I want to talk about post-it notes, post-it notes are your friends.
And I know it seems kind of funny, but you know, I love post-it notes. And I love all the pretty colors and all the different sizes.

And now you can get post-it notes in all kinds of shapes and, designs. 

But I also wanted to talk about overwhelm. And I wanted to ask

you if you're feeling overwhelmed, now you could be overwhelmed in your life or in your business, or even the thought of starting a business can be overwhelming. And so I wanted to combine the
two overwhelm and post-it notes. I think that's a really cool combination.

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If you’re a creative person who’s interested in learning how to
make your creative passion into a business I will help with clarity,
I will hold your hand and walk with you from start to finish, and
just like I used to sew elaborate outfits I will help you put all the different pieces together until you have a beautiful creation.

I am going to be your cheerleader, your technical advisor, and
I’m going to be your accountability coach.  Email me at 
aloha@janinjohnston.com

You can also download this free business starter kit to help you
get started right away, just click on this link:
https://janin-johnston.mykajabi.com/businessstarterkit

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Music by: The Late-Dennis Pavao
🎼Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album:  Wale No
Produced By:  Pilialoha Production

Put a stake in the ground today and start your business!

I want to use the example of when someone sells their home, the real estate agent puts the ‘FOR SALE’ sign that’s attached to a
large size poll that is shaped like a stake- it’s pointed at the end, and it’s pounded into the ground.

Email or text your family, friends, co-worker, former co-workers,
and anyone you know that you have their email addresses or cell numbers, and let them know what you’ve decided to do.  

You want to let people know that what you’re doing so that they
can refer your product or service to people who they think might
be interested. 

Just like the FOR SALE sign outside of the home, it’s letting people know that that house is ready to be shown to interested buyers.

If the homeowner changes their mind, then they can take it off the market.  It’s the same for you, if you change your mind you don’t have to continue.

So, do this today!  Share your gifts and talents with the world and start your business today!

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If you’re a creative person who’s interested in learning how to
make your creative passion into a business I will help with clarity,
I will hold your hand and walk with you from start to finish, and
just like I used to sew elaborate outfits I will help you put all the different pieces together until you have a beautiful creation.

I am going to be your cheerleader, your technical advisor, and
I’m going to be your accountability coach.  Email me at 
aloha@janinjohnston.com

You can also download this free business starter kit to help you
get started right away, just click on this link:
https://janin-johnston.mykajabi.com/businessstarterkit

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe in Apple Podcasts!

Music by: The Late-Dennis Pavao
🎼Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album:  Wale No
Produced By:  Pilialoha Production

Having a word for the year has been really popular for so many people, but I’ve never really felt strongly about having a word for
the year.

A couple of years ago I tried having a word for the year, but I
forgot all about that word because I get distracted easily!

But what about having a word for the month?

I started using a word for the month-this month and it’s been helping me and I didn’t think it would.

Your creative assignment for today is…find a word for the month that you feel you need to work on

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If you’re a creative person who’s interested in learning how to
make your creative passion into a business I will help with clarity,
I will hold your hand and walk with you from start to finish, and
just like I used to sew elaborate outfits I will help you put all the different pieces together until you have a beautiful creation.

I am going to be your cheerleader, your technical advisor, and
I’m going to be your accountability coach.  Email me at 
aloha@janinjohnston.com

You can also download this free business starter kit to help you
get started right away, just click on this link:
https://janin-johnston.mykajabi.com/businessstarterkit

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe in Apple Podcasts!

Music by: The Late-Dennis Pavao
🎼Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album:  Wale No
Produced By:  Pilialoha Production

Hey, how are you?

Does trying to put all the pieces of your business together make you want to scream or worse give you insomnia? and you don’t want that!

Well, I’m here to help you stitch ALL THE PIECES of your business together!

I’m here to help you understand why you need each piece in your business.

The example I use to help you understand all the pieces is how you would stitch together a jacket. 

You can create your business however you want.

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If you’re a creative person who’s interested in learning how to
make your creative passion into a business I will help with clarity,
I will hold your hand and walk with you from start to finish, and
just like I used to sew elaborate outfits I will help you put all the different pieces together until you have a beautiful creation.

I am going to be your cheerleader, your technical advisor, and
I’m going to be your accountability coach.  Email me at 
aloha@janinjohnston.com

You can also download this free business starter kit to help you
get started right away, just click on this link:
https://janin-johnston.mykajabi.com/businessstarterkit

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe in Apple Podcasts!

Music by: The Late-Dennis Pavao
🎼Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album:  Wale No
Produced By:  Pilialoha Production

Are you feeling overwhelmed with all the pieces and the magnitude of starting a business?!

Let me help you stitch the pieces together, narrow your focus, and we’ll take it one step at a time.  I’ll be your guide, I will hold your virtual hand. I promise.

Send me a DM on Instagram @janinjohnston

What are you going to do with the rest of your life once your last child has graduated from high school or is ready to graduate?

Are you finally going to think about your hopes and dreams?  Are you interested in starting your own business?  

It’s not selfish to put yourself first.  In fact, I’ve had many, many women tell me about how they got so sick and some got diseases and had breast cancer because they were putting everyone else first, and, neglected to take care of themselves.

What is going to get you excited to wake up in the morning?  Think about how you want to live the rest of your life.  It’s important because you are important and you MATTER! 😁

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If you’re a creative person who’s interested in learning how to
make your creative passion into a business I will help with clarity,
I will hold your hand and walk with you from start to finish, and
just like I used to sew elaborate outfits I will help you put all the different pieces together until you have a beautiful creation.

I am going to be your cheerleader, your technical advisor, and
I’m going to be your accountability coach.  Email me at 
aloha@janinjohnston.com

You can also download this free business starter kit to help you
get started right away, just click on this link:
https://janin-johnston.mykajabi.com/businessstarterkit

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe in Apple Podcasts!

Music by: The Late-Dennis Pavao
🎼Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album:  Wale No
Produced By:  Pilialoha Production

Did you know that what you do depends on how you feel about what you know!

Have you ever wondered why you do the things you do or why
you don’t do certain things?  I certainly have.  It’s been something that I’ve been thinking about for a long, long time.

Many years ago I heard someone say that ‘What You Do, Depends On How You Feel, About What You Know’, and for some reason, I don’t remember who it was or why it was said, but I thought that was so true!  I’m just like that!  What a great revelation it was for
me!

I don't know about you but doing things or not doing things has been a problem for me all my adult life when I haven't felt like
doing things I don’t feel like and why I haven’t accomplished the things that I wanted or thought I would. Including goals!

Isn’t it interesting that we can be forced to do things that need to
be done if there’s a negative consequence involved?  And I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve had many negative consequences happen even when I knew that if I did or didn’t do that thing, something negative was going to happen.  

But I choose to make better choices now because I don’t want to experience any more negative consequences also know as pain-mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and sometimes physically!

This all goes back to what we do on a regular basis usually happens because we’ve created habits based on how we FEEL about certain things.  

Sometimes we just can’t help but run our lives with our emotions at the controls.  Doesn’t that sound scary!

Knowing something is one thing, but, if we let our emotions take over without thinking about what we know first … well, that could lead to doing crazy things that might cause frustration later on.   

Take charge of your emotions!  Don’t let them loose at any old time.
Think about how it’s going to affect you before it happens.

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If you’re a creative person who’s interested in learning how to
make your creative passion into a business I will help with clarity,
I will hold your hand and walk with you from start to finish, and
just like I used to sew elaborate outfits I will help you put all the different pieces together until you have a beautiful creation.

I am going to be your cheerleader, your technical advisor, and
I’m going to be your accountability coach.  Email me at 
aloha@janinjohnston.com

You can also download this free business starter kit to help
you get started right away, just click on this link:
https://janin-johnston.mykajabi.com/businessstarterkit

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe in Apple Podcasts!

Music by: The Late-Dennis Pavao
🎼Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album:  Wale No
Produced By:  Pilialoha Production

Do you know what those 3 ways are?

The first example I've seen is someone who is kind to themself
and is kind to others.

The second example is someone who is not kind to themself but
is kind to others.

And the third example is someone who is not kind to themself
and is not kind to others.  I know that this is not an example of kindness being expressed, but it does show what happens
when kindness is missing from someone's life.

Choose today to be kind to yourself and to others.  We need
more kindness in this world!

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If you’re a creative person who’s interested in learning how to
make your creative passion into a business I will help with clarity,
I will hold your hand and walk with you from start to finish, and
just like I used to sew elaborate outfits I will help you put all the different pieces together until you have a beautiful creation.

I am going to be your cheerleader, your technical advisor, and
I’m going to be your accountability coach.  Email me at 
aloha@janinjohnston.com

You can also download this free business starter kit to help you
get started right away, just click on this link:
https://janin-johnston.mykajabi.com/businessstarterkit

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe in Apple Podcasts!

Music by: The Late-Dennis Pavao
🎼Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album:  Wale No
Produced By:  Pilialoha Production

There’s a big scary word out there in business land!  Do you know what that word is? That word is ➡️ MARKETING!

You might have had a wave of heat wash over you when you heard that word! And maybe even had your stomach do a summersault,
or even worse-your heart started beating really fast! Either way, the word marketing can be scary if you’ve never had any experience or have tried to do any marketing for yourself or your new or existing business.

I am by no means a marketing expert, I’m just sharing what I’ve done and what has worked really well and I turn to God for guidance too, because God comes first in my life and in my business, and not to mention that He has shown me things I would have never thought of myself.   

So make sure you turn to God for guidance in everything that you do, you’ll be so happy that you did.  I can say that with certainty.

The things I’ll talk about are really simple ways to get started
doing your marketing-and the type of marketing I want to talk
about is called referral marketing, or word of mouth marketing.  

And this is where you start by telling the people you know about your business like what service you have or what product or products you are selling, and who you and if it’s specifically for a men or women, etc.

The more specific you get the better.

The best kind of marketing for these reasons:

1. it doesn’t cost you any money, especially if you are starting out
in your business and you don’t have a lot of money to spend on marketing, or if you don’t have any money at all.

2. you don’t have to spend hours and hours a day because you’re creating that ripple effect

3.  people are more likely to trust you if they were referred to you
by someone they know.  And please be a person that someone
can trust when doing business with you.

4. you can get testimonials from these referrals after they do business with you.

I’ve never had to pay for any kind of ads for my business, but you never know one day I might.

If you’re afraid to call or verbally tell someone, then send them a text message, an email, or maybe even something in the mail!  There’s not a lot of people sending cute little announcements in
the mail these days

Years ago I had to help the sewing store that I worked for put together the ad for the newspaper and it’s not any different
now.

It’s a lot of work because you have to figure out who you want to market to, what are the words to use in the ad that will get people’s attention and make them want to read the ad, then you have to decide what image to use and the colors the Ad.

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If you’re a creative person who’s interested in learning how to
make your creative passion into a business I will help with clarity,
I will hold your hand and walk with you from start to finish, and
just like I used to sew elaborate outfits I will help you put all the different pieces together until you have a beautiful creation.

I am going to be your cheerleader, your technical advisor, and
I’m going to be your accountability coach.  Email me at 
aloha@janinjohnston.com

You can also download this free business starter kit to help you
get started right away, just click on this link:
https://janin-johnston.mykajabi.com/businessstarterkit

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe in Apple Podcasts!

Music by: The Late-Dennis Pavao
🎼Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album:  Wale No
Produced By:  Pilialoha Production