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How to Make Spending Decisions in Uncertain Times

How to Make Spending Decisions in Uncertain Times

by subs@stephaniehayes.biz | General Business, Running Your Business

Understanding Spending Stress Every day, it seems, we are presented with opportunities to make investments in our business. Sometimes these are driven by something more urgent, and sometimes they are a passing suggestion that comes from a referral or a conversation...
How to Overcome Perfectionism and Procrastination In Your Business

How to Overcome Perfectionism and Procrastination In Your Business

by subs@stephaniehayes.biz | General Business, Mindset Mastery

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... I want to share a story of a client who was struggling to overcome perfectionism, because it’s just like so many other stories I hear that are the same. Sarah was a “freezer”. She spent far more...
Fear of Success: What To Do When What You Want Is Scary

Fear of Success: What To Do When What You Want Is Scary

by subs@stephaniehayes.biz | General Business, Mindset Mastery

Fear of Success: What To Do When What You Want Is Scary April 10, 2019 General Business | Mindset Mastery Fear of success is a legitimate thing. And it’s one that probably prevents us from moving forward more than anything else, largely because we don’t recognize it...
Micro Planning: The Most Effective Tool For Getting Things Done

Micro Planning: The Most Effective Tool For Getting Things Done

by subs@stephaniehayes.biz | Business Planning, General Business

Micro Planning: The Most Effective Tool For Getting Things Done February 12, 2017 Business Planning | General Business When I work with business owners to develop a plan for their business, I always make sure we keep going until they know exactly what they are doing...

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Real People, Real Business
Real People, Real Business

Tired of hearing amazing stories that are inspirational but feel out of reach? Craving some real talk with people who are just like you? In Real People, Real Business, Business Strategist Stephanie Hayes interviews business owners that are building their businesses and making progress through grit, determination and action. They are working through the everyday challenges and celebrating incremental wins on their journey to their dream. Every one has a story, and each of these entrepreneurs are telling theirs in funny, vulnerable and heartwarming ways that will make you say “Yes! That’s me!” and leave you with creative ideas for breaking through that next roadblock that might just have you stuck. Celebrating all businesses and all business owners, and creating a community of real people.

International Women’s Day: A Personal Essay on My Journey to Femininity
byStephanie Hayes

Today, we're breaking the mold on our usual format, and taking a minute to reflect on what being a woman means, on International Women's Day. While this day is often a bit of a Hallmark holiday, I wanted to dig in to something a bit more real, vulnerable and personal.

Being a woman, and being with women, is a privilege and a joy. It can also be painful, frustrating and hard. 

I wrote this essay a few years ago during a retreat, and it is a personal reflection on my own journey through womanhood and how that has evolved and manifested itself throughout my life.

I hope you find it poignant, entertaining, and heartfelt, and helps you reflect yourself on your own relationship to women, or to being a woman. 

Happy International Women's Day!

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International Women’s Day: A Personal Essay on My Journey to Femininity
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ABOUT

I am a business strategist and coach that works with service-based businesses who want to move from generating income to building assets, while continuing to do the work they love.

You may be feeling some unease inside your busines You may be feeling some unease inside your business. Like everything is a bit harder than maybe it should be. You're not alone. In fact, most people don't follow a straight path when building their business, and one day end up in a place where we've cobbled together strategies and offers from our journeys and our business looks a bit more wobbly than we had intended. But it doesn't put you in a great position to grow from, and it's possible that you've got some pieces of the business that are actually not well aligned - that have friction. Many years ago, I designed the Growth & Profit Business Design Framework with the intention of creating alignment. We very intentionally walk through each piece of your business in a purposeful order to ensure the decisions we have made and the beliefs we need to be true are built into the whole design. Recently, I delivered a presentation to client's audience where I stepped through the foundations of alignment, and why it's so important in your business. After, I invited them into a small offer where we could do a quick start exercise to start the foundations of alignment in their business. It was a popular topic, and a great way to get everyone thinking this way. Inside this program, we will spend one session discovering and defining the "heart" of your business - who you are as a business owner, what you need and value and what has to be true inside your business, and who you want to serve. We will spend the next session reviewing your offers to ensure that what you're delivering, how you're delivering them, what you're being paid, and the value they create are clear and support the work we did in the first session. I'm also throwing in the Asset Inventory, so you can turn some of those assets into valuable long-term money-making parts of your business. Finally, I'll gift you 12 months of Voxer or WhatsApp support for quick questions or thought partnership. Send me a DM if you'd like to grab a spot! I believe so much in this work. It can change things drastically for you!
🚀 Exciting news! I'll be speaking at the 2025 Simp 🚀 Exciting news! I'll be speaking at the 2025 Simply Profitable Designer Summit from March 17-21! I'm diving into how to build recurring freelance revenue through collaborations & partnerships—so you can create consistent income without working 24/7. This online summit is packed with 30+ expert sessions designed to help you make your business more profitable and fulfilling—and the best part? It's completely free to attend! 📅 My session goes live on Friday, March 21, at 12 PM ET. 🎟️ Grab your free ticket through the link in my bio! (As an affiliate, I may earn a small commission if you choose to upgrade your free ticket! 😊) Hope to see you there!
There are times in my life - big, milestone moment There are times in my life - big, milestone moments that are not so much tied to a happening or an event, but rather a reaching of realization - where suddenly you find yourself in a new place that you’ve been wishing and striving for, and in all the working to get there, you hadn’t noticed you’d arrived. That’s today. And yesterday. And the last couple of weeks as new mindset, perspective and clarity have settled in. You start this journey with an impossible vision that you can’t see your way through to. And then there you are, stepping out of a witch’s cabin (for real) after a full day of work with a client, and you look up and connect with the godlike wonder of nature, which is arguably the only thing that has ever had the breadth and gravity to clear your perspective of anything inconsequential, and you breathe in its full majesty and realize, in a full second…. Here you are. In a new place. In THE place you’ve dreamed of arriving. 🌺 And it’s real, and grounded, and it’s not temporary or unsettled. It’s the full manifestation of your intention, desire, will and courage. And all you can feel is gratitude. For your determination. For your awareness. For your trust in yourself. For the loving support of your people. 🍫 That they listened - really listened - and came to know your desires as their own. That you listened - to yourself - and honoured what your heart sought. And now you’re here, ready for the next rung on this golden ladder, and you can’t believe the peace, and power. May 2025 bring aligned and energetic growth. May you look to nature and see your journey, both as you’ve travelled and where you plan to be. 🌲 🌖 ☀️ 🌊
And that’s a wrap! 8 solid hours of dreaming and And that’s a wrap! 8 solid hours of dreaming and scheming and figuring out how we are going to 5x this lady’s income this year. What I know is that those kinds of results don’t come from a project plan or a spreadsheet. They come from a fundamental shift in how you intend to be and what you intend to have. “I can’t afford it” is no longer an operating phrase. “Here’s how we’re going to make it happen” is its replacement. This incredible woman has made significant shifts in how she thinks about herself and her role in her business, and is intentionally putting herself in direct alignment with what she does best (and should be focused on). Everything else, we’ve taken away and built a team around her to develop into owners of their respective roles. We’re not playing. Every single aspect of this business is being intentionally crafted, right down to financial management and monthly mindset hygiene. I cannot WAIT to get started. Thank you, @sparkyourstory for trusting me as your thought partner, collaborator, business architect and de facto COO. Dream client!
If it doesn’t feel like this to work together… I’ If it doesn’t feel like this to work together… I’m over on the Sunshine Coast for a full day planning session tomorrow with @sparkyourstory and I could not be more energized by how she has decided to show up in her business. This lady is IT! Everything about our journey forward is going to be co-creation, thought partnership, stepping up and building courage. Nicole knew that her next level is going to require that she doesn’t do it alone, and I am here for it. So excited for 2025 and the fierce energy that is exploding from my clients. 💥 Let’s do this! 👊
Yesterday, I had a discovery call with a client wh Yesterday, I had a discovery call with a client who has just signed up to work together on building her exit roadmap and strategy. She was telling me a story about a peer she knew who owned a flourishing business and was about to shut it down. I enquired as to why. It was the same old story - burnout, all the passion had been drained and was never to return, she didn't see the path forward, etc. It breaks my heart. Of course, it's too late to pull it out of the ashes now as she's already done. Her heart has decided and she is resolved, and I bet it feels like relief. Relief is SUCH a powerful feeling when you've been swimming in a whirlpool for so long, and even if she could pull out a Hail Mary, and find a new way to keep that asset alive, I bet she wouldn't want to. This business is currently generating upwards of $50K per month. But the relief is too much to want to keep that going. This lady's situation is the epitome of why I do what I do... Why I want business owners to start having conversations about their future vision LONG before they would walk away from a very profitable business because they are just.... too tired. My client who took advantage of the offer I sent out on Monday - she knew this too. She wants to build her exit roadmap, but she may actually never exit. Maybe not in the traditional way, anyway. Which is OK - what's important is that she's thinking in a very strategic way about what she should start investing in building inside her business now in order to give herself options in 3, 5, or 10 years from now. So she doesn't walk away from profit because relief is more palatable. Thank you all for your interest in my end-of-year offer! It was so exciting to hear about what you're dreaming of building. I've got one more spot left at 40% off 2024 prices - 2025 will be my own Phoenix moment so lock in the support while we're in gifting season. Book a discovery call this week: https://clients.stephaniehayes.biz/ We don't need any more sad stories.

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