When you started your social selling business, you likely had a dream of leaving your “day job.” You probably dreamed about it so much that you ended up romanticising what your life would look like without your 9 to 5. You may think this dream/goal is motivating you into growing a successful network marketing business, but today’s episode will challenge you on this idea. Shifting from bitterness and resentment to gratitude and joy for your current work situation will change everything about how ...
Feb 22, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 36
As an online entrepreneur, you’re starting from the ground up to build your business. For those of you coming from other career backgrounds, it can be a challenge to realize that there’s no handbook to tell you how to operate. Not knowing whether your decisions are right or wrong can leave you feeling overwhelmed, confused, and stuck. That’s where building self trust comes in. Here’s what Kristen wants you to understand about trusting yourself to make important decisions in your social selling b...
Feb 15, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 35
How many times have you said, “when I achieve this, then I’ll pursue that?” How many times have you put off your calling by waiting to take perfect action? In this very special bonus episode from the Becoming Boss archives is a never-before-heard recording of the first ever Purposeful Social Selling podcast. From the guest bedroom closet. Surrounded by an old high chair, forgotten dumbbells, and facing all the fear of imperfect action. Here’s what Kristen wants you to know know about navigating ...
Feb 08, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 34
No matter how amazing a business is, how solid an offer or how fantastic a team is to work with, everyone will face objections. It comes with the territory of the cautious human brain, right? There will be reservations, concerns, and the need to minimize risk. But what often happens is that instead of seeing these objections as normal, we interpret them as rejection, which triggers defensiveness and sends us into a downward spiral. Kristen offers a way to overcome objections and neutralize mind ...
Feb 01, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 33
If you have a social selling business, you’ve likely used a script, strategy, or “secret” formula that your leader (or a marketing guru) handed to you. And I’d bet that you didn’t see much return or success when you implemented any of them. That’s because the script isn’t the answer to a successful business: You are. Here’s what Kristen wants you to know about formulas, scripts, and secret strategies in the social selling industry: Why we are drawn to ‘magic strategies’ and formulas How using a ...
Jan 25, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 32
When you set out to grow your team in the social selling space you knew that sometimes your people quit. It comes with the territory. But it isn’t always easy to see it that way when it actually happens to you. And the way you show up as a leader when someone quits your team can be the difference between growth and stagnation in your business. Today Kristen is setting out to normalize when people quit in the social selling space and how leaders can move through it so that they’re showing up with...
Jan 18, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Have you noticed that when you want to change something about yourself, your health, or your business, that it’s usually something you hate or are frustrated about? We want to change and ‘fix’ things about ourselves from a place of frustration by using negative self-talk. Spoiler alert: that doesn’t work. We have to love ourselves exactly how we are right now, and create goals and take action from that love. Kristen’s going deeper into “loving what is” and how this shift is the key to hitting al...
Jan 11, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 30
It’s the new year and with every new year comes the NEW YEAR ENERGY. We want to purge, start fresh, set new and amazing goals! This is going to be YOUR YEAR! Here’s what Kristen wants to say: you need to calm down. Really. She’s all about setting big goals, but when you set them from an emotionally high, ‘pants on fire’ place, they are not sustainable. And when you fail to reach those goals, the big negative emotions that you will inevitably have (shame, judgement, and more) are hard to shake an...
Jan 04, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Do you celebrate even when you miss your goal? If not, you’re missing out on an important piece of your success strategy. The art of celebration is more than simply celebrating when you achieve our big business goals. You can’t beat yourself up about missing a goal and expect to reach it the next time--no more than you can shame yourself into hitting your health and weight goals. We all need a lesson in how to celebrate in our business. Celebrating before we hit our goals, after we hit our goals...
Dec 28, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Your self concept is probably the most important indicator of your long-term success. Self concept is how you see yourself and how you perceive how you think others see you. It informs how you think, act, and feel in the world right now. Today, Kristen shares how your self concept impacts the success of your business and how you can use it as a tool to create different results in 2021 and beyond! Today’s takeaways: Why most people attach their present circumstances to their current identity How ...
Dec 21, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 27
One of the biggest pitfalls to achieving success in the social selling/network marketing industry is that people don’t think they have unique value to share as they market their business. It’s the biggest killer to creating consistent and valuable content. Kristen’s sharing how you need to have self-validated value first as you’re growing your business and how fear and struggle are signs that you’re on the right track. Today’s takeaways: How to determine what is valuable to your audience and how...
Dec 14, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Your brain has a default mode that it uses to help keep you safe--none of us is immune to its sneaky strategy. The difference between success and failure is how you handle this default mode when it inevitably comes up. An example of this is when your brain offers you confusion in the face of fear. But real business growth and developing a rich and meaningful life means you learn to operate from a place of fear. It may sound backwards, but it’s truly the difference between growth and success. Tod...
Dec 07, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 25
If you’re talking about ‘time freedom’ and then hustling in your network marketing business, you’re out of alignment and your followers and your team can feel it. Your success can be joyful and come to you easily! Today I’m sharing more about my past story and the story I see in so many who are hustling right now and how you can change that for you and your team. Today’s takeaways: The lie that network marketers believe that pushes them to their limit How to know when you’re tying your worth to ...
Nov 30, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 24
You may think you are moving towards your business goals because you are taking action every day. But there are two types of action: passive and income producing. Which category do your actions fall into? If you’re working on your gratitudes, meditating, or even listening to this podcast, you are in passive action. Those things are still important, but in order to get traction and build a long-term successful business, you need to be doing income producing activities! Listen in for these nuggets...
Nov 23, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 23
How often do you check in with your belief in your business? If you’re not working on maintaining or growing your beliefs every day--your belief in yourself, your business, your offer, your clients, everything--you are missing an invaluable piece of your success plan! This episode is dedicated to showing you WHY you must start with your belief before you take any action in your business. Key takeaways: How to evaluate your business and identify where your beliefs are lacking The triad of a succe...
Nov 16, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Growing a direct sales business, or any business, isn’t going to feel amazing every day. There will be hard days, uncomfortable moments, and painful lessons. But in order to show up consistently and grow, we must learn to work while we feel discomfort. As humans, our default mode is comfort. It’s our survival mechanism--our brains are simply trying to keep us safe. If you want to achieve the big goals you’ve set in your business, you have to learn how to feel uncomfortable in the process. Despit...
Nov 09, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In today’s episode, Kristen is sharing exactly why she thinks you hate selling and how you can make it fun, instead. Selling is a completely normal part of life and we are selling and being sold to in our personal lives every day. Selling is really serving other people, and she gets straight to the heart of the matter to get you selling from a place of service and growing your sales skills by making a few changes in your thoughts and beliefs. She covers: Your thoughts about selling are the reaso...
Nov 02, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Attrition anxiety: If you’re a social seller, you’ve experienced this before and it probably didn’t go very well. Kristen is breaking it all down discussing the thoughts that are helping to create anxiety around attrition and what you can think and do instead! She covers: How all leaders need to address attrition WHEN, not if, it happens Why attrition is part of business growth and it’s a time when your leadership is needed most What you think about attrition will determine your experience with ...
Oct 26, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Today’s episode may make you uncomfortable, but it’s an important one for anyone in the social selling industry. Kristen lays out some truth bombs about how taking ownership in your business is the key to showing up as a leader and creating massive success. Why we need to normalize attrition Why you must take ownership of your business outcomes--positive and negative Why it’s okay that not everyone has the same finish line in as you The natural laws of business growth in the social selling indus...
Oct 19, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 18
The episode you’ve been waiting for is here: the truth about cold messaging! Listen in as Kristen spills her philosophy on cold messaging (you might be surprised!) and some detailed tips and strategy to growing your social selling business organically. Why you’re getting ghosted How to know the time and place to talk to someone about your product Why messaging with an agenda will kill your sales How to be authentic AND create results in your business The 2 questions to ask before you start a con...
Oct 12, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Today’s episode is all about how you are creating a story in your mind about how and when to expect success in your business. I'm breaking it all down with why that's hurting you and what to do instead! Learning how to sell yourself on the process over the timing of the results is just one of the key points she covers. Other nuggets: What happens when you have the thought, ‘This shouldn’t be happening.’ What it means when your business hits a plateau How to get out of shame and into action when ...
Oct 05, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 16
If you’ve ever felt like you were ‘not enough’ in your business, life, and relationships, this episode is for you. Kristen breaks down exactly how this sneaky thought is sabotaging your every move and holding you back from showing up as your most authentic self in your business, and beyond: Why so many of us move the bar or standard of being ‘enough’ How to experience freedom from the pursuit of ‘enoughness’ Why ‘enough’ is not a feeling, it’s a decision The most powerful thought and emotion you...
Sep 28, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Kristen’s back this week with more fiery inspiration! She’s spilling what she says ACTUALLY creates your results in your social selling business. It’s not what you may think! She’s covering: The faulty thoughts that create self-sabotage Why motivation does NOT create results Why the secret to your success is not in the next freebie or opt-in you’ve grabbed How your feelings are not your thoughts Why you need to stop going on a ‘How Hunt’ and what to do instead How the thought, “getting it right”...
Sep 21, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 14
On today’s episode of the podcast, Kristen is interviewing anti-racism coach Alyssa Hall. Alyssa works with coaches and other service providers to help them become anti-racist in their life while interweaving diversity, equity and inclusion practices into their business. To learn more about Alyssa, click here (need a link to her landing page as mentioned on the episode). or find her on Instagram here . Join them as they discuss: Alyssa’s inspirational journey from making $1.5k in 5 months to mul...
Sep 14, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 13
From the “Anti-Hustle Social Selling Coach,” Kristen Boss, this week is all about the difference between hustle and hard work in your business. They can look very similar, but Kristen breaks down the difference and exactly how to work hard in your social selling business so that you have sustainable success, including: The main difference between hard work and hustle Why ‘no hustling’ doesn’t translate to ‘no working’ How to know when you’re working from hustle energy Why scarcity is fuel for hu...
Sep 07, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Today Kristen is breaking down how our money beliefs and money story is affecting our business growth and why it’s so important to have a healthy money mindset. She's not just talking about when you're in lack of money--but also the beliefs that hold us back when we HAVE money! She’s covering it ALL: Why your money story is so important to heal Thoughts around LACK of money Thoughts around HAVING money “Goblin” energy The similarities between money and sex She answers the question: “Does money t...
Aug 31, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Kristen’s back with part two of her series on setting goals. Last week you may have felt like you were in therapy and like you had some mindset work to do. This week’s episode on goal setting is going to feel light and fun! Here’s what you’ll learn: The MOST important question to ask yourself when setting a goal The WORST philosophy I see in network marketing goal setting Why you should focus on consistency over speed Why it’s not a numbers game Forcing vs. planning your outcome Signs of a healt...
Aug 24, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 10
It’s time to get serious about your business goals! Kristen is starting a 2-part series on goals and in today’s episode she’s covering the reasons why you’re not setting big goals in your business. She wants to challenge and change your perception and your thoughts about these reasons so that you can set healthy goals that you can achieve! She’ll cover: Goal shame Goal avoidance How dating and setting goals in our business feel the same Safe goals The main emotions that hold us back and why Goal...
Aug 17, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Today’s episode on the difference between marketing and manipulation is probably going to rock the boat and it may trigger some of you. But let it. This is a powerful conversation about how each of us is showing up in the online space to sell our product and/or service. Kristen will be covering: The difference between powerful marketing and manipulation The 3 ways social sellers are failing their audience Your story vs your audience’s story--how to find the right balance The ruse of authenticity...
Aug 10, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 8
A topic that comes up a lot with my coaching clients is around the ‘thoughts we think.’ And while I typically give you a lot of strategy and action items on the podcast, the thoughts you think are so important because they are the precursor to all of your actions. Our thoughts cause our emotions. And every action we take in life comes from an emotion. Our actions and our inactions (or inability to act) can always be traced back to our thoughts. So today I wanted to give you 10 success thoughts. ...
Aug 03, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 7
