The Classy Career Girl Podcast

After a big launch, it’s like ok I’m not posting on Instagram as much as I was when I had a focus. Gotta get back into gear here. So that’s when I say ok. What’s my vision. Where am I headed? What’s my goal for the end of 2019?  Check-in we don’t have to wait until January to reach our goals!! This is the BEST time of the year to start planning. And to get into a consistent rhythm. So I just wanted to share some of the things I am working on to get back into a consistent rhythm after working so hard. Weekly Review Session, no matter what. So every Friday I have a habit in my calendar to look at what got done and what didn’t get done.  And make a list of everything that is moving to next week. And what still needs to get done this weekend. And on Sunday night before Monday, I make my top 3 priorities for the week. Productivity isn’t about getting more done, it’s about getting the right things done. This forces me each week to look at my monthly goals and see how I am doing and what needs to change. This is th

How do you get clarity for your 2020 business goals....you take ACTION! Over the past few weeks I launched a new course called PLAN. When I started preparing my launch plan (at the very last minute) I still wasn’t completely sure on exactly who it would be for and what message would work. I thought maybe I should just wait until January. That would have been easier! But I just went for it and constantly tweaked things everyday as I got clearer and more confident in how powerful and life-changing the course could be for the right person. I surveyed you all, read every submission, asked questions and paid attention to EVERY single comment you all left me. (Thank you!) I learned by taking messy imperfect action who this course was for but I made a ton of mistakes along the way. Mistakes and all, I’m proud of myself and my entire team for launching the course with 45 amazing students and learning so much for next time to improve the course and improve my marketing plan. My 2020 plan has already completely chan

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I don’t have enough time. I was sick of not reaching my goals and doing the same thing and having other people manage my time. I created my time. You don’t have to worry about not having enough time to do MORE. The truth is that what I am teaching you doesn’t take more time because it’s not about doing more. It’s about doing the right things which I am going to teach you how to do. And when you are doing the right things, you’ll have more motivation and energy. You have all the time you need to accomplish what matters most. You do not need to do everything. It might be time to start saying no. It might be time to make some time for yourself. I hear you, I struggle as a mom of two to get just one thing done some days. I rarely check email. That’s my no. Sorry if you have emailed me and didn’t get a response. But my coaching clients, you have my full attention in our private group. People who send me 10 emails to get on my podcast, ignore. My kids need me, I’m there in a heartbeat. It’s impossible to do it all.

Objection crush: Meredith –  “I didn’t think I had discipline”. I am not disciplined enough to meet my goals. Working in your passion doesn’t require much discipline when you love what you do. Spend your time focusing on doing work you love, discipline comes easy. Q&A With Anna Runyan About Planning and Goal Setting Question 1: Stephanie Rae Bunce, “How do you create a goals list that doesn’t leave you feeling overwhelmed?” Question  2: Robin Price, “How do you make smaller and smaller action steps toward your goals?”  Question 3: Lisa Polak, “Finding an hour of time for herself. How can I make the time?” “Do you do your vision planning with your husband/family, as well?” Question 4: Charmaine Du Toit, “Perhaps a subject for a whole other workshop but how do you get started when you feel like you’ve lost your mojo and can’t seem to even come up with a vision. Too many ideas and lots of plans but none steering toward an ultimate goal.” Question  5: Laurie Parker, “Good Morning Anna!  Thank you so much for

Hello. It is time to start talking about our 2020 goals, our plans, and I'm super excited. I love this time of year. We just finished our planning workshop. We did a live in-person workshop on Saturdays. So, I can't wait to talk about this. We're going to be doing it all on the phone. We actually have a 2020 planning workshop for your virtual workshop that we're going to be hosting from November 4th through November 10th. So you definitely want to make sure that you sign up for that workshop. You can register for that ar www.classycareergirl.com/planningworkshop. I'm so super excited. It's going to be a four-part video series workshop.

QUESTION: Do you incorporate goals from all areas of life into your planner? Example, business, career, health, and fitness? If so, how do you go about doing this? Yes. Okay, so good question. So as far as looking every single page on my planner, I think personally too, it's not just business, it's not just career. And that's why I love this of course too is because it's covering not just career. So it's definitely in my looking back section. There's definitely things. What did work, what didn't work that I put in that's like personal life. It's definitely in my vision journal. I think of things beyond just my business and my career. I think of, you know, my children and my family and things that I want to do, like outside of just my career. Definitely in my annual plan because there a section on, on the bottom of the annual plan that says personal goals. 

In today's podcast, we are going to talk about the goals that you all have and how you can reach your goals faster  One main goal that you all have is making money in a NEW career, your perfect career. That's what I want to help you do in 2020.   How CAN we make it work?    A few years back, I was unhappy with where my business was and I realized I wasn't doing the things I needed to do in order to reach my goals. I made a new goal that in one year I would be in a different place. I didn't know exactly what that was but I knew I wanted to be happier and less stressed.⠀   Just watching OTHERS. And saying I AM GOING TO DO THAT. Emily Ley in Target. I want my planners in Target. So I got into action and created a planner last year.    Wish and hope and visualize, but you have to take the ACTIOn to produce the results.   This is me right now too. ⠀ And things can change dramatically over that year. ⠀ ⠀ One year, one month and one day can change everything. It's all about the commitment and the decision to make y

Congrats, I’m so excited for you. Get ready for the best year of your life. Save time. Make more money. Get ready to change your life. Creating the habit of using your planner is the key to getting your dream life. Lesson 1: False Beliefs Lesson 2: Looking Back Lesson 3: Make it a Habit Lesson 4: You can create your future Lesson 5: Plans can change, dreams don’t Lesson 6: Simplify and Prioritize Lesson 7: Ditch perfection Lesson 8: The PLAN Success Path This course is not about doing more. It's not about achieving more. With the right plan, the doing is easy. Take a deep breath. Let the overwhelm go. Get excited. Course waitlist page: https://www.classycareergirl.com/planwaitlist Free 90-day Planner: www.classycareergirl.com/freeplan  

1. Vision, beginning of the year, one of my goals, new look for my brand. Taking action toward it. Long term goal. What do you want to create in the future? Where do you want to be in 5-10 years? Why will this project help you reach your long term goal. It's tough. There were tears. There were times when I was banging my head against the wall. There were long meets. There was a time when I thought it would never ever end and I regretted doing it.   2. Asking for help. I've DIY'd everything for the last 10 years. I knew I needed help. To reach your next level you can't do it by yourself. To get from here to there, who do I need help from? I invested thousands of dollars, but I know it will pay off in the end. So you have to be willing to invest, but you have to know how it's going to pay off. (TOMORROW) retention higher. Beverly, coaches, design team.   3. Always working by priorities. There are so many things we could do, we have to stay focused on only what we should be doing. I constantly worked by deadline

Last year in less than 90 days, I created my first physical planner.   In 90 days I rebranded and re-launched my membership site. In 90 days, I launched and completed a brand new PLAN course. In 90 days, I created an event and filled a room.   Lisa: Previously I felt like I pretended to be a business owner but now with ap lan I  really feel like I AM a business owner. That’s the power of a  plan!    3 questions to ask yourself to have the best 90 days ever:   What do I want to create in the future? What  3 things do I want to make happen this year? What do I need to do in the next 90 days to make my annual goals happen?   Vision: You have to know where you are going. What you want to create in the future.  Where you want to be in 5-10 years. Annual plan. 3 goals you want to complete and when you are going to focus on those goals. Short and sweet. Not long . Bit picture. Don’t worry about how we will get to those later. 90-day plan. Now that you know your vision. and where you want to go and what you want to

Where to start? There is too much information? So easy to get distracted. Got done with MBA to make a career change (so busy studying I forgot to job search) I had one quarter left and was like I gotta do something! We get busy and just stay in the same role. Figure out why you want to make a career change. Bored? What part do you hate in your Curren trole? Bad boss? Not challenged. Not valued or appreciated? You've lost excitement you just know. Figure out where you want to go. What could you do for hours and Horus and not get bored. What is your vision if you could not fail what would you do? Dream a little. Get around a supportive community who believes in you. Don't listen to the people who don't believe in you.   On September 24th, if you sign up for the waitlist, you’ll receive an email with your the special 48-hour link - to the new membership.

2 Ways to Not Fail 1)  Take imperfect action. Get comfortable being uncomfortable. Lean on us for support and feedback. Do all you can with all you have right now. One of our members along the way to her dream career realized she didn’t like it and went back to what she really loved. Things became clear to her. Lisa. Fashion consulting….loves doing hair has always wanted to be a hairdresser. Just keep moving forward! 2)  Take baby steps. Find little blocks of time in your week. Just 15 minutes per day is all you need. I would wake up before school to work. I would take 15-minute informational interviews in my workday. I would attend networking events. I would read books and podcasts. I would fill my mind with positivity.   Summary Link: www.classycareergirl.com/join CLASS opens in 3 weeks on Sep 24th. Our members are getting results. I’ve been reviewing all of our members amazing stories today and it’s got me so pumped for the progress our members are continuing to make this year. Our members are: Making mone

A huge work project. My brother getting married. My daughter’s last summer before Kindergarten.  A baby. Making it to the gym 2-3 times per week. Lesson 1: Break it into sections/deadlines Asana. Brainstorm all of the tasks that need to be done by July 10th. And then all the tasks that need to redone by July 31st. And then when  I get home, all the tasks before Sep 26th which is when we re-open to our waitlist. www.classycareergirl.com/join Lesson 2: Set deadlines for tasks in your project. What is a priority. By calendar  view. I set up projects in Asana. So each project has a calendar and due dates. Then every week when I do my planner, I review what needs to get done that week and what I have gotten done the past week. I Lesson 3: Only work on one thing at a time. You must. Don’t go to the next thing until your main important task is done. So I set 3 priorities per week. So for me for workbooks, I didn’t got o the next  task until I got all of the workbooks done. 

How do you keep yourself motivated when you have so many personal things happen in your life? Things that want to make you stop everything and quit and give up? Passion a  little bit everyday. Helping one person. Makes me feel like what I am doing is worth it.  I had a business and a kid and had to keep moving forward. Found a mentor. Listened to him all the time.  My biggest growth actually came during that time. There must be some reason for this time in my life.  I would not be here without those experiences. Here’s the thing because I am in work I love, my work has ALWAYS helped me move past the tough times I have had. My business actually wouldn’t be here today if I had not had tough times. Every comment and person helps me realize this is the right path that God wants me to be on.    

In September 2014, my daughter was 3 months old and I was in the middle of multiple program launches, preparing for my first international speaking event in Brazil and pretty much trying to do it all. I thought I could be Superwoman. I had no handle on my time management. I was breastfeeding, pumping, getting mastitis every week because my daughter had a tongue tie but we were determined to make it all work. I felt like a failure and was completely miserable. I may be smiling but I am one exhausted mama with a baby that would not sleep. I had too much on my plate as a new mom running the behind the scenes of my company, creating content and marketing. Thank God I had a support group of entrepreneurs to lean on at that time. They asked me, “How many hours do you want to work each week?” I said, “I have no idea.” They asked me, “What is your working schedule? I said, “I don’t know.” It was very clear that I needed some major help. This was my lightbulb “time” moment that I will always remember as a turning poin

For many years, Anna didn’t know what her calling was. She would go from job to job and just get stuck over and over again. Always thinking that maybe this was “it” without really truly assessing herself. She had to take the time to self-assess and really uncover what career was best for her. Now that you are prepared mentally to find your dream career from prep school (and your calendar is prepared too!) it’s time to get into the most important section. We’ll start by understanding yourself better so we can help you determine the career you were born to do. In this section, we’ll dive deep into figuring out the ideal workday for you, all of the essential elements that factor into your career satisfaction and your purpose and motivations, interests and personality.  We’ll look back at your work experiences, to ensure your next career move is the right fit for you and you don’t get stuck ever again. You will ask yourself some hard questions you may have never asked yourself before. So find a coffee shop, grab

When Anna was working in finance, she realized she was not doing work that fulfilled her. But she could blog for hours and hours and never get bored. She also loved teaching and training finance, but not doing finance. So she knew she needed to learn more and head in the direction of teaching and training.   Here are 3 questions to ask yourself to figure out your career direction: What is your zone of genius: When are you truly fulfilled? When does work not really feel like working? When you are at your best, what are you doing? What could you do for hours and hours and not get bored?   “We do not exist for the sole purpose of paying our bills, grooming our kids to be able to do the same, and, maybe, someday, retiring to finally enjoy life, should we ever reach that point.  We are here to let our lights shine as brightly as possible, to drink in the joy of friendship and family, to serve and better the greater community and to tap into and inspire passion in everything we do.  We are here to come alive." -

Now we will discuss how to create the life you want and 4 keys to help you take care of yourself and improve your mindset.  4 Keys to Create the Life You Want Key 1: Batching Categorize your time into three categories, 1) Focus 2) Administrative 3) Sacred time. Create time in your calendar to batch similar activities together where you have no distractions. Key 2: Self-care What activities did you enjoy as a child? Have more fun. What’s your happy place? Make time for what you love every day. Key 3: Clear Your Tolerations Unclutter. Perfect the present and free up your mind and energy. Plug your energy drains. Fix what is wrong before taking more on. Key 4: Put Your Health First Plan meals in advance, You are what you eat. What words describe the food you are eating.   Start taking care of yourself and your personal surroundings to improve your mindset.