Let's talk about 2024 and , using what you have , I'm going to tell you a quick story , because this just happened and every one of my podcast episodes , to clear this whole from something that happened or something that I learned or something that I experienced or something right . And so I thought our heater was , our furnace was acting up .
But you know , when you get a furnace a year and 15 days ago , you assume that you're okay , Nothing's going to happen to said furnace . It's like only a year old , right . And so I noticed that before , like yesterday , I had to flip the breaker to get the heat to come on .
I thought that was odd and I was like , oh , maybe it's just a flu , let's just see what happens . So I go to bed . It feels like it's working . Close to 1am I wake up freezing and I'm bundled .
Of course my husband is out of town , Like , of course , like he would only be out of town when this happens , Matter of fact , I think pretty much every time something breaks he's out of town . But anyhow , we always make . We make it work .
Listen , I , whether there's a wheel , there's a way that goes perfect with this podcast episode , because I can't tell you our old dishwasher , not this new one , but our old dishwasher .
I probably kept it running for an extra two years because I am a problem lover , I love to troubleshoot and I am a master when it comes to YouTube videos showing me how to fix something . Like I am so good at it . Like I'm not doing electric , not necessarily doing plumbing , but if it's little things that I can tweak , I'm going to do it right .
So , anyhow , I get up at 1am it's freezing , like it's not working , I keep messing with it and , it's matter of fact , it's getting colder because it's blowing cold air in the house that I'm like okay , I really have to get some sleep tonight .
I'm just going to like not deal with this and I was like , oh my gosh , we bought space heaters like electric heaters . They're not really like the ones that blow , the ones that heat up I don't really know what the column , but they're safer , I guess , unless you have little kids around and they touch them .
That's obviously not good , but we had one still in our room . We had never put it in the basement or the garage and I was like you know , I'm just going to turn this on . Do it on the efficiency one , like put it on 70 , keep some heat in here .
And I bundled up , woke up this morning and came downstairs it was 52 in my house , cold right , and I'm like , well , I turned everything off . You know , sometimes things just need to be reset right . What happens to us ? We need to recharge , Sometimes we just need to take a break , walk away .
And so I turned it back on , said let's see what happens If it's blowing cold air . I'm not going to do this . Well , when they fixed our furnace , they left this little tool that's a thermometer that you stick down in the vent so it tells you exactly what the temperature is coming out . And last night it was 1 am . It was always like 50 to 60 .
That's not what I want blowing through my house , and today it's gotten up to , I think , 98 it's gotten up to . So , anyhow , we are in a way better situation than we were yesterday , right , or last night , and so we have warmth . The heater has not turned off yet . Are we still pretty heated ? I'm just checking it because we're doing this .
This is today's episode . Oh yeah , we're over 100 now . Okay , I'm , that's good , I'm down with that . So , anyhow , there's still something wrong . Let's just be honest . There's something wrong . I should not have to flip a breaker . It should work all the time . It's a year old , so we are going to cost somebody .
But it's 15 degrees at my house so it's pretty cold , right . It's going to warm up today and I'm going to be as efficient as possible . I'm going to work downstairs most of the day . I have a training for next level , year at one , and I have a client call because we had to schedule from yesterday . So again , I have a plan .
I'm going to stay down here where it's warm . I'm bundled up . I don't really need to look cute Like it's fine . And tomorrow or this after , after my calls , my basement is going to start getting decluttered , so I'm going to stay warm , right .
So Whether my furnace like because I'm gonna call somebody I don't know if they're gonna get out here today or tomorrow , Hopefully early by early next week at the latest it is gonna warm up . So I'm , you know , 38 degrees , Way warmer than 15 . Perspective right . And I have a fireplace . I'm not a good fire starter .
I've already texted my faced up and said can you please come over sometime today and just start a fire for me ? I can keep it going . I just can't start it Like I'm not good at it and we have wood , we have all of those things right .
So I am being resourceful and I think that's one thing that we forget that almost all of us have everything that we need to run a business in 2024 .
Now I think there are some things that we do need outside of ourselves Coaching , mentorship , community yes , I do think paying for that is very , very valuable , and I think when you have skin in the game , it makes a bigger difference . I'm not saying everyone needs it .
I think it's very crucial to growth , I think it's very important , but I'm not saying you can't do it without it . I'm not saying you you know you don't need to run ads . You can grow a very successful business without running ads . Does ads make it a little easier Sometimes ?
Sometimes it makes it harder because you show up less , because you think the money is doing all the work for you and therefore you're not making the impact that you could . And so , like the other thing , websites , logos . Listen , I used to make logos for everybody and I get . Logos are beautiful , but they're not required . A website is not required .
The only thing you need to make money is an idea . Right , If I'm gonna sell you something . If you have a product-based business , that's a little different . But I need an idea . I need something that I am an expert at , that you aren't , that I can teach you . And I need a PayPal link and I can house the program in a Facebook group , all free .
Paypal will take the fees that they want , right ? The Facebook group is free . My phone that I'm gonna record videos on or go live on is free . Yes , you can add Zoom . Yes , you can add StreamYard , but that's additional things you absolutely don't need . So where are we operating ?
In a place that we feel like the next thing is we're not gonna get to where we wanna go until we have the next thing . It's the same thing as we talked about this in next level , year day one . And do you think that you've made it ? You only make it until you reach that goal , Until I hit a 10K month , until I hit six figures , Then I've made it .
Is that the only way I've made it ? No , the journey is how you make it , and if it's all about the money , the 10K is not gonna make you happy . First , split , second , you're gonna be really excited , but then what's next , and then what's next ? And then what's next ? And a lot of people don't understand this , but 10K is it's a lot of money .
If that's not what you're making , but when you're making it , you typically spend more right ? You have taxes , higher taxes , you're in a higher tax bracket , you may have team . So how much of that 100K are you really getting ?
If you do profit first , depending on where your expenses are , you could be getting anywhere from 30K of that 100K to 50K you're paying yourself . So again , like , why are we so focused on ? I need everything else ? And I don't understand that . I can stand in my own power and I can work with what I have until I can get what I want .
I will preface that to say that learning , I think , is important . If there's something you need to learn , go learn it . If you need direction and guidance and accountability , find a way to get it . Whether it's paid or a friend , business , bestie , whatever . There's a duality here and I totally understand that .
But most of us are looking outside of ourselves for the thing that's going to get us to where we want to go and the news flashes it's in you . I can help facilitate and get it out of you faster . I can help give you what one of my mentors called the cheat codes right . I've been there , done that .
I can show you the way I've done it and the way I've seen my clients do it . I can help you achieve it quicker . But at the end of the day , if you're willing to do the work and you're willing to show up , you can do it on your own . So where do you get to be more resourceful ?
Where are you waiting on something to happen , because you can't have success until this thing happens ? My furnace is going to get fixed . Is it going to get fixed today ? Probably not . Am I going to be okay ? Yeah , I mean , it would suck if it was still 15 .
I'm not going to lie 15 outside If it wasn't getting warmer , but it's going to get warmer and I'm going to be okay . And if I didn't have heaters and it was going to be 15 , I would board my dog somewhere and I would go get a hotel and I would still be okay . Find a way to be resourceful . Stop waiting or thinking that you need XYZ thing .
That matter of fact . I just taught in just one thing you can create a website on Canva if you wanted to . There's so many things that we think we need and we actually don't , and most of the time we need to go back to basics to get us where we want to go . When you're ready to fast track , find mentorship and training .
If you're not in that place yet , figure it out , you have an inside of you and I am here cheering you on along the way , whether you are paying me or not .