The Classy Career Girl Podcast

If your career and life was a perfect 10, where are you today in every aspect of your life? My courses are not just about your career, but I also have a big life aspect to it because as women our careers and lives are just so intertwined, I know mine is. If I am happy at work, I am happy at home. I talk with so many women who are unhappy at work and it is affecting their home life. So this circle will help you assess where you are at right now in each of the areas of your life such as your personal development, fun, relationships/marriage, money, health, spirituality, giving and career. I think you will find it very eye opening.

A Classy Career Girl makes goals and a plan that inspires her in her mindset, money, life, and career dreams. She strives for living her best life. Success - Taking the stress out of sticking to goals and making a plan that inspires you. Story: Writing down your goals. And looking at those goals every single day. Make that a habit.  Not just something you set on January 1st and forget. Visualize yourself achieving those goals.  The party of what you are going to be like in 5 years. Come dressed as how you will be. An author. Retired.  Know your why and your values. Why do you want those goals? Get in the right community. My mastermind. When I am with high achieving people doing things that I want to do. I know I can do it too.

Striving for perfection is actually one of those things you think would be a great strength, but it can be negative, especially when managing men who don’t have the same concern for perfection. After my male boss told me not to be perfect, I realized that men don’t strive for perfection like women often do. The other woman working for me and I eventually moved positions and two men took our place. They laugh, have fun, and don’t stress about making things perfect. And guess what? The ship doesn’t sink. We are all imperfect and trying reach perfection can create a lot of stress. Also, perfection kills creativity, which is very important when managing a team.

Today we are covering an essential step you need to make your dreams happen, a VISION. Getting clear on this will help you make decisions and stay laser-focused on reaching your dreams. This should take about 15 minutes, so carve out the time to think about what you want to create. Keep it simple, and just write the first things that come to your mind.

So, I’ve been getting a lot of requests to do a video on imposter syndrome, so that is what I’m going to do today. So if you have ever felt like you are not qualified or not good enough to do the job or to do something scary, maybe you’re a little uncomfortable and you feel like, who am I to actually do that job? No one is going to think I’m smart enough. No one is going to think I’m good enough. Who am I?   If this sounds familiar, then you may have had imposter syndrome.  We’ve all had it. I’m going to tell you when I had it years ago, back in 2014 when I got invited for my first international speaking event in Brazil. I was scared out of my mind and I was talking to one of my coaches at the time and I said, I do not believe I’m qualified for this. When you surround yourself with people doing the things you want to do, it’s scary. My mentor has been trying to get me in there for 2 years and I always said no I have kids but part of me also had impostor syndrome. I’m not good enough to be around those people

Sometimes, we are so consumed with our next career goals we forget to celebrate when we reach our current goals. That can lead to burning out or feeling overwhelmed. So before you start making next year’s goals, stop. Figure out what success means to you. When you can answer that question, you will be better prepared to outline your goals. Here is what success looks like to me: Helping women change their lives. Inspiring others Providing for my family Being a great mom, wife, daughter, sister, and friend Supporting others Being happy while accomplishing the above

Today, women are empowered. There are so many incredible opportunities for women right now. Women can have incredible careers and be working mothers and impact the world. There is nothing stopping us. Except, knowing the right direction and the ability to stop and self-assess. I believe women are overworked and burning out without first stopping before taking action and doing. There is way too much doing and not enough thought into the careers we are picking, the personal brands we are creating and the directions we are heading. There is no step-by-step guidebook for women when you graduate college to help us in the working world. How do you deal with difficult people? How do you ask for a raise? What should you wear to work? How do I deal with a difficult co-worker? What should I post on social media?

What does career fulfillment feel like?   This is a question I was recently asked on instagram.   It feels like you are doing what you were born to do. Relief of stress. Inspired and happy. Doesn’t feel like work. You’d do it without getting paid. Reduced anxiety. A better, more peaceful life. Feeling of completeness. It’s not easy to get there but it is easy when you find it. (blogging and teaching) You can do it for hours and hours and not get bored.

When I first started my blog, ClassyCareerGirl.com, in 2010, I wanted to create a place to share what I wish I would have known when I graduated from college. I was a few years out of college and feeling stuck at work and stressed out. It didn’t help that I was also in debt, overweight and miserable.  I needed change badly.   I remember what it was like when I was stuck in a job I hated. I wasn’t happy and fulfilled in my career and it was keeping me up at night.  I was so stuck and I would apply to jobs over and over again online with no luck. Monster.com and it was my best friend at that time even though I absolutely hated online job searching. I just didn’t fit in my job.     I would literally come home crying to my husband and some weekends I just couldn’t relax because all I could think of was work and how I needed to get out of there and how much I dreaded Monday and didn’t want to face what was on my plate on Monday morning. I knew I had more potential than my day job.

THE DEFINITION OF A CLASSY CAREER GIRL® A female displaying elegance, style, high standards of personal behavior, skill and grace. TOPICS: Who is a Classy Career Girl? The Classy Career Girl Manifesto Becoming a Classy Career Girl: The 6 Key Components

Because of online noise today, it is very important we start communicating our brand story online. We want to make sure our content is true to us and it is meaningful and authentic. To do this, we create startup stories online. The #MyStartupStory Challenge will help you get clear on your mission, attract the right clients and stand out in your industry. This is all about connection because people want to connect with you because they can clearly see your “why” behind what you are doing. This will give you 7 days of material to post on your social media accounts to raise brand awareness.

Hey guys, it's honest. So I've been getting a lot of requests to do a video on imposter syndrome, so that is what I'm going to do today. So if you have ever felt like you are not qualified or not good enough to do the job or to do something scary, maybe you're a little uncomfortable and you feel like, who am I to actually do that job? Like no one is going to think I'm smart enough. No one is going to think I'm good enough. Like who am I? It actually does that. Well, then you might have had imposter syndrome. We've all had it. I'm going to tell you when I had it years ago, back in 2014 I got invited for my first international speaking event in Brazil and I was scared out of my mind and I actually was talking to one of my coaches at the time and I said, I do not believe I'm qualified for this.

I wanted to quickly share with you a commitment that we have at CCG.  Our commitment is to serve women stuck in their jobs by giving them crystal clear content that makes taking action and finding career fulfillment easy. Our mission is Career fulfillment for all women. So if you are listening, that is our goal and on that note. I want to make this podcast super useful for you. I want it to be crystal clear and helps you take action and find carer fulfillment. So on the note of fulfillment and happines, today’s podcast is all about fulfillment as a business owner. Now if you aren’t a business owner, this podcast will still be helpful for you no matter what career you are in. So let’s dive in and learn How to Increase Your Happiness While Running a Business.

In order to focus you can’t do it all. You may be getting opportunities left and right. The right time will come to do more but focus in on the things in your business that are working now. You can’t say yes to everything. Table some of the things for later on in your business. Be very aware of tradeoffs. If you are doing one thing, that means that something else is suffering. This is a choice that you are making on our time. If you are checking your work email, what is that not allowing you to do then? For example, if you are mindlessly wasting time scrolling on Instagram, you are making a choice to not do your daily meditation. These are examples but we have to be aware of the choices and tradeoffs we are making so that we can use our time wisely. Find the right things to focus on. “Productivity is not about getting more things done, it’s about getting the right things done.” -Michael Hyatt Book recommendation: Free to Focus: FreeToFocusBook.com Your business will grow when you eliminate all the things you

What is recurring revenue? It is predictable income. Recurring revenue is the portion of a company's revenue that is highly likely to continue in the future. Everything changes when you have consistent income every month that you can count on. This decreases stress and brings more clarity and fun. The reason that I was able to quit my job and have a steady income coming in each month is because I started to build my recurring revenue. I could go to my husband and show him the numbers and say I’d be able to replace the income from my day job because my recurring revenue was growing each and every month. When you rely on big launches, one month your revenue may be huge, but the next month you might not make enough to pay your bills. This is why I always recommend building recurring revenue into your business model.

As a reminder in part 1 last week’s episode, listen to that one first! We covered the first 5 business models I have used which were banner advertising, sponsored blog posts and social media posts, ebooks, speaking and online courses. Today we are covering 5 more business models that I have used and at the end I am going to share the one I really love and could talk about forever because I love it so much because it has allowed me to have more happiness and revenue and less stress in my business. I now have more time to do what I love because of our final business model we use today. But first, as a reminder, there’s nothing wrong with any of these. They just didn’t work as well with me because I didn’t love it. They could be perfect for you and I truly believe that some were better at certain times of my life. And I learned so much from doing every single one of these. So let’s get started.  

I’ve been in business for 9 years! WOW! And of the things that is really important to me as that I can adapt and change. I’ve changed. I’m not the same person as I was when I started. The digital world is not the same as when I started. You have to adapt if you want to succeed. Adapt to outside things we have no control over. And adapt to who we are the people we are and how we are growing ourselves. I’ve tried a lot of things to see what works. Some things worked really well but they just didn’t fit me. I didn't enjoy myself. And because fulfillment is so extremely important to me, I always have to ask myself, Am I happy doing this? Could I be happier doing it a little differently? Where you start isn’t where you have to end up! Nothing is wrong with any of these. You can make any of this work. I have but I found that I enjoyed one of them the best. And following happiness and fulfillment is always what I go towards. Don’t put so much pressure on yourself to be perfect. Just go at your own perfect pace and s

Welcome everyone! This is Anna Runyan founder and CEO of Classy Career Girll where we are on a mission to help all women find career fulfillment. Today I have such a great guest that I am so excited to introduce you to. Today’s guest is someone who I feel like I already know because we have so many similarities about our lives and I will tell you all about them here in a bit. Today I am interviewing Kate Northrup. author of a brand new book called Do Less: A Revolutionary Approach to Time and Energy Management for Busy Moms.   Kate Northrup is an entrepreneur who supports ambitious women to light up the world without burning themselves out in the process. She is the founder and CEO of Origin Collective, a membership where women all over the world gather to achieve more while doing less. Her first book, Money: A Love Story, has been published in 5 languages. Kate lives with her husband and business partner, Mike, and their two daughters in Maine.

One thing that I'm struggling lately is staying focused on my goals. Because my two cuties are really cute distractions and I love them very much. But like you, I have a lot of dreams. So today I'm going to teach you three things that are going to help you stay ridiculously focused on your goals. If you've got a lot of distractions and a lot of things going on, but you still want to make your goals and dreams happen, then this topic is for you.   3 Ways to Stay Ridiculously Focused Step 1: So the first thing that I want you to do is I want you to create a list of daily habits. Step 2: Identify what your top three priorities are. So this is what I do every single week. Step 3: Unsubscribe, unfollow and delete.

Have you ever wondered what steps you need to take in your career to get to where you want to go years from now? Have you ever wished you could work with a career coach to just get a career check-up and figure out what you need to do right now? Well, today we are going to give you a career check-up and we are going to cover one of the trainings in our Love Your Career Formula membership community. We’ll dive into The 3 Phases of Your Career and How to Succeed In Each.