outof trouble, no? Then listen up!
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. Relationship building in business can be pleasure or pain, but so important when it comes to building a loyal customer base. Join us today as we talk about the importance of relationship building in business.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. Instagram is familiar territory for Jane and Stacey in their businesses, but lately we have found we are completely clueless. Is the next generation of Instagram users using it in a different way to us, join us as we bridge the generation gap and learn more about our favourite social media tool!
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. Ingrid Thompson is a business coach and the founder of Healthy Numbers. Join us as we speak with her about the pleasures and pain of starting your own small business.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. Lorraine Murphy had the best comeback to an email that wasn't meant for her inbox, join us we discuss the email, the mentality and all things parental discrimination in the workplace.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. After a special request from a Miss Bossy Boots listener, we have put together a list of our favourite Books and Podcasts.
Don't worry, we arent going to overwhelm you with a long list of things you must go away and do for homework, just something to inspire!
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. Surround yourself with people that lift you... not just an Instagram post.
Join us for this episode of Miss Bossy Boots as we delve into the things, people and places that inspire us to be the best version of ourselves.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. Most people start their own business to gain freedom, to make their mark, to give themselves time to focus on what's important or to follow their passion.
But what happens when reality sets in, and it's just damn hard. Today we talk about the unspoken downtimes of running your own business. What to do to avoid getting their and how to get yourself out of a slump if you find yourself down and out... cause let's face it, this is stuff is damn hard.
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. It's time to delegate... let go... get someone else to tackle it... can you hand over the reins? Or do you feel the pressure to do everything yourself?
It's time to step out of your comfort zone and get your team working to free you up for more high level tasks, can you do it?
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon.
Today we talk about tackling that to-do list of yours, what are you putting off in your business and life?
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. This episode is all about listening... are you ready to hear what we have to say? Are you ready to listen to your customers?
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. In this episode we dive deep into what it means to lead your business and lead your family with special guest Louise Beaumont from Focus Magazine.
How do you balance your family life and your work life? How do you set the right example for your employees and for your children.
Enjoy this discussion with three women spilling their stories of success and their tales of disaster!
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Welcome back to the Miss Bossy Boots podcast, brought to you by your two Bossy co-hosts Stacey Morgan and Jane Hillsdon. In this mini episode, an apology from Stace.
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